Reply #26: Girl shot at clinic in abortion argument (CA)

[CO Liberal]

This actually happenned late last week. Since there was no "GITN thread on Friday, I decided to post it. I know this story was discussed on other DU boards. - Wayne

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Girl shot at clinic in abortion argument

PALM DESERT, Calif. -- A 17-year-old boy angered by his girlfriend's decision to have an abortion shot her in the neck in the waiting room of a Palm Desert clinic Thursday and was arrested about six hours later when deputies broke into his parents' home, authorities said.

The girl was in critical condition, they said.

Witnesses said that about 11 a.m., the youth argued with the girl at the Women's Health Center about her claim that it was not he who had made her pregnant and about her decision to have an abortion. He then is alleged to have pulled out a handgun and shot her.

Dr. Joseph Durante, who had been scheduled to examine the girl, rushed to the waiting room after nurses heard shouting and then two gunshots.

The girl "was lying on a couch, and she was full of blood," Durante said. "I applied pressure to her neck, the right side; it looked serious. Her pulse was OK. She talked minimally but gave no information on the context of the argument."

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