Probation levied
against abortion clinic
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Alabama has been placed on probation
after an undercover probe by the student-led pro-life group Live Action.
The investigation -- prompted by one of
Live Action's video "stings" over the last year -- revealed that the
Birmingham facility was encouraging minors to have abortions and not
turning over information to authorities identifying the abuser, as
required by law. Eric Johnston of the Alabama Pro-Life Coalition tells
OneNewsNow that the state conducted its own probe of the clinic.
"The Alabama State Department of Health put them on probation and set
up, I think, some mechanisms that would keep that from happening in the
future and would be sure that Planned Parenthood was not doing this,"
he explains.
Johnston says he is satisfied with the state's action -- for now. But
he says Live Action's efforts have revealed that the problem spreads
beyond the Birmingham Planned Parenthood clinic.
"It's been a problem that we've always had suspicions of virtually all
abortion clinics," he laments, "that they would take in minors, do the
abortions, and not report that it was probably statutory rape -- which
would be an older individual sexually abusing the minor girl."
Johnston notes that no men are apparently to be prosecuted in the
Birmingham cases discovered so far, but urges that laws be enforced for
the protection of minors. The Planned Parenthood facility has until
next week to present an acceptable plan to resolve the situation.
Contact: Charlie Butts
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February 12, 2010
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