Alexandra Nuñez Dies After Artery Inadvertently Severed During Abortion in Queens, NY Medical Facility

Alexandra Nuñez dies after an artery is severed during a botched abortion at A1 Medicine in Queens, New York.

Alexandra Nuñez, 37, told her family she was going to the doctor to have a cyst removed. It turns out she went to A1 Medicine in Jackson Heights, NY, for an abortion that went terribly wrong. According to the NY Daily News, she began bleeding heavily during the procedure. One of her arteries was inadvertently severed and she went into cardiac arrest and she later died at Elmhurst Hospital Center, according to the police.

A1 Medicine was accredited in July to do office-based surgery that requires moderate or deep anesthesia, which includes abortions, according to a spokeswoman for the state Health Department told the NY Daily News.

An investigation has been launched and detectives have interviewed the staff at the clinic. So far, no charges have been filed. Police said Nuñez, a single mother of four who lived in Plainfield, N.J., underwent the procedure at 3:30p.m. Her death has come as a shock to her family. While I don't believe in abortion, I won't criticize her for reportedly seeking one. What I will say is that had she told the truth to her family, then the outcome might have been vastly different. The moral of this story is that it doesn't pay to lie. It could be your last day.

Photo credit: Alexandra Nuñez, NY Daily News