Did the doctor at Planned Parenthood place an oxygen tube in Linda McCown's stomach instead of her lungs? This is the question the family of Linda McCown wants answered.
This fact came to light when Ed Szymkowiak, national director of STOPP International, spoke with McCown's sister, Shannon Fisher.
Fisher said the family speculates the oxygen tube, which was supposed to be placed in McCown's lung, was placed in her stomach instead. Linda McCown, 27, of Sedalia, Mo., remained comatose on Nov. 10 following a tubal ligation she had at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park, Kansas, on Nov. 2. KMBC-TV News in Kansas City reported that during the surgery, McCown, a mother of four, had gone without oxygen for a period of time.
Fisher said that the doctor who performed the operation is Robert Crist. (Dr. Crist is Planned Parenthood's chief abortionist at the Forest Park Street abortuary in St. Louis.) Fisher also said that the family will be taking legal action.
Malpractice at Planned Parenthood is nothing new. Lawsuits filed against Planned Parenthood facilities across the country include medical malpractice, plus violations of health codes, medical record and patient care deficiencies, unsanitary conditions, altered lab reports, fraudulent billing, equipment and utility deficiencies, sex offenses, and so on (see: The Scarlet Survey, by Kevin Sherlock, Brennyman Books, 1997).
"We urge people to keep Linda and her family in their prayers," Szymkowiak said. "This tragic incident should lead women to think twice before they go to Planned Parenthood for any type of health care."
