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Medical Quality Assurance Commission Lowers Standard for Abortion Industry
For over 5 years the Commission has worked to write rules for office-based surgery. Professional standards for pain-relief and anesthesia during surgery done in an office were to be guaranteed by certification by one of four national professional certification organizations: The Joint Commission, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
However, something happened on the way to adopting this rule on January 14th. After a public hearing on January 14, 2010 at the Holiday Inn in Renton, the minutes of the January 15th Commission meeting refer to objections to the rule from “three interest groups” not further identified. What happened next may give a clue to the identity of the “interest groups”. An exception was made for abortion businesses that would be allowed to have their professional standards for surgical abortion certified by the largest abortion provider in the United States (Planned Parenthood America) and the abortion industry’s foremost lobbying group (the National Abortion Federation).
Turns out that all 21 members of the Commission are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of our pro-abortion Governor, Chris Gregoire. No wonder they caved in to the demands of the abortion industry which regularly wears the flag of “women’s rights” and “reproductive freedom” to cover up a gross lack of concern for pregnant and female consumers of abortion.
Will politics and money win the day?
That’s up to you.
The next public hearing will take place June 3, 2010 at 6:00pm at the Department of Health, Point Plaza East, 310 Israel Road SE, Tumwater, WA 98501.
Online public documentary evidence for the above assertions can be found at:
1. For
the rule before the Jan 14 meeting
2. For
the rule after the Jan 14th meeting
3. For
the minutes of the Jan 15th Medical Quality Assurance Commission meeting
May 27, 2010
Urgent Action Alert
You have an opportunity until May 25th to comment on a rule proposed by the Washington State Department of Health relating in part to abortion clinics. The proposed rule clearly illustrates that abortion clinics are outside of the health care system (see Section 5 below). Pay particular attention to subpart (e):
(5) Accreditation or certification.
Within three hundred sixty-five calendar days of the
effective date of this rule, a physician who
performs a procedure under this rule must ensure
that the procedure is performed in a facility that
is appropriately equipped and maintained to ensure
patient safety through accreditation or
certification and in good standing from one of the
following:
(a) The Joint Commission;
(b) The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory
Health Care;
(c) The American Association for Accreditation of
Ambulatory Surgery Facilities;
(d) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
or
(e) In lieu of accreditation or certification by one
of the above-listed entities, facilities limiting
office-based surgery to abortions or
abortion-related services may be accredited or
certified by either the Planned Parenthood
Federation of America orthe National Abortion
Federation.
Should abortion providers be in charge of certifying abortion clinics? Sounds very much like a case of the fox guarding the hen house. To read the complete text of the proposed rule, please click on the following link:
Submit written comments by May 25,
2010, to:
Name: Beverly A. Teeter, Deputy Executive Director
Address: PO Box 47866
Olympia WA 98504
Website:
http://www3.doh.wa.gov/policyreview/
fax 360-236-2795
Submitted by Jim Thomas
May 12, 2010