BIRMINGHAM — The Alabama Department of Health has put a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Birmingham on probation for violating multiple state laws, including performing illegal abortions on minors.
A report by state health officials indicates Planned Parenthood staff at the Birmingham abortion clinic, “failed to obtain parental consent for 9 of 9 minor patients in a manner that complies with state legal requirements.”
The health department began its investigation after an undercover video was released by Live Action, a youth-led pro-life organization. The video shows an actress posing as a 14-year-old girl who is seeking an abortion. Workers at the Birmingham clinic tell the alleged 14-year-old that she can skirt parental consent laws by getting someone “with the same last name” to sign off on the abortion in place of her parents. When the clinic workers hear that the girl’s “boyfriend” is 31, they refer her to the clinic director, Dr. Desiree Bates, telling her that Bates “does sometimes bend the rules a little bit.”
The video was the sixth in Live Action’s “Mona Lisa Project,” a multistate undercover audit of Planned Parenthood’s compliance with state laws regarding minor abortion and mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.
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