{"id":198161,"date":"2019-03-14T10:47:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=198161"},"modified":"2019-03-12T13:50:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:50:31","slug":"abortion-spa-plush-coming-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-spa-plush-coming-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion ‘spa’, offering plush robes and warm tea, is coming to Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carafem, the notorious abortion<\/a> facility that bills itself as a “spa,” is opening a new location<\/a> in Nashville, Tennessee. Carafem, which already has facilities in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Chicago, is known for its unapologetic stance on abortion and for claiming to offer a positive, relaxing atmosphere for women.<\/p>\n

Last year, Nashville briefly had no abortion facility after Planned Parenthood stopped committing abortions<\/a> at its Nashville facility. This led Carafem to decide that Nashville was a prime location for its business. “There have been more and more challenges to make sure women don’t have the option to get an abortion. We of course believe the choice is simple – it’s health care,” Melissa Grant, Carafem’s chief operating officer, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We need to be there for them.”<\/p>\n

After Planned Parenthood temporarily closed in Nashville, Carafem saw more women traveling to their Atlanta location. For now, they will be committing medication abortions only, although there is a possibility that surgical abortions could be next.<\/p>\n

Mt. Juliet city officials, however, are already working to prevent that<\/a>. A new ordinance was put into place requiring surgical abortion facilities to be located in industrial zoning districts, and Mayor Ed Hagerty also said that Carafem never filled out the proper paperwork to legally open. “The proper way to apply is coming to city hall, there are different forms they fill out. There are inspections they need to request, and then the inspectors go in and inspect and then issue a certificate of occupancy,” he said to News Channel 5 Nashville. “None of that was done.” A stop work order can be issued if these issues are not corrected.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Nashville Planned Parenthood staffers reveal why they stopped abortions<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n