In
the last
six months, the state of Michigan has seen an unprecedented
number of abortion
businesses shut their doors.
In
January,
abortionist Robert Alexander announced he had no plans to
re-open his abortion
clinic in Muskegon. His clinic was closed in December of 2012 by
the fire
department after they discovered numerous violations. Muskegon
Public Safety
Director Jeffrey Lewis called Alexander’s clinic a “filthy
mess.” When
authorities entered Alexander’s clinic they found deplorable
conditions which
included blood on the floor and walls, hypodermic needles in
unsecured
containers, a roof leaking in multiple locations, unsterilized
medical
equipment and uncovered buckets containing unknown fluids.
February
brought
the good news that two of Michigan’s more notorious abortionists
would
retire. Alberto Hodari and Enrique Gerbi allowed their medical
and pharmacy
licenses to expire at the end of January. In the late 1980's,
Hodari owned more
than 10 abortion clinics in Michigan. Over the years, at least
three women who
received abortions from Hodari have died and he had been sued
for medical
malpractice several times. While Hodari has sold the some of his
remaining
clinics to other abortionists, his clinic in Livonia remains
closed.
In
March,
the prolife movement learned that two abortion clinics on the
southeast side of
state would no longer be in operation after their owner,
abortionist Reginald
Sharpe, filed for bankruptcy. Sharpe filed for bankruptcy after
being sued by
two former patients he injured and the family of a woman who
died after Sharpe
performed an abortion on her. Some of Sharpe's other misdeeds
including the
dumping of fetal remains and patient records, negligent
post‑operative
practices, failure to report abortion complications and license
suspensions.
In
April,
prolife people in Dearborn and around the state celebrated as
the American
Family Planning abortion clinic in Dearborn closed and its
owner, 73-year-old
abortionist Joon‑Nahm Ann retired. And most recently in May, the
Birth Control
Center in Sterling Heights announced that after 39 years it is
now closed. At
one time, there were 72 abortion clinics in Michigan, now there
are less than
30.
With
the
passage of the prolife legislation known as the Prolife Bus
(H.B. 5711) in
2012, abortion clinics in Michigan will no longer be allowed to
operate without
being licensed and inspected. The Prolife Bus will prevent women
from being
coerced to abort, end the shameful practice of disposing aborted
babies in
trash bins, and prevent the abortion chemical RU‑486 from being
facilitated
over the Internet. The Prolife Bus took effect on March 31 and
will require
Michigan’s abortion clinics to be licensed and inspected if they
perform more
than 120 abortions a year. Prior to the passage of this
legislation only 4 of
Michigan’s abortion clinics were licensed.
