Each center listed below has been cited for public health code violations in the last ten years. These documents are public, and were found and published by Check My Clinic. Though the number and seriousness of the violations vary, each was documented by its state health department and the information regarding the infraction is readily available.
Do you want to protect your local community members from facilities cited for underperforming or neglecting basic standards of medical care and state regulations? Our blog post, Resources to Let Them Know, drafted by Pam Whitehead (Project Coordinator for Check My Clinic), describes some ways to raise awareness and get this information to at-risk women and patients.
The 11 states where no health inspections happen are flagged below. These facilities may pose risks or not, but the lack of oversight may make potential patients nervous.
Because about one third of Planned Parenthood centers refer for abortion but don’t perform them, and Check My Clinic only researches abortion facilities, we’ve listed two percentages after the name of the state: The first refers to the state’s PP locations with health code violations, and the second to those that perform abortions, since these were were the only ones checked. Though referral centers may have violations, we don’t have those records yet.
Current count = 80 in 24 states / 13 states have no inspections (11 have PP centers).
Last updated February 18, 2021.
from the Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 55)
(100% / 100% of those doing abortions)
Both Check My Clinic and the Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 58) report that the state of Alaska doesn’t inspect abortion facilities. They don’t consider them medical clinics.
(43% / 75% of those doing abortions)
(100% / 100% of those doing abortions)
(17% / 19% of those doing abortions)
Antioch
Chico
Chula Vista
Coachella
Concord
El Cajon
Escondido
Fresno – Family First
Gilroy
Moreno Valley
Orange
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego – Kearney Mesa
San Jose – Central
Seaside
Ventura
Watsonville
Both Check My Clinic and the Americans United for Life “Unsafe” report (p. 60) report that Colorado doesn’t inspect abortion facilities. The two documents for the one location below are court filings.
Denver – Stapleton, previously called Rocky Mountains
(43% / 43% of those doing abortions)
Hartford
New Haven
Norwich
Torrington
Waterbury
West Hartford
(33% / 50% of those doing abortions)
(29% / 43% of those doing abortions)
Boca Raton
Fort Meyers
Kissimee
Naples
St. Petersberg
Sarasota
Both Check My Clinic and the Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 63) report that the Hawaii Department of Health doesn’t license or inspect abortion facilities.
Both Check My Clinic and Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 63) report that Idaho doesn’t inspect abortion facilities.
(19% / 75% of those doing abortions)
Bloomington
Indianapolis – Georgetown
Merrillville
Both Check My Clinic and Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 65) report that Iowa doesn’t inspect abortion facilities.
(100% / 100% of those doing abortions)
Both Check My Clinic and Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 66) report that Maine doesn’t license or inspect abortion facilities. From AUL’s report: ” AUL’s public records request to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services . . . garnered the response that, apart from abortion businesses, no other outpatient surgical facilities are exempt from licensing and inspection.”
(22% / 29% of those doing abortions)
( 12.5% / 20% of those doing abortions)
Both Check My Clinic and Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 68) report that Minnesota doesn’t inspect abortion facilities.
(17% / 100% of those doing abortions)
Columbia
St. Louis – Reproductive Health
Both Check My Clinic and Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 70) report that Montana doesn’t inspect abortion facilities.
(50% / 50% of those doing abortions)
The Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 71) reports that New Mexico doesn’t inspect abortion facilities. They did find some health code violations from federal inspections, but these aren’t yet reported at Check My Clinic.
(44% / 67% of those doing abortions)
Chapel Hill
Fayetteville
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
(19% / 100% of those doing abortions)
Akron
Bedford Heights
Cincinnati
Columbus – East
(37.5% / 75% of those doing abortions)
Allentown
Harrisburg
Norristown (Philadelphia area)
Philadelphia – Locust
Philadelphia – Far Northeast
Pittsburgh
Warminster
West Chester
York
(50% / 50% of those doing abortions )
(100% / 100% of those doing abortions)
(25% / 33% of those doing abortions)
(19% / 60% of those doing abortions)
Austin – South
Dallas – South
Fort Worth – Southwest
Houston – Center for Choice
San Antonio – South
Stafford
(12.5% / 100% of those doing abortions)
Both Check My Clinic and Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 78) report that Vermont doesn’t inspect abortion facilities.
(40% / 40% of those doing abortions)
The Americans United for Life Report “Unsafe” (page 79) reports that the state of West Virginia doesn’t inspect abortion facilities.
(4% / 33% of those doing abortions)