Alabama Planned Parenthood on Probation for Failing to Report Potential Sexual Abuse

Health officials in Alabama have place a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Birmingham on probation after an inspection of the facility revealed multiple problems. Besides failing to adequately verify parental consent, Planned Parenthood staff also didn’t report a potential case of sexual abuse.

In that potential abuse case, a 13-year-old girl reported that she became sexually active at 12 and came in for two abortions within four months. She was not asked by staff about potential abuse, and her case was not reported to authorities.

"If she was being abused, you give her a chance to be rescued from that situation," said Rick Harris, director of health provider standards for the Alabama Department of Public Health.

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