Abortion Provider: Michael Rosenthal

Abortionist Michael Rosenthal, already on probation and without medical malpractice insurance, was stripped of his medical license after he acknowledged to the Medical Board of California that he misled patients, endangered their lives and attempted a second-trimester abortion.

Rosenthal admitted to the Board that he misled patients, lied to another physician, failed to reveal an abnormal pap smear result, failed to perform an ultrasound on a patient who had already delivered four babies by caesarean section, and started an abortion on a woman in her second trimester.

In an agreement dated September 24, 2001, he admitted gross negligence and incompetence. In an interview, he admitted to poor decisions that he made in part because he was taking Prozac that he prescribed to himself.

The Board accused him of botching three abortions in 1999, when he was running his own Upland, California-based abortion mill with the truly Orwellian name “Family Birthing Center.”

At the time his license was revoked, Rosenthal was on probation for two other incidents, one in 1986 and one in 1992. In the latter case, medical board prosecutors said he gambled that a pregnancy would be without incident and didn’t tell his patient that he had lost his privileges in San Antonio when he practiced there. His privileges were revoked after his insurance company stopped his malpractice coverage in 1992.

Rosenthal’s primary concern was not for the women he injured, but for the embarrassment his troubles would cause his wife, a former Mayor of Claremont. He showed his utter disregard for others when he said that “The single biggest thing is embarrassing Karen. I have resolved this in my own mind a long time ago. … For myself, I just don’t care.”

References: Tipton Blish. “Abortion Practitioner Admits Many Violations, Loses License.” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2002; Steven Ertelt’s Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, April 21, 2002.

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