{"id":204103,"date":"2019-06-08T06:39:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T11:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=204103"},"modified":"2019-06-11T20:37:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T01:37:42","slug":"investigation-missouri-planned-parenthood-multiple-failed-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/investigation-missouri-planned-parenthood-multiple-failed-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation report: Missouri Planned Parenthood had ‘multiple’ failed abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Planned Parenthood laboratory recently cited for its handling of the remains of aborted children could hold the key as to why the state of Missouri has refused to grant a license to the only abortion facility in the state.\u00a0According to a news release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), a March 2019 inspection of Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region “identified serious concerns, one of those involving the handling of fetal tissue extracted from abortions.” In a nutshell, there have been reports of “multiple” failed abortions at the facility, including one particular botched abortion caught during an inspection. A\u00a0deficiency report<\/a>\u00a0revealed that “patient A” suffered an incomplete abortion and for five weeks carried the partial remains of her aborted child in her womb until a second abortion was committed. This was just one reason why the state refused to renew Planned Parenthood’s license.<\/p>\n

Witnesses outside the Planned Parenthood facility have documented 74 medical emergencies at that location in the past ten years. When the media questioned the facility’s medical director,\u00a0David Eisenberg, he claimed<\/a>,\u00a0“[O]ur rate at which our patients having abortion care need emergent transfer to the hospital is lower than the national standards.”\u00a0However, he couldn’t identify that rate, saying, “I don’t know what that number is, and I can get back to you with that.”<\/p>\n

The DHSS notes, “Specifically, the investigation was undertaken to determine why women remained pregnant after the abortion provider and the laboratory confirmed the presence of fetal parts and tissue in the post-surgical abortion pathological examination.” Retained fetal parts or retain portions of the placenta can lead to serious, even potentially fatal, consequences.\u00a0The report continues:<\/p>\n

A failed surgical abortion–a very rare complication–in which a woman remains pregnant after a surgical procedure, can usually be detected by the examination of fetal tissue confirming the abortion was performed both by the physician performing the abortion and pathological examination by an accredited laboratory. State law and standard of care require the physician to grossly examine tissue at the time of the procedure.<\/em><\/p>\n

Apparently, this complication isn’t “rare” enough<\/em> at this particular abortion facility.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Head of \u2018dangerous\u2019 Missouri Planned Parenthood downplays failed inspections<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Missouri Governor Mike Parson stated<\/a> in a recent press conference that Planned Parenthood refused to allow their abortionists to speak with state investigators about the failed abortions. He noted that on April 11, the DHHS requested, in writing, interviews with Planned Parenthood’s seven abortionists at the location. On April 16, a PP attorney told DHHS PP wasn’t obligated to make its abortionists available for those interviews .\u00a0Gov. Parson noted that two of the physicians, however, were willing to meet, and stated that the following concerns needed to be addressed prior to any license renewal:<\/p>\n