Romanian Police Investigate Teen Death Following Late-Term Abortion

Preliminary autopsy results showed the girl, who died of cardio-respiratory arrest, had gone into hemorrhagic shock and had also suffered a uterine rupture.

Hospital spokesman Florian Stoian said the girl’s medical chart states she came to the hospital Monday around noon with massive blood loss following an incomplete abortion procedure. She underwent surgery that evening, where the doctor found her fetus was dead, and she was placed under intensive care. The teenager died four hours later.

Stoian said the doctor who operated on the girl has been fired and the hospital has opened an investigation and called on malpractice commissions with the local public health department to also investigate the case.

Police is also looking into the case because the teenager was 14 weeks pregnant and Romanian law bans abortion after the 12th week of pregnancy. The local police spokesman, Radu Croitoru, said the doctor is being investigated for negligent homicide.