ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14, 2011 /
Christian Newswire/ -- Emergency responders removed a patient from a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday morning and rushed her to the emergency room at Barnes-Jewish-Christian Hospital.
Photo: A patient is removed from Planned Parenthood in St. Louis and transported to a hospital by ambulance. Her head was covered and she was motionless, raising concerns that she might not survive.
A witness, pro-life sidewalk counselor Marty Bennet, took over a dozen photos of the dramatic incident as the woman was wheeled out the clinic and into an awaiting ambulance. Photos showed that the woman's head was covered and that there was no IV bag or any other sign of ongoing emergency care. There was no evidence that any Planned Parenthood staff member accompanied her to the hospital.
Bennet left a note offering assistance on the vehicle that accompanied the ambulance to the hospital. Later, the husband of the botched abortion victim contacted him to thank him for his concerns. He indicated that his wife is in stable condition.
"From June 2009 until April 2010, nine ambulances have been at Planned Parenthood and each time a client was transported to Barnes Hospital," said Bennet in a written statement. "Is this safe medical care?"
News of this tragic incident comes on the same day that pro-life supporters around the nation will be gathering for protests at Planned Parenthood offices in over 130 cities to ask for an end to tax-funding for the abortion giant.
"This incident in St. Louis only underscores the dangers of abortion mills in America, which all too often operate without accountability or oversight," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Our tax money should not be used to prop up shady and dangerous abortion businesses that prey on the vulnerable and act as if they are above the law."
Planned Parenthood is facing several embarrassing scandals that have served to discredit it, including:
"There is no doubt that Planned Parenthood makes huge amounts of money providing services that endanger women," said Newman. "It's time for Americans to stop further lining their pockets with our hard-earned tax dollars."
Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America. Operation Rescue is now headquartered in a former abortion clinic that it bought and closed in 2006. From there, Operation Rescue launches its innovative new strategies across the nation, exposing and closing abortion clinics through peaceful, legal means. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to stop abortion and ultimately restore legal personhood to the pre-born in obedience to biblical mandates.
