Birmingham, AL – Less than 24 hours after pro-life groups, including Operation Rescue and CEC for Life, publicly called for the Alabama Department of Public Health to close the troubled New Women All Women (NWAW) abortion clinic, the ADPH issued a press release today stating that the clinic has been ordered to surrender its license on or before May 18, 2012.

“This is such great news on this Good Friday and goes to show what men and women of faith can accomplish when they work together toward a common goal. We congratulate CEC for Life, which worked long and hard to bring an end to the abortion abuses at that notoriously dangerous abortion clinic,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue and Pro-Life Nation. “This victory represents a major defeat for the abortion cartel. We know lives of women and their babies will be saved because of this.”

The ADPH stated that the agency “performed a comprehensive investigation of New Woman All Women Health Care in Birmingham in response to a complaint received in January 2012. This investigation revealed significant failures in maintaining compliance with the Rules of the Alabama State Board of Health for the safe and effective provision of care.”

The complaint was filed by a pro-life activist in response to an incident on January 21, 2012, where two women were photographed being hand-carried from NWAW past a broken safety rail to awaiting ambulances parked in a trash-strewn alley. Recordings of two 911 calls were obtained through open record requests that showed the emergency calls were placed by clinic owner Diane Derzis, who indicated that two women had been overdosed on the drug Vasopressin.

The ADPH inspected the clinic and discovered 76 pages of deficiencies in nine categories, then took action to revoke NWAW’s operating license. Under threat of revocation and fines, the clinic reached an agreement to surrender their license next month.

Read the ADPH’s Press Release

Read about the ADPH deficiency report

Los Angeles, CA — Operation Rescue has confirmed that abortionist Bertha Bugarin, who was convicted in 2009 of multiple counts of practicing medicine and prescribing drugs without a license, has been released early from prison under a new “realignment” program that was enacted in California last year. Bugarin served less than half of a 6 year, 8 month sentence for felony convictions in San Diego and Los Angeles Counties.

Bugarin’s early release was opposed by Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, who objected to the reclassification of Bugarin as a non-violent “lower level offender” and considered her a “consumer protection” threat.

Since her release, Bugarin has taken up residence at her swanky home in an upscale neighborhood of Granada Hills, California. Until recently, the house was in foreclosure and on the market, but since Bugarin’s release, the mortgage has been paid and the house is no longer for sale. According to sources, Bugarin is leading the life of a multi-millionaire off profits she made preying on vulnerable women who she victimized with her quackery.

Bugarin ran a chain of seedy abortion clinics in Southern California known as Clinica Medica Para La Mujer De Hoy, which targeted Hispanic women in low-income neighborhoods. Operation Rescue worked for years to expose her shoddy operation and the long list of incompetent abortionists that she employed, at least six of which suffered forced license surrenders or revocations since 2000.

Bugarin, whose background is in the restaurant business, had trouble keeping abortionists due to their disciplinary and criminal problems, which included botched abortions, sexual assaults on patients, billing fraud, substance abuse, and at least one patient death. To keep her six remaining offices open, Bugarin began doing the abortions herself.

Los Angeles Police Department Health Authority Law Enforcement Task Force (HALT) raided Bugarin’s four Los Angeles County mills on August 1, 2007. Those raids resulted in the arrest of Bugarin, her sister Raquel, and two other workers who were unlicensed and unqualified to perform medical duties. San Diego County conducted its own investigation and later arrested Bugarin after nine women came forward to tell abortion horror stories they suffered at Bugarin’s hands.

San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, a known abortion supporter, said of Bugarin after her conviction, “This criminal preyed on women in the Hispanic community and has now been held accountable. By passing herself off as a doctor, she put these women’s lives in serious danger.”

“To classify Bertha Bugarin as a non-violent, low level offender is an insult to the women she has harmed over the years. It diminishes the severity of her crimes and the pain and suffering that she inflicted on so many. Letting her out early only teaches her that she can get away with her crimes without having to pay the full penalty for them,” said Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor for Operation Rescue and Pro-Life Nation, who worked in San Diego to expose the dangers of Bugarin’s horrendous abortion empire.

“Bugarin is the kind of woman who will continue to pose a threat to the public because she has proven again and again that laws mean nothing to her. She loves living the high life, so we are sure it won’t be long before she is back preying on the weak. The authorities need to keep a close watch on her. It’s a pretty good bet that she will reoffend, and when that happens, there is sure to be another long victim list. The responsibility for that will rest with California’s pro-abortion political machine that esteems abortion over the health and safety of women.”

Learn more about Bugarin’s abortion abuses.

Washington, DC — Operation Rescue has launched a grassroots effort to urge the Supreme Court to reject Obamacare as the nation’s highest court hears oral arguments this week challenging the constitutionality of the government take-over of the health care system.

“Thousands of postcards have already be sent to the Supreme Court, but we hope to see one million cards flooding the court to send a strong message that the vast majority of the American people do not want the government running our health care, forcing us to pay for abortion-causing drugs and contraceptives, and rationing care,” said Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue and Pro-Life Nation.

RejectObamacare.com has been launched to assist people in sending postcards to the Supreme Court.

For as little as $1.65 per card, participants may choose which Justice will receive their message, or they may choose as many as 20 recipients, including Supreme Court Clerks, who often advise the nation’s most powerful Justices.

“This is a fast and efficient way to get your message to the Supreme Court during this critical moment in history,” said Newman. “We are asking folks everywhere to forward the message of RejectObamacare.com to their friends and neighbors, post to their social networking sites, and help activate the grassroots of America. Together we can let our voices be heard.”

In conjunction, Operation Rescue has released a 1-minute video about Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ latest statements that Obamacare can be paid for by American’s having fewer children, a statement that many believe will lead to more abortions.

“We urge everyone to do three simple things: Watch this powerful video, visit RejectObamacare.com, then forward the links far and wide,” said Newman.

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