Five affiliates:
Planned Parenthood of North Country New York
covers 7 centers in Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties.
Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York
covers Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls.
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood
covers Albany, Hudson, and Troy.
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic
covers the 5 centers in Suffolk County, the 4 centers in Westchester County, and the 1 in Rockland County.
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York
covers many centers in and near New York City.
Locations: 52. Covered here 36.
The 5 New York City centers are covered on a separate page.
State inspections find many health violations, but the documents don’t specify which clinics. This is why none are listed below.
Patients who feel a need to file a complaint:
New York State Department of Health – Complaints about Care
Entire State
DeSouza
Appeals Court Decision in favor of DeSouza
Excerpt:
The Complaint plausibly alleges facts showing “but-for” causation. There is a close temporal connection of approximately one month between Plaintiff’s protected activity and the adverse employment action. Plaintiff sent emails complaining of microaggressions against Jewish people to Walker on October 20 and 28, 2020. Her employment was terminated on November 30, 2020.
Article in Bloomberg Law:
Fired Jewish Planned Parenthood Worker Can Sue for Retaliation
by Patrick Dorrian, June 8, 2022
Affiliate:
Central & Western New York
Article from LaborPress.org
Planned Parenthood In Crisis: Workers Demand Union!
by Joe Maniscalco, July 23, 2014
Excerpt:
No less than eight elected officials from both the New York State Legislature and United States Congress are calling upon Karen Nelson, CEO, Planned Parenthood of Western and Central New York, to honor workers’ overwhelming decision to have CWA Local 1168 represent them in future contract negotiations.
So, far, however, Planned Parenthood’s leadership is refusing – insisting that an official election must be held.
Roughly 70 percent of the Planned Parenthood workers in Central New York already signed union authorization cards in June. The 60-plus employees working in five Planned Parenthood centers around Central New York, say that management has busted down workers to part-time status, while also stripping them of their job titles, and telling them they must reapply for their positions . . .
Fed up, as many as 10 Planned Parent workers have reportedly left the organization in the last three weeks. Those remaining, say that patients are often double booked, requiring staffers to stay on the job long past regular business hours. At the same time, workers say that post-merger management has callously altered worker schedules with no regard for employees’ familial obligations.
Affiliate:
Hudson Peconic
Letter admitting overbilling problem from HRSA audit, 340B Drug Pricing Program
Albany
Alston
Article in the Times Union:
Lawsuit: Capital Region hospitals failed to help woman after botched abortion
An Albany woman is suing Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood and the Capital Region’s largest hospital systems for allegedly neglecting to provide her medical care and guidance after a failed abortion – which she said resulted in weeks of pain, extreme blood loss and, eventually, a premature birth . . .
Alston encountered logistical challenges due to an unstable housing situation and likely racial bias, as studies show that women of color are far more likely than white women to experience life-threatening complications in pregnancy and have their medical concerns dismissed by physicians.
New Report from News Channel 13, WNYT
Albany woman sues three healthcare providers after botched abortion
Excerpt:
Alston immediately called Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood to schedule an abortion.
“I thought everything done and said,” Alston said. “Days go by. I’m still heavily bleeding, pain in my stomach, just nauseous and just a lot of heavy bleeding.”
Her pregnancy had not terminated.
“Planned Parenthood had no process for checking to make certain that the suction abortion was successful,” said Lewis Oliver, Alston’s attorney.
Oliver said the next few months were agonizing . . .
Her whole ordeal is detailed in a 55-page lawsuit. It claims that just three weeks after her botched abortion, she went to her regular OB-GYN at St. Peter’s because of the continued bleeding and debilitating pain. Another test confirmed she was still pregnant at about 15 weeks. Planned Parenthood told her the bleeding, pain, and a positive test were all normal.
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Batavia
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Buffalo
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Canandaigua
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Clifton Park
Temporarily Closed
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Corning
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Elmira
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Hempstead
D’Avanzo
Court Documents:
NY Hempstead Malpractice D’Avanzo Summons and Complaint
NY Hempstead Malpractice D’Avanzo Conference
NY Hempstead Malpractice D’Avanzo Defense Answers
Excerpt from Complaint:
- Contrary to accepted standards of medical treatment, the defendants . . . PLANNED PARENTHOOD . . . performed a procedure for the termination of pregnancy, negligently and improperly a dilation and curettage, failed to properly remove the products of conception . . . failed to take steps to ensure that the products of conception had been removed . . . failed to send the biologic material removed . . . for analysis and pathological examination . . . failed to properly examine plaintiff, failed to properly perform repeat examinations; failed to properly preform sonograms on plaintiff; failed to determine that plaintiff had an ectopic pregnancy . . . failed to properly schedule follow-up visits for plaintiff; failed to order and perform appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests for plaintiff, and were otherwise negligent . . .
