{"id":164811,"date":"2017-04-12T14:35:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=164811"},"modified":"2017-04-12T14:35:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T18:35:58","slug":"closed-louisiana-abortion-facility-shuts-down-leaving-three-facilities-in-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/closed-louisiana-abortion-facility-shuts-down-leaving-three-facilities-in-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOSED: Louisiana abortion facility shuts down, leaving three facilities in the state"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Bossier City Medical Suite, an abortion facility in Bossier City, Louisiana, has closed its doors. From 2006 to 2015, 7,482 children were reportedly killed through abortion at the location.<\/p>\n<p>According to an announcement by <a href=\"http:\/\/abortiondocs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Bossier-City-Abortion-Facility-Closes-LRTL-PR-04112017.pdf\">Louisiana Right to Life<\/a>, in a letter filed as a public record in the federal case <em>June Medical Services LLC, et al v. Rebekah Gee, et al<\/em>, Louisiana Right to Life learned that the facility had closed, and that its outpatient license was returned to the Louisiana Department of Health. In addition, a moving trailer was reportedly spotted at the facility on April 11, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Bossier City Medical Suite provided both surgical and medical abortions, and had sued the state of Louisiana in 2014 in an attempt to stop the pro-life <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2014\/08\/22\/louisiana-abortion-centers-sue-to-stop-law-that-could-close-three-abortion-clinics\/\">Unsafe Abortion Protection Act<\/a>. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal had signed that act into law to ensure that abortionists had admitting privileges at local hospitals in order to protect women injured during abortions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the closure of Bossier City Medical Suite, there is one less facility in Louisiana destroying the lives of innocent unborn babies,&#8221; said Benjamin Clapper, executive director of Louisiana Right to Life. &#8220;[&#8230;] We encourage the pro-life community to continue its efforts to provide help to mothers and babies, both before and after birth. We look forward to a day when all babies are protected by law and welcomed with joy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The closing of Bossier City Medical Suite leaves just three abortion facilities in the state of Louisiana: Delta Clinic in Baton Rouge, the Women&#8217;s Health Center in New Orleans, and Hope Medical Clinic for Women in Shreveport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bossier City Medical Suite, an abortion facility in Bossier City, Louisiana, has closed its doors. From 2006 to 2015, 7,482 children were reportedly killed through abortion at the location. 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