American’s United for Life found health inspection violations relating to unsanitary conditions such as the following:
- Equipment exam rooms, pre/post operation rooms and patient seating areas had torn, broken or makeshift repairs, preventing the surfaces from being properly sanitized.
- Staff wearing used scrubs over and over again;
- Staff performing procedures and examinations, and/or handling dirty objects without washing hands;
- Blood and bodily fluid stained and/or splattered on floor, wall, lights and other equipment;
- Medicine, blood testing, and fetal remains kept in the same refrigerators as food;
- Autoclaves (sterilizers) that were not being properly monitored, not used to manufacturers’ standards, and/or not working;
- Soiled and clean equipment stored in the same room;
- Contaminated syringe containers being stored incorrectly;
- Improper water temperatures for laundry and sterilization;
- Single-use vials being used multiple times and on different patients;
- Vaginal probes, surfaces, and other equipment not being disinfected between uses;
- Infectious waste not being stored or disposed of properly
These violations were found in the following clinics:
ALABAMA
Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives
Beacon Women’s Center, Montgomery
New Woman All Women Health Care
Planned Parenthood of Alabama, Birmingham
Planned Parenthood of Alabama, Mobile
Reproductive Health Services, Montgomery
West Alabama Women’s Center
ARIZONA
Camelback Family Planning, Phoenix
Desert Star Family Planning, Phoenix
Family Planning Associates Medical Group, Phoenix
Planned Parenthood – Flagstaff
Planned Parenthood – Glendale
ARKANSAS
Little Rock Family Planning Services
CONNECTICUT
Hartford GYN Center
Planned Parenthood of Connecticut Inc– Norwich
Planned Parenthood of Connecticut Inc– Stamford
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England – West Hartford
DELAWARE
Planned Parenthood of Delaware
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington Surgery Center
FLORIDA
A Jacksonville Women’s Health Center
A Medical Office for Women, North Miami Beach
A Woman’s World Medical Center
A-1 Women’s Health Care, Inc., Miami
All Women’s Clinic, Fort Lauderdale
All Women’s Health Center of North Tampa
All Women’s Health Center of Orlando, Altamonte Springs
All Women’s Health Center, Saint Petersburg
Blue Coral Women’s Care
Florida Women’s Center, Inc.
Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, Inc., South Tampa
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida
Southwest Florida Women’s Clinic, Fort Myers
Today’s Women Medical Center
GEORGIA
Atlanta Women’s Clinic
Atlanta Women’s Medical Center
Cliff Valley Clinic
Savannah Medical Clinic
Summit Medical Associates
ILLINOIS
Access Health Care Center
ACU Health Center
Advantage Health Care
Hope Clinic for Women
Michigan Avenue Medical Center
Northern Illinois Women’s Center
Whole Woman’s Health of Peoria
Women’s Aid Clinic (Now operating as Women’s Aid Center)
INDIANA
Clinic for Women
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Bloomington
Potomac Family Planning Center
Prince George’s Reproductive Health Services
Silver Spring Family Planning (American Women’s Center)
Whole Woman’s Health of Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS
Planned Parenthood/Preterm Health Services, Greater Boston (Boston)
Planned Parenthood/Preterm Health Services, Greater Boston (Fitchburg)
Planned Parenthood/Preterm Health Services, Greater Boston (Springfield)
Planned Parenthood/Preterm Health Services, Greater Boston (Worcester)
MICHIGAN
Heritage Clinic for Women
Northland Family Planning Centers
Planned Parenthood of Mid-Michigan, Ann Arbor
Planned Parenthood of Mid and South Michigan, Flint
Scotsdale Women’s Center
Summit Women’s Center
Woman Care of Southfield
Women’s Center of Flint
Women’s Center of Saginaw
Women’s Center of Southfield
Women’s Medical Services, Muskegon
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson Women’s Health Organization
MISSOURI
Comprehensive Planned Parenthood
Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood, Springfield
Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood, St. Louis
