It is too bad that the Texas legislature is implementing laws regulating abortion providers that are not necessary:
“Rep. Jody Laubenberg, insisted the bill is intended “to protect the health and safety of every woman who undergoes an abortion.” Under questioning from Rep. Jessica Farrar, she refused to answer whether the state had data to show that women need the additional regulations.
Farrar then asked Ellen Cooper, the top compliance officer for the Texas Department of State Health Services, if there was any record of complications or deaths in abortion clinics that would suggest the regulations were needed. She replied no.
The Texas Medical Association and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology both oppose the bill:
http://www.wral.com/1-900-sign-up-to-testify-on-texas-abortion-bill/12621316/