Little oversight of abortion centers
I read with interest your Jan. 14 story about Muddy Paws shelter where 19 dead dogs were found. The question was asked, “How could this happen here?” To quote, “These are disturbing and difficult questions that beg for answers.”
It made me consider another question begging for answers. If a woman has a bad experience with an abortion clinic, she is unlikely to report it because of shame or embarrassment, For many reasons, the clinic is protected by the woman’s desire for privacy.
The shelter “slipped through the cracks of society.” The story continues, “the sad truth appears to be that state enforcement stopped short of what was needed to protect these animals and local oversight was nonexistent. No final inspection was done.
The Department of Public Health licenses abortion clinics in the state of Illinois. They are identified as “pregnancy termination centers.” There is no “final inspection.” There are no inspections. If a complaint is filed, “it is reviewed and ‘if warranted,’ we will go out and investigate.”
The only way to complain about a termination center is in writing through the Freedom of Information Act which takes time — time a woman may not have!
Without documented complaints about a termination center, how will she know if basic sanitary standards are followed, if shortcuts are taken, how fetuses are eliminated.
The story continues that “it is not like Muddy Paws was hidden away on some rural road. It was where it is passed by thousands of motorists each day.” Each day thousands of people drive by pregnancy termination centers, not aware that women have died in these places, their ability to become pregnant terminated. They have been scarred emotionally and physically. The truth about these nasty statistics is available — if anyone is interested in researching it.
Kathleen Sugars
Chicago