2016 Postmortem
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(11,449 posts)which is just as much a clinic-killer as surgical building standards.
That insulting informed consent crap, like a woman has to be held up for 2 or 3 days and forced to view sonograms and lectured about their decision (very expensive for poor women who have to travel long distances).
Now I don't know what Virginia's informed consent and waiting periods was in 2005. Or the specifics of the informed consent. Nor do I know if they required admitting priveleges for doctors at nearby hospitals -- But those things are amongst the kinds of restrictions that some states have.
Parental consent, which he favored / favors. (I'm on the fence on that one, depends on the age)
And banning late term abortions except to protect the health and the life of the mother is still banning most late term abortions.