Clinic owner caught by pro-lifers at mill 2 months after her arrest for practicing medicine without a license
Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- It has been learned that five abortion mills were raided on August 1, 2007, by a special unit of the LA Police Department called the Health Authority Law Enforcement Task Force (HALT), which is responsible for investigating crimes that impact public health. At that time two arrests were made on two women without medical backgrounds for practicing medicine without a license. Facts released by the LAPD are as follows:
Bertha Bugarin, 47, is charged in case number BA328497 with five felony counts of practicing medicine without certification and two misdemeanor counts of dispensing medication without a license, Her sister, Raquel Bugarin, 49, of Los Angeles, is charged in the same complaint with five felony counts of aiding or abetting the practice of medicine without certification.
Bertha Bugarin was released on $500,000 bail while Raquel posted bail of $100,000. Both women were ordered to stay away from four LA county abortion mills in the Clinica Medica Para La Mujer De Hoy abortion chain, which is owned by Bertha Bugarin.
However, two months later Bertha Bugarin was photographed at the abortion chain's Chula Vista office in San Diego County wearing a stethoscope around her neck. Since then Bugarin's stay away order has been expanded to include the Chula Vista office and police have asked pro-lifers to notify them immediately if they observe her there again.
The abortion chain was temporarily closed then reopened under the name Clinica Medica Feminina Para La Communidad. Troubled abortionist Nolan Jones now claims to be the new owner.
The Bugarin sisters are scheduled to make a court appearance on March 3, 2008.
"Bugarin has had a heck of a time keeping abortionists over the years. It looks like when she couldn't get one of her quack abortionists in the office, she did the job herself," said Newman. "Bertha is a predator who has a mercenary attitude about abortions. Laws mean nothing to her, as is the case with so many abortionists. She prefers to target Hispanic communities with her mills, presumably since women there may not be in the country legally and will be less likely to report problems. The sooner Bertha and all of her cohorts are convicted and behind bars, the better."
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Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation. Operation Rescue recently made headlines when it bought and closed an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas and has become the voice of the pro-life activist movement in America. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in obedience to biblical mandates.
