{"id":177600,"date":"2018-01-10T17:24:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T22:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=177600"},"modified":"2018-01-10T17:24:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T22:24:38","slug":"abortionist-trial-skull-fragment-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionist-trial-skull-fragment-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Paranoid’ abortionist on trial for leaving skull fragment in late-term abortion patient"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2015, Live Action News reported<\/a> that notorious late term abortionist Warren Hern was being sued for a botched abortion<\/a> which ended in the patient becoming sterile after part of the baby’s skull was left behind and “because lodged in [the mother’s] uterus, causing severe pain, bleeding, and mental distress,” and eventually, the removal of her uterus. The baby’s parents chose to abort at 25 weeks “after their wanted child was diagnosed with major cerebral defects that made it unlikely the child would survive a year past birth.”\u00a0Since that report, new details have emerged regarding the allegations from the patient.<\/p>\n

According to the Journal Star<\/a>,\u00a0this skull fragment was found more than a year<\/em> after the woman’s abortion, which was in December 2013. “Their attorney, Terry Dougherty of Lincoln, alleges Hern had failed to warn her of the increased risks and negligently misrepresented that the fetus had been entirely removed,” the news site claims.<\/p>\n

In September, U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer denied a defense motion for summary judgment, allowing the case to move toward trial, and the trial began on Monday. It is expected to last a little over a week.<\/p>\n

Live Action News has documented<\/a> multiple times how babies born at 25 weeks, and sometimes sooner, can survive outside the womb. Taking an innocent human life, especially in such a violent and inhumane manner, cannot be justified.<\/p>\n

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25 weeks.<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the federal lawsuit<\/a>, “On or about November 21, 2013,” Jennifer and Jason DeBuhr found out via MRI results that their baby had life expectancy-reducing abnormalities, and decided “it was in the best interest of [the mother’s] health” to abort their baby. But as far along as she was, she “could not have an abortion in her home state of Nebraska.” The suit notes that the couple contacted Hern’s Boulder Abortion Clinic and made an appointment for December 2, 2013:<\/p>\n

The assistant who talked with Jennifer on the phone informed her that she should expect that her procedure would take at least four days, and that Jennifer would need to make arrangements to stay at a local hotel through December 7, 2013…. On the morning of December 3, 2013, Jennifer and Jason were required to wire $7,500 to the Boulder Abortion Clinic before the multi-step procedure could begin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But things did not go smoothly. Jennifer experienced severe vomiting after\u00a0laminaria was inserted, and Hern’s staff were unable to get her to dilate to more than one to\u00a0two centimeters. But Hern still went ahead with the abortion. The lawsuit<\/a> continued:<\/p>\n

During the D&E procedure, although numbing cream had been placed along her cervix, Jennifer could feel a lot of pulling from the lower half of her body all the way up to her chest. Jennifer experienced intense pain, and as a result of this pain, at some point during the procedure, she blacked out.<\/p>\n

After the procedure, the clinic staff took Jennifer into a post-operating room where her vital signs were checked, and Dr. Hern performed a visual external examination of her body and indicated that the operation was successful. She was monitored for a couple hours. Jason was able to visit Jennifer at this time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

D&E abortion, also known as\u00a0dismemberment (dilation and evacuation<\/a>) abortion is the most common form of late-term abortion during the second trimester. In this abortion procedure, the child is torn apart one limb at a time. Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino describes this in the video below:<\/p>\n