http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/feature/2010/02/24/philadelphia_clinic_shut_down The state of a Philadelphia facility draws national attention, at the expense of safe, legal providers By Kate Harding A Philadelphia medical facility has been shut down by the Pennsylvania Department of State’s Board of Medicine, following a raid in which federal agents found conditions at the clinic “deplorable and unsanitary.” The Associated Press [...]
Archive for February, 2010
It takes one bad abortion clinic…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, myths & misconceptions, TV/Media on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
40 Days of What?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, faith & religion, provider experience on February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Every year around this time, our clinic is targeted by the 40 Days for Life campaign. The campaign aims to have protestors outside of abortion clinics 24 hours a day for 40 days. Protestors are nothing new to us, but the 40 Days campaign tends to be a bit more aggressive. In response to this [...]
Even big, stong football players trust women.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, TV/Media on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There was a lot of talk leading up to the Superbowl last night about an ad sponsored by Focus on the Family, an anti-choice organization, that would air during the game. The ad would feature Heisman Trophy winning Tim Tebow and his mother discussing her decision (or choice, if you prefer) to continue her pregnancy against her physician’s advice. Talking [...]
Court Updates
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abortion, politics on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The last two weeks of January saw some pretty amazing news in the Courts. The most important news that abortion providers received was that Scott Roeder, the man who admitted to killing Dr. George Tiller, was convicted and will face a life sentence for the murder. This comes to a huge relief to all of us who [...]