Charles Swenson was concerned about the poor quality of abortion clinics after abortion was legalized in New York state, and the fact that so many clinics were badly run and dangerous to women. He went went to the New York state attorney general, and told him that because of the new law they needed to start talking about the quality of care, of shaping up the clinics. The attorney general said:
“I’m sorry, gentlemen, there’s nothing in the law that says the state will play any role in the quality of care.”
I said, “you’ve got to be kidding.”
Carole Joffe. Doctors of Conscience: the Struggle to Provide Abortion before and after Roe Versus Wade (Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon press, 1995) 139
There are still very few regulations that abortion clinics have to meet in order to operate. Many dangerous clinics continue to operate unlicensed and unregulated, and many clinics are rarely or never inspected. Pro-choice groups fight against laws that would make abortion safer. Read about some of these bad abortion clinics here.
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