{"id":9532,"date":"2012-12-30T23:01:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T04:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:58:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:58:27","slug":"in-michigan-feminists-refuse-to-protect-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2012\/12\/in-michigan-feminists-refuse-to-protect-women\/","title":{"rendered":"In Michigan, Feminists Refuse to Protect Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Do Michigan\u2019s feminists REALLY care about women?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

In the \u201870s, when abortion proponents were making the case for legalized abortion across the land, they argued that passage of Roe v. Wade would ensure needed safeguards for women seeking to terminate a pregnancy.\u00a0 \u201cNo more back alley abortions!\u201d<\/strong> was their mantra.<\/strong>\u00a0 Once abortion was legalized, they reasoned, women would no longer be forced to abort their unwanted children in unsafe, unlicensed facilities staffed by untrained, uncaring practitioners.\u00a0 Bringing abortion into the light would protect women and save lives.<\/p>\n

That was then, this is now.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

In Michigan, Republican Governor Rick Snyder has just signed House Bill 5711,<\/strong> what is called the \u201cabortion omnibus\u201d, a package of bills designed to ensure that abortion facilities meet universal medical standards.\u00a0 Clinics which endanger women\u2019s health will be brought into compliance, or they will close. \u00a0And oh, the ladies are mad!<\/strong><\/p>\n

What, exactly, does House Bill 5711 do?<\/strong><\/p>\n