San Pedro Abortion Services Center – Planned Parenthood -INACTIVE

On Tuesday afternoon, a divided three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked Yeakel’s ruling and gave both sides until 5 p.m. Friday to submit their legal briefs on the matter.

"Patients will suffer serious and irreparable harm in the absence of a temporary restraining order," wrote Judge Lee Yeakel, a George W. Bush-appointee, in his nine-page opinion. "The attorney general's interpretation of the Executive Order prevents Texas women from exercising what the Supreme Court has declared is their fundamental constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is viable."

Texas Planned Parenthood clinics did not respond to requests for comment.

"Health Care professionals and facilities, including abortion providers, must immediately stop all medically unnecessary surgeries and procedures to preserve resources to fight COVID-19 Pandemic. […] Failure to comply with an executive order issued by the governor related to the COVID-19 disaster can result in penalties of up to $1,000 or 180 days of jail time."

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Failure to ensure item were properly packaged and sterilized. Failure to ensure standard precaution procedures for disinfection and sterilization of reusable medical devices and appropriate use of protective barriers was in place. Failure to provide separate clean sink for hand washing in the surgical instrument sterilization and decontamination area. Failure to ensure that the sterilization solution for vaginal ultrasound probes was free from dust and debris.