APPLETON, Wisconsin, October 28, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – Planned Parenthood is closing in Appleton, at least until it finds an abortionist.
Abortions have been suspended in the northeast Wisconsin town, because its business owners are having trouble finding someone to abort patient's children in the womb.
The official reason, according to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin president Teri Huyck, is a “temporary gap in medical coverage.”
The Appleton North Health Center stopped committing abortions on October 14, according to WBAY-TV. The Planned Parenthood franchise says if it can find an abortionist, it will resume the pregnancy termination business in six months.
In the meantime, women seeking abortions may travel to Madison or Milwaukee.
The same Planned Parenthood shut down temporarily after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed “Sonya's Law,” which requires surgical abortionists to have an admitting agreement at a local hospital in case of accidents.
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Requiring local hospital admitting privileges is out of concern for the life of the mother. Legislators' concern increased when Lakisha Wilson died in a Cleveland abortion facility because EMTs could not get to her in time, and she could not be gotten to a hospital in time.
The bill also allows a woman the choice of seeing her baby via the ultrasound equipment the Appleton abortuary uses in determining gestational age.
“Sonya's Law will empower women to make truly informed decisions regarding how they will proceed with their pregnancies,” Wisconsin Right to Life stated after Gov. Walker signed the bill. The prolife organization said that the requirement for local hospital access “will protect the lives of women who experience complications after their abortions.”
Pro-Life Wisconsin officials reported that they are elated. “This is a huge victory for the many pro-lifers who have prayed and sacrificed for an end to abortions in the Green Bay area. … Keep praying that their doors would remain shut permanently.”
Appleton's Planned Parenthood recorded at least 583 abortions committed in 2014. Planned Parenthood has 22 facilities in Wisconsin.
Planned Parenthood receives half a billion dollars in federal tax money a year.
