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(61,876 posts) Fri Jul 12, 2013, 08:40 PM Jul 2013

Doctor must be present for drug-induced abortion in Missouri [View all]

Source: Reuters

Doctor must be present for drug-induced abortion in Missouri

By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Missouri | Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:25pm EDT

(Reuters) - A doctor will have to be present for any drug-induced abortion in Missouri starting on August 28 because Governor Jay Nixon on Friday allowed a measure passed by the state legislature to become law without his signature.

Nixon, a Democrat, said he decided not to sign the law and made no further comment.

The law applies to the so-called "abortion pill," RU-486 or any other abortion inducing chemical.

Missouri will be the 11th state to require doctors be present for administration of the drug, which is allowed up to about nine weeks of pregnancy, said Elizabeth Nash, state issues manager for the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research group.

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Doctor must be present for drug-induced abortion in Missouri [View all] Eugene Jul 2013 OP

The little blue pill can have fatal side effects... Fresh_Start Jul 2013 #1

Yeah but not until four hours later. rug Jul 2013 #2

Yes, thats why it will be inconvenient and expensive to monitor. Fresh_Start Jul 2013 #3

Sounds hard. rug Jul 2013 #4

Wow. They have to be there to make sure Ilsa Jul 2013 #5

Son of fertility doctor 'tricked his pregnant girlfriend into taking an abortion pill' Tx4obama Jul 2013 #6

war against women is in overdrive Liberal_in_LA Jul 2013 #7

Not to side with these jackasses, but these pills can have some nasty side effects. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #8

That is part of the sweeping Republican roll back of women's right in Texas as well arely staircase Jul 2013 #9