A Rockford, Illinois Abortion Clinic Closes Its Doors

This is another abortion clinic horror story with a happy ending. Following exposure of its sloppy practices, the Rockford, Illinois Women’s Aid Clinic voluntarily closed its doors a few weeks ago.

The Associated Press (AP) is to be commended. Following the revelation of the “house of horrors” run by late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell in Pennsylvania, the AP filed a Freedom of Information request regarding inspection of Illinois abortion clinics. What the AP learned is that some Illinois abortion clinics had not been inspected for 15 years! The AP reports the clinic closing “…when the owner decided to surrender its license rather than pay a $36,000 fine or endure an expensive legal fight with the state. The fine was for violations including the clinic’s failure to perform CPR on a patient who died after a procedure. Its owner told the AP her clinic was safe and she felt victimized by the surprise inspection after 15 years.”

At Gosnell’s Pennsylvania clinic, “..late-term abortions were routinely performed by untrained staff, and viable newborns died by having their spinal cords cut with scissors,” reports the AP. As grisly as the Gosnell story is, it has resulted in numerous states, including Pennsylvania, tightening up lax inspection standards. This is very good news for women and babies — especially when it leads to abortion clinics closing their doors.

Barbara Lyons