Rockford, Ill., Nov 30, 2011 / 00:30 am
An Illinois abortion clinic which set up blasphemous and obscene window displays directed at pro-life demonstrators will remain closed after a judge ruled that its license suspension for health violations will continue until a Jan. 4 hearing.
The Illinois Department of Health brought a series of charges against the Northern Illinois Women’s Center of Rockford, Illinois, the Chicago-based Thomas More Law Society reports. All three of the clinic’s operating rooms failed to ensure a sanitary environment, the clinic failed to prevent contamination of surgical equipment, including surgical gloves. Sterilization equipment also failed tests at least twice.
The abortion facility also did not meet the legal requirement for a qualified registered nurse to be present in the operating room during procedures, and failed to keep records properly, suggesting that women were left to care for themselves after surgery.
Doctors also lacked admitting privileges at local hospitals, possibly putting patients at risk of serious injury or death.