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Huntington
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Ithaca
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Kingston
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Malone
Open only Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Mount Vernon
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New Rochelle
Baker
Court Document:
Baker Poor Person Order PSLR 1101(d)
Excerpt handwritten by plaintiff in the form:
10. Briefly stated, the facts of my case are as follows:
Nerve damage, and permanent cervix damage. Painful intercourse, abdominal pain, and vaginal bleeding. Pain and suffering. Discomfort, and delay in work and daily activities.
Article in The New York Times:
Planned Parenthood Is Accused of Mistreating Pregnant Employees
Natalie Kitroeff and December 20, 2018
Excerpt:
A woman who worked at Planned Parenthood’s New Rochelle, N.Y., clinic and who declined to be named said in an interview that, when she got pregnant last year, managers ignored her doctor’s note recommending frequent breaks. Her manager asked her to delay her maternity leave and, after she gave birth, pressed her to return early.
A medical assistant at the same clinic was fired in May 2018, the day she returned from maternity leave, according to a former human resources manager who oversaw the clinic. Jonas Urba, the woman’s lawyer, said she reached a confidential resolution with Planned Parenthood.
The former human resources manager, who requested anonymity, said that executives assumed that when a pregnant worker brought in a doctor’s note, it was an excuse to work less. People who took sick days were perceived as lacking commitment.
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Newburgh
Sampson
Court Documents:
NY Hempstead Malpractice Sampson
Excerpt from Complaint:
- That at all times hereinafter mentioned, including on or about January 14, 2016 and March 24, 2016, and prior and subsequent thereto, the defendant PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY, INC. d/b/a NEWBURGH HEALTH CENTER . . . was/were negligent, careless, unskillful and committed acts and omissions which constituted medical negligence and medical malpractice in connection with the medical, gynecological and obstetrical care rendered to plaintiff, in the following manner: in deviating from good and accepted medical practices which were prevailing in the community; in failing to undertake and administer proper gynecological and obstetrical care; in failing to properly and adequately diagnose pregnancy; in failing to properly and adequately perform a pregnancy test and in failing to timely act upon same; in failing to timely recognize, heed, appreciate and act upon the plaintiff’s complaints, signs and symptoms; in failing to timely recognize, heed, appreciate and act upon signs of pregnancy; in failing to timely refer the plaintiff for prenatal care and diagnostic testing; in failing to undertake and administer proper prenatal care and diagnostic testing and practice; in negligently administering contraindicated medications and/or chemical agents; in administering medications and/or chemical agents in excessive and/or contraindicated dosages; in negligently administering Depo Provera birth control without testing the plaintiff for pregnancy and while plaintiff was pregnant; in failing to obtain and/or arrange for the necessary and indicated specialist consultations; in failing to timely undertake and administer proper examinations and testing; in failing to assign and provide competent medical staff or to supervise its medical staff; and by other negligent acts and/or omissions; and by all of the foregoing did thereby proximately cause the severe injuries and conditions and associated direct complications and pain and suffering sustained and suffered by the plaintiff.
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North Tonawanda
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Patchogue
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Poughkeepsie
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Queensbury
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Riverhead
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Rochester
Lizardi
Document:
Commissioner’s Order Number 7906
Excerpt:
(a) On or about February 2, 1983, while the Respondent was employed at Planned Parenthood of Rochester . . . , the Respondent preformed a gynecological examination on Patient A . . . During this examination, the Respondent without medical purpose:
(i) Stimulated Patient A’s clitoris;
(ii) Questioned Patient A about her sexual activities; and
(iii) Told Patient A that she had a pretty face and beautiful eyes, while touching Patient A’s breasts.
