Pro-life watchdog group’s investigation shutters Florida abortion facility

A national pro-life watchdog group’s investigation has led to the closure of a Florida abortion facility that failed to abide by standard emergency medical protocols, with reports surfacing of patients experiencing extensive bleeding and other severe complications.

Reprotection, the pro-life group responsible for spearheading the investigation that led to the suspension, began the process of attempting to shut the facility down two years ago. On May 20, Florida’s Agency of Health Care Administration issued an order to suspend the license of the American Family Planning abortion facility in Pensacola.

The document describes multiple cases where the clinic failed to comply with the law and put patients’ safety at risk.

Earlier this month, a patient experienced an incomplete second-trimester abortion due to a possible uterine rupture and cervical lacerations, according to the order. There is no record of the facility monitoring the woman’s condition or vital signs before or after the procedure, as required by law. Additionally, the document states that she experienced a blood loss of between 250 and 750 milliliters, with the exact amount unclear due to a “seven (7) and two (2) digit being written over one another” on the record.

The woman reportedly sat in the car with her husband after the abortion. Clinic staff later instructed the husband to drive his wife to a hospital in Mobile, Alabama, instead of a closer one. By the time the woman received care from a hospital, she had “undetectable blood pressure” and “required resuscitation and mass transfusion.” … (Excerpt from The Christian Post)