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On October 2002, the New York Board for Professional Misconduct revoked abortionist Paul Mayer’s medical license for gross negligence in two cases, including the abortion of a viable 29-week preborn baby. Mayer continued to practice medicine as he appealed the revocation.

In February 2002, an Orange County grand jury indicted the abortionist on charges of felony unauthorized practice of medicine, felony insurance fraud, and petty larceny. However, six months later, the indictment was thrown out because Mayer’s license was in effect while he appealed the revocation.

In April 2003, the New York State Court of Appeals permanently revoked Mayer’s medical license and, in November 2003, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled that the lower court had erred in dismissing the original indictment, and reinstated it.

The charges were eventually dismissed, and Mayer never faced any consequence for aborting a 29 week child. (see pictures of a 28 week old unborn baby below)

References: Oliver Mackson. “Doctor Faces Felony Charges.” The Times Herald-Record [New York’s Hudson Valley and the Catskills], November 18, 2003; “Abortionist May Go to Jail.” Life Dynamics News, December 2003, page 5.

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Abortionist Sidney C. Laughlin committed illegal third-trimester abortions in the bedroom of his home, which was across the street from an elementary school, and investigators discovered the bodies of some of his victims in his garbage. He sterilized his surgical instruments in his dishwasher. Laughlin was also investigated for drug diversion and Medicaid fraud.

(Note: Third trimester abortions are legal in some states, and loopholes in the law allow them in other states.)
Police found a dismembered 16-week preborn child in the abortionist’s household trash. An autopsy noted that the right and left arm were dismembered at the shoulder, found organs, legs and feet, and a macerated and opened head containing fragments of brain tissue. The medical examiner also noted other embryonic tissues, blood-stained pads, rubber gloves, and an empty syringe in bags collected by the police. A nurse who claimed to have assisted in several abortions in his home said Laughlin sterilized abortion instruments in his dishwasher. The nurse said she quit assisting in these abortions after she observed Laughlin aborting a 28-week old fetus, 4 weeks past the 24-week legal limit. She also said Laughlin owed her $3,000 in back wages. Equipment found in Laughlin’s home included a suction machine, medications, and an exam table. A former employee also allegedly said she is now embarrassed to have worked for Laughlin, and that “He laughed about dismembering babies.” Laughlin denied disposing of the preborn child found in his household trash, saying “I’ve always disposed of them through a medical [waste company].” Laughlin also denied that it would be improper or illegal to perform abortions in his house, because a law restricting second-trimester abortions to hospitals had been found unconstitutional by the state attorney general in 1984, so no law could prevent abortions from being committed in a home.

References: Bobby Trammell and Nolan Clay. “Doctor Investigated in Abortion Allegations.” The Sunday Oklahoman, July 5, 1992, pages 2-A and 8-A; Christina Dunigan. “Back Alley Butchers vs Main Street Maimers.” Dateline, September 1, 2000.

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Bayard Britton performed an abortion on 21 year old Maureen Lynne Tyke at the Aware Women’s Clinic on May 27, 1983. He botched the abortion, and Maureen died five days later after a hysterectomy at a nearby hospital proved unable to save her life.

The autopsy found that Maureen had “florid myocarditis, probably of viral etiology [a serious viral infection of the heart].” The medical examiner added, “The intensity of this myocarditis should indicate that the young woman was very ill and there should have been some signs or symptoms of serious illness at the time she was being prepared for the abortion.”

However, as the autopsy had noted, nobody at the clinic had noticed that Maureen was very ill and in no condition for elective surgery.

Britton became the victim of an anti-abortionist who shot him in 1994. While his death was tragic, it is also tragic that he has been made a hero by the pro-choice community, without any regard for the 21 year old woman he killed.

Sources: “Clinic’s Patient dies 4 Days after abortion,” Jane Shealy, Florida Today, June 1, 1983; Holmes Regional Medical Center, Legal Investigation, Autopsy Report # A-83-128-LMA, 5-31-83; Florida Certificate of Death # 83-042495; “Pro-life activists mourn woman dead a decade,” Florida Today, June 1, 1993

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On December 19, 1995, abortionist Luis Marti performed an abortion on 21-year-old Carolina Gutierrez, and repeatedly punctured her uterus. She left the abortion mill and soon developed a severe infection. Her repeated calls to the abortion clinic requesting the doctor to phone her were ignored.

Three days later she was rushed to the intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital where she was placed on a respirator and later had her hands and feet amputated.

On February 5, 1996, Carolina died as infection ravaged her body. She is survived by her husband, Jose Linarte, and two children, Alba 5, and Darwin 2.

Abortionist Marti fled town and the Maber Center abortion clinic was closed for several weeks. The local media in Miami did a remarkable job covering this tragic story, but there was not a single word of concern or condolence from NOW, NARAL, Planned Parenthood or any other pro-abortion group.

