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Related: About this forumNC legislators think back-alley abortions are just fine
Rachel Maddow just covered NC's new bill to ban UNC's world-class ob-gyn program from teaching doctors-in-training on how to perform abortions.
McElreft, a proponent, said it doesn't need taught -- doctors can 'pick it up on their own.'
The unmitigated ignorance in such a statement is obvious. That is, obvious to all who are fully aware of the link between abortion, reproductive choice and women's health.
The theocratic misogynists who push such unenlightened legislation do so at the expense of the safety of women and girls. They are putting their self-righteous moralizing ahead of lives.
Yet they have the gall to call themselves 'pro-life.'
dflprincess
(28,075 posts)Which it will - also according to Rachel.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)Thats actually patently false. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Legal, regulatory, and other restrictions form barriers to education and training in abortion care. As a result, educators may encounter multiple obstacles to integrating appropriate training.
http://www.wral.com/new-abortion-bill-extends-waiting-period-prohibits-procedures-at-unc-hospitals/14554102/
http://www.trust.org/item/20130912080731-3jnub/
niyad
(113,279 posts)her contact info:
Picture of Pat McElraft
Representative Pat McElraft
2015-2016 Session
Republican - District 13
Carteret, Jones
N.C. House of Representatives
300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 634
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
919-733-6275
Pat.McElraft@ncleg.net
District 13 Map
Office: 634 Legislative Office Building
Terms in House: 5 (0 in Senate)
Occupation: Technical Sales Representative - Microbiology Products Company, Real Estate Broker
Address: P. O. Box 4477, Emerald Isle, NC 28594
Phone:
Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)Just what we need, a former real estate broker, pharma sales rep, dictating what medical education is necessary.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)life-saving abortion???? She wants women to die. She is plain evil.
Ford_Prefect
(7,895 posts)NC legislators are not smart enough to design this attack on UNC and on women's health care. They may have beliefs but there is another hand involved in their strategy!
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)He's kind of like a Koch Brother, if the Koch Brothers lived in North Carolina and ran fleabag discount stores.
Ford_Prefect
(7,895 posts)Art Pope has had an axe to grind with UNC and the NC university system for 40 years at least. "They" see NC as the blueprint for retooling public institutions into propaganda machines for their sick and twisted version of christian faith. Sort of a 1984 by way of Art Pope's disturbing vision for North Carolina and the Koch's desire for a Dominionist USA.
It is part of a highly coordinated effort to alter the legal and informational landscape of America.
What I find curious is the complete lack of interest on the part of Holder's DOJ. Oops, I forgot they only pursue elderly marijuana users and anyone who blows whistles on institutional wrong-doing.