{"id":93359,"date":"2016-04-26T09:46:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=93359"},"modified":"2016-04-27T11:40:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T15:40:29","slug":"arizona-woman-convicted-for-faking-cancer-to-get-tax-funded-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/arizona-woman-convicted-for-faking-cancer-to-get-tax-funded-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona woman convicted for faking cancer to get tax-funded abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Chalice Renee Zeitner, an Arizona woman accused of faking cancer to obtain a late-term abortion at taxpayer expense, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3558396\/Arizona-woman-faked-cancer-6-000-state-funded-abortion-guilty-fraud.html\">has been convicted<\/a> of eleven counts related to fraud.<\/p>\n<p>As Live Action News <a href=\"\/news\/az-woman-allegedly-faked-cancer-to-get-tax-funded-late-term-abortion\/\">covered<\/a> earlier this month, Zeitner allegedly told doctors she needed a late-term abortion because chemotherapy and radiation treatments had exposed her preborn child to radiation. She was also accused of defrauding two separate charities and setting up a phony fundraiser, amassing thousands of dollars for nonexistent medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Her story raised suspicion when treatment for a subsequent pregnancy yielded no evidence Zeitner ever had cancer and the doctor she had listed as having treated her for cancer denied her claims.<\/p>\n<p>Zeitner&#8217;s legal defense was that she sincerely believed she had cancer at the time. But the jury concluded otherwise, convicting her on a number of charges including identity theft, theft, forgery, fraudulent schemes, and more.<\/p>\n<p>This verdict did not include her alleged defrauding of the two charities; that trial is set to commence May 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chalice Renee Zeitner, an Arizona woman accused of faking cancer to obtain a late-term abortion at taxpayer expense, has been convicted of eleven counts related to fraud. 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