{"id":97024,"date":"2016-07-02T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T17:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=97024"},"modified":"2016-07-02T12:32:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T16:32:31","slug":"abortionist-indicted-on-drug-charges-as-his-abortion-clinic-empire-shrinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionist-indicted-on-drug-charges-as-his-abortion-clinic-empire-shrinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortionist indicted on drug charges as his abortion clinic empire shrinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A notorious abortion clinic chain operator has been indicted by a South Carolina grand jury on several drug-related charges, including what appears to be possession of LSD. The indictment of <a href=\"\/news\/tag\/james-pendergraft\/\">James Scott Pendergraft<\/a>, who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenscenter.com\/pendergraft.html\">operates<\/a> several late-term abortion clinics in Florida, stems from an October 5, 2015, traffic stop involving Pendergraft and a female acquaintance in which\u00a0<a href=\"\/news\/traveling-abortionist-arrested-in-south-carolina-revealed-to-be-infamous-late-term-abortionist-pendergraft\/\">he was charged with possessing illegal narcotics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the arrest, Live Action News reported\u00a0that Pendergraft was also found to have in his possession surgical implements that were covered in blood and human tissue from abortions he had illegally performed throughout South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97075\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97075\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pendergraftmug600.jpg\" alt=\"James Scott Pendergraft Mug (Image from Operation Rescue Website) \" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pendergraftmug600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pendergraftmug600-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Scott Pendergraft mugshot (Image via\u00a0Operation Rescue)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to records on file with the Spartanburg County Seventh Judicial Circuit Public Index, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/317143697\/Pendergraft-Charges-05062016\" target=\"_blank\">indictment<\/a> was issued in May of this year and was recently uncovered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationrescue.org\/archives\/florida-abortionist-pendergraft-indicted-by-south-carolina-grand-jury-on-multiple-drug-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Rescue<\/a>, which has been following the case closely.<\/p>\n<p>The charges include:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">0183-Drugs \/ MDP, Narcotic drugs in Sch. I(b) &amp; (c), LSD, and Sched. II &#8211; 1st offense<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">0186-Drugs \/ Manufacture, possession of other sub. in Sch. I, II, III or flunitrazepam or analogue, w.i.t.d. &#8211; 1st offense<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the indictment does not list charges relating to illegal abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Although he has lost his medical license, Pendergraft still operates several abortion clinics in Florida where he aggressively <a href=\"https:\/\/saynsumthn.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/23\/discounting-the-killing-of-children-with-abortion-coupons\/\" target=\"_blank\">advertises<\/a> late-term procedures nationwide, even offering coupons and <a href=\"https:\/\/saynsumthn.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/17\/notorious-florida-clinic-offering-100-off-abortion-after-offering-sunday-discounts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday appointments<\/a> to women. Earlier this year, Live Action News <a href=\"\/news\/florida-late-term-abortion-center-may-close-after-owners-arrest-and-criminal-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that Florida&#8217;s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which licenses abortion clinics in the sunshine state, filed an action to revoke Pendergraft\u2019s license to operate the Orlando Women\u2019s Center, located on Lucerne Terrace. AHCA\u2019s complaint stated at the time that, \u201cwith his arrest and criminal charges, Mr. Pendergraft is disqualified and is no longer in compliance with Florida law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No further updates have been forthcoming on the complaint, and to date, the clinic remains open.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97067\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97067\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-97067 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/OCALA-ABORTION-CLINIC-PENDERGRAFT-4352584237351_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Amber Carroll\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/OCALA-ABORTION-CLINIC-PENDERGRAFT-4352584237351_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/OCALA-ABORTION-CLINIC-PENDERGRAFT-4352584237351_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/OCALA-ABORTION-CLINIC-PENDERGRAFT-4352584237351_o-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/OCALA-ABORTION-CLINIC-PENDERGRAFT-4352584237351_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Amber Carroll<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, pro-life activists in Florida report that Pendergraft has moved out of his Ocala location and may have closed that center permanently. According to Michele Herzog, a local pro-life activist who reaches out to women outside several Pendergraft abortion facilities, the Ocala center was established in 1998 and was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ocala-womens-Center-fine-2016-7075873.