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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMissouri bill targets ambulance calls to abortion clinics
JEFFERSON CITY Missouri Republicans want to make it a crime for abortion clinic staff to ask ambulances to respond to calls at their facilities without sirens or lights, a move that abortion-rights advocates say is unnecessary and another veiled attempt to restrict access to abortion providers.
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/missouri-bill-targets-ambulance-calls-to-abortion-clinics/article_48016fb6-b313-55c6-93ab-0c4a72667c7f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)how often are ambulances called to abortion clinics?
And anyone, anywhere, ought to be able to request no lights or sirens when an ambulance is responding to a call.
3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)Very few, I'll wager. Probably about as many as the so-called partial-birth abortions.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I think maybe the idea is to make something a crime to intimidate the last abortion clinic in MO into closing.