{"id":236413,"date":"2020-12-17T07:46:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=236413"},"modified":"2020-12-17T00:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T06:44:12","slug":"florida-abortionist-9000-falsely-advertising-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/florida-abortionist-9000-falsely-advertising-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida abortionist pays $9000 for falsely advertising abortions in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this week, Indiana’s Attorney General<\/a> Curtis Hill and notorious Florida late-term abortionist James Pendergraft<\/a>\u00a0reached a $9,000 settlement after Pendergraft ran ads advertising his abortion services in Muncie, Indiana. The problem? Pendergraft does not offer abortions in Indiana. The financial settlement<\/a> for violating Indiana’s Deceptive Consumer Sales Act as well as Pendergraft’s formal agreement to abide by an\u00a0Assurance of Voluntary Compliance<\/a> were finalized on December 15th, concluding an investigation by the AG’s office into a complaint brought forward by the Indiana-based pro-life organization\u00a0Reprotection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reprotection CEO Cathie Humbarger told Live Action News that the information about Pendergraft\u2019s false advertising came to them through an encounter with a Facebook friend \u201cwho routinely prays for the abortionists in Indiana.\u201d Humbarger stated, \u201cHe said he didn\u2019t know there was an abortion facility in Muncie, and [when searching online]\u2026 Pendergraft showed up.\u201d Humbarger knew there was no facility in Muncie, so she began looking into the matter and Reprotection filed a complaint.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot courtesy of Reprotection<\/p><\/div>\n

However, AG Hill couldn\u2019t act on the complaint because Pendergraft wasn\u2019t licensed in the state of Indiana. His office was instead able to “file a lawsuit against [Pendergraft] for false advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the original complaint, Reprotection \u201cdid point out that there was false advertising about the abortion pill and how it was supposed to be used,\u201d as well, according to Humbarger. Pendergraft\u2019s site states that the pill can be \u201ca safe and effective way to end pregnancies from 3 to 21 weeks and even further.\u201d (See below.)<\/p>\n

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Screenshot, womenscenter.com<\/p><\/div>\n

In other places on his website, however, he states that the abortion pill can be taken through the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, or the first 12 weeks (RU-486, the abortion pill, is mifepristone<\/em>, and is approved by the FDA for use up to 10 weeks). Pendergraft’s website is confusing to readers in its broad use of the term “abortion pill” to refer not just to mifepristone but to\u00a0other<\/em> abortion drugs. According to Humbarger, Pendergraft also claims the abortion pill regimen (mifepristone and misoprostol) can be done in one day, a violation of FDA regulations.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot, womenscenter.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Humbarger said the settlement paid by Pendergraft was \u201can admission of guilt.\u201d She suspects Pendergraft may have been attempting to deceive women in other states into calling about abortions, then potentially convincing them to fly to Florida for the procedures.<\/p>\n

Significantly, the AG’s investigation found that “Orlando Women\u2019s Center was not licensed to do abortions in Indiana, did not do abortions within the state, or partner with any Indiana abortion facilities. In addition to the fine, the offenders must cease all advertising claims that they operate in Indiana,” according to the Reprotection press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The goal of Reprotection is “to shut down dangerous abortion providers\u00a0by holding them accountable\u00a0to the law, making our\u00a0nation abortion-free one community at a time.” Humbarger was successful with this strategy in Indiana where now-deceased abortionist Ulrich Klopfer had three facilities (see more about this in the documentary, \u201cInwood Drive<\/a>\u201d). After Klopfer’s death, his family and investigators found he had stored aborted children\u2019s remains in his garage<\/a> and car<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people don\u2019t know what to do with the information they get\u201d about what\u2019s going on in their community abortion facilities, Humbarger told Live Action News. \u201cThe more people hear about what we\u2019re doing, the more we hear\u2026 from sidewalk advocates\u201d who call\u00a0Reprotection\u00a0with information. Since incorporating in January 2020,\u00a0Reprotection<\/a>\u00a0has received pro bono assistance from the Thomas More Society, a pro-life law firm. TMS President and Chief Counsel Tom Brejcha said in a press release<\/a>, “It is essential that those who value life serve as watchdogs for women and children who may be vulnerable to the deceits regularly perpetrated by the abortion industry. Sadly, those who seek to take the lives of preborn babies for profit also have demonstrated a consistent disregard for the health and safety of the women they claim to serve. Reprotection, Inc. should be commended for helping to hold this abortion vendor accountable for lying to the public.”<\/p>\n

Live Action News has previously reported on multiple examples of Pendergraft’s malfeasance, including a 2015 arrest<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0drug charges<\/a>\u00a0for illegal possession of narcotics. He was suspected of committing abortions out of his vehicle after bloody surgical instruments were found inside, and his medical license was later revoked due to severely injuring<\/a> a woman during a late-term dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion. Pendergraft’s ongoing troubles are not new; he was first sued in 2001 by a woman whose daughter was born alive after a failed abortion at the abortion facility he owned. Pendergraft himself did not commit the abortion as he was in jail at the time for extortion.<\/p>\n

This past spring, Live Action News reported<\/a> that Pendergraft appeared to be liquidating most of his abortion businesses, as four of his five facilities were put up for sale.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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