Should state legislature regulate Michigan's abortion industry?

Bridgemi.com, a web site of The Center for Michigan has dueling editorials from Right to Life of Michigan's Pamela Sherstad and Lori Lamerand, the chair of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan. These editorials were printed in the Grand Rapids Press on July 8. A part of Pamela's editorial is below.

I attended a committee hearing that addressed serious abortion industry concerns. The Michigan Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Licensing & Regulatory Affairs heard testimony on abortion clinic abuses in Michigan. To hear about the substandard medical practices of Michigan’s abortion industry was shocking.

A few of the abuses noted during the hearing including: violation of bio-hazard waste disposal and medical record privacy laws; negligent operative and post-operative practices that have resulted in patient injury and death; and refusal to release medical records for patient use and patient follow-up care.

From what I learned during the committee hearing, Michigan has a public health problem.

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