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Clinic worker on prepping abortion rooms: speed was more important than cleanliness

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Clinic worker on prepping abortion rooms: speed was more important than cleanliness

From former  clinic worker Catherine Adair:

One of my jobs as a medical assistant at Planned Parenthood was to clean the room in between abortions. I clearly remember how quickly we were required to work so that the doctors didn’t have to wait for the next abortion. I was never trained on OSHA regulations -speed was more important than being thorough. Blood spatter was often in the wall, floor and table when the next woman came in for her abortion. It disgusted me and I always wondered what the woman coming in thought and if she noticed it. Abortion clinics are ONLY interested in money, they don’t care about the safety and well-being of women.

Read the whole interview with this former clinic worker here. Reprinted from Clinicquotes.com.

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