Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center – Dallas, TX

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."

In Dallas, an automated voice machine for the Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center said: "Our office is now closed down by the attorney general until further notice due to the coronavirus.”

"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."

December 18, 2017: Facility was inspected and a complaint was found to be unsubstantiated. However, it was cited for not conducting Peer Reviews three times per year.

Southwestern Women's Surgery Center is a plaintiff in this lawsuit. Hawaii doctor "Jane Doe, MD" receives a subpoena to testify in a Texas lawsuit about abortion regulation. The anonymous "Dr. Doe" refuses to testify, and she files a motion to quash the deposition subpoena.

Southwestern Women's Surgery Center is a plaintiff in this lawsuit. Anonymous Hawaii doctor "Jane Doe, MD" was subpoenaed to testify in a Texas abortion case. She refused, and filed a motion to "quash" the subpoena. The U.S District Court of Hawaii grants her request, and allows her not to testify.

Letter from Texas Attorney General's office regarding public records request for Planned Parenthood.

Email from Texas Assistant Attorney General regarding a records request for Southwestern Women's Surgery Center. Email reads in part, "The OAG is, however, conducting a civil investigation against multiple defendants, including Southwestern Women's Surgery Center. Information pertaining to this investigation has been the subject of a prior request for information. In response, the OAG sought and received a ruling from the Open Records Division allowing us to withhold information relating to this investigation."

Abortionist Jessica Guh is allegedly not certified as an ob-gyn. She is a Family Medicine doctor.

Listings for multiple doctors at SWSC abortion clinic: Jennifer Rose Amico, MD, Jessica H. Beaman, MD, Shannon L. Carr, MD,, Jessica W. Guh, MD, and Robin Reed Wallace, MD.

2020-08-25 Dallas FOIA response -- Incident report, Aug 25, 2020

TX corporation registration for Southwestern Women's Surgery Center. Abortionist Curtis W. Boyd is the registered agent.

Abortion clinic license.

Inspection report found numerous violations and deficiencies including: **Physician credential file was not complete nor updated nor with evidence of check for criminal charges **Certified Nurse Anesthesiologist credential file was not complete nor updated nor with evidence of check for criminal charges **mandatory follow-up visits after the abortion drug were not being required (patient missed) **inadequate orientation and training for the sterilization staff **no documentation of a physician's physical examination of the patients **failure to ensure safe and sanitary environment for surgical patients **failure to monitor patient medication refrigerator temperature, and allowing it to freeze frequently **recovery room door lacking barrier, allowing dust to contaminate the linens **biohazard room full floor-to-ceiling with soiled linen bags and biohazard boxes **refrigerator with products of conception (fetal remains) not accessible behind soiled linen bags and biohazard boxes **soiled linen bags on floor of recovery patient bay area, biohazard closet too full to hold any more bags **sterile instrument drawer was so full that when opened, the top package (a vaginal speculum) had a hole in the packaging (no longer sterile) **syringes stored under handwashing sink, water drips onto them **sterilizing and disinfectant liquids opened, not dated, uncovered, and containers faded and discolored **critical patient care supplies stored near the floor where dust can contaminate **floor of storage area covered in trash, dirt, dust **cart with clean linen was covered in dust and dirt particles **oxygen tank holder and oxygen tanks improperly stored, dirty wheel lying on open paper towels **surgical personnel failed to wear proper operating room attire, no type of head covers in the surgical area **failure to monitor and record temperature and humidity where sterile instruments are stored, posing fire hazard and microbial growth risk **failure to maintain sterility of instruments, not properly sterilized or stored **peel packages cut and taped together to hold longer instruments, compromising integrity of packaging **autoclave runs not documented for sterilization of instruments or contents or load **moisture in peel packages causes infection control issue **failure to maintain performance records for manual vacuum aspiration syringe abortion procedures, including number of times it was used (before changing to a new one for other patients) **failure to have safety check on new suction machine before using it in the operating room on patients (seeing nearly 50 cases a day, without a safety check) **more

Failure to ensure a safe and sanitary environment for surgical patients. Dust found in operating room. Furniture with cracks and chips facilitating cross contamination. Failure to ensure equipment was properly maintained and tested periodically. Failure to ensure that emergency equipment and supplies provided were maintained and accessible to staff at all times. Failure to ensure that written policies and procedures for decontamination, disinfection, sterilization and storage of sterile supplies shall be developed, implemented and enforced.

Sept. 8, 2015: Southwestern Women's Surgery Center abortion clinic is fined $500 by the Texas Dept of State Health Services.

August 25, 2020: a 30 year old woman suffered excessive bleeding at Southwestern Women's Surgery Center in Dallas, Texas. She was transported to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital for care that the abortion facility was incapable of providing.

March 13, 2019: Southwestern Surgery Center abortion facility calls 911 for ambulance for 24-year old woman suffering from heavy bleeding. Transported to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital for "evaluation." Request for no lights or sirens denied by 911 dispatcher.

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