Governor Issues Order That May Close All Three of S.C.’s Abortion Facilities

All three of South Carolina’s abortion facilities have violated state law, and Gov. Nikki Haley has issued an order that could shortly close two of them; and their managers and employees may face criminal charges.

Gov. Haley recently announced that she had issued Administrative Order of Suspensions against Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic in Columbia and Greenville Women's Clinic in Greenville and assessed more than $10,000 in fines so far.

The state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control found 27-violations in those two offices — 21 at Planned Parenthood (PP) alone.

PP was found to have violated the Woman’s Right to Know Act 5-times, failed to prove that its staff was properly trained, kept expired medication on the premises, wrongly disposed of infectious material, and failed to report abortions to the state in a timely manner.

Greenville violated many of the same statues by failing to comply with the Woman’s Right to Know Act, keeping incomplete records, and improperly disposing of infectious waste.

All three abortion facilities in the state were found to have violated state law in the way it disposed of aborted fetuses.  State law requires that aborted babies must be buried or cremated.  But inspectors found that the babies were blasted with steam for sterilization purposes then thrown away in the local landfill.

PP’s Columbia location must pay a $7,000 fine, and Greenville must pay $2,750.

The third facility, Women’s Medical Center in Charleston, was found to have had record keeping issues.  It must submit a plan to correct reporting errors within 15-days.

Gov. Haley said the Center for Medical Progress’ undercover “videos showing Planned Parenthood employees’ horrifying disregard for human life” had “prompted” her to demand the investigation on August 18.  Investigations that took place between August 31 and September 4 “concluded that all three abortion clinics in the state are in fact in violation of South Carolina laws or regulations.”  “This is completely unacceptable,” she said.

Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.

Chaplain (Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army

Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel