Pro-lifers Rally to Stop New Birmingham Planned Parenthood Abortion Center

Claire Chretien : Jun 7, 2018
LifeSiteNews.com

The Department of Health put the facility on probation in 2012 after a Live Action sting revealed Planned Parenthood Birmingham's willingness to "bend the rules a little bit" when it came to reporting statutory rape. The counselor told undercover Lila Rose to use an older sibling's signature on parental consent forms.

(Birmingham, AL)—[LifeSiteNews.com] A failing Planned Parenthood branch plans to build a new abortion center just off of the interstate highway in Alabama, and pro-lifers are organizing to stop it. (Photo: Planned Parenthood in Birmingham/ via Abortiondocs.org)

Planned Parenthood Birmingham, currently located downtown, has struggled to meet health and safety standards for years. Sidewalk counselors outside that location say hardly any patients have come over the past year, and apparently none for abortions, raising questions about how the business is managing to stay afloat.

The Birmingham center has repeatedly opened and closed, and now appears to still be operating only thanks to support from the abortion company's regional affiliate, Planned Parenthood Southeast.

Earlier this year, Planned Parenthood Southeast purchased undeveloped land at 1019 First Ave. N. for $430,600. That land is in the city's Bessemer neighborhood.

A spokeswoman for the abortion company told AL.com "it is still in the very early stages," but they hope to break ground on a new abortuary this year.

In 2014, Planned Parenthood Birmingham—at that time still committing abortions—was forced to shut down for 10 months after its employees were caught selling drugs in the parking lot. Over the years, its deficiencies documented by the state health department have included workers not washing their hands, poor records management, botched abortions, and failing to sterilize medical instruments...

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