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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

What Texas has done, in regards to abortion providers, is require them to meet certain standards and criteria, which effectively shuts them down.

Some of the required criteria and standards, such as requiring the performing doctor to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, may have some merit. Others, such as mandating the minimum width of a hallway, likely do not.

Here's some discussion about it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Senate_Bill_5

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...ffer-abortions

In regards to defunding Planned Parenthood generally and its after-effects, see here:

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/28/464728...anning-clinics

Do you want to know what you don't need admitting privileges for? Anything related to child birth. Do you know which the mortality rate is higher for Child birth or abortions?

The law is about restricting access. Much like voter ID laws are about voter suppression. They sound like rational arguments on the surface but are designed to disenfranchise people.