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Operation Rescue President Troy Newman on Wednesday said that his group is considering trying to purchase murdered abortion provider George Tiller’s Wichita, Kan., clinic, which Tiller’s family permanently closed on Tuesday, the New York Times reports. The clinic is owned by Tiller’s family. The family’s lawyer, Dan Monnat, called Operation Rescue’s proposal “just another irreverent, extremist publicity stunt.” He declined to comment further on the situation. The family has not announced its plans for the building and land, which are worth $734,100, according to Sedgwick County, Kan., property records.

The clinic has long been a focal point for the antiabortion-rights movement because it was one of the few in the U.S. that offered abortion later in pregnancy. Newman said that he has discussed the possible purchase with only a few members of Operation Rescue’s board but is certain that the funds could be raised if they decide to attempt to buy the clinic. Newman also said that one possibility for the location would be to turn it into a memorial museum to serve as “a tribute to the babies.” He denied the claim that his comments are a publicity stunt.

According to the Times, the closing of Tiller’s clinic has set off a “flurry of concerns” from abortion-rights advocates that it will be more difficult for women to access abortion services in situations when catastrophic health issues are identified late in pregnancy (Davey, New York Times, 6/11). LeRoy Carhart, a Nebraska abortion provider who worked with Tiller at the clinic, said that he will continue to perform third-trimester abortions in Kansas but did not provide information on where he will practice, the AP/Yahoo! News reports. Although he did not provide details, Carhart said that “there will be a place in Kansas for the later second- and the medically indicated third-trimester patients very soon.” He said he has seen an increase in patients at his Nebraska clinic since Tiller’s murder.

Carhart traveled to Tiller’s clinic to perform second- and third-trimester abortions because Kansas has less restrictive abortion laws than Nebraska. Carhart said he has not performed any procedures at his clinic after 22 weeks’ gestation because his staff is not trained to do them. According to the AP/Yahoo! News, Nebraska law prohibits abortion when a fetus is considered viable. Kansas law, however, allows abortion after 21 weeks’ gestation if continuing the pregnancy would endanger the woman’s life or cause “substantial and irreversible impairment” of a major bodily function, which courts have interpreted to include mental health (Gibbs, AP/Yahoo! News, 6/11).

Broadcast Coverage

Three media outlets on Wednesday reported on issues related to Tiller’s murder. Summaries appear below.

~ MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show”: The program included a discussion with Jennifer Boulanger, executive director for the Allentown Women’s Center, about threats to the center since Tiller’s murder (Maddow, “The Rachel Maddow Show,” MSNBC, 6/10).

~ NPR’s “All Things Considered”: The program included a discussion with NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner about the correct terminology for referring to abortion later in pregnancy and why the phrase “late-term abortion” is inaccurate (Block, “All Things Considered,” NPR, 6/10).

~ WBUR’s “On Point”: The program included a discussion with the Rev. Katherine Ragsdale — a board member of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the incoming dean and president of Episcopal Divinity School — and Jim Wallis — founder and editor of the progressive evangelical group Sojourners — about abortion-rights supporters’ reaction to violence in the antiabortion-rights movement (Ashbrook, “On Point,” WBUR, 6/10).

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday said that the GOP has not ruled out the use of procedural tactics, such as a Republican boycott, to attempt to delay Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing, Roll Call reports. Republicans have complained that the scheduled July 13 start date for the hearing does not give them enough time to review Sotomayor’s record. Kyl said that Republicans will try to negotiate with Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) for more time if they feel they cannot meet the July 13 deadline (Stanton, Roll Call, 6/11). Leahy said that Sotomayor is entitled to be confirmed on the same timetable as Chief Justice John Roberts, who appeared before the Judiciary Committee less than two months after his nomination (Kivlan, CongressDaily, 6/11).

Republican Senate aides say Judiciary Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is not likely to make a final decision for several weeks on whether the GOP will try to delay the nomination. According to Roll Call, Sessions has sought to approach the issue “in a careful, measured way,” though he has been critical of some of Sotomayor’s public statements. Roll Call reports that Republicans are apt todisplay an impartial stance on Sotomayor until the hearing starts, meaning that they likely will delay a decision on whether to stall the nomination until the last minute (Roll Call, 6/11).

