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Whole Woman’s Health, an abortion chain known for its widespread health and safety violations, has quietly opened a new facility in Virginia, hoping to be a mecca for abortion-seeking women in the South.<\/p>\n

Noting that many southern states have laws protecting preborn children, Amy Hagstrom Miller \u2014 the owner, founder, and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health \u2014 said her business is looking to attract abortion-minded women. \u201cWe didn\u2019t open this only because of Florida,\u201d she said in an interview with the Guardian<\/a>. \u201cWe opened this clinic because we know how many people are traveling from the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2022, Roe v. Wade<\/em> was overturned in the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em> ruling. Rather than choosing to offer legitimate health care to pregnant women instead of abortion, Hagstrom Miller closed her facilities in states like Texas, a decision which she said nearly bankrupted her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose operational things are real. They can take down \u2013 I mean, they almost did take down \u2013 one of the most stable, independent providers in the country,\u201d she said. \u201cI had to spend our organization\u2019s reserves to do all that stuff, which kept me from being able to open something in Kansas or figure out how to help people in southern Illinois.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: Sylvester Stallone reveals his mom tried to abort him: \u2018The hanger didn\u2019t work\u2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite this, Whole Woman’s Health is still opening new abortion facilities \u2014 like one in New Mexico, which opened with a goal<\/em> of committing 75 abortions per week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Guardian noted that Meera Shah, a Planned Parenthood abortionist, is also serving as the Virginia facility’s medical director. Shah expressed outrage over the notion that a patient with an ectopic pregnancy traveled to Virginia for treatment. \u201cYou know, she could have ruptured,\u201d Shah said. \u201cThe zip code in which you live really determines the type of healthcare that you\u2019ll receive. And it shouldn\u2019t be that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

But if Shah’s story is true, then this patient was an obvious victim of medical neglect, as treating an ectopic pregnancy is not considered an abortion in any state; each state allows interventions<\/a> for miscarriage, ectopic pregnancies, and other pregnancy-related emergencies.<\/p>\n

Shah herself was sued<\/a> by a patient to whom she gave abortion drugs; Shah asked the woman the date of her last menstrual period and did not perform an ultrasound to confirm how far along in the pregnancy she was. It turned out the woman was nearly full-term, and delivered a fully-formed baby boy.<\/p>\n

“Plaintiff went into full labor in the early morning hours of May 5, 2020,” the lawsuit noted. “Plaintiff experienced extreme and painful accelerated changes to her body, including a vaginal laceration or tear, as the delivery progressed. At approximately 3:00 am, while sitting on the toilet, Plaintiff gave birth to a fully formed, stillborn baby boy named J.T.”<\/p>\n

According to the suit, this patient “was shocked and traumatized when she saw the lifeless, fully-formed baby in the toilet covered in mucous, blood, and the placenta.”<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood staffers, rather than making the patient their highest priority, tried to convince her not to call the police, and to dispose of J.T.’s body. They also refused to bring her to an emergency room, and instead took her across county lines to be examined at Planned Parenthood’s White Plains facility.<\/p>\n

This kind of negligence or mistreatment is seemingly common with Whole Woman’s Health; numerous locations<\/a> have had large numbers of health<\/a> and safety<\/a> violations. One location in Texas had 17 pages worth<\/em> of deficiencies cited in a single inspection. So while Hagstrom Miller says she is “much more engaged and hopeful than I have felt in a long time,” and frames her facilities as a godsend for pregnant, desperate women \u2014 the better question would be whether even more women will be injured and maimed at her facilities in the future, and then covered up?<\/p>\n

Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whole Woman’s Health, an abortion chain known for its widespread health and safety violations, has quietly opened a new facility in Virginia, hoping to be a mecca for abortion-seeking women in the South. 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