Abortion St. Louis services are now harder to get thanks to recent state law changes. Legislation passed in 2010 by the Republican controlled Missouri House of Representatives and Senate was signed by the governor, also of that party. The state now has one of the most restrictive laws in the area of women's ability to choose. The law puts extra steps in place before women and their physicians can move forward with the procedure.
A minimum of one extra visit is now required 24 hours prior to an moving ahead. This is so that the woman can view an ultrasound and hear the fetal heartbeat. Also required is a packet of information about the claim that life begins at conception and fetal ability to sense pain.
Those providing abortions must also post a notice on their walls. This notice must state that there are agencies to help women who wish to have their child and then either raise it or give it up for adoption. The same politicians attempting to cut back spending on these agencies are the ones recommending them.
The conservatives who passed this legislation are very same ones objecting loudly to federal government interference in personal health care decisions. The Republican dominated Missouri government seemingly has little concern for the constitutional rights of its adult female citizens. It seems to have more concern for the rights of unborn yet to be citizens.
Health care exchanges provided for in the new federal law will not be able to sell any insurance policy in Missouri covering abortion. Monitoring this requirement will cost the state extra money in bureaucracy. Tracking other portions of the law will also increase government expenditures.
The Missouri legislature has made abortion St. Louis harder to get. These mostly male conservative politicians must assume that women make this decision without serious consideration. This is a false assumption.
A minimum of one extra visit is now required 24 hours prior to an moving ahead. This is so that the woman can view an ultrasound and hear the fetal heartbeat. Also required is a packet of information about the claim that life begins at conception and fetal ability to sense pain.
Those providing abortions must also post a notice on their walls. This notice must state that there are agencies to help women who wish to have their child and then either raise it or give it up for adoption. The same politicians attempting to cut back spending on these agencies are the ones recommending them.
The conservatives who passed this legislation are very same ones objecting loudly to federal government interference in personal health care decisions. The Republican dominated Missouri government seemingly has little concern for the constitutional rights of its adult female citizens. It seems to have more concern for the rights of unborn yet to be citizens.
Health care exchanges provided for in the new federal law will not be able to sell any insurance policy in Missouri covering abortion. Monitoring this requirement will cost the state extra money in bureaucracy. Tracking other portions of the law will also increase government expenditures.
The Missouri legislature has made abortion St. Louis harder to get. These mostly male conservative politicians must assume that women make this decision without serious consideration. This is a false assumption.