Doctor Who Once Tweeted “You Know Fetuses Can’t Scream, Right?” Has Medical License Suspended

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Dr. Leah N. Torres, a brash Alabama-based doctor who performs abortions, has had her medical license suspended by the state’s board of medical examiners.

Torres sparked backlash when in 2018 she seemed to gloat over her work performing abortions.

“No,” she responded to a tweet that asked if she heard the scream of fetuses she aborts.

“You know fetuses can’t scream, right? I transect the cord 1st so there’s really no opportunity, if they’re even far enough along to have a larynx.”

“I won’t apologize for performing medicine. I’m also a ‘uterus ripper outer,’ if that’s how you’d like to describe hysterectomy,” she added.

That tweet has since been deleted.

Torres’ medical license was revoked in Alabama because she allegedly made fraudulent statements on her application.

“The letter of notice from the Board of Medical Examiners says that Torres, in her application, gave false answers to several questions including whether her staff privileges had ever been revoked or suspended at any hospital or health care facility,” according to a report in AL.com

In response to the revocation of her license, Torres seemed to blame the “patriarchy.”


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