(b) In or about July 1983, while the Respondent was employed at Planned Parenthood, the Respondent performed a gynecological examination on Patient B. During this examination, the Respondent without medical purpose:
(i) Suggested to Patient B that she call him anytime she wanted;
(ii) The Respondent subsequently telephoned Patient B at her home in or about August, 1983 and had sexual relations with her; and
(iii) Patient B returned to Planned Parenthood in or about September 1983, because of a vaginal infection. During Patient B’s examination, the Respondent spoke to Patient B in an obscene, threatening and disparaging manner.
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Rome
Letter from HHS/OCR responding to complaint
Excerpt:
On October 6, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Region III received your complaint alleging Planned Parenthood . . . has violated the Federal Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information . . . Specifically, you allege that in September 2011 [redacted], a workforce member of Planned Parenthood, located in Rome, New York, impermissibly disclosed your protected health information to your sister’s friend.
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Saratoga Springs
Open only Wednesdays.
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Schenectady
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Smithtown
Thomas
Court Document:
Thomas Malpractice: New York Supreme Court for Suffolk County
Excerpt:
This is a medical malpractice action wherein the plaintiff . . . alleges that during the performance of a second trimester abortion on April 18, 2009, the defendant, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, Inc., by its staff, negligently perforated her uterus, resulting in her having to undergo an hysterectomy and suffer other permanent injury.
Ms. Thomas testified that she went to the West Islip Planned Parenthood on about April 15th or 16th 2009 for an abortion of her third pregnancy, had a blood test and applied for health insurance which covers the procedure and a three month period thereafter. She was referred to the Smithtown Planned Parenthood on April 18, 2009, as she was told she was too far along in her pregnancy to take the pill for the abortion at the West Islip Planned Parenthood office. She believed she was about 11 or 12 weeks pregnant. When she arrived at the Smithtown location, she showed the staff her 10 and filled out some paperwork for insurance. . . .
She then had a sonogram and was advised that she was about thirteen and a half to fourteen weeks pregnant. Thereafter, she had some blood work performed . . . she went into a room where she was seen by [the doctor] and a nurse who gave her some pills to soften her uterus or cervix . . . She was placed on a table, and an intravenous was started. She then felt [the doctor] insert a “metal thing” into her vagina. When she started to feel a sharp pain, she told the doctor to stop, but he advised her that the procedure was already started and that he could not stop. She testified that shortly after that, the doctor advised her that there was “just a minor complication,” and that he was calling Stony Brook Hospital. The next thing she knew, the paramedics were at her side. When they moved her she felt a gush of blood. Upon arrival to Stony Brook University Hospital, she was given a partial hysterectomy . . .
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Spring Valley
Acocella
Court Document:
Acocella Malpractice Complaint
Excerpt:
- Defendant . . . was negligent in the care rendered . . . in failing to heed or appreciate the significance of the signs and symptoms exhibited by Plaintiff; in improperly prescribing medication; in improperly administering medication . . . in failing to timely refer Plaintiff to specialists, in failing to take a proper medical history of the Plaintiff; in failing to properly test the Plaintiff prior to prescribing, administering, and/or providing medication the Plaintiff . . .
- Defendant . . . failed to disclose and/or inform Plaintiff of the risks associated with the medication . . . and of the alternatives thereto and the reasonably foreseeable risks and benefits association therewith as a reasonable medical practitioner under similar circumstances would have disclosed, in a manner permitting said Plaintiff to make a knowledgeable evaluation.
- A reasonably prudent person in Plaintiff’s position who had been fully informed would not have undergone the treatment . . .
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Syracuse
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Troy
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Utica
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Watertown
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West Islip
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West Seneca
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White Plains
Jane Doe
Excerpt:
49. On May 4, 2020, Defendant Dr. Shah prescribed the two-medication regimen of Mifeprex and misoprostol to terminate Plaintiff’s pregnancy.
50. Plaintiff did not sign the required Patient Agreement Form, or any other form.
51. Defendants failed to conduct a physical exam of any type on Plaintiff, let alone a bimanual pelvic exam or abdominal exam.
52. Defendant failed to conduct an ultrasound on Plaintiff.
53. Plaintiff began her regimen of Mifeprex and misoprostol on May 4, 2020.
54. That evening, Plaintiff began experiencing painful cramping and pressure.
55. Plaintiff went into full labor in the early morning hours of May 5, 2020.
56. Plaintiff experienced extreme and painful accelerated changes to her body, including a vaginal laceration or tear, as the delivery progressed.
57. At approximately 3:00 am, while sitting on the toilet, Plaintiff gave birth to a fully formed, stillborn baby boy named J.T.
