Whole Woman’s Health of McAllen -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."

Amy Hagstrom-Miller, the CEO of Whole Woman’s Health, said in a statement that “patients cannot wait until this pandemic is over to receive safe abortion care.” But a spokeswoman for Whole Woman’s Health, which operates clinics in Fort Worth, Austin and McAllen, said the private health care management company was adhering to Paxton’s order.

"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."

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.

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.

Inspection report shows numerous violations and deficiencies, including: failure to enforce policies, failure to provide health care in a safe and professionally acceptable environment, the biohazard freezer contains unlabeled products of conception (aborted baby remains) in plain Ziploc bags with no labels or biohazard bags, failure to have a safe and sanitary environment to protect the health and safety of patients and staff, the vinyl cover on the exam table in the sonogram room was torn and harbored bacteria, the emergency cart contained expired medications and supplies with brown discoloration and stains and opened/torn packages with damaged supplies, failure to store hazardous cleaning solutions and compounds in a secure manner and increasing risk of harm to patients, failure to store peel pouches in a position to keep them from being crushed or bent or compressed or punctured and therefore rendering enclosed instruments/supplies unsterile, contamination of peel packages, failure to ensure that patient care personnel were competent in and maintained certification in CPR in case of a medical emergency, and more.

Sept. 13, 2016: Cited deficiency. Laminate counter top bowed and pulled away from wall making a surface that could harbor bacteria and infectious matter.

Oct 31, 2017: Texas Health Dept Inspection -- Statement of deficiencies & plan of correction.

No violations cited.