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Mar 3, 2009 11:16 pm US/Eastern

Clinic Owner Arrested Over Botched Abortion

HIALEAH (CBS4) ― The owner of a South Florida clinic is behind bars, arrested because of a botched abortion.

The details of what investigators say happened at the Hialeah clinic in 2006 are horrifying.

According to a warrant, a young woman visiting the clinic for the second part of her late-term abortion ended up giving birth in the waiting room. Investigators say the clinic's owner cut the umbilical cord and then swept up the female fetus like trash, put it in a bag, and threw it on top of the roof.

Belkis Gonzalez, 43, was arrested for practicing health care without a license and for tampering with evidence.

This arrest is the result of a two and a half year long investigation.

Medical experts say this was not homicide, because the fetus was too young to survive; around 21-weeks-old and weighing just over a pound.

Last year, community groups held a funeral for the fetus; the young mother attended.

Gonzalez is already on probation for practicing health care without a license in Broward. She isn't the only one in trouble after this incident. The doctor who gave the woman a procedure to dilate her the day before showed up hours late for the abortion, well after she gave birth.

The Board of Medicine found him guilty of malpractice and took away his medical license.

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