References: Miami Herald, February 6, 1996; “Another Mother Dead from “Safe” Legal Abortion.” Operation Rescue National Newsletter, February 15, 1996.

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Dr. Patel got into trouble for a variety of reasons including sexual harassment and assault, improper disposal of medical waste, prescribing controlled substances, and injuring his patients in botched abortions.

In order to save money, abortionist Nareshkumar Gandalal Patel burned the bodies of 55 aborted babies in an open field in April 1992.

The abortionist was reprimanded by the medical board of Oklahoma for abandoning patient E.S.B. on June 10, 1989 after a surgical procedure in order to take a friend to the airport. It stated that he “left [the] patient in post-operative condition in the treatment room under anesthesia, and the patient’s blood pressure dropped and the patient required emergency medical treatment.”

He was reprimanded by the Oklahoma medical board in 1989 for failure to comply with regulations regarding prescribing and monitoring controlled substances.

The abortionist’s patient Ashley Trent accused him of asking her to meet with him to discuss her mental condition following abortion, and then trying to grab and kiss her.

He also faced criminal charges (oral sodomy and sexual battery) for allegedly trying to kiss and fondle an abortion patient who was nude and sedated on an examining table on March 25, 1993. She awoke from anesthesia to find him attempting “to force her to sodomize him.” She said he then drove her home and called several times “to determine if she remembered anything about the incident.” She taped the conversations, and police seized her medical records.

Two of his female employees complained of unwelcome sexual advances and sexual harassment.

Patel was also ordered in 1989 to pay damages of $240,000 to a 15-year old girl injured in a botched abortion attempt in 1989.

He was reprimanded by the Ohio medical board in 1992 due to the actions taken in Oklahoma.

Despite all this, Patel continued to do abortions legally on unsuspecting women. In 2003, Patel was investigated for aborting a 29- to 30-week preborn baby, six weeks past the legal limit in Oklahoma.

References: Oklahoma County District Court Case #CJ94-5938-65; Oklahoma Medical Board Case #87-7-514; USA Today, April 16 and 17, 1992; Dallas Morning News, June 11, 1993; The Daily Oklahoman, July 5, 1992 and May 28, 1993; and The Sunday Oklahoman, July 5, 1992; Oklahoma Medical Board Investigation #90-09-1129; “OKC Doctor Subject of Investigation Again.” KOCO TV 5, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; “Doctor Under Investigation for Aborting Past-Due Fetus.” LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, February 12, 2003; Steve Ertelt’s Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, February 13, 2003.

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Dr. Robert Crist is an abortionist at Reproductive Health Services of St. Louis. He has also worked at Planned Parenthood. He has been quoted a number of times in articles about clinic violence and abortion rights. Few of his patients are aware that he has killed at least three women through botched abortions.

Nineteen-year-old Diane Boyd lived in a state institution for the mentally retarded. There, she was beaten and raped in July of 1981, and was later discovered to be pregnant.

The abortion was performed October 22, 1981. Diane died the next day.

According to suits later filed by Diane’s mother, RHS staff and abortionist Robert Crist did not check for possible drug interactions before giving Diane valium and sublimaze. These drugs evidently reacted with Diane’s usual medication, thorazine, causing her to stop breathing. Diane’s mother said that the clinic lacked heart monitoring equipment or resuscitation equipment.

Diane was not the last woman to die after abortion by Crist. Seventeen-year-old Latatchie Veal bled to death after an abortion by Crist in 1991. Twenty-two-year-old Nichole Williams died of DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulopathy) after an abortion by Crist in 1997.

Robert Crist remains a physician in good standing in The National Abortion Federation.

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In July 1991, Abortion provider Michael Cuccienello (of Jericho, New York) allegedly assaulted a pro-life pastor.

According to Abortionviolence.com, abortionist Michael Cuccienello assaulted Rev. John T. Murphy. The abortionist allegedly jumped on the pastor, banging his own head against the victim’s head, then spit and vomited on the pastor’s face and shirt and threatened to “beat his head in.”

Reference: Rev. John T. Murphy, “Violence and Disruption Report,” December 15, 1994.

 

 

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Abortionist Ronald Harold Dabbs, who worked at Vancouver’s Prince George Regional Hospital, botched a 1997 abortion on a woman, whose baby was later born healthy. When he found out that the patient was still pregnant, the abortionist offered her money to cross into the United States for a partial-birth abortion, which she refused.

In July 2004, the British Columbia Supreme Court awarded the mother $60,000 in damages for a “failed” abortion. The money was for the “emotional turmoil” she experienced for having to go through with an unwanted pregnancy, and for wages lost during the recovery from giving birth. The judge also found that Dabbs had made several mistakes, complicated by the presence of an intra-uterine device embedded in the woman’s uterus and his failure to read lab reports properly.

