February 2019 – Article 2:
This is a classic good news, bad news situation.
On the one hand, abortions are down nationally and in Georgia, and so is the number of abortion providers.
Abortion and Facility Closure Numbers Just a Shell Game
These facts need to be taken with a grain of salt because abortion reporting requirements vary, and abortionists often play a shell game of claiming to close one facility and then opening up another. History has shown that to be the case in Georgia.
Also, many abortions are provided in doctors’ offices, which are not required to report unless they perform more than 50 in a year.
Nationwide, Planned Parenthood has shut down 100 centers since operating 700 in 1973, including two in recent years in Georgia, although one opened in a different location.
Those closings, coupled with the passage of more pro-life laws, increased education efforts, medical advances, Pregnancy Resource Centers, Medical Clinics, and changing public attitudes are the primary reasons abortions are down.
However, even these numbers are suspect because of the increase in the use of RU-486, which may not be reported. This is especially the case for women buying the drug over the internet.
The news regarding the supposed decreased abortions is further offset by the fact that Georgia officials remain defiant in failing to protect women from a host of dangerous conditions that, otherwise, would be cause enough to shut down a veterinary clinic. They include:
- A history of allowing unlicensed abortionists in Georgia to operate.
- Turning a blind eye toward disgraced abortionists in other states who set up shop in Georgia.
- Allowing abortion mills to use unsterilized surgical equipment, expired medications, and dirty linens.
- Causing non-surgical injuries to patients and staff.
Medical Board Reinstates Convicted Felon
Even the state’s Composite Medical Board is more interested in protecting their own than patients.
Late last year, the 16-member board, including 13 doctors, quietly reinstated the licenses of at least two abortionists.
Tyrone C. Malloy, who is back working as director at Old National Gynecology in College Park, served 21 months in prison for defrauding Medicaid of $386,000.
Also, he was called before the Composite Medical Board for contributing to the death of a child because he did not administer minimum standard of care to the mother who was awaiting a C-section. He was required to take continuing medical education and fined $5,000.
Malloy also found himself in legal trouble after one of his late term abortion patients died.
Another example is Daniel McBrayer, the notorious abortionist who was accused of performing incomplete abortions, re-using disposable medical equipment and improperly sterilized equipment. He had been the owner of Alpha Group GYN in Marietta, which closed in 2015 and then briefly reopened in Villa Rica.
Protect Women and Children in the Womb
The best way to protect women—and their pre-born children—is to end the practice that has claimed more than 61 million lives.
But until that happens, accountability and enforcement must be demanded in order to prevent actions such as have been illustrated above.
After the current legislative session ends in late March, Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) will begin contacting key government officials in an effort to encourage them to conduct serious annual inspections and enforce existing abortion facility regulations.
Please pray that God will grant GRTL wisdom and that He will prepare the hearts of the officials to take action.
Sources: wsbtv.com; abortioncarenetwork.org; lifesitenews.com; prochoice.org; guttacher.org.
By Wayne DuBois
Georgia Right to Life
Media Relations Advisor