The following is a statement from Coalition for Life St. Louis Executive Director Brian Westbrook regarding an emergency vehicle sighting at the Planned Parenthood of the Greater St. Louis Region on Friday, May 13, 2016
*******FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**********
Medical Emergency at Planned Parenthood Clinic
At approximately 2:56 PM on Friday, May 13, 2016, Ben Gruender, Outreach Strategist for Coalition for Life St. Louis, witnessed and recorded an ambulance arriving at the Planned Parenthood of the Greater St. Louis Region clinic on Forest Park Ave.
Paramedics exited the ambulance and entered the clinic. At approximately 3:05 PM, the same paramedics exited Planned Parenthood with a stretcher. The stretcher’s occupant was covered by a white sheet from head to toe, and two Planned Parenthood employees walked in front of the stretcher with a large white banner, in an attempt to block the victim from public view. Paramedics loaded the stretcher into the back of the ambulance, then returned to the front, leaving the victim in the back and sitting in Planned Parenthood’s parking lot for six minutes before driving away at 3:12 PM.
As of the release of this statement, Planned Parenthood has declined to comment on the presence of the ambulance at their facility.
Gruender described the attitude of Planned Parenthood employees present at the scene as “casual”.
“It seemed very uneventful to them,” Gruender said. “Like it happened every day. It felt like they were packing up a box of merchandise.”
This is not the first time Planned Parenthood of the Greater St. Louis Region patients have left in an ambulance. This sighting is the latest of 31 recorded sightings since 2009, and 3 within the past year. The dates of those sightings are listed here:
May 13, 2016
January 30, 2016
December 30, 2015
March 7, 2015
November 12, 2014
July 10, 2014
October 29, 2013
October 11, 2013
September 10, 2013
August 21, 2013
January 19, 2013
December 26, 2012
December 1, 2012
November 21, 2012
June 26, 2012
October 19, 2011
May 25, 2011
April 22, 2011
February 12, 2011
August 23, 2010
April 2, 2010
March 31, 2010
March 18, 2010
January 22, 2010
October 24, 2009
October 22, 2009
September 29, 2009
September 29, 2009
June 30, 2009
June 17, 2009
June 13, 2009
In Life,
Brian Westbrook
Executive Director
Coalition For Life St. Louis
