Posted on 01/16/2015 3:42:22 PM PST by Morgana
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's health department is refusing to let Planned Parenthood perform abortion services at its new clinic under construction in New Orleans, the latest flashpoint in a long-running dispute over abortion access in the state.
The organization received a rejection letter last week from the Department of Health and Hospitals, which said Planned Parenthood didn't demonstrate the need for another abortion facility in Louisiana.
"Your application failed to establish the probability of serious, adverse consequences to recipients' ability to access outpatient abortion services if you are not allowed to apply for licensure," Health and Hospitals Secretary Kathy Kliebert wrote in the rejection letter.
Abortion rights supporters say the decision is one more in a list of actions Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has taken to create roadblocks for women seeking the procedure in Louisiana.
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There are a lot of ways to fight abortion.
This is one way that, if successful, will contribute in the deaths of millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions.
Find another way.
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