Ind. Bill On Hospital Admitting Privileges For Abortion Providers Dies After Lawmakers Deadlock

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Article Date: 04 May 2009 - 2:00 PDT

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An Indiana bill (S.B. 89) that would have required physicians who perform abortion procedures to have admitting privileges in a nearby hospital died this week after the state Legislature adjourned without reaching a compromise on including a cancer screening program in the measure, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports. The bill also would have required that abortion providers tell women seeking the procedure that a fetus might feel pain. Opponents of the bill said it aimed to restrict women's access to abortion, while supporters claimed the measure would have improved patient safety.

According to the AP/Tribune, the House version of the proposed legislation included a $28 million cancer screening program for women. The Republican-controlled Senate opposed including the program in the bill, but the Democrat-led House refused to remove the program. According to the AP/Tribune, the deadlock between the two chambers on the program killed the bill (AP/Chicago Tribune, 4/29).

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