IL Abortion Clinics Passed without Inspections

Recently, the Illinois Department of Public Health decided that their past history of ignoring state inspection laws for abortion clinics could reveal their ideology, so the pro-abortion regulators decided to catch up on inspections that have lapsed by as much as 15 years.

For background, read Unsafe Illinois Abortion Clinic Closes Permanently and also read Two Abortionists Arrested, Charged with Murder as well as More Abortionists Linked to Murder Cases

UPDATE 1/16/14: IL Abortion Clinic Sidesteps Regulations by Closing, then Reopening (see article excerpts below)

-- From "Ill. cracks down on abortion clinics" by Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Medical Writer 1/21/12

An increased scrutiny of Illinois abortion clinics in the wake of revelations about a "house of horrors" in Philadelphia revealed that some facilities had gone up to 15 years without inspections, and two now have closed after regulators found health and safety violations.

While Illinois is working on the backlog of neglected inspections, the documents reviewed by the AP show that a few abortion clinics in the state still haven't been checked in more than a decade. One in Chicago hasn't been inspected in 16 years. Another in the suburb of Wood Dale was last inspected nearly 15 years ago.

Anti-abortion activist Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League, said Illinois is "one of the most pro-abortion states in the nation" and he believes it gave the clinics "a pass." The state has shown "a systematic unwillingness to step away from the ideology and look at these facilities objectively," he said, calling for more stringent inspections.

Those reports [of mothers' deaths in other states] also spurred the Illinois Department of Public Health into action, said Karen Senger, who supervises licensing and regulation of health care facilities in the state. The documents show the state began quietly increasing the inspections of its clinics last year.

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From "Illinois cracks down on abortion clinics" by The Associated Press 1/20/12

Here is a list of clinics inspected last year and the years they'd gone without full health inspections:

—Aanchor Health Center in Glen Ellyn. Nine years without a full health inspection. Inspected May 5, 2011.

—Access Health Center in Downers Grove. 13 years without a full health inspection. Inspected May 18, 2011.

—ACU Health Clinic in Hinsdale. 14 years without an inspection. Inspected May 24, 2011.

—American Women's Medical Center in Des Plaines. Seven years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 23, 2011.

—Forest View Medical Center in Des Plaines. Six years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 1, 2011.

—Michigan Avenue Medical Center in Chicago. Seven years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 23, 2011.

—National Health Care Service in Peoria. Nine years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 16, 2011.

—Northern Illinois Women's Center in Rockford. 15 years without a full health inspection. Inspected June 8, 2011.

—Women's Aid Clinic in Lincolnwood. 15 years without a full health inspection. Inspected Sept. 6, 2011.

Source: Illinois Department of Public Health documents on pregnancy termination center inspections

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UPDATE 1/16/14: From "Slapped with $36,000 fine, judge willing to let abortion clinic pay $77 to get off the hook" by John Jansen, LifeSiteNews.com

Imagine you run a shoddy abortion clinic that amasses a $36,000 fine by your state’s health department.  You file for bankruptcy, but your case is dismissed.  Then, you close out your bank account, dissolve your old company, change your name, and move to a different location.

On September 6-7, 2011, inspectors with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) visited the Women’s Aid Clinic abortion facility, located in the northern Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood, for the first time in 15 years.

Six weeks later, on October 21, 2011 the state assessed Women’s Aid Clinic with a fine of $36,000 for a host of serious violations, including failure to perform CPR on 18-year old Antonesha Ross, who died following an abortion.  The state also suspended the license of Women’s Aid to operate as a pregnancy termination specialty center (PTSC) and prohibited the facility from performing surgical abortions—although it is still permitted to perform medical abortions (i.e., RU-486).

To read the entire saga, CLICK HERE.