Personally, I'd probably support it. There would be no abortion in LA south of Shreveport, which would be good. If this analysis is correct, I'd say the law is justified:
What if all of the nearby hospitals refuse to give the doctor admitting privileges, because, for example, they are affiliated with the Catholic Church or some other religious institution, or don't want to give abortion doctors admitting privileges because they fear public backlash?
And how does making abortion doctors have admitting privileges prevent a Kermit Gosnell situation? How would things have turned out any differently if Gosnell had privileges at a hospital? Kermit Gosnell didn't happen because abortion laws aren't strict enough already.
It happened because the laws already on the books weren't being enforced.Whether you are pro-life or pro-choice, it doesn't make sense to act as if abortions need to be held to some higher standard that other medical procedures don't have to meet. In terms of things like risk of complication and the nature of the procedure, having an abortion isn't all that different from having a colonoscopy. It's a relatively safe, outpatient procedure. If you really think abortion is murder, then you should be pushing to change the criminal law code, not forcing doctors to comply with onerous regulations written by a bunch of lawyers and lobbyists who know nothing about medicine or clinical best practices.
