[Sonny M]

Is Dean admitting abortionists are not doctors????

Um sort of, Vermont is either the only state or one of the only states where nurses and pysician assistants can perform abortions. From what I understand and was told, most abortions up there aren't really performed by doctors anymore.

[lainde]

I doubt that's true but it could be. If the PA is doing the abortion it's on the doctors license and he has to sign off on EVERY chart and procedure. The PA is just an extension of the doctor's hands. Bottom line it's the doctors abortion in terms of complications, lawsuits and morality. What I'm trying to figure out is what is Dean's specialty. Only OB/GYNs or family practice docs would be normally authorized to do them. Planned Parenthoods malpractice carriers would raise a stink if, for example, an internist or dermatologist were doing them...The malpractice insurance rates would balloon out of control. If his specialty is OB/GYN or family practice it's within the realm of possibility he did them.