JEFFERSON CITY – The following statement is from Susan Klein, Executive Director, Missouri Right to Life:
This week Attorney General Andrew Bailey served a cease and desist order to Planned Parenthood to stop doing chemical abortions until a complication report has been filed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Abortion drugs are dangerous and women have had many complications from these chemical abortions. Even the FDA has recognized this and issued a warning label about the dangers of taking these drugs.
The abortion industry has proven that they really don’t care about women’s safety. Two examples of this are; first and most recently, the lawsuit asking for removal of licensing and commonsense health and safety regulations in abortion clinics. The health and safety standards removed through the court as of February 17, 2025 via a lawsuit:
* That only doctors perform abortions (GONE)
* Follow all acceptable sterilization standards for surgery instruments and equipment (GONE)
* Abortion provider is to perform a sufficient examination of the patient to determine the unborn child’s gestational age, identify preexisting medical or other complications and detect any factors which could influence the choice of the procedure, anesthesia or preoperative or postoperative management (GONE)
* That ultrasounds only be performed by doctors or licensed medical technicians (GONE)
* Have emergency trays equipped to treat seizures, bleedings, anaphylactic shock, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest (GONE)
* Have emergency drugs, oxygen, and intravenous fluid in a surgical procedure room along with a manual breathing bag and suction machine (GONE)
* Requirement that facilities for surgical abortion have adequate scrub up facilities, that the sterilizing room be equipped with a steam sterilizer and that there are sufficient surgical instruments sterilized and available for each patient who presents herself for an abortion (GONE)
The second example is in the history of Planned Parenthood in Missouri. Planned Parenthood was shut down for a time when they were found, through inspections by the Department of Health and Senior Services, that they had rusty equipment, expired drugs and improper records on staffing.
We thank Attorney General Bailey for fighting to protect women and babies from the abortion provider known as Planned Parenthood.
This dangerous situation for women and babies can only be fixed by “Repealing and Replacing” Amendment 3.
Missouri citizens were told by Amendment 3 supporters and Planned Parenthood that these things would not happen. Missouri Right to Life warned of these dangers that are now coming to pass.