This just in, from Channel 13 Central FL News:
Doctor Suspended
Trouble for an Orlando doctor after his license is suspended by the state.
Wednesday, the health secretary put Doctor James Pendergraft on suspension, after allegations he performed an illegal third term abortion.Pendergraft owns the Orlando Women's Center.
According to state investigators, the abortion happened in July of last year on a woman 28 weeks pregnant.
The state also says Pendergraft gave the woman a controlled substance without the right license.
This also isn't the first time Pendergraft has been in the news.
A clinic he owns was under investigation last year after claims a woman gave birth to her live 23-week-old fetus there during a failed abortion.
Yes, this is the same guy who aborted baby Rowan.
Addendum, 11:30p
From WESH 2 News:
... Pendergraft's five Florida abortion clinics can no longer take new clients, nor can they perform new procedures.... The emergency suspension order prevents Pendergraft from practicing in Florida until the State Board of Medicine takes final action.
Hat tip: Angele, Allison
See also Two Abortion Centers in Florida Have Licenses Suspended After Illegal Abortions at http://www.lifenews.com/state1793.html
Pendergraft's mill is also a member of the National Abortion Federation, which is sort of the Underwriters Laboratories of abortion. The NAF label on an abortion clinic is like the UL label on an appliance: it's intended to tell the consumer that the entity in question has been inspected and deemed safe:
"In order to become a member, a clinic must complete a rigorous application process. Member clinics have agreed to comply with our standards for quality and care, updated annually in our Clinical Policy Guidelines, which set the evidence-based standards for abortion care in North America. NAF periodically conducts site visits to confirm that our clinics are in compliance with our guidelines."
Whenever you hear of a scandal at an abortion mill, check here to see if it's a NAF member. Include this information in any blogging you do, and consider writing MSM reporters and alerting them to this. These guys are promising women safety, and sending them to quacks. We need to hold their feet to the fire on this.