Some 3,000 babies have
lost their lives to this new Planned Parenthood money-making venture and 3,000
mothers and families have been forever damaged.
"The pro-life
movement is often falsely accused of only caring for the baby," said
Iowans for LIFE Executive Director Maggie DeWitte. "Yes, we dearly care
for the baby, but we also dearly care for the mother."
"This issue is
about women's health care, and in the case of telemed abortion, lack of
adequate women's health care," she said.
"I would think
every woman in the state of Iowa who considers herself a feminist would be
supporting the efforts of the Iowa Board of Medicine in looking into this
practice and realizing that this is a safety issue for our mothers, sisters,
aunts, friends and any woman we know," DeWitte continued. "I wouldn't
want to subject my worst enemy to the shoddy care of telemed abortion, where
they never see a doctor in person during the entire procedure."
That was a point made by
an ER doctor. She pointed to the lack of follow-up care with telemed abortions.
She pointed out that women were told to
go to the ER if they have complications, but the ER doctors don’t know these
patients or their history and therefore they are not getting the best level of
care they could.
During a hearing on the
matter, a Planned Parenthood representative was asked who administers the pre-telemed
ultra-sound. He first stated that typically it is an RN. He later corrected
himself and admitted that not all Planned Parenthood clinics have RN’s on
staff. In some cases it was a certified medical assistant (CMA). Yet Planned Parenthood’s
chairman, Dr. Robert Shaw refused to answer if he ever relied on a CMA’s
evaluation to conduct a procedure or provide medication in his practice.
The rule is set to become
effective Nov. 6.
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