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February 26th, 2016 
Awake Goy 
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals
Since 2011, nearly 162 abortion clinics have closed or stopped offering the procedure thanks to republican state lawmakers who have trying to legislate women’s right to choose out of existence.
For perspective, at least 1 abortion provider every 2 weeks closes their doors. This trend has been spreading across 35 states so far, affecting an estimated 30 million women and their access to healthcare.
The coming documentary film “Trapped” takes a look and chronicles at the struggle of abortion clinics and the laws being passed aimed at shutting them all down.
Trapped looks at Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama; specifically the now infamous Texas anti-abortion law HB2 because of its restrictions on abortion as a matter of health regulations.
HB2 has been responsible for nearly 50% of the women’s healthcare clinics shutting down in Texas; leaving 20 businesses open.
In Mississippi, all but 1 clinic has survived the regulatory culling.
For republicans HB2 has proven the most successful scheme to stop Roe v. Wade without having to overturn the law. However, there is a constitutional battle looming ahead that begins on March 2nd to determine if HB2 is in violation of previous Supreme Court decisions on abortion access.
Prior to HB2, Texas enacted Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws which forced “all abortions take place in ambulatory surgical centers, or mini-hospitals, and that all abortion providers must have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.”
These laws proved to be the catalyst to shutting down women’s healthcare clinics because the unnecessary renovations required (such as specific hallway widths, large janitors’ closets and new ventilation systems) are too costly for the majority of clinic owners to afford.
Another roadblock in compliance with TRAP laws is that the majority of hospitals in Texas refuse to grant abortion providers with admitting privileges for “political or religious” reasons regardless of the doctor’s experience or record of safety.
In 1992, the Supreme Court ruled that “abortion regulation can be legal as long as it does not impose an undue burden on women seeking the procedure.”
HB2 and legislation similar to it appear to violate this provision set forth by the highest court of the land.
And when it comes to preventing women from choosing the fate of their own bodies, the Oklahoma Supreme Court recently made a shocking revelation.
In the written opinion of the ruling to uphold the state’s requirement that administration of abortion drugs comply with FDA standards, the judges admitted this: “We also must recognize that, by the States’ own evidentiary materials, more restrictions on abortions result in higher complication rates and in decreased women’s safety.”
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