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The Alabama abortion business responsible for killing a woman last year failed an inspection just last year, with inspectors citing several health and safety violations. April Lowery, a 29-year-old woman, died after she suffered a perforated uterus<\/a>\u00a0from a botched abortion at the facility in May of 2020. Four months later, the state of Alabama inspected the abortion business over four visits, and multiple violations were recorded.<\/p>\n

The inspection report was obtained by Operation Rescue<\/a>, which was described as<\/a> an 11-page report<\/a>, revealing problems with infection control and sanitation, and that surgical instruments had brown rust on them.<\/p>\n

The first visit took place on September 1, 2020, in which inspectors noticed brown rust on dilators used to open women’s cervixes during abortions. Those dilators were thrown away, but on the next visit, later in September, the inspector actually made sure to observe the surgical abortions being committed. It became obvious that none of the staffers knew how to properly sanitize the instruments being used; additionally, packs of instruments were not dated, and the required indicator strips for each instrument pack were not being used.<\/p>\n

One staffer is said to have told the inspector, \u201cTo be honest, I just run some strips through the autoclave to put in the chart, because the ones in the pack will get blood on them and you can\u2019t put those in the chart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Issues with the abortionists at the facility also were raised after it was discovered how quickly the abortion business was certifying new abortionists. Leah Torres, an abortionist who \u2014 among other things \u2014 has\u00a0said, “God performs way more abortions than I do,” was hired as the facility’s medical director and\u00a0lost her medical license<\/a> in Alabama a month later. She is currently listed as working instead as the \u201cClinical Services Administrator,” with a new interim medical director hired in her place.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Woman dies after abortion at Alabama\u2019s most prolific abortion business<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the responsibilities of the medical director is to certify the abortionists who will be working at the abortion business \u2014 yet the interim medical director admitted in the inspection that she never actually visited the West Alabama Women’s Center in person<\/em>. The first abortionist was “certified” through a 40-second Zoom call, while the second abortionist was “certified” in just over seven minutes, also over Zoom.<\/p>\n

Both of the abortionists were observed committing abortions using the abortion pill regimen, and not surgical abortions, which inspectors also pointed out as problematic \u2014 these abortionists would not be dispensing the abortion pill, but committing surgical abortions. The medical director never observed them committing a surgical abortion prior to hiring them, according to the inspection.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can someone\u2019s competency be evaluated in just 40 seconds? This whole certification process was a sham from the beginning to end,\u201d Operation Rescue President Troy Newman noted in a statement. \u201cIt is shocking that Reyes and Torres would pull a stunt like this after a woman died just four months earlier from a completely botched abortion at their facility by an abortionist whose competency was in question. It shows no consideration for human life \u2013 of the baby or the mother.\u201d<\/p>\n

The West Alabama Women’s Center is the state’s most prolific abortion business. Since its opening, abortionists there are believed to have committed over 80,000 abortions<\/a>. When the previous owner wished to retire, abortion activists launched a successful crowdfunding campaign<\/a> to make sure the abortion business remained open and operational.<\/p>\n

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The Alabama abortion business responsible for killing a woman last year failed an inspection just last year, with inspectors citing several health and safety violations. April Lowery, a 29-year-old woman, died after she suffered a perforated uterus\u00a0from a botched abortion at the facility in May of 2020. 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