{"id":78098,"date":"2015-10-24T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=78098"},"modified":"2015-10-24T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T14:10:10","slug":"oklahoma-abortionist-loses-medical-license-sham-ru-486-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/oklahoma-abortionist-loses-medical-license-sham-ru-486-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma abortionist loses medical license for sham RU-486 sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Oklahoma City abortionist Naresh Patel <a href=\"http:\/\/newsok.com\/article\/5455604\">accepted<\/a> on Friday a guilty plea in a fraud case resulting in a $20,000 fine and the loss of his medical license.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Patel sold three non-pregnant undercover investigators posing as pregnant women the RU-486 abortion drug at a price of $620 apiece. He conceded that he made the women believe it was his opinion &#8220;as a medical doctor&#8221; that they were each &#8220;pregnant when in fact the patients were not pregnant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt declared that \u201cPatel&#8217;s reckless and reprehensible behavior threatened the lives of his patients,\u201d and that the punishment &#8220;ensures he no longer will be a danger to the health and safety of women as a medical professional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the fine and loss of license, Patel also will take 10 years of probation, 18 days of weekend incarceration, court costs, $100 in victim compensation, $2,035 in restitution to the attorney general&#8217;s office, and is never to hold direct or indirect interest in any medical clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Patel&#8217;s abortion clinic was just one of three remaining in Oklahoma. His clinic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2015\/06\/26\/abortionist-who-sold-abortion-pills-to-women-who-werent-pregnant-faces-trial\/\">has been closed<\/a> since his December 2014 arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma City abortionist Naresh Patel accepted on Friday a guilty plea in a fraud case resulting in a $20,000 fine and the loss of his medical license. In 2014, Patel sold three non-pregnant undercover investigators posing as pregnant women the RU-486 abortion drug at a price of $620 apiece. 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