Planned Parenthood Staff Caught Selling Drugs in Parking Lot

November 20, 2025

The Problems at Planned Parenthood website documents failed health inspections, lawsuits, and negative reviews at Planned Parenthood facilities throughout the country.

Planned Parenthood in Birmingham, Alabama, failed five health inspections between 2009 and 2021. It may have failed more since.

Here is a summary of the violations:

Clinic Conditions

The clinic failed to ensure that staff cleaned equipment used in surgery, cleaned chairs in the recovery room, or washed their hands.

An examination table was in disrepair, increasing the chance of infection.

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There was no documentation of emergency exits in the outdated emergency evacuation plan.

Staff

There was no policy in place to ensure that doctors were competent and qualified, such as observation of surgical procedures and interactions with patients.

The medical director failed to document an annual review of competency for two doctors on staff.

There was no job description on record for the Health Center Manager.

Four medical employees had no record of a Hepatitis B vaccine or a TB test. There was also no record of a nurse practitioner being screened for hepatitis.

Medical Records and Labels

The paperwork given to women before surgery failed to include the names of medications given and what medications were to be taken home, and it omitted the name of the doctor operating on them.

Incidents

In 2014, two employees sold drugs to patients in the parking lot. The director fired all staff. In order to hire and train new staff, the facility was closed, but the director never informed the Health Department of the closure. None of the former employees cooperated with health inspectors.

Other

The telephone number of the Alabama Department of Public Health complaint hotline was neither posted where patients could see it nor given in the patient instructions.

Here are copies of the inspection reports in their entirety:

For more information on Planned Parenthood in Alabama, as well as Planned Parenthood locations throughout the country, visit the Problems at Planned Parenthood website.

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