First, a little background.
In one session of a National Abortion Federation Rsk Management Seminar, a participant indicated that when he pulled bowel (extracted part of a patient's bowel through a perforation in her uterus), his preferred method of treatment (if you can call it that) was to stuff the bowel back through the perforation, administer medications to make the uterus contract and control bleeding, monitor the woman more carefully in recovery, and if she seemed okay, send her home none the wiser.
The moderator was appalled. He pointed out that even if there was no obvious injury to the bowel, it might be bruised and damaged. The recommended procedure is to admit the patient to the hospital and examine her bowel, and observe her for signs of further injury. The moderator then asked how many of the other participants followed this method of stuffing the bowel back in and hoping for the best. Six participants raised their hands to be counted.
I knew it was only a matter of time before one of these bowel-stuffing abortionists killed somebody. That's where the unwitting Sharon Hamption stepped into the picture. She went to Bruce Steir for an abortion on December 13, 1996, and died in the car on the ride home. One of Steir's aides reported to the authorities that Steir said he had "pulled bowel," and then had discharged Sharon from the facility. Sharon had suffered a perforated uterus and bled to death.
UPDATE: Steir eventually plea bargained.
Abortionist, Administrator Guilty in Patient Death
Links about Sharon's death and the aftermath:
66-Year-Old
Unlicensed Abortion Doctor Arrested for Murder
Abortion Doctor
Arrested for Murder!
Abortion
Doctor To Be Tried For Second-Degree Murder
Abortion Provider Arrested For
Murder
Abortionist on
Probation is Charged With Murder
America's Most Wanted
in Canada?
California Woman Dies From
Abortion Complications
Death From Abortion
Makes For Explosive Case
Dr.
Bruce Steir, Abortionist, Charged With Murder
Dr. Bruce Steir
Court of Appeals Update
Dr. Bruce Steir Needs Your
Help
Doctor Contends
State Persecutes Abortionists
Doctor
Loses Bid to Avoid Murder Case
"Drive-By Abortions" Outrage
Californians
History
of Bruce Steir
Lies and
Statistics
National
Abortion Federation Support Letter
New Hearing... New
Ruling?
Pledge of Support
For Dr. Bruce Steir
Prosecution of Abortion Provider
Delayed by CA Supreme Court
Sharon Hampton: 1969 -
Steir's
Defense
Woman Dies After
Abortion
Woman's Death
Becomes Focus of Abortion Debate