Oriane Shevin30s, 20002009, california, infection, ru486, nationalabortionfederationSUMMARY: Oriane Shevin, age 34, died on June 14, 2005 after taking abortion drugs administered by Dr. Christopher Dotson at Eve Surgical Center in California.

Oriane Shevin
Oriane Shevin, age 34, died of infection following off-label use of RU-486 for a safe and legal abortion by Christopher Dotson at Eve Surgical Center in California in 2005.

Oriane got the drugs at the Eve Surgical Center, located at 10150 National Boulevard in West Los Angeles. She took the mifeprestone on June 9 and vaginally inserted the misoprostol on June 10. The coroner‘s office was not able to determine if a physician saw or examined her at the abortion facility. Both Christopher Dotson, M.D. and Josepha Seletz, M.D. are associated with the facility.

Oriane was an attorney with two young children, ages 3 and 4. She had sickened three days after taking the drugs. She was suffering from severe pain and heavy bleeding, and was rushed by ambulance to Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, where she died on June 14 from severe metabolic acidosis and sepsis.

Christopher DotsonDotson has a spotted history. At the time of Oriane‘s abortion, Dotson had not yet completed eight years medical board probation for gross negligence and incompetence in causing the death of a patient identified as “RJI” on February 3, 1992. The board said that Dotson “was grossly negligent in the care and treatment of RJ.” He failed to take an adequate exam, failed to classify her as a high risk pregnancy, failed to heed the risk of severe bleeding, failed to have appropriate equipment for monitoring, and failed to transfuse her in a timely way, having left the room while she was still bleeding. Dotson had also been investigated in 1993 after Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital of Los Angeles had reported him for being negligent in the treatment of six women.

Dotson had also worked at San Vicente Hospital, a notorious abortion mill that was bought out by Family Planning Associates Medical Group. San Vicente was where Sara Lint, Natalie Meyers, Joyce Ortenzio,Laniece Dorsey, and Mary Pena underwent their fatal abortions.

Other women who died from FPA abortions include:

• Denise Holmes, age 24, 1970
• Patricia Chacon, age 16, 1984
• Josefina Garcia, age 37, 1985
• Tami Suematsu, age 19, 1988
• Deanna Bell, age 13, 1992
• Susan Levy, age 30, 1992
• Christina Mora, age 18, 1994
• Ta Tanisha Wesson, age 24, 1995
• Nakia Jorden, 1998
• Maria Leho, 1999
• Kimberly Neil, 2000
• Maria Rodriguez, age 22, 2000
• Chanelle Bryant, age 22, 2004

Despite his appalling record, Dotson, through his Eve Surgical Center, is a member of the National Abortion Federation.

Margaret Davis died of sickle cell crisis after an abortion performed by Dotson on July 25, 1971.
For an extensive set of links on RU-486, go to: The RU-486 Files.

Sources:

• Woman Dies After Abortion
• Abortion Pill Investigated in Four California Deaths
• Abortion Pill Investigated in Four CA Deaths
• “Deaths after abortion pill use to be studied by regulators,” The (Palm Springs, CA) Desert Sun, Nov. 24, 2005

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