The national president of Operation Rescue, he bought the clinic-shuttered last May after the pro-life outfit had laid siege to it for more than 15 years-through a front group; now he's turning it into his organization's headquarters, complete with a prayer garden and a memorial to the 50,000 unborn children he claims were murdered there. In 1994, an anti-abortion foundation bought a clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, put coffins on the front lawn, and renamed the place the American Holocaust Memorial; tours for Christian school groups now include two "blood rooms" sporting what the foundation claims are original stains.
The Pittsburgh abortion clinics that were cited when routine state inspections resumed in 2010 after a lapse of more than 15 years have corrected the deficiencies, according to state records. State health officials began inspecting facilities where abortions are performed after learning the ghastly details of what allegedly occurred at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's West Philadelphia abortion clinic.
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has announced a national expansion that could double the number of abortion clinics it operates in New Jersey from three to six by 2013, and a provide a wider array of health care for the tens of thousands of uninsured or low-income people it serves. Although national and state Planned Parenthood officials say it's too soon to predict how the expansion will unfold, the news arrives as a high-profile political debate takes place over whether government should pay for family-planning services.
HARRISBURG -- Abortion clinics in Pennsylvania face stricter health and safety regulations under a measure lawmakers sent to Gov. Tom Corbett today. The proposal sponsored by state Sen. Pat Vance, R-Cumberland County, would require the state's 22 free-standing abortion facilities to become licensed as ambulatory surgical facilities and be subject to at least one annual, unannounced inspection by the state Department of Health.
WICHITA, Kan. -- The man charged with murdering a high-profile abortion doctor claimed from his jail cell Sunday that similar violence was planned around the nation for as long as the procedure remained legal, a threat that comes days after a federal investigation launched into his possible accomplices. A Justice Department spokesman said the threat was being taken seriously and additional protection had been ordered for abortion clinics last week. But a leader of the anti-abortion movement derided the accused shooter as "a fruit and a lunatic.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Saying the state failed to properly oversee a Philadelphia abortion clinic at which one woman died and others were seriously injured, Governor Tom Corbett today announced sweeping changes in the two departments responsible. This doesn't even rise to the level of government run amok. It was government not running at all. To call this unacceptable doesn't say enough. It's despicable,'' Corbett said.
Virginia has the legal right to regulate abortion clinics in the same manner it currently regulates hospitals and surgery centers, says Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II - a ruling that pro- choice advocates say could cost abortion providers $2 million and put most of them out of business. An opinion issued Friday by the pro-life Republican comes after years of attempts by conservative legislators to pass additional restrictions in the General Assembly for abortion clinics, which in Virginia have been treated for regulatory purposes as physicians' offices.
Abortion-rights supporters say the proposed law requiring the state's 22 free-standing abortion clinics to follow the same licensing regulations as other ambulatory surgical facilities is costly to comply with and could force some clinics to stop performing abortions. But why shouldn't abortion clinics be held to the same standards as other health care facilities? Do abortion-clinic patients deserve any less? Isn't their safety just as important?
By Julian Walker The Virginian-Pilot
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