Kansas blocks abortion clinic licenses

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No Kansas abortion clinic has met the state’s new licensing rules, raising the prospect that by Friday, Kansas will be the only state where women cannot get an abortion.

On Tuesday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the clinics inspected so far hadn’t met the new standards approved by the Legislature earlier this year.

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Mary Kay Culp, executive director of Kansans for Life, said the law was needed to ensure the safety of women. She said the law was never intended to shut down abortion clinics and pointed out that a similar law is in place in South Carolina.

“Without any oversight, women really are in danger,” Culp said Tuesday.

She said women who are malpractice victims are less likely to go public after an abortion than if they had undergone a procedure like knee or shoulder surgery.

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The procedure rooms are also required to be at least 150 square feet and the recovery area must be at least 80 square feet per patient.

The rules also set required temperatures of 70 to 75 degrees for the recovery rooms and 68 to 73 degrees for procedure rooms.



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/28/2981541/kansas-blocks-abortion-clinic.html#ixzz1Qdc7iLGC

Next time I go to the doctor, I'm taking a tape measure and a thermometer. Wouldn't want to be in danger!