By: COURTNEY CRANDELL

Abortion advocates claim the closures hurt communities, but Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, said the facilities did not adequately protect patients. “Requiring a doctor at an abortion facility to have admitting privileges at a local hospital is common sense,” he said. “In the event of a serious complication from an abortion, the physician should be able to follow the patient to the emergency room to continue caring for his or her patient.”