Planned Parenthood suspends surgical abortions after shocking violations found
May 3, 2013
Dover, DE - Operation Rescue has learned that Planned Parenthood of
Delaware has temporarily halted surgical abortion services. This action
makes Delaware the first state to be free from surgical abortions for
any significant period of time since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision
decriminalized abortion.
The
Planned Parenthood clinic in Dover has temporarily suspended surgical
abortions while the Wilmington affiliate has closed completely for
cleaning and re-staffing, according to Planned Parenthood statements to
the media and on their website. At least three employees, one thought
to be troubled abortionist Eric Schaff, have quit or been fired since dangerous conditions at the facilities were exposed.
In recent
weeks Planned Parenthood of Delaware was the subject of a hard-hitting
series of exposés by one of the nation's leading pro-life advocacy
groups, Operation Rescue.
Operation Rescue assisted with ABC Action News investigation that
documented the Wilmington clinic's conditions. The shocking news
report proves the unsanitary practices at this Planned Parenthood were
no different than those inside Kermit Gosnell's squalid "House of
Horrors" in Philadelphia. Gosnell is currently on trial for 5 counts of murder and a host of other abortion-related crimes.
The
allegations that shuttered this clinic's surgical practice include:
filthy conditions, use of unsterile medical equipment, over-medicated
patients, and failure to wash hands between surgeries. In addition,
several former employees and patients are in the process of filing
lawsuits against the abortion giant for health code violations and
medical malpractice.
The two Planned Parenthood facilities are the last remaining abortion facilities in Delaware after two affiliates of the Atlantic Women's Medical Services closed in 2011 when news of their association with Gosell surfaced and numerous health and safety violations were discovered.
"Filthy
clinics are the status quo in the abortion industry. Kermit Gosnell is
not an outlier and the complaints against Planned Parenthood of
Delaware prove that Big Abortion regularly puts the lives of women at
risk for STD's, HIV and even death," said Troy Newman, President of
Operation Rescue.
Newman
continued: "We now have the first state that is officially free from
surgical abortions, at least for now. This will undoubtedly save babies
and send a clear message to the abortion industry that regulation and
oversight will shut them down for good."
Rev. Patrick
J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition in Washington,
D.C., states: "We celebrate the fact that, for the first time in 40
years, we have a surgically free abortion state. Even though these
clinics may re-open shortly, this serves as a powerful reminder that
abortion in America will soon be on the scrap heap of history.
"Like with
slavery and segregation, our nation is growing tired of the violence of
abortion and how it crushes human rights, justice, and equality for
all. Every major poll taken shows Americans are troubled by abortion
on demand and its tragic consequences.
"Delaware is
providing a clear blueprint of how abortion will end in America. The
pro-life movement will continue to chip away at Roe v. Wade through
local initiatives, regulations and laws, until it no longer has any
impact or standing."
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