Cease and desist looms for Planned Parenthood following move by Missouri’s AG
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Planned Parenthood has been notified by Missouri’s Attorney General that medication abortions still violate state law despite a judge’s recent ruling.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced on Wednesday, March 5, that his office has issued a notice of intent to serve as a cease and desist against Planned Parenthood. The order claims the women’s health organization violated state health and safety standards.
According to AG Bailey, Planned Parenthood performed chemically induced abortions without an approved complication plan to treat the 5% of women who may need emergency services.
“Missouri law is clear: any facility performing chemical abortions must have an approved complication plan in place to protect women’s health and safety,” Bailey said. “With up to 5% of women who undergo chemical abortions ending up in the emergency room, Planned Parenthood’s refusal to follow basic safety standards puts women at risk.”
Bailey said the move is part of his commitment to consumer protection laws. Missouri requires that any facility that performs chemically induced abortions to have a complication plan in place when the FDA label of an abortion drug indicates that more than 1% of patients require surgical intervention.
The FDA’s data shows that up to 4.6% of women who undergo chemical abortions require emergency medical care.
“Planned Parenthood has a long history of disregarding the health and safety of Missouri women,” Bailey said. “The Courts have stripped away basic licensing requirements that protect women, but I will not stand by while Planned Parenthood continues to flout the law and put women’s lives at risk.”
Bailey said Planned Parenthood now has two days, until the end of business on Friday, to answer before he can issue an official cease and desist order to prohibit the clinic from performing any more chemically induced abortions in the Show-Me State.
In February, Jackson County Judge Jerry Zhang ordered that a requirement of the state law was arbitrary and allowed medication abortions to resume in Missouri. The requirement ordered abortion providers to give an unnecessary pelvic exam.
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