It's ironic, says a national pro-life leader, that regulations -- not violence -- caused an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Florida, to close its doors.
The Community Healthcare Center, formerly the Ladies Center, made the news in 1984 when it was bombed, and again in 1995 when the clinic's abortionist and security guard were murdered at the hand of Paul Hill who was executed for the crime. "This abortion clinic that's been operating for a couple of decades at least has finally closed down -- and interestingly enough, it did not close down because of violence or threats of violence, but because this place failed to obtain proper licensure from the state," reports Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue. "And they were fined and ultimately put out of business because of those fines." Newman tells OneNewsNow that "abortion clinics across the nation think that they're above the law [and] that they don't have to comply with municipal health codes, their ordinances or even state or federal laws." However, when it was discovered that this particular clinic had been operating for 413 days without a license, its fine of $1,000 for each illegal day of business held the clinic accountable for its illegitimate operation and shut the center down. "So Operation Rescue believes that it's simply a matter of enforcing the laws that are already on the books, and we can close down every abortion clinic in the country," he says. Operation Rescue's president goes on to say that due to a lack of enforcement -- whether for the sake of political correctness or some other reason -- pro-life groups must be the watchdogs while they work with authorities to correct the violations.
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