"After years of allowing everyone to access this life-saving vaccine, the FDA has said that it is limiting COVID vaccines to people who are 65 years or older and at high risk. Some states, including Illinois and Colorado, have chosen to ignore this guidance, because it isn't based on science, and it isn't about protecting anyone's health - it's about cowering to fanatics while maintaining the veneer of decorum."
"TRAP laws, short for Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, became all the anti-abortion rage in the 2010s because they allowed hostile legislators to force abortion clinics to close without directly banning abortion. These laws required abortion clinics to meet onerous and medically unnecessary requirements - requiring that abortion clinics meet the facility standards for ambulatory surgical centers, for example. Abortion is an outpatient procedure that is 14 times safer than childbirth, according to one study, and has a lower complication rate than knee surgery."
The Food and Drug Administration has restricted COVID vaccine access to people 65 years or older and those at high risk after years of broad availability. Some states, including Illinois and Colorado, have chosen to ignore that guidance, characterizing the restriction as unscientific and politically motivated rather than protective of health. The tactic of limiting access is linked to strategies used by anti-abortion activists, who deployed TRAP laws to impose medically unnecessary, costly facility requirements and force clinic closures without banning abortion outright. Abortion is described as an outpatient procedure substantially safer than childbirth with lower complication rates than knee surgery.
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