And we know from the antics of the anti-choice movement to date, that the prosecution of doctors is exactly what they want.
Scott Forrester, the executive director of the New Mexico Democratic Party, said on Friday that since the bill still makes it a crime to "facilitate" an abortion in cases of rape or incest, it "leaves the door open" for criminal prosecution of "doctors, nurses, or anyone else who works at a health care clinic where this is one of the services provided".
"The anti-choice movement is increasingly borrowing tactics from the US, whether it's in the form of abortion clinic protests, demands for new regulations on how clinics work, or calls for the prosecution of doctors – not for failing to care for women properly, but for failing to fill in paperwork correctly.
Given Newt Gingrich's well-known history with women, his pledge to support anti-choice appointments and the prosecution of doctors who provide abortions is in sync with his otherwise callow, crude candidacy.
Green said she has received several calls from cancer patients and others with terminal illnesses who said the prosecution of doctors like Tseng has led other physicians to limit the amount of powerful painkillers they prescribe, even to those who have a medical need for them.
The lawyer is protected, by class legislation, in frivolous prosecutions of the doctor, but the doctor is denied the same legislation to repel these attacks on his reputation, skill and purse, because the lawyer, as a legislator, objects to special legislation for any class except his own.
They claim that the low prosecution rate of doctors and nurses in the UK who "assist in the diversion" of prescription drugs means they can supply them without fear of prosecution.
She came under attack earlier this year for pushing ahead with the prosecution of a doctor for alleged female genital mutilation.
According to the report, among the cases under review are those involving football match-fixing and the prosecution of a doctor for allegedly selling abortion pills.
Earlier this year, Leon Panetta, the US Defence Secretary, said Mr Afridi had been an essential part of the operation that traced and killed Bin Laden and denounced Pakistan's prosecution of the doctor.
