Closets, Air Conditioning, and Water Fountains: The Current Anti-Choice Weapons Against Abortion
So why exactly are abortion clinics being forced to close in Texas, as well as in the mounting number of other states that are pushing similar regulations? It’s not because they’re providing unsafe care and they need to drastically change their practices. In fact, Texas’ health department has confirmed that the clinics currently operating in the Lone Star State are extremely safe.
Usually, it’s actually because clinics can’t afford to make the expensive, unnecessary updates required under state laws. And that’s exactly the point, since those state-level measures are specifically designed to regulate them out of business. This type of indirect attack on reproductive access is known as the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, or TRAP, and it’s an increasingly popular anti-choice strategy. Here are just a few examples of costly renovations that TRAP laws require abortion clinics to make, and that ultimately put them out of business:
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