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Effective May 2, 2016, Planned Parenthood dropped its mix of contraception and abortion services to provide only abortions from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at its Orin Road location on the east side. See below:
Madison Vigil for Life News Release
May 13, 2016—For Immediate Release
Contact Vigil for Life Communications: 608-445-2064
Planned Parenthood Quietly Dropped Contraceptive Services, to Perform Abortions Only
The Planned Parenthood abortion center on Madison’s east side now only lists abortion services on its web site, corroborating information about a shift to abortions only that Madison Vigil for Life received weeks ago. The abortion facility’s new hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The change came on Monday, May 2, 2016.
“It is confounding how an organization that claims that abortion amounts to only 3% of the services it provides can perform abortions full-time at the Orin Road location,” commented Laura Karlen, the board president of Madison Vigil for Life. Vigil for Life is a pro-life volunteer group that has peacefully kept vigil in front of Planned Parenthood every business day since January 2011.
According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, the average cost for an abortion with local anesthesia is $480 when the baby has developed for 10 weeks in the womb. Before 10 weeks’ gestation, the average chemical abortion costs $504. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin reported in its 2015 Annual Report that it performed 4,056 abortions between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015 and has net assets of $16,024,273. It is classified as a non-profit 501(c)(3).
Laura Karlen added, “We plan to offer abortion alternatives to women facing crisis pregnancies. They need hope and a helping hand, not abortion.”
Vigil for Life Board President Laura Karlen is available for comment at (608) 445-2064.
Regards,
Laura Karlen
Vigil for Life Board President
(608) 445-2064
