FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Brooke Anderson, ACLU of Alabama; D: (334) 420-1750, [email protected]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The following is the official statement from Susan Watson, executive director of the ACLU of Alabama regarding the start of today's abortion law trial that imposes medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion providers and would ultimately force most of the state's clinics to stop providing abortions:
"We are glad we are able to ask the court to acknowledge what is already perfectly clear: this law hurts women.
Admitting privileges can be granted or denied for various reasons that are not related to medical quality or credentials. This law has little to do with patient care, but is intended to shut down clinics and end access to safe, legal abortion.
In fact, the American Medical Association and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have gone on the record vehemently opposing laws like these saying that they put women at risk.
Abortions are one of the safest medical procedures out there. Colonoscopies are often performed in similar outpatient facilities and have a greater risk of complications, but those doctors and clinics are not subject to regulations like these.
The bottom line is this law is designed to hurt women. It is designed by politicians and not doctors. If politicians are genuinely concerned with women’s health, then why do they keep trying to pass these laws even though major medical associations say they put women at risk?"
Read more about the case:
Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., Reproductive Health Services, et al., v. Bentley et al.
For additional information, please contact:
Brooke Anderson
Communications Manager, ACLU of Alabama
(334) 420-1750, [email protected]