by Genevieve Marnon, Right to Life of Michigan
Public
Affairs Associate
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| Operating room in Alexander's clinic (via MLive.com) |
Last week the notorious abortionist Robert
Alexander was
on trial in front of an administrative law judge because of
allegations of
incompetency and negligence stemming from the closure of his Muskegon clinic in
December of 2012 by the fire marshal. On behalf of
the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs an assistant attorney general laid out a
stunning amount
of evidence and expert witness testimony detailing the egregious
conditions
that were uncovered during an investigation of a break-in at Alexander's
clinic on Dec. 26, 2012.
Those who have followed Alexander's career
weren't
surprised to hear the allegations, but even seasoned investigators
seemed
distressed by the dozens of health and safety violations which were
found at the
clinic. The prosecution
presented 87
photos showing used needles on the ground, unsterilized surgical
tools, rusty
equipment, biohazard bags stacked up in procedure
rooms, unsecured
patient files, buckets of fluid containing
“fleshy” substances
and dozens
of fire hazards.
When it came time for Alexander's testimony, he rambled and preached from
the stand and
had to be reprimanded several times to “just answer the question.” He dodged and obfuscated
questions and
contradicted himself repeatedly. He even went on to describe his
long standing
bi-polar disorder and suggested that he should be excused from the allegations because of the American's
with
Disabilities Act.
When asked about his competency in the face of
the
overwhelming evidence against him, Alexander claimed
prolife
extremists broke in and staged the scene. He then blamed his employee
and her husband
for not cleaning as they had been contracted to do. Finally, he claimed the
deplorable
conditions existed because he was in the
process of
closing his clinic and the procedure room in question was simply
being used for storage.
The expert witnesses disagreed with all accusations by Alexander
that the scene had been staged and were able to show the
conditions found
at the clinic demonstrated a history of negligence.
