Cease-and-desist: Planned Parenthood delivered order to halt chemical abortions in state
Andrew Bailey, the Missouri attorney general, has dispatched to the Planned Parenthood abortion business a cease-and-desist order instructing the abortion corporation to stop perform chemical abortions in the state.
Bailey delivered to Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri an order that instructed the company under penalty of law “not to perform any chemical abortions in Missouri,” or possibly face felony charges.
“An investigation has revealed that you are not in compliance with § 188.021.2, which requires you to have a valid plan to treat complications from chemically induced abortions. As the FDA has recognized, up to 4.6% of women who receive chemical abortions are forced to seek emergency medical attention,” the letter said.
“Missouri law requires you to adopt an approved plan to treat complications when using any chemical ‘in which more than one percent of those administered the drug or chemical required surgical intervention after its administration.’ … You do not have an approved plan in place.”
Bailey then cited the company’s history of illegal activities: “Any suggestion that there is no risk of Planned Parenthood violating this law is illusory. Planned Parenthood has established an uncontroverted track record of violating the law in Missouri in recent years. In fact, physicians at Planned Parenthood organizations in Missouri have recently conceded—under oath—to violating the law and have been found by investigators and tribunals to have violated Missouri’s laws many times in recent years. These violations include repeated and knowing failures to comply with reporting requirements, to comply with informed consent laws, and to sterilize instruments.”
He cited a long list of existing cases in which Planned Parenthood has been in violation of the law.
Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, which has fought numerous battles over abortion, said, “Chemical abortions harm women physically and emotionally and cruelly kill defenseless children in the womb. The abortion industry has an agenda of death that disregards the life of unborn children and the health of their mothers.”
Liberty Counsel explained, “In November 2024, Missouri made abortion a constitutional ‘right’ in the state, which nullified the state’s near-total abortion. Since then, Planned Parenthood has resumed surgical abortions at several Missouri facilities.”
But, the legal team noted, “Planned Parenthood officials have indicated that its Missouri facilities are not currently offering chemical abortions and won’t do so until the complication plans are approved.”