We should demand that abortion not be covered by the criminal code. It's not a crime. It's a health issue.

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Activists on both sides are in constant argument while state houses rush in to ensure that the information gap is

Filled in ways they deem appropriate

But the views of the states may conflict with those of the medical profession

resulting in less clarity and more confusion as WNYC's Mary Harris reports

If Lea Torres was your obstetrician, you walked into her office and said I want an abortion

The first thing she would do is dig into her desk for one particular folder

It's literally a script typed out to make sure she doesn't break any laws

So if you can imagine it doesn't instill a lot of confidence

This document is long to single space pages noting every possible side effect of the procedure

Mostly it's accurate and mostly it contains the information I would have given the patient anyway

But she also reads things that she would never tell a patient

It says one abortion risk is post-abortal syndrome

That's a name that's been coined for abortion regret

That syndrome does not exist that is not a thing and after reading that script

Torres has to ask her patient to sign a consent form that says she can request pain medication for the fetus

And there's no medical evidence to support the claim that a fetus can feel pain

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