A spokesperson for Kaiser Permanente in Colorado announced Monday that the health organization has decided to offer more abortions in the state.
“Kaiser Permanente is committed to providing comprehensive reproductive health care that respects and supports all of our members’ rights to make, and act on, fully informed decisions about their fertility, family, and future. In short, we respect an individual’s right to make decisions about their own health,” said a company spokesperson. “We understand this is a complicated, sensitive, and divisive topic. We also believe that expanding services to ensure that our Colorado members have access to safe, timely, and appropriate care is consistent with our commitment to the overall health of our members.”
The news comes as the Colorado abortion industry claims to have seen an increase in women traveling from out of state to commit abortions, which some say is increasing wait times. “In 2021 there were about 1,500 out-of-state patients who traveled to Colorado for abortion care. In the last two weeks, we’ve seen 500 out-of-state patients and in October there was nearly 900 out-of-state patients scheduling care,” Jack Teter of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains said.
Despite this statement, Live Action News has previously reported that a Planned Parenthood facility in the state closed as recently as September due to a lack of demand.
Kaiser Permanente is one of the leading healthcare providers in the country, operating hospitals and medical facilities in eight states and D.C. However, despite the company’s statement, induced abortion is the intentional taking of a human life, and therefore cannot be considered legitimate health care. While the abortion industry presents abortion as routine care, it is a violent act in which the child is starved, ripped apart limb from torso, or poisoned with a lethal injection. A medical procedure to save the mother’s life (such as early delivery), which may be necessary in rare circumstances, is not an induced abortion. The American Association for Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists has noted:
There is a night and day difference between induced abortion and separating a mother and her unborn child for the purposes of saving a mother’s life (preterm parturition). There are times when separating the mother and her unborn child is necessary to save the life of the mother, even if the unborn child is too premature to live. In those tragic cases, if possible the life of the baby will be attempted to be preserved, and if not possible, the body of the unborn child is treated with respect, recognizing the humanity of the life which is lost in the separation. In contrast, the purpose of an induced abortion is to produce a dead baby.
“This is the choice that the woman makes and we are there for them and support them and we take care of them,” a Kaiser employee told CPR News.
According to CPR News, there are about 520,000 Kaiser Permanente members in the state.