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that Republican senators are stalling to give conservative groups more time to organize a campaign against Sotomayor that they hope will taint her nomination. Feinstein said that there are “groups out there who need more time for attacks and sound bites.” She added, “This is a woman who is qualified, who is brilliant, and who worked her way up” (CongressDaily, 6/11).

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Two newspapers recently published an editorial and an opinion piece in reaction to the announcement that murdered Kansas abortion provider George Tiller’s Wichita clinic would be permanently closed. The clinic was one of a handful in the U.S. offering abortion procedures in the second and third trimesters. Summaries appear below.

~ Kansas City Star: The closing of Tiller’s clinic is “a tragedy for American democracy,” and the “irrational violence” of his death has “trumped public policy,” a Star editorial states. “The basis of civilization is that we agree to submit to the rule of law in order for society to flourish,” the editorial says, adding that Tiller’s murder is “antithetical to that principle. It is dismaying to see a killer achieve his objective.” The editorial notes that Tiller provided abortion services in “tragic cases” involving women “at risk of infertility or death; fetuses with severe abnormalities; and victims of rape and incest.” It continues that the “reduction or loss of that service will create hardships and may put women’s lives at risk.” Hospitals and doctors who refer such cases to abortion providers “must reassess the circumstances under which they would perform late-term abortions,” according to the editorial. In addition, the “medical profession must take a role in training and supporting doctors willing to provide abortions,” and the government and local police “must do all they can to protect a legal medical practice,” the editorial says. It concludes, “Democracy demands that we not allow murder to make de facto public policy” (Kansas City Star, 6/11).

~ Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune: The announcement that Tiller’s clinic will remain permanently closed “was simply more proof that violence and intimidation can get results where civil discourse and political process fail,” Tribune columnist Zorn writes. “The question isn’t whether prominent foes of abortion rights are being honest with us when they decry Tiller’s violent death and express regret over the means used to achieve an end they’ve sought,” Zorn writes, adding, “Some are, I’m sure.” He continues that abortion-rights opponents “recognize that … a movement calling itself ‘pro-life’
can’t also be pro-murder” and “are politically savvy enough to know that the gains won by terrorist acts are grudging and difficult to sustain.” He continues that to “make terrorism less effective, and thereby discourage it,” abortion-rights advocates, the medical profession, politicians and law enforcement officials “need to reopen that clinic in Wichita and assure its safe operation … to defy terrorism, if for no other reason.” He concludes that “as long as abortion remains legal, this same coalition needs to strive to expand the number of facilities where it’s available” (Zorn, Chicago Tribune, 6/11).

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The following summarizes news coverage on women’s health-related legislation in Arizona and North Carolina.

~ Arizona: The Arizona Senate Public Safety and Human Services Committee on Wednesday voted 4-3 to approve a bill (S.B. 1206) that would place several restrictions on abortion rights and allow pharmacists or other health care providers to refuse to distribute emergency contraception based on religious or moral objections, the AP/Arizona Daily Star reports. The state House passed an identical bill in March. The measure would impose a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortion procedures and mandate that doctors inform women about risks and alternatives. It also would toughen an exisiting parental consent requirement for minors seeking abortion. The bill requires an in-person consultation before the 24-hour waiting period, which would increase costs for women who are forced to travel to a clinic twice, according to Planned Parenthood of Arizona President Bryan Howard. The Legislature approved bills with similar restrictions in recent years, but the measures were vetoed by then-Gov. Janet Napolitano (D). Current Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has said she supports mandatory disclosures and a 24-hour waiting period (Billeaud, AP/Arizona Daily Star, 6/10).

~ North Carolina: The North Carolina Senate Mental Health and Youth Services Committee this week approved a bill (S. 221) that would require all public school systems to offer information on the use of contraceptives to students in grades seven through nine, the AP/Raleigh News & Observer reports. The information would be presented as part of a larger reproductive health education program that would maintain the abstinence-only education curricula currently taught at nearly all of the state’s 115 school districts. Parents would be permitted to prevent children from participating in the classes with contraceptive information. The measure is a revised version of state House-approved legislation (H.B. 88) that would have required schools to teach two separate abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education tracks. If the full state Senate passes the new bill, the two chambers will meet to negotiate a compromise (Robertson, AP/Raleigh News & Observer, 6/11).

