New website helps women avoid shoddy healthcare clinics

CheckMyClinic.org is a new resource for women researching reproductive care

AUSTIN, TX (February 21, 2018) – A new resource for women who are searching for reproductive care can now go to CheckMyClinic.org to see public inspection reports and learn which clinics have been cited for failing to adhere to basic medical standards.

All reports located at CheckMyClinic were sourced through public records and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). These clinics are mostly abortion facilities, many of which have been cited for gross medical conduct.

“Women absolutely deserve to know whether or not the clinic of their choice has failed to properly disinfect medical equipment or has exposed their patients to infection,” said Abby Johnson, president of And Then There Were None, and a former manager at Planned Parenthood. “During my time working at an abortion facility, I saw disgusting incidences of where our staff failed to properly take care of women, did not clean up the operating tables, and failed to disinfect instruments. It was gross.”

People who log on to CheckMyClinic are able to obtain information about the abortion facilities and read the reports themselves without any third-party commentary. The information is summarized in easy-to-read bullet points and the reports are all linked. Current laws regarding abortion, parental notification, and telemedicine are also given.

If women want to choose to another option rather than abortion, there are links to help lines that can aid them.

“The website is both for women seeking abortion as well as workers at these clinics who are interested in learning what their employer has been cited for in the past,” said Johnson. “If they want to get out of their abortion clinic and find other work, we can help them and there is a link for them. If they want to report medical misconduct, there is a link they can do that as well.”

“An informed woman is an empowered woman,” said Johnson.

CheckMyClinic is geared towards anyone wanting to learn more about the healthcare facilities that they are going to or that they are working for.  Recent news of investigations into Planned Parenthood by the FBI and the $7.7M settlement with two companies who illegally sold fetal tissue have given women reason enough to pause when considering their options.

“Oversight for abortion facilities is lacking in most states. Most of these clinics operate with little to no accountability for years, as was the case with Gosnell's Philadelphia clinic deemed by investigators to be a ‘house of horrors.’ These questions remain: who determines the standard; who will uphold it; and who will enforce it?” concluded Johnson. “Abortion has been a lauded as a ‘private’ decision and in some ways, it seems that legislators and voters have decided that what happens behind those doors is none of our business and between a ‘woman and her doctor.’ But if we look at the inspection reports that are available, we see over and over again the grave misconduct of these physicians. Who can we trust?”