Kentucky’s Gov. Matt Bevin has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for allegedly performing abortions without a license, according to Christian Today.
Bevin filed the suit on Feb. 18 against Planned Parenthood of Indiana
and Kentucky (PPINK). The lawsuit accuses PPINK of performing 23 illegal
abortions in December and January.
"Although I am an unapologetically pro-life individual, I recognise and
accept that there are some laws on the books that I do not necessarily
agree with," said Bevin. "However, we are a nation of laws, and my job
is to ensure that they are followed regardless of my personal opinion."
Bevin added that his administration will not tolerate Planned
Parenthood’s disregard for the law, and that they will hold Planned
Parenthood accountable.
In November 2015, during the last days of former Kentucky Gov. Steven
Beshear's administration, PPINK filed an application for a license to
operate an abortion facility in Louisville, Kentucky.
However, a day before the Beshear administration left office, the then
head of the Cabinet’s Office of Inspector General, Maryellen Mynear,
told Planned Parenthood that that there was a longstanding policy that
said they could begin operating even without a license.
Beshear denied the existence of such a policy. In January, Bevin’s
administration issued a cease and desist order against Planned
Parenthood after they found that the clinic was operating without a
license.
PPINK said that it "followed long-standing protocol and received
necessary authorisation from the appropriate authority, the Office of
Inspector General , to perform abortions at its facility while awaiting a
site survey."
The Bevin administration’s lawsuit asks the court to fine Planned
Parenthood $570,000 for performing the abortions without a license and
an additional $114,000 for failing to have a transfer agreement with an
ambulance and hospital.
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