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">fined<\/a> by the state agency that oversees abortion facilities for not submitting required reports on induced abortions. In addition to not submitting reports from his Ocala facility, Pendergraft was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ocala-womens-Center-fine-2016-7075873.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">fined<\/a> by the ACHA for failing to submit the reports from his Fort Lauderdale location.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97073\" style=\"width: 484px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97073\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-97073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ocala-abortion-clinic-pendergraft-9444424203091_n-700x635.jpg\" alt=\"Ocala Womens Center emptied (Image Credit: Amber Carroll)\" width=\"474\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ocala-abortion-clinic-pendergraft-9444424203091_n-700x635.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ocala-abortion-clinic-pendergraft-9444424203091_n-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ocala-abortion-clinic-pendergraft-9444424203091_n-768x697.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ocala-abortion-clinic-pendergraft-9444424203091_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocala Womens Center emptied (Image Credit: Amber Carroll)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Herzog told Live Action News that the day the news broke about Pendergraft&#8217;s indictment, she received a call that movers were vacating the abortionist&#8217;s Ocala office. The next morning, Herzog and Amber Carroll, another pro-life activist, drove to the site of the Ocala Women&#8217;s Clinic to find that all that was left at the clinic was a pile of trash out front. Herzog and Carroll walked close to the clinic door where they state a horrible stench permeated the air. Herzog said that she called the clinic earlier that morning and was told by a staffer that the clinic had &#8220;officially closed yesterday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97084\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97084\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-97084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ocala-Pendergraft-clinic-5313054982311138452_n.jpg\" alt=\"Garbage heep from closed Ocala abortion clinic (Image Credit: Amber Carroll) \" width=\"492\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ocala-Pendergraft-clinic-5313054982311138452_n.jpg 492w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ocala-Pendergraft-clinic-5313054982311138452_n-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garbage heep from closed Ocala abortion clinic (Image Credit: Amber Carroll)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Florida pro-lifers are more optimistic than ever that Pendergraft&#8217;s abortion empire is beginning to crumble following this arrest and his\u00a0loss of a lawsuit resulting in a multi-million dollar\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbiz.org\/pdf\/11610373.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">award<\/a> for damages after a baby survived a late-term abortion. In addition to the closure of the Ocala facility, a few years ago, Operation Rescue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationrescue.org\/archives\/pendergrafts-dangerous-maryland-late-term-abortion-biz-shut-down\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that Pendergraft&#8217;s illegal late-term abortion operation in Maryland was shut down by the state.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Pendergraft&#8217;s dangerous record, abortion advocates remain silent.<\/p>\n<p>Herzog said that standing at that closed Ocala facility brought to her mind all the faithful pro-lifers\u00a0who have stood outside that place of death for the past 18 years. She is encouraged, saying, &#8220;We must never give up because if we stand faithful we will prevail.&#8221; As for Pendergraft&#8217;s criminal case and remaining abortion facilities, Herzog said pro-lifers should remain vigilant and pray that justice prevails and his abortion empire shuts down for good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A notorious abortion clinic chain operator has been indicted by a South Carolina grand jury on several drug-related charges, including what appears to be possession of LSD. The indictment of James Scott Pendergraft, who operates several late-term abortion clinics in Florida, stems from an October 5, 2015, traffic stop involving Pendergraft and a female acquaintance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":87732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[1950,5846,2538,9334,9335,7298,7307,5643,5293,5991,5287,34,916],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abortionist indicted on drug charges as his abortion clinic empire shrinks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Operating without a medical license, Pendergraft was also found to have surgical implements covered in blood and human tissue from illegal abortions in SC.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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