Police and DEA agents raided the home and office of an abortionist on Tuesday after a car accident revealed plastic containers filled with human tissue inside his vehicle.
West Bloomfield, Michigan's, Dr. Michael Roth's car was searched Sept. 30 by police after he hit and critically injured a special-needs individual in Orchard Lake. Medical equipment, large amounts of a drug used for sedation (Fentanyl), and 14 containers of human tissue – possibly aborted babies – were found.
Roth's car was impounded, and the containers were sent to the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office.
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The discovery was the catalyst for raids on the doctor's West Bloomfield home and the Novi Laser and Aesthetic Center on Tuesday.
The attorney general's office has launched an investigation into whether or not the doctor has been illegally performing abortions.
"I'd like to say that nothing surprises me anymore, but this is would be a very bizarre circumstance," retired FBI agent Bill Kowalski told ABC-7 Detroit on Tuesday.
Fox 2 Detroit reported police leaving Roth's home with numerous grocery bags after two search warrants were executed.
"Dr. Roth, anything to say about this investigation?" a Fox reporter asked the OB/GYN as he left the West Bloomfield Police Department on Tuesday.
"Just go away," said the doctor, who has not been charged, while trying to shield his face with a jacket.
Roth was also the subject of state investigations into his practice in 2004 and 2012. He pleaded no contest, was fined, and put on probation for violations by the Board of Medicine at the Department of Community Health.
"I think abortions should be available on demand," the OB/GYN told the New York Times of his support for sex-selection abortions in 1988, Fox 2 reported.
"Roth has a long history of violations, including two previous at-home abortions he performed in 1998 and 1999," Michigan Right to Life told Life Site News on Wednesday. "[We] released a report in 2012, Abortion Abuses and State Regulatory Agency Failure, featuring several of Roth’s violations. In addition to his at-home abortions, Roth was disciplined in 2002 for drug-related violations, including prescribing drugs without a license. He was disciplined in 2004 for violating patient consent laws and was accused of falsifying medical records by a former employee."