Pensacola, Fla., Nov 8, 2009 / 02:12 am
An abortion facility in Pensacola, Florida has announced that it will close, bringing joy to participants in the three 40 Days for Life prayer vigils at the site. One pro-life organizer said the closing was “an answer to prayer.”
The Community Healthcare Center, which was dually licensed as an abortion clinic and as a clinical laboratory, faced a $413,000 fine after the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) found its lab license had been expired for 413 days. The clinic was fined $1,000 for each day it was unlicensed, the Pensacola News Journal reports.
Instead of paying the fine, the abortion clinic decided to shut down, AHCA press secretary Tiffany Vause reported.
State officials had offered a reduced fine as part of a settlement agreement, but never received a response.