Secular Pro-Life
  • Home
  • About
    • Meet The Team
    • Mission and Vision
    • Stances
      • Abortion
      • Religion
      • Contraception
      • The Rape Exception
  • Content
    • Index
    • Blog
    • Myths
    • Research
      • Abortion Law and Abortion Rates
      • Abortion Law and Pregnancy Rates
      • Later Abortion
      • Embryonic Hearts
      • Abortion Views and Gender
    • Collections
      • For the biology textbook tells me so
      • Fixed that meme for you
      • They can hear you
      • Parents can hear you
      • Our children’s heartbeats
      • Becoming Pro-Life
    • Publications
      • Overview Brochure
      • Why Secular People Should Care
    • Store
  • Contact
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Donor Opportunities
    • Why support SPL?
  • Donate
  • Menu Menu

California enacts law allowing non-doctor abortionists

September 24, 2012/6 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Kelsey Hazzard

Last week, I went to a CVS MinuteClinic to have a funny-looking mole checked out.  MinuteClinics are staffed by nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants, rather than doctors, which makes them a relatively inexpensive way for patients to take care of minor health issues like a cold or pink eye.  Unfortunately for me, the nurse practitioner on duty was not allowed to scalpel off my mole; that was beyond her expertise.  But she didn’t charge me for the visit, so I can’t complain.

In light of that recent experience, I was floored when I read about a law that abortion supporters in California just enacted: 

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law that makes it so nurses in California can do abortions, even though they do not have a valid medical license certifying them as a physician.  [. . .]  Senate Bill 623, by Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, was supported by Planned Parenthood and opposed by pro-life groups. Introduced by Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego), it extends a program run by the University of California, San Francisco, in which nurse practitioners, midwives and physicians assistants are trained to perform abortions.

Remove a tiny bit of skin from a patient’s arm: not okay for a nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant.  Remove an unborn child from the womb?  Be my guest.

California has officially gone off the deep end.

Related Posts

Share this entry
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on Pinterest
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share on Reddit
  • Share by Mail
  • Link to Instagram
https://secularprolife.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SecularProlife2.png 0 0 Kelsey Hazzard https://secularprolife.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SecularProlife2.png Kelsey Hazzard2012-09-24 16:10:002021-11-08 12:40:15California enacts law allowing non-doctor abortionists
6 replies
  1. TheBaffledObserver
    TheBaffledObserver says:
    September 24, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    Everyday I'm baffled at how we have such a double standards for these kinds of things.

    Log in to Reply
  2. Ignatz
    Ignatz says:
    September 25, 2012 at 2:51 am

    Actually, the bill allows them to *EVALUATE the safety and efficiency* of allowing them to do NON-SURGICAL abortions. It does NOT allow them to do abortions. The quoted portion above is false. (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_623_bill_20120905_enrolled.html)

    I thought there must be a reason that only "lifenews.com" thought this was big news. Now I know why: because they're wrong.

    Log in to Reply
  3. 156
    156 says:
    September 25, 2012 at 4:32 am

    While I have little confidence in LifeNews (LifeSiteNews is better), I came to a different conclusion after reviewing the statute.

    Your link is broken.

    My source indicates that, under the program that was reauthorized and extended, "[nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants]…perform first trimester aspiration abortions…" Aspiration abortions are surgical abortions.

    http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB623&search_keywords=

    Log in to Reply
  4. 156
    156 says:
    September 25, 2012 at 4:36 am

    While I have little confidence in LifeNews (LifeSiteNews is better), my review of the statute derived a different conclusion.

    Your link is broken.

    According to my source, in the program that was reauthorized and extended, "[nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants]…perform first trimester aspiration abortions…"

    http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB623&search_keywords=

    Log in to Reply
  5. 156
    156 says:
    September 25, 2012 at 4:38 am

    Sorry for the double post.

    Log in to Reply
  6. TP
    TP says:
    October 1, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    So to the OP I would ask if they have any knowledge as to places like CVS being specifically barred from performing on site surgery of the kind they described or if CVS opts not to perform such things voluntarily for insurance and / or zoning reasons, for example. Their whole analogy depends on that information, it seems to me.

    To all those making comparisons to back alley abortions and other such comments about this procedure being inherently unsafe or "anti women", what exactly are you basing this on? It says right in the bill that there is research to indicate such a practice is perfectly safe. Do you have research to suggest otherwise?

    Log in to Reply

Leave a Reply

Want to join the discussion?
Feel free to contribute!

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Follow via Email

* indicates required

Categories

  • Ableism
  • Administrative
  • Adoption and Foster Care
  • Biology
  • Bodily Rights
  • en español
  • Late-Term Abortion
  • Legislation, laws, and court cases
  • Medication Abortion
  • Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss
  • Personhood
  • Philosophy
  • Pro-Life Demographics
  • Rape Exception
  • Religion
  • Research
  • SPL Emails
  • Uncategorized
  • We Asked You Answered
  • Your Stories

Archive

As the national conversation on abortion intensifies, it’s more important than ever that we demonstrate that anyone can–and everyone should–oppose abortion. Thanks to you, we are working to change minds, transform our culture, and protect our prenatal children. Every donation supports our ability to provide nonsectarian, nonpartisan arguments against abortion. Please donate today.

DONATE
© Copyright 2023 Secular Pro-Life. All rights reserved. Website Design by TandarichGroup

Related Posts

Cutting-edge science: womb transplants Pro-life Democrats remain optimistic through struggle
Scroll to top