{"id":220855,"date":"2020-03-27T10:08:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=220855"},"modified":"2020-03-27T22:56:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T03:56:27","slug":"louisiana-abortion-department-health-order-open-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/louisiana-abortion-department-health-order-open-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Louisiana abortion facility defies Department of Health order, continues to operate during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this week, Live Action News and other media outlets reported that abortion facilities in Louisiana were shutting down, due to the Department of Health’s order<\/a> halting all non-essential and elective procedures in the state to reserve medical resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, Live Action learned through direct phone conversations that the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport — one of three abortion businesses in the state — has chosen to defy the Department of Health’s order and continues to schedule abortions in Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Hope Medical Group for Women is the plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case June Medical Services v. Russo,<\/em>\u00a0which deals with requiring abortionists in the state of Louisiana to have hospital admitting privileges for patient continuity of care, as is required of all surgical centers in the state. Currently, the state’s three abortion businesses — the only exception to this requirement — are fighting against it, and are putting women’s lives and health at serious risk. (Read more here<\/a> about these Louisiana abortion facilities and how they are risking women’s lives in their business of killing preborn children.)<\/p>\n

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As previously reported<\/a> by Live Action News, “The Center for Reproductive Rights, the Hope Medical Group for Women, and two abortionists sued Louisiana over [the state’s admitting privileges] law and won their case when the District Court ruled that the law was unconstitutional. The case has been appealed and oral arguments from both sides were heard by the Supreme Court. The Court’s decision has not yet been made public.”<\/p>\n

Yesterday, two callers spoke by phone to staff members at the Hope Medical Group (HMG). HMG was reportedly closed on Monday but has since reopened. Abortions are committed on Tuesdays and Thursdays there. On these calls, Live Action learned that Hope Medical Group for Women is indeed scheduling abortions, is reportedly seeing patients from both Louisiana and Texas, and intends to remain open for “as long as possible.”<\/p>\n