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(Pro-Life Action League<\/a>) Earlier this month, the Pro-Life Action League published an article<\/a> about a new Carafem abortion clinic in Skokie, Illinois, one of Chicago\u2019s northern suburbs. Then, late last week, a Chicago Sun-Times reporter called our office seeking a comment on this new abortion facility from Pro-Life Action League vice president Ann Scheidler.<\/p>\n

The article<\/a> ran on Sunday, and one quote in particular from Carafem\u2019s Melissa Grant jumped out at me:<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of our efforts to normalize abortion services is to advertise about it,\u201d she said. \u201cWe use a loud voice when talking about the service we provide.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

With that in mind, take a look at how Carafem described its day-to-day activities in its application for a certificate of occupancy, which the Pro-Life Action League obtained<\/a> via a Freedom of Information Act request:<\/p>\n

\"abortion<\/p>\n

READ: Abortion ‘spa’ glamorizes the procedure: ‘There’s no shame in it’<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Notice, of course, what word is not there.<\/p>\n

So much for all that talk about \u201ca loud voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

And now that Carafem is up and running, don\u2019t be expecting the Illinois Department of Public Health to be checking up on them. That\u2019s because a loophole in the state\u2019s complicated regulatory scheme allows abortion facilities to escape licensure\u2014which means, in turn, that they also escape oversight.<\/p>\n

Carafem now joins all 13 Illinois Planned Parenthood abortion clinics and six other abortion facilities statewide that are unlicensed, which means that the Illinois Department of Public Health has no authority to inspect them\u2014ever.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on October 16, 2018, by Pro-Life Action League<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Pro-Life Action League) Earlier this month, the Pro-Life Action League published an article about a new Carafem abortion clinic in Skokie, Illinois, one of Chicago\u2019s northern suburbs. Then, late last week, a Chicago Sun-Times reporter called our office seeking a comment on this new abortion facility from Pro-Life Action League vice president Ann Scheidler. 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