Pa. abortion doctor's license suspended after raid

[47of74]

Source: Huffington Post

PHILADELPHIA — Federal agents raided a clinic where abortions are performed and found "deplorable and unsanitary" conditions, including blood on the floor and parts of aborted fetuses in jars, according to the state agency that shut it down and suspended the license of the doctor in charge.

In the order suspending Dr. Kermit Gosnell's license, the Pennsylvania Department of State's Board of Medicine said investigators found numerous health and safety risks at Gosnell's abortion and pain-management clinic, including a preoperative and recovery area that consisted of several recliners grouped together.

The Women's Medical Society clinic is open during the day, but Gosnell does not arrive until somewhere between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. and is the only person with a medical license working there, according to the order.

A clinic employee told investigators that Gosnell directed her in his absence to conduct gynecological examinations and administer painkillers to patients, the document states.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100223/us-abortion-clinic-investigation/

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If the doctor did wrong he deserves to be punished, but I suppose now every reich winger will latch on to this and say that because this doctor did this every abortion doctor is just like this. Ugh.

[Don Caballero]

1. This is a slippery slope

Abortion doctors should be protected more than regular doctors and given more leeway. We cannot let the anti choicers gain an inch.

[WriteDown]

3. Like cops and politicians. They must be given more rights than the average person. nt

[951-Riverside]

4. Yes I agree Don blood on the floor can be very slippery. n/t

[Don Caballero]

8. Abortion doctors should be given special protection

Like I said, if we allow abortion doctors to be prosecuted for things like this, the flood gates will open.

[951-Riverside]

9. I agree Don, its the principal that matters not the safety of the patient n/t

[etherealtruth]

13. You're joking right?

My sarcasm detector isn't working this evening and this is a joke.

[Lil Missy]

15. Enjoy the granite cookie!

[anonymous171]

11. I draw the line at fetuses in jars. nt

[blogslut]

12. No

No doctor should be given leeway when it comes to standards of sanitation and competency.

[WriteDown]

2. Ugh, nauseating....

"...parts of aborted fetuses in jars.""

[etherealtruth]

5. "deplorable and unsanitary" conditions

If this is true this physician is a danger to women. I truly want to protect physicians that provide this care to women .... but I want to protect women from charlatans that conduct procedure and treatments under unsafe conditions. Simply because you provide a needed medical service does not exempt you from accepted standards of practice.

[47of74]

6. Exactly

[emilyg]

7. Right.

[mrmpa]

10. just saying

Maybe this is the only type of physician that's left to perform abortions. Everyone else has been threatened and running scared from the anti-choicers.

[Demeter]

14. A Patient Died in November

Not a good thing--a case of malpractice maybe even wrongful death.

[jmowreader]

16. Mops and bleach aren't THAT expensive. Come on.

Please tell me this man didn't attend the Joseph Mercola School of Quackery.