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Appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-Ky.)said that Senate Republicans have not ruled out a filibuster on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, The Hill reports. Although McConnell acknowledged that he has “consistently opposed filibustering judges,” he added that the “precedent was established” when Democrats filibustered Miguel Estrada, an appeals court nominee under former President George W. Bush. When asked to clarify his statement, McConnell added, “The Democrats have firmly established that as a precedent, but that doesn’t mean you are going to use it” (Blake, The Hill, 6/14). McConnell also said that it is “way too early to be talking about whether or not anybody opposes this nominee” (Schieffer, “Face the Nation,” CBS, 6/14).

According to The Hill, McConnell is the first top GOP senator to state that a filibuster is a possibility, as most other Republicans have said only that it is too early to determine if it should be an option. Republicans “face a difficult path” if they choose to filibuster Sotomayor because party members have long decried judicial filibusters, The Hill reports (The Hill, 6/14).

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The Louisiana Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday approved a bill (H.B. 517) that would expand the ability of health care workers to refuse to provide services for moral or religious reasons, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. The bill passed by a 3-2 vote after the addition of amendments to narrow the scope of the legislation. According to the Advocate, the bill would allow a medical worker to choose not to participate in any service “that violates his conscience,” which it defines as a religious belief or moral conviction. Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) supports the legislation, as do conservative groups like the Louisiana Family Forum and the Louisiana Right to Life Federation. Several groups oppose the bill, including Planned Parenthood, the Forum for Equality, Louisiana Agenda for Children and the American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU of Louisiana’s Marjorie Esman said that the bill could “lead to all kinds of unintended consequences,” based on assertions of moral and religious objections (Blum, Baton Rouge Advocate, 6/11).

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Although “no issue has dominated Supreme Court politics like abortion” over the past few decades, most new justices “arrive at the court without disclosing anything useful about their views on the subject — leaving interested citizens feeling more than a little irrelevant,” a Chicago Tribune editorial states. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor “does not look to be an exception,” the editorial says. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said President Obama is “‘comfortable with her interpretation of the Constitution,’” although he also said that Sotomayor was not asked about abortion rights before her nomination, according to the editorial. “And presidents have been surprised before to find out how their appointee came out,” the editorial adds. “This uncertainty may be a boon to lobby groups on both sides who can exploit it to raise money,” the editorial continues, adding, “And odds are there will be no clear answer to the question that has been at the center of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for so long.”

“With legislatures largely deprived of the power to legislate, the action is in the Supreme Court” regarding abortion rights, the editorial says. Currently, two justices — Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas — “are on the record in favor of reversing” Roe v. Wade, while two others — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito — “appear to lean the same way,” the editorial states. It adds, “If Sotomayor were to agree, Roe would be history — freeing states to decide whether and under what rules to allow abortion.” Senators and the public “would dearly like to know how Sotomayor would vote if the issue came before her on the Supreme Court,” the editorial says, adding that the “information might well determine whether she is confirmed.” However, “[f]or exactly that reason, she is likely to follow the practice of her predecessors in keeping mum.” The public “probably won’t know her views until she is called upon to vote on the issue as a member of the court,” the editorial continues, concluding, “It’s a frustrating reality that eludes the usual rules of democracy. But then, abortion has been beyond the reach of democracy for a long time” (Chicago Tribune, 6/15).

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Salon contributor Kate Harding on Monday examined how a lack of training in medical schools is affecting the availability of abortion providers in the U.S. Harding reports that 87% of all U.S. counties and 98% of rural counties have no abortion services. In addition, nearly two-thirds of physicians who perform abortions in the second trimester are older than age 50 and “bound to retire sooner rather than later,” she writes. Harding also cites figures from PBS’ “NOW” showing that the number of abortion providers has dropped by one-third in recent decades — from 2,680 in 1985 to 1,787 in 2005. According to Harding, although a fear of violence and a tendency of younger doctors born after Roe v. Wade to “take abortion for granted” are “probably” factors in the drop in providers, another important issue is inadequate education in medical schools. According to a recent survey of Medical Students for Choice student members published in the journal Contraception, 33% of the students “‘reported no coverage of elective abortion-related topics,’” Harding writes. MS4C reported that fewer than 50 U.S. medical schools, out of 130 accredited institutions, offer abortion training as part of their residency programs. Harding adds that family planning training that does exist is “often patchy and rife with misinformation.”

