Queens abortion clinic probed after woman dies during abortion

BY Michael J. Feeney, Barry Paddock and Jonathan Lemire
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Wednesday, January 27th 2010

Detectives are investigating a Queens clinic where a 37-year-old woman was fatally injured while undergoing an abortion, officials said Tuesday.

Alexandra Nuñez began bleeding heavily during the procedure at A1 Medicine in Jackson Heights on Monday, officials said.

One of Nuñez's arteries was inadvertently severed and she went into cardiac arrest, according to police sources. the rest