Minnesota abortion clinic to close: first clinic closure in state in two decades

St. Paul, MN, November 28, 2011 (OperationRescue.org) – Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, has announced that it will close its abortion clinic, GYN Special Services Clinic, effective December 9, 2011. According to local pro-life activists, it is the first abortion clinic closure in Minnesota in two decades.

“I cannot express properly the waves of emotions of joy I am experiencing with this victory,” Brian Gibson of Pro-life Action Ministries told Operation Rescue.

Gibson and other local activists worked for years to convince Regions Hospital to close the abortion clinic, launching protests, petitions, and boycotts that Gibson says cost the hospital “millions of dollars in lost business.”

The abortion clinic steadily lost business over the years. Last year, the clinic did 545 abortions, down over 55% from their high of 1,200 abortions annually.

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