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Judge Lowers Fine For Unsafe Abortion Clinic to $77

A Chicago judge has reduced the fine to an abortion clinic for violations of cleanliness and health issues from $36,000 to just $77.

The arbitrary decision by Cook County Circuit Judge Alexander White said that he reduced the fine because the abortion clinic’s owner closed the facility and there was only $77 left in the company bank account.

However, it’s been shown that while the other clinic was technically closed, the owner opened a brand new clinic in the same location using the same website as he previous clinic without doing anything to repair the health code violations.

The Illinois Department of Health conducted an inspection in 2011 of the Women’s Aid Clinic and found food in the same freezer as fetal tissue, dirty floors, medication cups with old medicine in them and staff re-using paper towels on patients.

The clinic also did not perform CPR on a patient who died while in their care.

While the state can appeal the judge’s action, the state attorney general has been a large supporter of abortion and observers believe nothing will be done.

Record Number of Abortion Clinics Close In 2013

A record number of abortion clinics in the United States closed during 2013.

The survey from Operation Rescue says the number of surgical abortion clinics in the United States is down 12 percent in 2013 and down 73 percent from a record high in 1991.

In all, 87 clinics discontinued surgical abortions.  Six of the clinics remained open to provide abortion-inducing drugs but 81 clinics completely closed their doors.  The total does not include clinics that were closed for significant portions of time in 2013.

The number of clinics that only provide abortion-inducing drugs remained fairly steady at 176, with six documented clinic closures.

Planned Parenthood clinics accounted for 30 percent of surgical abortion clinics and 93 percent of all clinics that offer abortion via drugs only.  Planned Parenthood, which receives tax dollars, is responsible for about one third of all abortions in the United States.