US Nurse Leaks Hospital Data: Vaccinated Mothers 1,900% More Likely to Have Stillbirths

A California nurse has filed a bombshell lawsuit accusing her hospital of covering up a “catastrophic surge” in stillbirths among women who received COVID-19 vaccines — and punishing her for trying to speak out and warn mothers about the significant health risks.

Filed last week in Fresno County Superior Court, the lawsuit claims Community Regional Medical Center, operated by Community Medical Centers (CMC), deliberately hid data showing a dramatic spike in fetal deaths beginning in spring 2021 — just months after the hospital began aggressively promoting COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant women.

Michelle Spencer, a veteran nurse at the hospital’s labor and delivery unit, says she witnessed a staggering rise in stillbirths among vaccinated mothers and was retaliated against after raising alarms internally and sharing evidence with independent media.

“The essence of this case is that the truth shall set you free,” said Greg Glaser, Spencer’s attorney. “The hospital possessed vaccinated versus unvaccinated comparison data. The numbers proved the vaccines were causing miscarriages and more in the vaccinated group.”

According to the lawsuit, hospital leadership reviewed this data — then buried it, leaving a file requested by regulators “empty.” The lawsuit alleges fraud, retaliation, and unethical business practices. It is being funded by Children’s Health Defense.

Spencer, who has worked at the hospital since 2017, says stillbirths were rare prior to the vaccine rollout, averaging about one per month. But beginning in spring 2021, she says the numbers skyrocketed to around 20 per month — a 20-fold increase that has continued through today.

Because Spencer doesn’t have access to the full hospital database, her estimate relies on her firsthand experience and internal communications — including a September 2022 email from perinatal nurse manager Julie Christopherson that described the trend in stark terms.

“There were 22 demises in August,” Christopherson wrote, “which ties the record number of demises in July 2021. And so far in September there have been 7 — and it’s only the 8th day of the month.”

In that same email, Christopherson warned the trend was likely to continue and admitted the deaths were straining hospital staff: “It’s a lot of work for you as the bedside RN’s and it’s also a lot of work for me. Demises have taken a lot of my time away from the other groups of patients that I serve…”

According to Spencer’s lawsuit, the surge in stillbirths coincided precisely with the hospital’s aggressive push to vaccinate pregnant women, which allegedly included requiring OBGYNs with hospital privileges to administer the COVID-19 vaccine without proper disclosure of risks.

The complaint also accuses nurse manager Christopherson of expressing bias against unvaccinated families and helping the hospital suppress data linking the vaccine to the rise in fetal deaths.

Spencer says nearly all the stillbirths occurred among vaccinated mothers, while fetal deaths among unvaccinated mothers remained at the baseline — about one per month.

Beyond stillbirths, Spencer says she and colleagues also began noticing a spike in complications among mothers and newborns, including vascular issues, clotting, hemorrhaging, and physical deformities in babies such as missing fingers, toes, heart murmurs, and jaundice.

“From direct observation and conversations with colleagues after March 2021, Plaintiff learned of increasing numbers of babies being born at CMC with conditions…” the complaint states.

Despite these signs, hospital leadership allegedly ignored safety signals, and instead profited from vaccine promotion, while refusing to investigate any potential link between the shots and the wave of fetal deaths and injuries.

Instead of responding to her concerns, Spencer says the hospital retaliated. After sharing Christopherson’s internal email with media outlets, Spencer says she was subjected to a biased internal investigation meant to silence her and discourage other nurses from speaking out.

“I was gaslit by management,” Spencer said in the complaint, who described hospital executives offering “unsubstantiated excuses” like pesticide exposure as a more likely cause of the spike in baby deaths.

In December 2022, Spencer says the hospital withheld a promised $5,000 retention bonus, citing her “investigation status” as justification. She believes the move was meant to send a chilling message: “Whistleblowers will be punished.”

Spencer also appealed to the California Department of Public Health, but says the hospital used its influence to block any real investigation and submitted false medical data denying the vaccine’s role.

Despite the backlash, Spencer continues working at the hospital, informing her patients of the risks she believes are associated with certain vaccines — including COVID-19 and Hepatitis B. But she says even that has led to reprimands from management. Spencer is now asking the court to order a third-party investigation into the stillbirths, along with punitive damages and lost wages.

“I hope this lawsuit will expose the evil that’s going on in the hospital system,” Spencer said. “And wake up parents and educate nurses.”

Glaser echoed the call for transparency: “The hospital chose financial gain over people’s lives,” he said. “And the hospital retaliated against Ms. Spencer as the nurse who blew the whistle on all of this. Our goal with the case is to give the evidence to a jury to set the truth free. Only then can we really begin to heal. And God knows we need it.”