Florida suspends abortion clinic after hospitalizations
ABC News
An abortion clinic serving women from all over the U.S. South had its license suspended this weekend under an emergency order from Florida health officials after two women who had undergone procedures at the clinic were hospitalized this year
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- An abortion clinic that serves women from all over the U.S. South had its license suspended this weekend under an emergency order from Florida health officials after two women who underwent procedures at the clinic were hospitalized this year.
The state Agency for Health Care Administration ordered the suspension of the license for American Family Planning of Pensacola. It went into effect on Saturday.
The agency cited two cases, saying the clinic failed to monitor the patients at all times, didn't provide medical records when patients were transferred for greater care and didn't contact the patients within 24 hours after they left the clinic to assess their recovery.
In the order issued Friday, the agency said these operational deficiencies “endangering the health, safety and welfare" of the clinic's patients. The clinic also failed to submit timely reports about the incidents to the state agency, it said.
