{"id":291796,"date":"2023-05-23T16:45:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T21:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=291796"},"modified":"2023-05-23T16:14:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T21:14:19","slug":"13-year-old-injured-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/13-year-old-injured-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"13-year-old girl injured during abortion at dangerous Illinois facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 13-year-old girl was sent to the hospital with a perforated uterus after undergoing an abortion in Granite City, Illinois. The emergency raises numerous questions, including whether or not authorities have been notified about the rape of a child. The age of consent<\/a> in Illinois is 17.<\/p>\n

Operation Rescue reported<\/a> that Hope Clinic for Women had four emergencies within two months<\/a> this year; the specific details were initially not available. But now more information has been uncovered about the fourth emergency, which took place on April 28.<\/p>\n

An abortion facility staff member called a private ambulance company, RuralMed EMS, which is located over an hour away. But because they have a contract through Effingham County, the 911 call is public record. During the call, obtained by Operation Rescue, the facility staffer asked for an ambulance to take the child to Barnes-Jewish Hospital, located approximately 20 minutes away in St. Louis, Missouri. Hope Clinic frequently sends women to Barnes-Jewish, even though there is a hospital within walking distance of the facility — right across the street. It’s possible Hope Clinic uses Barnes-Jewish because it is a Level 1 Trauma Center, and can therefore handle more serious injuries.<\/p>\n

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When the dispatcher asked what was wrong with the patient, the staffer said she was “status post-D&C” and had an “anterior perforation<\/a>.” No other information was made available, as the computer-aided dispatch transcript was not released.<\/p>\n

During a first-trimester D&C abortion, the preborn child is suctioned out of the uterus with a force so strong that the child is torn to pieces. Risks<\/a> for the mother include a perforated uterus or bowel, infection, and adhesions that could lead to infertility<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unknown whether the abortionist who performed the botched abortion reported the child\u2019s rape,\u201d Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, said in a statement. \u201cMy staff is looking into this and filing a formal complaint concerning this middle-school aged girl who was already violated sexually and then violated again by the blood-thirsty abortionists at this hopelessly dangerous facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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