References: Supreme Court of British Columbia. Rachel Roe, Plaintiff, v. Dr. R.H. Dabbs, Dr. P. McNicholas, Dr. D. Lesack and Prince George Regional Hospital. 2004 BCSC 957, July 15, 2004, Docket number 05919, registry Prince George, downloaded from http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/SC/04/09/2004BCSC0957.htm on July 31, 2004; “Canadian Woman Awarded $60,000 for “Failed” Abortion.” LifeSite News, July 21, 2004; “Judge Awards $60,000 Over Failed Abortion.” CBC News, July 21, 2004.

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Abortion provider Jovenal DuBois worked at Biogenetics Abortion Clinic, also known as “Bio Enterprises,” and “Women’s Ltd.” It was co-located with another abortion provider named the “Women’s Medical Facility,” also known as “Women’s Rights, Inc.” There were multiple deaths and complications at this facility.

Hospital residents would “audition” for medical director Carlos Baldoceda by performing abortions as he observed. One patient said that Jovenal DuBois performed her abortion with a director instructing him. She said “It must have been his first abortion. He was picking up the wrong things, dropping the wrong instruments.” Weeks later, she “was still suffering cramps, passing blood clots and complaining of terrible pain.” Another patient alleged moonlighting resident David Aberman parformed her abortion without anesthetic, then announced halfway through that she was not pregnant [“The Abortion Profiteers”].

References: Chicago Sun-Times, December 15, 1978, January 5, 1979, April 12 and 20, 1979, October 19, 1979, and November 4, 1979; Chicago Tribune, November 21, 1976 and November 4, 1979; Chicago Daily News, May 3, 1977.

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The Medical Board of California suspended abortionist Joseph Durante’s medical license two months after he lied to state officials about an earlier disciplinary case for which he was still on probation. He also was implicated for poor followup care for a woman who was injured in one of his clinics and cited for gross negligence after underestimating the length of one woman’s pregnancy, leading to complications.

State medical officials placed the abortionist on five years probation in September 1996 for gross negligence when he misdiagnosed the age of an unborn child he was trying to abort at a San Diego clinic.

Eight months later, Durante told the state’s Medi-Cal program that his medical license had never been suspended, revoked or otherwise disciplined by a state licensing authority. Durante was applying to become a Medi-Cal provider so he could perform abortions at a Santa Ana abortion facility.

Durante’s earlier Medical Board case stemmed from a 1992 abortion he attempted to perform at a San Diego abortion facility.

According to state records, Durante failed to perform a pelvic exam or an ultrasound to determine the age of the unborn child before he proceeded with the abortion. The 17-year-old girl told Durante the pregnancy was eight to 12 weeks along; it actually was 6 months along.

The Medical Board of California filed accusations on May 1, 2000 against Durante, who operates abortion clinics in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The petition states Anne Marie Santana underwent an abortion on August 10, 1998, at A Lady’s Choice Women’s Medical Center in Victorville, one of Durante’s clinics. Her uterus was perforated and she suffered a probable bowel injury. Durante did not perform the abortion but, in providing follow-up care, he did not properly evaluate and treat the woman’s symptoms and failed to refer her to an acute-care facility. The petition also points out that Durante kept outdated medications and did not have a valid federal permit for keeping controlled substances at the Moreno Valley abortion clinic.

The abortionist tries to absolve himself by blaming others, mainly, pro-lifers. Durante maintained that he was being targeted by the Medical Board for reasons that have nothing to do with his qualifications as a physician. He argued that “There are some anti-abortion zealots on the board. They didn’t get what they wanted — to take my license away.” He also maintained the board still is reacting to a criminal case that arose out of the 1996 death of a Barstow woman at one of his Southern California abortion facilities. Bruce Steir, who worked for Durante and had performed an abortion on the woman, was charged with murder in her death and eventually pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

References: “California Abortion Practitioner’s License Suspended.” Steven Ertelt’s Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, October 28, 1999; Riverside Press Enterprise, October 27, 1999; “California Abortion Practitioner Facing More Charges.” Pro-Life Infonet, May 19, 2000; Carlos Bay. “Will the State Let This One Slip By?: Another Botched Abortion at Durante’s Clinic.” Los Angeles Lay Catholic Mission, July/August 2001, pages 1, 7 and 8, and San Diego News Notes, July/August 2001, pages 1, 3 and 4; “Abortion Practitioner Faces Disciplinary Action in Malpractice.” The Desert Sun, September 27, 2001; Steven Ertelt’s Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, September 28, 2001; Steven Ertelt. “Abortion Business Owner Who Injured Woman Shuts Down California Facility.” Pro-Life Infonet, November 27, 2004.

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