WaPo Describes Vote by Va. Senate to Regulate Abortion Clinics as 'Unwanted'
Providing Washington Post Metro section readers a review of the just-closed legislative session of the Virginia General Assembly, staff writers Rosalind Helderman and Fredrick Kunkle today deployed some colorfully loaded language that portrayed conservative Republicans in an unfavorable light.
For example [emphasis mine], the "divided legislature reached a compromise on budget amendments that mollified Republicans bent on paring government to its core services and Democrats eager to restore spending on schools, health care and other priorities as the economy improves."
But what really struck me was the part a few paragraphs later where Helderman and Kunkle described the successful effort Republicans waged to pass a bill opposed by pro-choice activists and politicians [emphasis mine]:
[T]he session ended with a dramatic fight over the emotional issue of abortion rights, as Republicans maneuvered the Senate into an unwanted late vote on a bill that requires abortion clinics to be regulated as hospitals.
Unwanted by whom? The vote on passage in the upper chamber was 20-20, with all 18 Republicans and two Democrats voting for the bill. Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R), who presides over the state senate, broke the tie in favor of passage.
The vote was certainly unwanted by the 20 Democrats who voted "no," including Majority Leader Richard Saslaw (D), whom some liberal bloggers are excoriating for being out-manuevered by conservative Republicans on parliamentary procedure.
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'Unwanted'? Will they abort it then?
Submitted by Slyrr on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 7:55pm.
Isn't that the term libs use to describe babies in the womb? 'Unwanted'?
Maybe the Dems could try taking the vote to an abortion clinic and let a doctor jam some knives into the vote, then tear the vote apart limb by limb with vacuum cleaners and toss the remains into a pail marked 'unwanted'....
20/20 with 18 Republican and
Submitted by jdhawk on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 10:08pm.
20/20 with 18 Republican and 2 dimocrats - that's what the dimocrats call bi-partisan! Well, only if it were the other way around . . . .
Meanwhile, WaPo only exists because readers read it. If you have a subscription, stop it immediately. In any event, stop reading it and find alternative conservative news sources.
Unwanted by whom?
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 11:25pm.
The spawn of Joseph Mengele?
Adolf Hitler?
Maggie Sanger?
Al Sharpton?
Jessie Jackson?
Who?
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
unwanted?
Submitted by truckinmann on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 8:10am.
Sounds like only half of the Virginia senate thinks this bill is unwanted. That means the other half wanted it. Actually just over half because it passed! What is the problem with requiring a place that performs a very dangerous medical procedure to have to comply with the requirements that a hospital does? This doesn't outlaw abortion. This just stops clinics, like planned parenthood, from employing "Back alley abortionists" to work their clinics.
From a purely health care professional viewpoint...
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 9:24pm.
...all facilities that perform any type of surgery, inpatient or outpatient, are required to be inspected in the normal course of business. There should never be any exception for political expediency. Ambulatory clinics, surgery centers, hospitals of different kinds, nursing homes, physician offices, pharmacies, etc. are all regulated and licensed by state authorities and examined for compliance if participating in any type of publicly funded program. Even if the point of patient care does not receive a dime in public money, most commercial insurers will still require accreditation of health care providers. It is unreasonable for any health care professional or point of service provider to reject outside inspection from some sort. Health care professionals and institutions are licensed as a matter of long-standing public policy, and it is unreasonable to expect anything less.