National Planned Parenthood sought closures of clinics in South Florida

Local Planned Parenthood clinics had enough problems that the agency's national parent organization this month pushed for the temporary shutdown of the group's medical and counseling services, present and former agency officials said Thursday. Representatives from the national office inspected Planned Parenthood of South Palm Beach and Broward Counties several weeks ago and uncovered deficiencies with the clinics' conditions and medical operations as well as policies and procedures, board chairman Alex Arreaza said. The federation asked the cash-strapped organization to stop services at its clinics and offices in Boca Raton, Oakland Park, Tamarac, Pembroke Pines and Deerfield Beach until the problems are solved, Arreaza said. Read more...

Posted by Editor at March 21, 2008 04:04 PM