State Health Department Denies South Bend Abortion Clinic License

Whole Woman’s Health Alliance, a non-profit entity, applied in August to open an abortion clinic offering medication abortions, also known as the abortion pill. It was announced to the public in October.

A letter from the Department of Health states the reason for the denial was a failure to disclose information about its clinics. Whole Woman’s Health Alliance operates two other clinics, one in Texas and one in Virginia.

Whole Woman’s Health Alliance President Amy Hagstrom Miller says they were confused by the sudden denial.

“We’ve had no politics or red tape or any kind of difficulty in either of those places getting licensed and dealing with the regulators and having our clinics inspected, etc. So, we’re not quite sure what’s going on in Indiana. or why the process in Indiana would be so different.”

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