30-mile rule

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The 30-mile rule is the following regulation against abortion first passed in 1995 in Missouri: "Any physician performing or inducing an abortion who does not have clinical privileges at a hospital which offers obstetrical or gynecological care located within thirty miles of the location at which the abortion is performed or induced shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law." ยง 188.080 R.S.Mo. (2005)

Missouri's bill closed 1 of only 2 remaining abortion clinics within 60 days of passage. Planned Parenthood even backed off its legal challenge in order to avoid a bad precedent for it. Missouri's bill is perfectly constitutional and Roe v. Wade says nothing to invalidate it. In fact, there is language in Roe v. Wade supporting this bill: "The [state's] interest obviously extends at least to the performing physician and his staff, to the availability of after-care, and to adequate provision for any complication or emergency that might arise."

Florida passed a diluted version of this bill, which was introduced in 2005 as H.B. 1041. In 2006 these additional states had pending versions of this rule requiring an abortionist to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital (which many abortionists lack, and end up dumping emergency victims on other doctors):

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