{"id":223324,"date":"2020-05-10T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T20:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=223324"},"modified":"2020-05-08T21:52:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T02:52:37","slug":"colorado-planned-parenthood-abortion-extraordinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colorado-planned-parenthood-abortion-extraordinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Planned Parenthood CEO: Abortion numbers in state have been ‘extraordinary’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Life Site News<\/a>)\u00a0As numerous states suspend elective abortions as part of their response to the coronavirus, procedures are on the rise in Colorado, which has allowed them to continue as \u201cessential health care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Advice<\/a> from medical authorities<\/a> has led many governors to order the temporary suspension of all or most \u201cnon-urgent\u201d health appointments and elective medical procedures, both to limit the spread of COVID-19 and to free up time and resources to focus on infected patients. Some have expressly included surgical abortions, to the abortion industry\u2019s chagrin.<\/p>\n

Colorado, however, still allows abortions. As a result, Planned Parenthoods in the state aborted 250 babies from other states in April, KDVR reported<\/a>. Almost 150 of them came from Texas alone, which suspended abortions until mid-April<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe numbers that we\u2019ve seen have been pretty extraordinary,\u201d Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains CEO Vicki Cowart said. \u201cOur last fiscal year we saw patients coming for abortion from 37 different states.\u201d<\/p>\n