By Will Hall, Message Executive Editor BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Louisiana Right to Life has reported that a botched abortion by a Baton Rouge facility resulted in complications leading to an emergency hysterectomy for the woman. The baby did not survive. LRTL obtained the information about the incident at the Delta Clinic via a report from the Louisiana Department of Health in response to an Open Records Request. According to the report, the patient began bleeding profusely as a result of the abortion procedure and “the facility did not have adequate emergency supplies, such as IV fluid, on hand to stabilize her” despite a Louisiana law that requires outpatient abortion centers to maintain an inventory of basic medical materials to sustain patients until emergency medical services arrive. Because of the medical negligence during the abortion, a Baton Rouge hospital had to perform a total abdominal hysterectomy and a bilateral salpingectomy (the removal of both fallopian tubes). Although only recently reported, the tragic circumstances took place on March 15, just a month and a week after the U.S. Supreme Court stopped, at least temporarily, a 2014 Louisiana Law from going into effect that requires abortionists to … [Read more...]