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WorldNetDaily: Convicted sex-offender abortionist still practicing
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006




MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH

Convicted sex-offender abortionist still practicing

De-licensed California doctor allowed to keep clinics open until mid-April



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Posted: February 28, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern




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© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Even though the sex-offender owner of an infamous chain of abortion
facilities- which target Spanish-speaking women and accept cash only - has
officially surrendered his medical license to the California Osteopathic Board,
he is still being allowed to practice for another six weeks.

Dr. Laurence Reich has a history of two separate criminal convictions for
molesting women during physical exams. Facing a Hearing to Revoke License, he
decided to simply surrender his license to operate the clinics - called "Clinica
Medica Para La Mujer De Hoy" - rather than have it outright revoked by a court
and the Osteopathic Board.

In December, Reich and the osteopathic board became the subject of an
explosive CNN report that boldly laid out the sordid details of how Reich
sexually offended at least two of his patients. The CNN report provoked even
pro-abortion U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer to send a strongly worded admonition on
Dec. 8, to the Osteopathic Board to suspend Reich's license.


Despite the seriousness of the charges, the criminal convictions and the
surrender of his license in February, Reich will be allowed to continue his
practice unrestricted until April 14, 2006.

Reich has two associates, each with a criminal conviction as well. John
Rivera, M.D., was arrested and convicted when he publicly groped a woman in the
vaginal area while on the drug ecstasy. He is on probation with the medical
board. George D. Flanigan, M.D., has a conviction for stealing from the state
Medi-Cal program and is under accusation by the medical board for incompetence
and negligence in the traumatic death of an infant, "Baby Girl Rodriguez."

Despite his conviction for sexual misconduct, Reich was never required to
register as a sex offender. He has abortion clinics in Chula Vista, Santa Ana,
Huntington Park, Baldwin Park and the Los Angeles area.




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