Women’s Center of Houston -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.

"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."

Deficiencies cited

Jan 18, 2018: Texas Health Dept Inspection -- Statement of Deficiencies & plan of correction.

Inspection report reveals numerous deficiencies and violations, including: failure to develop, implement, and monitor clinical policies regarding [redacted due to patient emergency?] condition on discharge procedures; another redacted section relating to patient condition on discharge [post-abortion infections or complications?]; failure to develop, implement, and monitor clinical policies regarding clinical records and monitoring post-procedure infections; infections were monitored via post-op telephone calls and follow-up visits [so there WERE infections after abortions! uh-oh!]; failure to implement infection control policy to ensure instruments were thoroughly cleaned prior to sterilization; failure to open racheted instruments to ensure sterility; potential to spread infection to all patients who come in contact with the instruments; blood on the handle of one of the forceps in a supposedly-sterilized, prepared package; and more.