Abortion Clinics Face Down Myriad Pressures To Remain Open | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Rachel Maddow reports on the lengths to which abortion clinic operators like Julie Burkhart, founder and CEO of Trust Women, have to go to stay open to patients while dealing with hostility from protesters, state legislatures, and judiciaries, not to mention funding issues and the challenge of recruiting physicians who could be threatened by anti-abortion extremists. Aired on 11/28/19.
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Abortion Clinics Face Down Myriad Pressures To Remain Open | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

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    1. @flugsven But his most celebrated neologism was ‘serendipity’, meaning the ‘faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident’.

  1. Impeach tRump & Pence & tax all house’s of worship especially Evangelical, Church of Scientology & Falun Dafa etc. as they do not respect the separation between church & state & Roe vs Wade.

    1. Yes we need to impeach every republican until a democrat is in charge since we can’t vote them in ourself lmao

    2. Separation of church and state means the state won’t interfere in the church. Apparently history class is optional these days…

  2. “If ever there was a slamming of the door in the face of constructive investigation, it is the word miracle. To a medieval peasant, a radio would have seemed a miracle.” Richard Dawkins

    1. On the lighter side of things here is a Putin & Russian joke. Russia people wonder why if Trump has won! Great! But who are we now going to blame for all our problems?

    2. Radios were designed by intelligent minds. If radios popped into existence from nothing as naturalists claim the universe did it would be an actual miracle.

  3. Ohio bill 413 would require doctors to try to reimplant a fetus during ectopic pregnancies or face aggravated murder charges despite
    1) ectopic pregnancies cannot be carried to term
    2) ectopic pregnancies threaten the mothers life
    3) thee fetus is usually dead by the time an ectopic pregnancy is diagnosed
    4) there is no procedure capable of reimplanting a fetus.

    1. @CShield Too bad your parents did not have a medical procedure performed on you, but not too late for a late term abortion …. hope you die sooner than later.

  4. “Well; to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonizing death, but then be reborn to have an agonizing & horrible eternal life of torture, I say well, good on you. See you there.” Christopher Hitchens

    1. @Crystal Giddens I most certainly know the history of Seendipity.
      But, I see you love editing to make something seem to be something else which distorts its true meaning. Much like that video of yours, because your mashup of 2 different things to create your own narritive and twist the meaning of a “happy” word, is also disgusting.

      A Short History of the Word ‘Serendipity’

      The word ‘serendipity’ was invented on 28 January 1754. It was one of two literary creations by its inventor, Horace Walpole, that would achieve widespread popularity. In his 1754 letter, Walpole describes the story of ‘The Three Princes of Serendip’ as a ‘silly fairy tale’, going on to say: ‘as their highnesses travelled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of.

      https://interestingliterature.com/2015/01/28/a-short-history-of-the-word-serendipity/

  5. …and anyone points their finger at islamists when christian-motivated murders are that common in places in the USA? Murders in the name of christianity are religiously motivated terrorism!

    1. @Alex .Wallace Point: Dubya claimed that he invaded Iraq because God told him to.

      Also, while it’s not the same thing, American preachers go to Africa to try and get rather severe anti-LGBTQ laws. Like, “death penalty” severe.

    2. anyway, what are you guys doing to protect the rights of the women in your lives? do y’all escort at planned parenthood? are rapekits backlogged in your state??

  6. Prior to Roe vs Wade, almost every emergency room across the US had to create a separate triage center to handle the volume of women who had a back alley abortions. If they weren’t lucky enough to make to and be saved by the emergency room, most victims of back alley abortions bleed to death or died a horrific and painful death from an infection.

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every 8 minutes a woman in a developing nation will die of complications arising from a back alley abortion.

    1. Actually in 1972 there were 63 abortion related deaths and 24 of them were from LEGAL abortions (CDC). Planned Parenthood estimates that 90% of illegal abortions are done by trained physicians.

      Thousands of women haven’t died from abortions since the 30s before antibiotics were a thing.

      But it’s a moot point anyway and irrelevant to the question of the morality of killing innocent human beings.

    2. YES GREG M, ALSO…Today is an internet age.. any girl or boy even can google what herbs can induce a dangerous miscarriage… internet did not exist when Row vs Wade was news.

      Republicans need more movies like Dirty dancing to educate them on backroom abortions as they are not the smartest bunch.

    1. @Ricky Spanish Funny. The people I see fighting for minimum wage are not the “broke” ones earning minimum wage, but others who work just as hard and still care about their fellow Americans enough to want to see them succeed in life. And if you believe that people just shouldn’t work minimum wage jobs if they don’t want to be broke, who do you think is going to pour your coffee and make your Big Macs?
      And did you know that Native Americans believed in at least 5 genders? The concept is not new. It’s just that the Europeans came along with their puritanical religious beliefs and wiped out anything that doesn’t agree with their beliefs. And so what if there are 76 genders..? I”m not sure why that would bother you – or anyone else? Why do you care?
      One last hing, the fact that you’re pointing people to YouTube for research on ‘racist trees’ is all I needed to know on that subject.

    2. @Carolyn’s RV Life The teenagers will pour my coffee. I did it when I was a teenager. My children will do it when they are teenagers. I don’t need to hire an adult with salary just to have someone pour me coffee …

  7. Such courage these pro-choice women have, my hat’s off to them. These anti-abortionists are such Nazi like people.

  8. A Note: Very plain is the saying “Do no harm” and “Love thy neighbor as thy self”. Think, use that which has been given unto you. For no mater where you are do not we all carry the “rules” with us?

  9. We need to set a retirement age in politics mandatory now this old fart jerry is going to take on the hearings this guy is going to have a heart attack when he starts hearing facts

  10. While the rest of the World continues to
    march forward on Women’s rights—
    the GOP continues to work very hard
    to ensure that Women are not respected

    1. @vorcazm —- You have a very good point
      As a man my personal view-point is that
      Women should not be permitted to have
      abortions. Having said this it is a complex
      psychological and Social issue
      eg in many cases the father may abandon
      or simply for one reason or another the time
      may not be right
      My guess is it impacts lower income Women
      more. There also are inadequate supports
      in place. In Canada abortion is a medical
      right in all Provinces [ States ] and both
      outpatient and hospital care is fully funded
      by Medicare. There no longer is any debate
      or controversy. In fact in the October 2019
      Federal Election that Trudeau won he stated
      that Women have a right to have full control
      over their bodies. I recognize this so my personal feelings are put aside.

    2. @Crystal Waves Whether or not “the father may abandon or simply for one reason or another the time may not be right” is irrelevant to the question of the morality of killing a human being. Killing babies is wrong regardless of whether or not “the time is right”.

      The abolishment of slavery impacted low income plantation owners more. That also didn’t justify a violation of human rights.

      Killing a human being is not a right. Trudeau doesn’t decide which human beings gets rights. Neither can the Nazis, or the slave owners. If a society deems that killing Jews is moral that doesn’t make it moral.

  11. The only people qualified to make decisions about a woman’s body and
    write/pass/enforce laws about a woman’s body,
    ARE WOMEN!!!
    If only my fellow men would learn this…

  12. As soon as she said that they had to fly doctors in I thought “so that’s what those absurd admitting privilege laws target”…yup

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