Posts Tagged ‘clinics’

Alabama Senate passes bill tightening rules for abortion clinics

By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) – The Alabama Senate passed an abortion bill on Tuesday critics say would limit access to the procedure with stricter requirements for clinics that provide it. The Senate passed the bill on a vote of 22-10, after the House passed a similar bill in February. A committee will reconcile [...]

New VA clinics, expansions left in limbo

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veterans’ health clinic in Brick, N.J. is in such disrepair that when the snow gets heavy, patients have to go elsewhere for fear the roof might collapse. Another in San Antonio has extensive mildew and mold problems that could prove a health hazard for employees and patients in the coming years. [...]

Virginia tightens building codes for existing abortion clinics

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – The Virginia state health board voted on Friday to require existing abortion clinics to meet stricter hospital building codes, a move clinic supporters say could force facilities to make expensive changes or close. The board in June had exempted existing abortion clinics from meeting the building code rules for new hospitals [...]

Gingrich wants panel to look at in vitro clinics

Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called Sunday for a commission to study the ethical issues relating to in vitro fertilization clinics, where infertile women receive treatment to get pregnant and large numbers of embryos are created. Tweet This Post

Kansas to Shut Down All Abortion Clinics

“A normally obscure board in Kansas unanimously approved new regulations Thursday for abortion providers, moving the state closer to becoming the first in the nation without a clinic or doctor’s office performing the procedures,” the AP reports. Tweet This Post