Doctor agreed to abort baby because it was a GIRL and is suspended for only THREE MONTHS

A SICKENING doctor who agreed to abort an unborn child simply because it was a girl has been struck off - but only for THREE MONTHS. 

Dr Palaniappan Rajmohan has also dodged criminal and civil proceedings

Dr Palaniappan Rajmohan, who worked in Birmingham, has also dodged criminal and civil proceedings.He fudged files on the woman, writing the reason for the termination was as the woman "too young for pregnancy” - and sought for her "agreement" for this.

The medic was caught out by a sting operation by The Telegraph, after he was filmed approving the abortion at the Calthorpe Clinic in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

But the case was later dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which claimed it "was not in the public interest to pursue".

And in March, the CPS stepped in to prevent a private prosecution against Dr Rajmohan and Prabha Sivaraman, a second doctor, who was recorded telling a woman: "I don't ask questions. If you want a termination, you want a termination."
But despite his actions, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled the medic's registration would be suspended for just three months based on dishonesty.
A woman who was 12 weeks pregnant had an appointment with Dr Rajmohan and told him she wanted to terminate her pregnancy because she and her partner "don't want a girl".
Introducing himself as Dr Raj, he responded: "Is that the reason?
"That's not fair. It's like female infanticide isn't it?"

But when the pregnant woman asked if he could write down a different reason for the termination of the unborn child, the doctor replied: "That's right, yeah, because it's not a good reason anytime."

He added: "I'll put too young for pregnancy, yeah?" to which the patient agreed.

An investigation was launched by police and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service following this video.

The panel, led by Chair Paul Curtis, found Dr Rajmohan had agreed to record a false reason for a woman's abortion and was therefore acting dishonestly.

The panel concluded: "Despite you apparently believing that the request for a termination of pregnancy was being based on the gender of the foetus, you immediately volunteered to Ms A the alternative reason ‘too young for pregnancy’ and sought her agreement to this reason.

"That false reason was so far away from what you knew to be true, that the panel concluded you must have realised at the time that your actions would be considered as dishonest by the ordinary standards of reasonable and honest members of the medical profession."

The doctor's registration was suspended with immediate effect for misconduct.

Mr Curtis wrote: "The panel is in no doubt that your actions have brought the medical profession into disrepute and would be considered deplorable by fellow practitioners.

"As such, the panel is satisfied that your conduct is sufficiently serious as to amount to misconduct.

"The panel has determined it is in the public interest to suspend your registration with immediate effect in order to maintain public confidence in the profession."
Speaking about why the case was dropped at the time Jenny Hopkins, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, said: "On considering the public interest factors, as set out in the Code for Crown prosecutors, one highly relevant factor in this regard is that the responsible professional body, in this case the General Medical Council, is already involved and has the power to remove doctors from the medical register.

"Taking into account the need for professional judgement which deals firmly with wrongdoing, while not deterring other doctors from carrying out legitimate and medically justified abortions, we have concluded that these specific cases would be better dealt with by the GMC rather than by prosecution."