Abortionist
Tamer Yvette MiddletonBlair Cushing
Dana Kusnir
Phone
956-686-2137Procedures
Surgery: YESMedication: YES
Other Info
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021: CONDUCTING ABORTIONS ONLY IF NO FETAL HEARTBEAT OR CARDIAC ACTIVITY IS DETECTED IN SONOGRAM DUE TO TEXAS HEARTBEAT ACT.
Special Report: Widespread Texas Abortion Abuses Exposed (March 1, 2011)
Texas Abortionists Use Abortion Pill Scare Tactics to Deflect From Their Shoddy Care (July 16, 2013)
Closed permanently; confirmed by phone on 1/31/2014. Open as of 6-11-2015 for surgical and medical abortions; claimed they will stop offering abortions in 20 days due to recent law change. Phone call by BE on 6-11-2015.
Closed after Roe v. Wade was overturned. 06/27
Resumed and stopped again after TX Supreme Court blocked order
Address
802 S. Main St., McAllen, TX 78501Photos
Videos
Interview with abortionist and staff at Whole Women's Health Clinic in McAllen, TX.
Documents
Misc Documents
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Abortion in Texas halted again after appeals court allows ban to resume - CBS News - April 20, 2020
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Some abortions may proceed in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic, federal judge rules - Click2Houston - April 9, 2020
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Appeals court lets Texas enforce coronavirus-related abortion ban, for now - omaha.com - March 31, 2020
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. -
Abortion in Texas: Federal judge blocks state's temporary ban - CBS News - March 30, 2020
"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 Abortion Providers Accuse Gov. of ‘Playing Politics,’ Sue over Abortion Ban amid Coronavirus - March 26, 2020
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“Texas abortion providers heed attorney general warning and halt abortions amid coronavirus” -- Dallas Morning News -- March 24, 2020
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. -
Texas Attorney General -- Order halting all medically unnecessary surgeries and procedures -- March 23, 2020
"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." -
Special Report-final2
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 3 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 4 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et a
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 8 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et a
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 9 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 12 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 13 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 14 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 24 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 25 -- order granting Jane Doe, MD's motion to quash deposition subpoena -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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. -
2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 26 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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2017 non-party Jane Doe, MD - Hawaii document 27 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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2017-10-23 non-party Jane Doe, MD - motion to quash deposition subpoena - Hawaii document 1 -- Whole Women's Health et al v. Paxton et al
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. -
Valley abortion doctor explains procedure -- ValleyCentral
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Doc quits Texas abortion clinic angry that state is loaded with pro-life pregnancy centers
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Whole Woman's filing in New Mexico
Deficiency Report
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Whole Woman's Health McAllen Inspection Report -- November 10, 2015
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. -
Whole Woman's Health McAllen Inspection Report -- September 13, 2016
Sept. 13, 2016: Cited deficiency. Laminate counter top bowed and pulled away from wall making a surface that could harbor bacteria and infectious matter. -
Whole Woman's Health of McAllen -- 2017-10-31 Texas Health Dept Inspection
Oct 31, 2017: Texas Health Dept Inspection -- Statement of deficiencies & plan of correction. -
Deficiency Report - November 7, 2018
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Deficiency report - October 29, 2020
No violations cited.