The Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved a bill 5-0 mandating that doctors who perform abortions maintain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
Supporters said the bill would improve care for women and assure they could get help if they suffered complications.
But opponents said the bill only places unnecessary obstacles for doctors willing to perform abortions.
In addition, the Texas Hospital Association testified against the bill, saying the measure would subject hospitals to needless time and expense screening doctors who rarely, if ever, would need to admit patients into their facility.
“A hospital should not be required to assume responsibility for the qualifications of a doctor that does not practice in the hospital,” said Stacy Wilson, associate general counsel for the association.
Abortion rights backers also pointed out that with enough political pressure, hospital administrations would be able to shut down abortion clinics by refusing admitting privileges to the doctors.
But anti-abortion forces said it was a good way to ensure that doctors were screened and competent. Those who lost hospital privileges shouldn’t be performing abortions, they said.
Kyleen Wright, President of Texans for Life, said she doesn’t want abortion clinics to “be the hiding place for the bottom-feeders of the medical profession who can’t make it anywhere else.”
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