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Missouri: Restricting access to abortion but limiting mothers' care for babies...
It's tougher to seek abortion services in Missouri:
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri doctors will need to be in the room for the initial dose of a drug used in medication-induced abortions under legislation that will become law without Gov. Jay Nixon’s signature.
The legislation in effect prohibits the use of telemedicine for medication abortions. With the requirement, Missouri will be joining nearly a quarter of U.S. states that require doctors’ physical presence with the patient. Nixon announced Friday that he wouldn’t sign the legislation, even if he wasn’t vetoing it, which will allow it to become law Aug. 28.
Supporters of the measure say their goal is to protect women’s health and safety, but opponents contend the measure is aimed at restricting access to abortion services in the state.
Ten states, including Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi and South Dakota, require that the prescribing clinician be physically present, according to the New York-based Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. The institute says that Wisconsin and North Dakota also have a similar requirement but that enforcement has been put on hold because of litigation.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/12/4342047/without-nixons-signature-missouri.html#storylink=cpy
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Kansas City Star
The legislation in effect prohibits the use of telemedicine for medication abortions. With the requirement, Missouri will be joining nearly a quarter of U.S. states that require doctors’ physical presence with the patient. Nixon announced Friday that he wouldn’t sign the legislation, even if he wasn’t vetoing it, which will allow it to become law Aug. 28.
Supporters of the measure say their goal is to protect women’s health and safety, but opponents contend the measure is aimed at restricting access to abortion services in the state.
Ten states, including Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi and South Dakota, require that the prescribing clinician be physically present, according to the New York-based Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. The institute says that Wisconsin and North Dakota also have a similar requirement but that enforcement has been put on hold because of litigation.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/12/4342047/without-nixons-signature-missouri.html#storylink=cpy
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Kansas City Star
But now, breastfeeding mothers are restricted in caring for their babies (at least when jury duty is involved).
A breastfeeding Missouri mother has been charged with contempt of court after refusing to leave her son behind for jury duty.
Laura Trickle, who says her 7-month-old son doesn't take a bottle and has to be with her to eat, has a court hearing set for Thursday. If found in contempt, she could be ordered to pay a fine of up to $500 and even face arrest, The Kansas City Star reported ( http://bit.ly/1i4lamS ).
Trickle, who lives in Lee's Summit, a Kansas City suburb, first received a jury duty notice in January but received a postponement because she was pregnant. She informed court officials she was breastfeeding when she received another summons in August, though she was told she must report to court and find a caregiver for her son.
But when she showed up in September, she brought along her son, Axel, hoping the judge would grant an exemption. Instead she received a court order saying she "willfully and contemptuously appeared for jury service with her child and no one to care for the child."
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ABC News
Laura Trickle, who says her 7-month-old son doesn't take a bottle and has to be with her to eat, has a court hearing set for Thursday. If found in contempt, she could be ordered to pay a fine of up to $500 and even face arrest, The Kansas City Star reported ( http://bit.ly/1i4lamS ).
Trickle, who lives in Lee's Summit, a Kansas City suburb, first received a jury duty notice in January but received a postponement because she was pregnant. She informed court officials she was breastfeeding when she received another summons in August, though she was told she must report to court and find a caregiver for her son.
But when she showed up in September, she brought along her son, Axel, hoping the judge would grant an exemption. Instead she received a court order saying she "willfully and contemptuously appeared for jury service with her child and no one to care for the child."
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ABC News
It seems hypocritical
