Pensacola, FL - The Community Healthcare Center, formerly known as the Ladies Center, in Pensacola, Florida, has closed. The infamous abortion clinic that was the site of over two decades of pro-life protests, failed renew its lab license last year. Authorities on a routine inspection of the clinic discovered that the clinic had been operating illegally for 413 days and levied the mandated fine of $1,000 per day. The clinic was unable to pay the $413,000 fine and was forced to close on October 30.
"It is ironic that regulations closed this clinic and not violence," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "The closure of this clinic is a victory for those who, like Operation Rescue, work through peaceful, legal activism to close abortion clinics."
The abortion clinic had been bombed in 1984 and was the site where Paul Hill shot and killed an abortionists and security guard in 1995. Hill was later executed for the killings. Operation Rescue denounces such violence and urges pro-life supporters to work within the law to close clinics and bring scofflaw abortionists to justice.
"We have yet to find an abortion clinic that obeys the law," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "There are enough laws on the books right now to close nearly every abortion clinic in the country, if those laws were enforced. The closing of the Community Health Care Center illustrates that point perfectly.
"It is the pro-life community that must act as the watchdogs of the abortion cartel and demand enforcement when the laws are broken. Wherever pro-lifers are doing that, we are seeing abortionists arrested and clinics closed, and that directly translates into saved lives."
The closing came during a peaceful pro-life prayer event affiliated with 40 Days for Life.
