Abortion Center Continues to Operate Without License

   Fort Lauderdale Women’s Center, an abortion facility in South Florida, continues to operate despite the fact that its license was terminated by Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) effective March 27, 2018. Broward Right to Life, which maintains a daily presence at the abortion center, reported to AHCA that the facility has performed at least 34 abortions since the license was revoked.

   Florida abortionist James Scott Pendergraft IV, the owner of Fort Lauderdale Women’s Center, had his license to operate a medical facility revoked in a South Carolina County Court as a result of his drug convictions last year. This resulted from his arrest during a traffic stop in 2015 in Spartanburg, in which he was caught conducting an illegal abortion business out of his vehicle and in possession of illegal drugs. Pendergraft pled guilty to ten drug counts, including possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession or distribution of prescription drugs without a prescription, and manufacturing or possession of Schedule I and II substances. According to Florida law, criminal arrests are disqualifying acts, meaning that even an arrest without a conviction disqualifies the person from employment that requires licensure.

   Upon Pendergraft’s arrest on October 5, 2015, Sheriff Chuck Wright stated in a press conference, “We got a guy and a girl early in the wee ...