The following account appeared in Mark Crutcher “Lime 5: Exploited by Choice “ (Denton, Texas: Life Dynamics Incorporated, 1996) 26
“On February 27, 1990 “BJ” age 22, underwent an abortion by John Breaux 73. She awoke screaming during the abortion, and begged him to stop. He then had an employee clamp a hand over her mouth. She eventually went under again but awoke this time in a chair in the recovery room, with the bottom of her shirt drenched with blood. The next thing he remembered was the doctor carrying her to his car, after which a friend drove her to the hospital. A note sent by the doctor to the hospital described the abortion as “uneventful” and failed to disclose all the medications he had administered. Because the ligaments around BJ’s uterus had been severed and her right ovary torn loose, her uterus and ovaries had to be removed. The doctor who did the emergency surgery testified: “it would take a lot of force – an extreme amount of force – to do that kind of damage.” He noted that the perforation was 4 inches in length and had caused BJ to lose an incredible amount of blood. The medical board stated that, “having nearly eviscerated his patient and with her clearly in critical condition, he sent her to the hospital in a private car during rush hour… A more egregious example of incompetence and gross negligence is difficult to imagine.”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch August 2, 1992, Springfield Post-Dispatch, August 19, 1992, Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission Case Number 90 – 000255HA
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