Medical Waste Disposal Company Stops Doing Business with 'Many Planned Parenthood' Clinics

Lisa Bourne : Aug 10, 2017
LifeSiteNews.com

Pro-life advocates called for an investigation of Stericycle in 2013 after evidence arose showing the medical waste giant unlawfully dumped the bodies of babies aborted by Gosnell in a municipal landfill.

(Columbus, OH)—[LifeSiteNews] The country's largest waste hauler confirmed that it has ceased doing business with hundreds of customers, "including many Planned Parenthood locations," in the wake of a pro-life group's campaign to stop the disposal of aborted children. (Photo: Stericycle truck/via LifeSiteNews.com)

Medical waste firm Stericyle, Inc. ended business agreements with more than 400 customers in recent years, the company said in court papers, because the companies did not certify they would comply with an agreement to not use Stericycle to dispose of aborted babies.

This was affirmed in a June letter from Stericycle CEO Charles Alutto to Ohio-based pro-life group Created Equal.

In response to Created Equal's May inquiry into the status of Stericycle's relationship with Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry, Alutto clarified that Stericycle's policy of not accepting fetal remains for disposal applied to all fetal remains versus simply intact fetuses.

Alutto said further that the company required supplemental assurances in writing from its customers that they have licensed providers for fetal remains. And when their customers aren't willing to provide the certification, he said, Stericycle does not provide services.

"We have cancelled hundreds of contracts with women's clinics since this certification process was implemented several years ago," Alutto wrote.

Created Equal national director Mark Harrington told LifeSiteNews in an exclusive statement that Stericycle had taken "a vital first step in the process of ceasing its involvement with the abortion cartel."

"We will 'trust but verify' Stericycle's claims regarding their refusal to dispose of fetal remains from abortion companies," Harrington said.

Stericycle has been Planned Parenthood's main medical waste service provider in...

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