Abortion Businesses Endanger Women With Bogus Malpractice Insurance

LifeNews.com ^ | August 16, 2004 | Paul Nowak

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Fargo, ND (LifeNews.com) -- An investigation into a bogus insurance company has found that abortion facilities across the country apparently have purchased medical malpractice insurance from it. As a result, thousands of women who have abortions at the facilities may be unable to receive compensation if they suffer from a botched abortion.

During an investigation into a malpractice insurance company that has been deemed a scam by insurance commissioners in several states, the president of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers admitted that her own North Dakota business uses the insurer, and that the company's malpractice insurance is widely used by abortion clinics nationwide.

Following the lead of several other states, Jim Poolman, North Dakota's Insurance Commissioner, issued a cease and desist order to prevent Professional Liability Insurance Company, Ltd. (PLIC) of Bermuda from transacting business in his state.

According to the orders, PLIC is not licensed to do business in any U.S. state, nor in its listed home country of Bermuda.

Jane Bovard, president of NCAP and owner of Red River Women's Clinic, the only abortion business in North Dakota, refused to provide Poolman's office with details of her insurance arrangement with PLIC.

However, she did say her business purchased insurance from the company's agent, Unimed, out of Atlanta. Bovard has since been subpoenaed to provide proof of her insurance.

"To the best of my knowledge, every clinic that I know of that has coverage through Unimed-PLIC has been vigorously defended in any malpractice lawsuit or complaint," Bovard told the insurance commissioner's office, adding that many abortion businesses rely on PLIC's malpractice insurance.

Bovard was not available for comment, and NCAP did not respond to inquiries from LifeNews.com.