trap law designed to close clinics there were 20 facilities where virginia women could go for abortion services. now there are 19, and of those 19 another 15 are considered to be in jeopardy of closing as well because of this new republican-passed law. so in virginia, which is about 200 miles tall and about 430 miles wide, this new trap law is designed to leave women with access to just four clinics across the state. the first of 20 has just closed. in texas, where republican state legislators pushed through new abortion restrictions on friday, 37 of the 42 facilities providing abortion services in the state are expected to shut down once republican governor rick perry signs the bill into law. the law will require facilities to retrofit themselves essentially into mini hospitals. changes designed to be so expensive that it will be impossible for most of the clinics to stay open. facilities that can pay for all those upgrades in texas will still have to clear another hurdle that is desi
one of the virginia facilities that provides abortions to virginia women has had to shut its doors due to the state s trap law. the virginia facility that does more abortions than any other in the state has become the latest casualty of the trap law strategy. before the new anti-abortion trap law designed to close clinics there were 20 facilities where virginia women could go for abortion services. now there are 19, and of those 19 another 15 are considered to be in jeopardy of closing as well because of this new republican-passed law. so in virginia, which is about 200 miles tall and about 430 miles wide, this new trap law is designed to leave women with access to just four clinics across the state. the first of 20 has just closed. in texas, where republican state legislators pushed through new abortion restrictions on friday, 37 of the 42 facilities providing abortion services in the state are expected to shut down once republican governor rick perry signs the bill into law. the law
virginia, a major clinic actually the busiest in the state had to close its doors because of a trap law. these laws are working and they are going to work in texas and only six abortion clinics left if this loud is to go into effect. i think the anti-abortion movement is pleased how this is working out. five or six in texas and in virginia they are saying as low as four clinics all across the state. virginia has one of the toughest laws putting abortion clinics in the same category as hospitals and what that effectively does it restricts them because it regulates the size of everything from parking lots to janitor s closets. so if this is happening more and more and they have and the other side hasn t figured out an effective message, what are they going to do? there is an effective message. that is it s ironic to use the gosnall trial to push these regulations. it s like finding bad meat in one local grocery store and
different than getting your tonsils out or, you know in what sense is it different? well, it s the only procedure, well, it s only procedure that when it is done there is a life that is taken. you can have complications in that procedure and so the procedures are there to help deal with some of those complications. so you re suggesting there s more medical complications with abortions than some of these other procedures that are done in surgical centers? that is how debate was playing out today in texas over a bill that would likely shut down post of the state s abortion clinics if allowed to become law. it s what s known as a t.r.a.p. law, a bill full of burdensome regulations and red tape targeted specifically at abortion providers and designed to shut them down. the texas t.r.a.p. law does the same thing mississippi famously
a bill that would likely shut down post of the state s abortion clinics if allowed to become law. it s what s known as a trap law, a bill full of burdensome regulations and red tape targeted specifically at abortion providers and designed to shut them down. the texas trap law does the same thing mississippi famously tried to do last year endangering that state s only remaining clinic. requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. which sounds like a pretty reasonable requirement as often billed by republicans, as you just saw, as a safety issue for women. joining me now to explain why what sounds like a reasonable regulation is really a trap is jordan goldberg for the u.s. legal program at the center for reproductive rights. great to have you here. thank you for having me. it s been fascinating to watch this play out in the states. it seems like there s two things happening. 20-week bans. this is all the rage in antiabortion circles. 20-we