{"id":234382,"date":"2020-11-10T11:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=234382"},"modified":"2020-11-10T13:43:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T19:43:08","slug":"botched-abortion-theard-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/botched-abortion-theard-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical board to investigate NM abortionist who botched abortion and abandoned patient"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An abortionist responsible for a woman’s botched abortion is being investigated by the state of New Mexico. Franz Theard, who commits abortions at Women\u2019s Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, left his business after a woman called to say she and her husband were returning to the facility. When they arrived, they were arrested, but Theard had already left the scene by car just before the couple arrived.<\/p>\n

Last month, the pro-life group Southwest Coalition for Life witnessed the arrest<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0woman, known only as Jane Doe. Doe had previously taken the abortion pill regimen, which failed. Staff at the abortion facility then convinced her to undergo a follow-up surgical abortion. But days later, the woman discovered that abortion had also failed, as she was still experiencing severe pain. She later \u201cunexpectedly delivered remains of her deceased baby at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doe and her husband called the abortion facility, which urged her to return and to bring the remains of her child with her. \u201cCoalition for Life staff witnessed Dr. Theard quickly exit the facility, get in his car, and flee the scene,\u201d wrote Coalition for Life in a Facebook post. \u201cMinutes later, the police arrived at the clinic BEFORE the clients arrived. The woman then arrived and entered the facility with a bag containing the remains of her child which she intended to have cremated for burial after receiving medical attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

The woman told Coalition for Life, \u201cI had a surgical abortion but it didn\u2019t work! And I\u2019m in so much pain. And they won\u2019t give me no answers. And then they called the cops. I got… I got no answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More footage on Jane Doe\u2019s arrest. <\/p>\n

We are grateful those on the sidewalk during Jane\u2019s arrest following her botched abortion knew to react with compassion over condemnation. #AbortionOnTrial<\/a> #WeCare<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OPuy3sViUO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Abortion On Trial (@AbortionTrials) October 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n