58. Plaintiff was shocked and traumatized when she saw the lifeless, fully-formed baby in the toilet covered in mucous, blood, and the placenta.
59. The next morning, Plaintiff advised Defendants about the ordeal. Plaintiff described the size of J.T.’s body to the Defendants. She described his size as the length of her forearm, not including his legs. Defendant Mensah repeatedly asked whether the body was the size of a fist, but Plaintiff and her mother corrected her.
60. Instead of directing Plaintiff to the nearest emergency room, and despite knowing that J.T. was a fully-formed baby, Defendants directed Plaintiff to bring J.T. across county lines to Dr. Shah at the White Plains Center for examination of both J.T. and herself.
61. At the White Plains Center, Dr. Shah performed an ultrasound and physical exam on Plaintiff and also examined J.T.
62. Defendants determined that J.T.’s length and femur size were consistent with that of a thirty-three to thirty-six week old baby.
63. Defendants advised Plaintiff that they would dispose of J.T., further upsetting Plaintiff and her family.
64. Plaintiff, just hours post-partum and in shock, was made to wait for many hours at the White Plains Center.
65. Defendants told Plaintiff not to call law enforcement.
66. Plaintiff refused to allow Defendants to dispose of J.T. and a family member contacted law enforcement authorities for assistance.
67. Defendants made misleading statements to law enforcement, including the indisputably untrue statement that Plaintiff was “examined” and that Plaintiff decided on her own to bring J.T. across county lines.
68. J.T. was taken to the Westchester County Morgue.
69. J.T. was a fully formed and otherwise healthy baby.
70. Plaintiff had no intention of aborting a near-term baby, did not consent to the termination of a near-term baby, and would not have aborted a near-term baby or any baby after her first trimester.
71. An autopsy was performed on J.T. on May 7, 2020.
72. The cause of J.T.’s death was determined to be a “medically induced termination of pregnancy of a 30-week fetus.”
73. As a result of Plaintiff’s ordeal, she has endured significant stress, trauma, emotional anguish, physical pain, including laceration and an accelerated labor and delivery unaided by medication, lactation, soreness, and bleeding.
Article in The New York Times:
Planned Parenthood Is Accused of Mistreating Pregnant Employees
Natalie Kitroeffand December 20, 2018
Tracy Webber, the former director of clinical services in White Plains, sued the organization for pregnancy discrimination in 2009, saying she had been fired four weeks after giving birth. Planned Parenthood settled for undisclosed terms. . .
As a medical assistant at Planned Parenthood, Ta’Lisa Hairston urged pregnant women to take rest breaks at work, stay hydrated and, please, eat regular meals.
Then she got pregnant and couldn’t follow her own advice.
Last winter, Ms. Hairston told the human-resources department for Planned Parenthood’s clinic in White Plains, N.Y., that her high blood pressure was threatening her pregnancy. She sent the department multiple notes from her nurse recommending that she take frequent breaks.
Managers ignored the notes. They rarely gave her time to rest or to take a lunch break, Ms. Hairston said.
“I had to hold back tears talking to pregnant women, telling them to take care of their pregnancies when I couldn’t take care of mine,” she said . . .
When Ms. Hairston asked for regular breaks, including 30 minutes for lunch, her supervisors brushed her off. Ms. Hairston said she sent multiple notes from her nurse at Full Circle Women’s Health to the regional office’s human resources department, stating that the extra breaks were medically necessary. No one responded, and nothing changed, according to Ms. Hairston and the former human resources manager.
Ms. Hairston’s hands and feet swelled; the clinic’s plastic gloves no longer fit. Her blood pressure got so high that her doctor put her on bed rest when she was seven months pregnant.
She returned to work on strict orders to not work more than six hours a day and to take regular breaks. One day in March, she worked a much longer shift. She soon became so sick that her doctor told her to go back on bed rest. A few days later, on March 23, she went to the hospital. Doctors performed an emergency C-section. She was 34 weeks pregnant.
When she had been on maternity leave for eight of the 12 weeks guaranteed by the Family and Medical Leave Act, Planned Parenthood’s human resources department called her multiple times and urged her to return to work early, Ms. Hairston said. She emailed the department and said she felt “discriminated against.” She resigned in June.
“I didn’t get into the medical field to be treated like this,” she said.
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Yonkers
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