What NARAL doesn’t want you to know

It’s been quite a month, but life’s settled down again, mostly. I haven’t seen The Passion of the Christ yet, nor am I looking forward to it, but I imagine when I do it will spark a few thoughts. What caught me today was this article on the lack of regulation of American abortion clinics; I’m not sure which horrifies me more, the stories of how bad some of those clinics have gotten, or the fact that the abortion industry has been fighting regulation tooth and nail. Shouldn’t “women’s reproductive health” be more than a slogan? I have relatives who are nurses and doctors, and I’ve spent plenty of time in hospitals, both as a patient and as staff, and while I respect and appreciate most of my colleagues in healthcare (well, former colleagues, now), I have no illusions as to the necessity of regulation–and neither do they.