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Chalice Renee Zeitner, 29, also faces one count each of
felony theft and forgery stemming from the scheme in Phoenix
between March and 2010, according to a statement from the state
Attorney General's Office.
State prosecutors accused Zeitner of falsely telling her
obstetrician that she had been diagnosed with cancer and that
her pregnancy further endangered her life.
Prosecutors said she provided information indicating she had
stage IV sarcoma and that she was to continue treatment in
Boston that would include removing tumors in her abdomen and
lower spine.
Zeitner, who was enrolled in Arizona's Medicaid system, received
an abortion at a Phoenix hospital on April 2010. The Arizona
Health Care Cost Containment System covers the procedure if the
mother's life is believed to be in jeopardy.
Prosecutors said Zeitner falsified documents indicating she had
cancer and that she had listed the name of a doctor who had
never met or treated her.
She was charged May 5 and arrested three days later by
authorities in Columbia County, Georgia, where she had been
living under an assumed name, prosecutors said.
It was not clear on Tuesday whether Zeitner had an attorney.
(Editing by Curtis Skinner and Toby Chopra)
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