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ST. LOUIS — The chief medical officer of Missouri’s lone abortion clinic offered a spirited defense of the facility and its services Wednesday, saying abortion is a simple procedure that can have “profoundly†positive effects.“I believe in the mission of Planned Parenthood. I think it’s perhaps one of the biggest honors of my life to provide abortion care,†Dr. Colleen McNicholas told a commissioner who will decide the fate of the facility’s license to operate.“It’s about humanity. It’s about the respect for parenting. It’s about valuing life,†McNicholas said. “Abortion is one of the safest procedures we have in medicine.†...Her testimony came a day after agency director Dr. Randall Williams said he had tracked the menstrual cycles of Planned Parenthood patients as part of an effort to identify any “failed abortions†at the clinic.Williams said an investigator made a spreadsheet at his request that included the dates of patients’ last periods. He said the goal was to find women who needed multiple procedures to complete an abortion. ...
