Post by pavel on May 5, 2016 20:41:50 GMT -6
2 of Alabama's 3 largest abortion clinics may be forced to close
Two of Alabama's three largest abortion clinics may be forced to close because of a bill passed Wednesday by the state legislature and expected to be signed into law by Gov. Robert Bentley.
Abortion clinics in Huntsville and Tuscaloosa are located within 2,000 feet of public schools grades K-8, which will break the law if Bentley signs Senate bill 205 into law.
The two clinics performed 5,927 abortions in 2014 (the most recent statistics available), according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. Those clinics performed 72 percent of the 8,080 abortions in the state in 2014.
The Huntsville clinic is across the street from Academy for Academics and Arts, a K-8 school, on Sparkman Drive and the Tuscaloosa clinic is located near Tuscaloosa Magnet elementary (grades 1-5) and middle schools (grades 6-8) on McFarland Boulevard.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/2_of_alabamas_3_largest_aborti.html
Two of Alabama's three largest abortion clinics may be forced to close because of a bill passed Wednesday by the state legislature and expected to be signed into law by Gov. Robert Bentley.
Abortion clinics in Huntsville and Tuscaloosa are located within 2,000 feet of public schools grades K-8, which will break the law if Bentley signs Senate bill 205 into law.
The two clinics performed 5,927 abortions in 2014 (the most recent statistics available), according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. Those clinics performed 72 percent of the 8,080 abortions in the state in 2014.
The Huntsville clinic is across the street from Academy for Academics and Arts, a K-8 school, on Sparkman Drive and the Tuscaloosa clinic is located near Tuscaloosa Magnet elementary (grades 1-5) and middle schools (grades 6-8) on McFarland Boulevard.
Read more: www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/2_of_alabamas_3_largest_aborti.html