NEVADA
All Women Care
Birth Control Care Center
Safe and Sound for Women
NEW JERSEY
Cherry Hill Women’s Center
Metropolitan Surgical Associates
Pilgrim Medical Center
NEW MEXICO
Southwestern Women’s Options
NEW YORK
Unnamed (Redacted) (Redacted) New York Abortion Clinic
NORTH CAROLINA
A Preferred Women’s Health Center, Charlotte
A Preferred Women’s Health Center, Raleigh
A Woman’s Choice of Greensboro
A Woman’s Choice of Raleigh
Baker Clinic for Women
Carolina Women’s Clinic
Hallmark Women’s Clinic
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic of Central North, Chapel Hill
Planned Parenthood of Winston-Salem
Women’s Health Alliance/Chapel Hill Obstetrics and Gynecology
OHIO
Akron Women’s Medical Group
Capital Care Network
East Health Central Ohio (Planned Parenthood)
Founder’s Women’s Health Center
Northeast Ohio Women’s Center
Planned Parenthood, Bedford Heights
Planned Parenthood East Health Center
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Regional
OREGON
Lovejoy Surgicenter
PENNSYLVANIA
Allegheny Reproductive Health Center
Allentown Health Center (Planned Parenthood)
Allentown Medical Services
Allentown Women’s Center
Berger and Benjamin
Drexel OB/GYN Associates, Philadelphia
Hillcrest Women’s Medical Center
Philadelphia Women’s Center
Planned Parenthood of Central Pennsylvania, York
Planned Parenthood of Keystone, Allentown
Planned Parenthood of Keystone, Harrisburg
Planned Parenthood of Keystone, Reading
Planned Parenthood of Keystone, Warminster
Planned Parenthood of Keystone, York
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Far Northeast Health Center
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Locust Street Health Center
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Norristown
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, West Chester Health Center
Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania
Planned Parenthood – Warminster
Medical Center
Women’s Medical Society
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston Women’s Medical Center
Columbia Health Center (Planned Parenthood)
Greenville Women’s Clinic
SOUTH DAKOTA
Planned Parenthood Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health
Memphis Center for Reproductive Health
Planned Parenthood Memphis
TEXAS
Aaron’s Women’s Center
Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services Clinic, San Antonio
Hilltop Women’s Reproductive Clinic
Houston Women’s Clinic
Planned Parenthood Babcock Sexual Healthcare, San Antonio
Planned Parenthood Center for Choice Stafford
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas El Paso
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (Aaron Women’s Clinic (“Aaron”)
Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center
Women’s Pavilion and Northpark Medical Group
Reproductive Services El Paso
Reproductive Services San Antonio
Suburban Women’s Clinic Houston
Whole Woman’s Health, Austin, Beaumont, Fort Worth, and McAllen
Whole Woman’s Health Austin
Whole Woman’s Health Fort Worth
Whole Woman’s Health, San Antonio
UTAH
Wasatch Women’s Center Inc.
VIRGINIA
A Capitol Women’s Health Clinic
A Tidewater Women’s Health Clinic
Alexandria Women’s Health Clinic
Amethyst Health Center for Women
Annandale Women and Family Center
Charlottesville Medical Center for Women
Charlottesville Planned Parenthood
Falls Church Healthcare Center
Hillcrest Clinic
NOVA Women’s Healthcare
Peninsula Medical Center for Women
Planned Parenthood, Blacksburg
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, Falls Church
Planned Parenthood, Roanoke
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia
Richmond Medical Center for Women
Roanoke Medical Center for Women
Virginia Health Group
Virginia League for Planned Parenthood
Virginia Women’s Wellness
Whole Woman’s Health of Charlottesville
WASHINGTON
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Northern Idaho
WISCONSIN
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin
Catherine Glenn Foster, Steven H. Aden, ed. UNSAFE: America’s Abortion Industry Endangers Women (Americans United for Life, 2021)
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