Unlicensed Abortionist Bertha Bugarin Arrested/Jailed, Owns 5 Abortion MIlls

[Patriot Heart]

Hang her high.

Unlicensed Abortionist Bertha Bugarin Arrested And Jailed After Botched Abortion Victims Come Forward (http://www.operationrescue.org/?p=978)

San Diego, CA – Bertha Bugarin was arrested on Thursday and jailed in San Diego on ten felonies and one misdemeanor for practicing medicine and prescribing drugs without a license. If convicted, she faces nine years in jail.
Bugarin, who has no medical training, owns five abortion mills in Southern California, including one in Chula Vista, a southern suburb of San Diego. She had been posing as a doctor, performing abortions illegally for $500.
Nine women came forward with stories of botched abortions received at Bugarin’s hand. Many women suffered from incomplete abortions and were forced to return to have their abortions done again. One woman was hospitalized three times, and birthed a live baby that died three hours later.
http://www.operationrescue.org/

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]Jun 20, 10:51 PM (ET)

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) - The owner of a clinic has been charged with posing as a doctor to perform abortions, some of them unsuccessful or resulting in severe complications and hospitalization, prosecutors said Friday.<br>
Bertha Pinedo Bugarin, 48, was arrested Thursday after a yearlong investigation, San Diego County district attorney spokesman Paul Levikow said.<br>
She was charged with 10 felony counts, including performing medical procedures without a license and grand theft, he said. She faces more than nine years in prison if convicted.<br>
Bugarin, who was being held on $500,000 bail, was scheduled to be arraigned July 2. An call to her attorney Peter Hughes after business hours Friday was not immediately returned.
My Way News (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080621/D91E6QUG0.html)

Ah, yes, abortion: safe, legal, and rare. What are we here? 0 for 3? And it's only 35 years since Roe v. Wade!

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I wonder if this is the same Bertha Bugarin that this restaurant (http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/5/61309/Sun-Valley/Sun-Valley-restaurants/Bertha-Bugarin.html) is named for (owned by?).