{"id":74040,"date":"2015-09-15T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T14:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=74040"},"modified":"2015-09-17T13:45:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T17:45:11","slug":"delaware-abortion-clinic-halts-surgical-abortions-amid-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/delaware-abortion-clinic-halts-surgical-abortions-amid-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaware abortion clinic stops surgical abortions amid scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Premier OB\/GYN in Wilmington, Delaware, has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/09\/14\/state-abortion-clinic--stop-surgeries-stay-open\/72285366\/\">announced<\/a> it will temporarily stop performing surgical abortions in light of state demands that it obtain accreditation or close its doors.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware\u00a0health officials contend the facility has conducted abortions without legally-required accreditation since September 2014, and has ignored repeated warnings to obtain it. The\u00a0Division of Public Health set\u00a0the deadline for doing so as September 15.<!--more-->Premier has decided to cease surgical abortions, with the expectation that it can become accredited and resume them by January 2016. It will be able to continue administering drugs for medical abortions.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter, Premier&#8217;s\u00a0Kimberly Glunt said the facility is &#8220;voluntarily ceasing the performance of all surgical abortion procedures after today, Sept. 11, 2015.&#8221; Glunt was\u00a0also president of Integrity Family Health, a Philadelphia abortion clinic shut down over failure to disclose its affiliation with Steven Brigham, an abortionist whose medical license has been revoked in several states amid various medical malpractice suits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodexposed.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68636 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg\" alt=\"DefundAd-400b\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The abortion clinic has also been a source of controversy in the building where it is housed. Building owner and dentist\u00a0Dr. Parham Farhi said he originally leased the space to Premier under the impression it was a conventional OB\/GYN office uninvolved in abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Following pro-life protests, Farhi\u00a0has offered Premiere\u00a0$5,000 to break the lease and leave. &#8220;I don\u2019t want blood money&#8230;I don\u2019t want to be associated with these people,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier OB\/GYN in Wilmington, Delaware, has announced it will temporarily stop performing surgical abortions in light of state demands that it obtain accreditation or close its doors. Delaware\u00a0health officials contend the facility has conducted abortions without legally-required accreditation since September 2014, and has ignored repeated warnings to obtain it. The\u00a0Division of Public Health set\u00a0the deadline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":64673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[19,3099,5184,5186,5185,3877,5182,77,5183],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Delaware abortion clinic stops surgical abortions amid scandal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DE health officials say the facility has conducted abortions w\/out legally-required accreditation since Sept 2014, and has ignored warnings to obtain it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/delaware-abortion-clinic-halts-surgical-abortions-amid-scandal\/\" 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