Texas Ambulatory Surgical Center (Aaron’s Women’s Clinic) aka Women’s Abortion Clinic -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."

"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."

911 call transcript describing aborted baby parts in sewage spill at Karpen's abortion clinic.

Inspectors found numerous violations of health code at this abortion clinic, including: staff using dirty gloves in the operating room, two boxes with bloody equipment, no protocol for sanitizing equipment, untrained staff, and no nurse supervision of the recovery room.

Inspectors found numerous violations of health code at this abortion clinic, including: failure to have a Registered Nurse (RN) participate in quality assurance activities at the facility, no RN at the facility, only the doctor "fills the role of Registered Nurse," doctor has NO hospital privileges, expired medicine and supplies in the emergency crash cart and the anesthesia cart, expired meds in procedure room, ALL patients had surgery without the presence of a RN in the surgery room, the only "operating room assistant" was NOT registered nurse and it has been that way for four years with no RN.

TX Health Dept inspection on Jan 24, 2018. Fifty pages with numerous deficiencies/violations, and a plan of correction.

Deficiencies cited. Failure to ensure facility was properly maintained.

A patient brings a personal injury suit against Dr. Karpen for lacerating her cervix during an abortion procedure.