{"id":190564,"date":"2018-11-02T17:01:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T22:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=190564"},"modified":"2018-11-02T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T22:01:15","slug":"texas-obgyn-illinois-abortionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-obgyn-illinois-abortionist\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas OB\/GYN who caused baby&#8217;s death is now an Illinois abortionist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/prolifeaction.org\/2018\/backardjiev\/\">Pro-Life Action League<\/a>)\u00a0In December 2013, Dr. George Backardjiev used forceps to forcefully deliver baby Olivia Coats against the wishes of her mother, Rachel Melancon. The ob\/gyn\u2019s actions fractured Olivia\u2019s skull and caused brain hemorrhaging, which in turn led to multiple organ failure. Four days later, little Olivia was dead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190566\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190566\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190566\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-02-at-4.57.53-PM.png\" alt=\"abortionist\" width=\"235\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-02-at-4.57.53-PM.png 235w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-02-at-4.57.53-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-02-at-4.57.53-PM-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. George Backardjiev<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This was not the first time that Backardjiev had applied forceps incorrectly. Melancon filed a wrongful death lawsuit, and in August 2016, she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaumontenterprise.com\/news\/article\/Baby-Olivia-s-mother-awarded-10-2-million-in-9146181.php\">awarded<\/a> more than $10 million in damages.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, the Texas Medical Board filed a <a href=\"http:\/\/3dyvs01z96eh1u1uqy1l81be-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-18-Texas-Medical-Board-complaint-against-Backardjiev.pdf\">formal complaint<\/a> against Backardjiev, after which he was no longer allowed to practice medicine in Texas.\u00a0 Rather than seek to clear his name, Backardjiev fled the state and settled full-time in Illinois, where he had also been licensed. His Illinois medical license expired and was renewed in July 2017, but Backardjiev <a href=\"http:\/\/3dyvs01z96eh1u1uqy1l81be-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/backardjiev_illinois-1024x450.png\">did not report that he was under discipline in Texas, even though he was obliged to do so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the Pro-Life Action League has learned that Backardjiev is now employed by the Aanchor abortion facility in Glen Ellyn, Illinois:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190565\" style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190565\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190565\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TX-obgyn-abortion-il.jpg\" alt=\"abortionist\" width=\"697\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TX-obgyn-abortion-il.jpg 697w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TX-obgyn-abortion-il-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TX-obgyn-abortion-il-500x348.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pro-Life Action League<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-industry-abortionists-gosnell-flourish\/\">READ: <em>How the abortion industry allows abortionists like Gosnell to flourish<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To recap: Backardjiev, who five years ago caused the death of a single baby through negligence, is now in the business of causing the deaths of numerous babies every week through violence.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Pro-Life Action League contacted the Texas Medical Board, which confirmed that Backardjiev is currently under discipline and not allowed to practice medicine in Texas. The League also filed a complaint with the Illinois Medical Board alerting them to Backardjiev\u2019s failure to disclose the discipline against his Texas license. Watch this space for developments.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note<\/strong>: This article was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/prolifeaction.org\/2018\/backardjiev\/\">Pro-Life Action League<\/a> and was reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Pro-Life Action League)\u00a0In December 2013, Dr. George Backardjiev used forceps to forcefully deliver baby Olivia Coats against the wishes of her mother, Rachel Melancon. The ob\/gyn\u2019s actions fractured Olivia\u2019s skull and caused brain hemorrhaging, which in turn led to multiple organ failure. Four days later, little Olivia was dead. This was not the first time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":185287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7077,8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas OB\/GYN who caused baby&#039;s death is now an Illinois abortionist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Backardjiev is currently under discipline and not allowed to practice medicine in Texas and failed to disclose this. 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