Abortion rights groups oppose legislation that would require abortion clinics to be regularly inspected and to be licensed. In some states, veterinary clinics are regulated more strictly than abortion clinics and are more subject to inspection.
“Would we like to do it ( inspect abortion clinics) more frequently? Absolutely,But the nursing homes get more inspection because those are federally funded surveys. We have to figure out how to do the clinic inspections with state dollars.”
Don Williamson, Alabama state health officer
Birmingham News, Clinic’s closing renews debate, 5/21/2006
Quoted by Life Dynamics
Read about women who’ve died from legal abortions. Some of these women may have been saved by the verb regulations that pro-choice groups fight against.
Read more about why abortion clinic regulations are needed.