University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics halted efforts to offer second trimester abortions at the Madison Surgery Center, citing the safety and privacy of patients as the main reason, officials announced Monday.
An abortion clinic at the Madison Surgery Center, located at 1 N. Park Street, was approved in February 2009 by several patent boards, including the UW Hospital and Clinics Authority Board. The clinic would have been able to perform late-term abortions.
UW Health spokesperson Lisa Brunette said there was never a plan to offer late-term abortions at MSC, but rather “second trimester procedures,” which she said are not late-term abortions.
The main reason UW Health is no longer working to offer these services at MSC is to make sure all patients entering the clinic, regardless of what they are at MSC for, are not harmed by activists, Brunette said.
“We want to make sure anyone going into that building is safe from harm and has their privacy respected,” Brunette said.
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