The reasons for avoiding the issue of abortion in medical education vary, according to Harding. Mitchell Creinin, president of the Society for Family Planning, said that even though abortion is the second most common outpatient procedure in the U.S., many students will not pursue specialties that involve providing abortion and those who do might choose not tooffer the procedure. Creinin also noted that doctors in many other specialties complain about the lack of medical school training in their particular fields. According to Harding, taking this view, “you could also argue that it’s a waste of time in an already overburdened curriculum.”

Another factor is that “the same relentless pressure” from abortion-rights opponents “that plagues practicing abortion providers is also directed at medical schools,” Harding writes. According to Susan Wicklund, an ob-gyn in Montana, some antiabortion-rights groups pressure administrators and faculty at medical schools not to discuss abortion and threaten boycotts or picketing. Lois Backus, executive director of MS4C, said the lack of abortion training reflects a larger problem in medicine of focusing on men’s health needs over women’s. Backus said medical students report that they “‘get two to three hours on Viagra and half an hour on every contraceptive method combined. That’s the reality of American medical education.’” According to Harding, this fact is “even more troubling in light of research that shows exposure to comprehensive family planning education, including abortion, is a strong predictor of whether a medical student will go on to become a provider.”

Creinin said comprehensive education in reproductive health is worthwhile, even for doctors who never intend to perform abortions. He noted that many physicians received training on cancer care, though they are much more likely to treat a patient with an unintended pregnancy. According to Wicklund, the lack of physicians trained in reproductive health also means that women who travel to access an abortion provider cannot get adequate follow-up care when they return home. Harding adds that such “ignorance often leads to overreaction on the part of doctors” who do not understand how to treat minor complications resulting from abortions, which results in “expensive, unnecessary hospital stays for women who might not have insurance” (Harding, Salon, 6/15).

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PBS’ “NOW” on Friday examined whether violence against abortion providers should be prosecuted as domestic terrorism. The segment included comments from abortion providers LeRoy Carhart, who previously worked with murdered provider George Tiller at his Kansas clinic, and Warren Hern, a Colorado-based provider. Both Carhart and Hern perform abortions later in pregnancy. Carhart said that he and his family live as “targets” because of his work but that he plans to continue Tiller’s mission of providing abortion services to women who need the procedure later in pregnancy. Hern said that he has been living “under siege” for decades, working in a clinic that has four layers of bulletproof windows and 24-hour federal protection. The segment also examined claims that law enforcement officials did not adequately respond to threats against Tiller from his alleged killer (Hinojosa, “NOW,” PBS, 6/12).

Newman, Page Debate Abortion Access Later in Pregnancy

PBS’ “NOW” also included an online debate between Troy Newman — president of Operation Rescue — and Cristina Page — an abortion-rights advocate, blogger and author — about abortion in the third trimester of pregnancy. Page said that so-called “late-term” abortion generally refers to procedures that take place at or beyond 24 weeks’ gestation. She noted that such procedures are extremely rare, as only 1% of abortions take place after 21 weeks’ gestation. When asked under what circumstances abortion is appropriate later in pregnancy, Newman said that rather than terminating the pregnancy, viable fetuses that face life-threatening conditions “should be delivered and given the appropriate medical treatment.” Page countered, “There are a wide array of tragic conditions that can harm a pregnancy, threaten the viability of the fetus, and the health and life of the woman. Until you have walked in the shoes of those who have suffered through these decisions, you can never know what the right course of action is.”

Newman and Page also responded to a question about the impact that access to late abortion procedures has on society. Newman said that there exists an “abortion culture that openly implies that a person who is inconvenient is somehow disposable,” which “creates an environment that fosters violence and is something that the pro-life movement is working to change.” Page said that “to understand the impact, we must hear from women and their families who have needed an abortion at this stage of pregnancy,” adding that these cases typically are intended pregnancies “with grave or fatal anomalies.”

The debate also addressed the issue of domestic terrorism and the antiabortion-rights movement. Page said the movement “espouses non-violent measures to achieve its goals” but “has been tremendously injured by domestic terrorists independently acting under the banner ‘pro-life.’” She added that Newman has a “tremendous opportunity to transform his organization into a beacon for non-violence in the abortion conflict” and that he “should take steps to de-escalate the rhetoric, continue to send strong and consistent messages in opposition to terror [through] the media and to his organization’s members and alert law enforcement to unstable people,” such as Tiller’s alleged murderer (Newman/Page, “NOW,” PBS, 6/12).

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