LA: Judge stays local abortion clinic's license suspension

 Well they surely are concerned about the safety of women aren't they....NOT. All they can think about is getting open and ringing those tills.....no mention of correcting the deficiencies.  And the news of the abortionist in MD and MA botching abortions and causing deaths of the mothers as well as the intended victims....the babies.

A Shreveport abortion clinic has reopened after a Baton Rouge judge temporarily blocked the suspension of the clinic's license.

from Shreveportonline.com

The Center for Reproductive Rights on Monday filed suit on behalf of Hope Medical Group for Women, which lost its license Sept. 3 after state health officials cited violations they considered an immediate danger to the health and safety of clients. A new state law gives the state Health and Hospitals Department the authority to take action immediately rather than giving a clinic time to correct violations.


The lawsuit claims the state's actions were unnecessary and unconstitutional. A hearing will be held Sept. 21 to determine whether the clinic can remain open while its legal claims are resolved.
The clinic is open and taking appointments, a spokeswoman said Tuesday afternoon.
"We are extremely pleased that Hope can reopen its doors," Janet Crepps, deputy director of the U.S. Legal Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a written statement. "Hope has provided abortion in Shreveport for over 30 years with an excellent safety record and that commitment to good service has not wavered."
A hearing will be held Sept. 21 to determine whether the clinic can remain open while its legal claims are resolved.
State health officials are "very disappointed" about the ruling, said Bruce D. Greenstein, the new Health and Hospitals secretary.
"This order was signed without any notification to us and without any effort to hear from medical professionals about the risk to the facility's clients posed by the violations our inspectors found," Greenstein said in a written statement. "We will continue to fight to protect Louisiana residents and to shot down activities that put women in harm."
State officials are still working to revoke the clinic's license. The state is pursuing an unrelated revocation case against Gentilly Medical Clinic for Women in New Orleans. Inspections that started in 2009 allege employees there were dispensing narcotics without proper authorization.
Abortion clinics are inspected once a year. Inspectors visited Hope Medical Group and Bossier City Medical Suite, another local abortion clinic, in August. They found no deficiencies at the Bossier City clinic.
They cited a lack of qualified employees to monitor patients' consciousness, cardiovascular status and other vital signs after giving intravenous medication and nitrous oxide a lack of a physical exam by a doctor to verify patients' self-reported medical histories at Hope Medical Group.
Five of the state's seven licensed clinics have been inspected this year. The remaining two will be inspected before the end of the year, said Lisa Faust, DHH spokeswoman.


 I thought one of the commenters was especially despicable referring the baby in the womb to a parasite...
mbrd71 wrote:If I have a tapeworm in my intestines, I think I have every right to have it killed. Parasites are parasites. If these kids were allowed to be born into horrible family conditions, there would be that many more people in Shreveport of the type that all the same people would be complaining about.