Woman Mangled Internally During Abortion at Planned Parenthood

AbortionDocs posted a copy of a complaint by a woman identified as "A.J." against Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc. and Dr. Diane Joy Horvath-Cosper. 

Planned Parenthood Metro Washington

According to this complaint, AJ went to the Planned Parenthood in question on January 28, 2016 for a dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion, in which the fetus is dismembered and removed with forceps. During the process, Horvath-Cosper caused the following internal injuries to her patient:

• Two holes in the back of AJs uterus, measuring approximately 1 and 1.5 cm (roughly half an inch, more or less)
• Tears and stripping of the surface of AJ's right broad ligament and lining of her pelvic cavity
• Destruction and and tearing out of AJ's right ovary and fallopian tube, portions of AJ's uterus, and part of AJ's appendix

Diane Horvath-Cosper

The complaint goes on to assert that Planned Parenthood and their doctor "demonstrated a reckless indifference and complete lack of care" by delaying transfer to a hospital where AJ could be properly treated. When she was transported, Planned Parenthood sent her to Suburban Hospital, where they were unable to treat such severe injuries. This resulted in another delay in care while AJ was transferred to Shady Grove Hospital. 

When surgeons at Shady Grove performed emergency surgery, they found the placenta and the calvarium (top portion of the baby's skull) were still in AJ's damaged uterus.

The complaint also says that when AJ contacted Planned Parenthood, as instructed, for follow up care, they put her on hold for several hours and refused to help her.

The complaint also faults Planned Parenthood with:

• Failure to properly assess whether it was safe to do AJ's abortion in an outpatient setting
• Failing to provide adequate informed consent
• Failure to properly dilate AJ's cervix
• Failing to use ultrasound guidance to ensure that structures grasped and removed were actually fetal parts and not parts of AJ's internal organs
• Failure to have policies and procedures in place to deal with the complications AJ suffered.

"Care. No matter what." That's their motto. It certainly fell short in AJ's case.