Abortionist indicted for theft and Medi-Cal fraud

Pro-life researcher Kevin Sherlock exposed the following:

“The LA County grand jury indicted abortion provider Morton Barke on two counts of conspiracy, one count of grand theft and five counts of filing false claims (all felonies) in connection with an insurance overbilling scheme. Barke and a partner were accused of bilking the state Medi-Cal program and the Blue Shield insurance company of money by charging for excess surgery time on the abortions of at least 22 women.

Barke’s lawyer plea bargained the charges down to a single misdemeanor receiving stolen property count. Barke pleaded NO CONTEST to the misdemeanor charge in 1976: LA County District Attorney’s Office prosecutors dropped the eight felony charges against him. Barke received a $1000 fine and two years probation for his criminal activity.”

(Source: Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. A 308288)

Sherlock also wrote:

“Morton Barke was the operator of Inglewood Women’s Hospital, an abortion facility whose license California officials revoked in 1988 in the wake of scores of health code violations and at least five young women’s abortion related deaths. Barke also operated an abortion facility chain named West Coast Medical Group. Barke and his staffers were the targets of dozens of malpractice cases in LA County, according to court records.”

Kevin Sherlock The Scarlet Survey (Akron, Ohio, Brennyman Books, 1997) 37 – 38

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Sarah Terzo is a pro-life writer and blogger. She is on the board of The Consistent Life Network and PLAGAL +

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