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In a June 6-8 inspection 2011, The Illinois Department of public health suspended the license of the abortion clinic in Rockford, Northern Illinois Women’s Center. They found:

“The facility did not ensure the presence of a registered nurse in the operating room during all invasive and operative procedures.

The facility did not ensure the presence of a registered nurse to direct and supervise the nursing personnel and the nursing care of patients.

The facility did not ensure that either of the two physicians on staff have and maintain surgical practice privileges with an Illinois-licensed hospital.

The facility did not have a written agreement with a laboratory that possesses a valid clinical laboratory improvement amendment certificate to perform any lab work that is not performed at the facility.”

All these deficiencies could compromise patient care. Without admitting privileges, it is more difficult to have a patient transferred to the ER if there is a problem. Without an agreement with a laboratory, abortion remains cannot be properly examined after they are removed from the woman’s body. Failure to have a pathologist inspect the remains would keep the clinic from knowing whether or not the entire baby and placenta were removed. Any parts left behind could cause a serious infection. Also, examining the abortion remains is the only way to screen for eptopic pregnancy, which if left untreated undetected, can cause fatal bleeding.

“According to the notice, the department “found conditions at (the Northern Illinois Women’s Center) that are directly threatening to the public interest, health, safety and welfare requiring immediate, emergency action.”

Corina Curry “Rockford abortion clinic’s license suspended indefinitely” Rockford Register Star, September 30, 2011

The problems found in the Rockford abortion clinic were extremely minor compared to some of the horrible conditions found in other clinics. Read about some of these clinics here, as well as efforts from pro-choice groups to regulate and inspect abortion clinics

After one abortion clinic was closed permanently in June and serious health violations were found in several others, the Alabama Bureau of Health Provider Standards has proposed new regulations governing abortion clinics.

One clinic, New Woman All Women Health Care in Birmingham, agreed to go on probation in November after “inspectors found patients weren’t given preoperative medication on time, the clinic hadn’t verified whether pregnancy tests and ultrasound tests were conducted and, in the most serious violation, the clinic’s administrator had ordered and diverted narcotics such as hydrocodone for her own use,” according to the News.

Pro-Life News in Brief. National Right to Life News December 1, 2006

Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice groups vehemently oppose any regulation of clinics, claiming such regulations would drive abortion clinics out of business. Meanwhile, many abortion clinics are dangerous and have injured and even killed women.