Dorothy Brant, Abortion Death

The survivors of Dorothy Brant filed suit against Dr. Robert Prince in her death.

The suit claims that Prince failed to perform a proper pre-operative evaluation before performing an abortion on Dorothy at Dallas Medical Ladies Clinic on May 27, 1986.

Dorothy hemorrhaged during the procedure. In the lawsuit, her family said that Prince was negligent in his administration of drugs, anesthesia, and in his administration of a blood transfusion.

Dorothy was transferred to a hospital, where she died four days later of pulmonary fibrosis.

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Does anybody have information on this abortion death?

Mary from Abortion in Washington sent me a link with sketchy information about an abortion death.

This article mentions "Raisa Trytiak, a 24-year-old Seattle woman who was strangled and left in a garbage dump after a botched abortion on February 7, 1967."

This is hardly enough information to do a write-up. Does anybody know more?

Denise Montoya, Abortion Death

Denise Montoya was fifteen years old when her parents brought her to Women's Pavillion in Houston for an abortion on May 13, 1988. Denise was 25 weeks pregnant.

The abortion was performed by Douglas Karpen, an osteopath.

Denise suffered severe bleeding, and was admitted to Ben Taub hospital. Her condition deteriorated, and she died on May 29, 1988.

Her parents filed suit against Karpen and the clinic, saying that they had faied to adequately explain the risks of the procedure, and had not provided consent forms, or had the parents sign any informed consent document, prior to the fatal abortion."

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Not Just the Unborn: C-FAM addressing sex-trafficing for World Cup

Not Just the Unborn: C-FAM addressing sex-trafficing for World Cup: "Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, or C-FAM, has launched a 'Stop World Cup Prostitution' campaign on its website. "

Wichita Abortion Mill Closes: Praise God!

Operation Rescue - Blog Archive - Wichita Abortion Mill Sells Out, Holds Yard Sale

After over 20 years in business, Central Women's Services in Wichita has sold out to an undisclosed buyer. A yard sale was held May 26, 2006, to sell off the contents of the facility. Cheryl Sullenger of Operation Rescue went to the sale.

"There really wasn't much there," said Sullenger. "It was very dingy and crowded inside, and not particularly clean. Most of the items for sale had seen better days, for sure. It must have been a very depressing experience to have had an abortion at such a dumpy office."

OR reported that the clinic had faced financial difficulties and was behind on the rent. Abortions were perpetrated there two days a month, with abortionist Sherman Zaremski of Kansas City working there until this past January, whereupon former Planned Parenthood abortionist Ronald Yeomans took over. Yeomans had been investigated for malpractice and for practicing with an inactive license.

OR had discovered fetuses from Central dumped in a Kansas City landfill in 2005.

Joy Joy, Illegal Abortion Death

On May 26, 1950, Annis Whitlow Brown performed an abortion on Joy M. Joy, the unmarried mother of a six-year-old daughter. Brown botched the job, causing hemorrhage and failing to properly treat the patient. Joy died quickly from blood loss.



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India: Women kills self rather than face second abortion

Girl gulps down acid before second abortion

Shulka Gharami, 20, had already been forced into an unwanted abortion by her father-in-law. Facing the prospect of a second forced abortion, she killed herself.

Hear that sound? No? Of course not. You can't hear the deafening silence that is the lack of prochoice outrage.

Ironic hope: Sleeping pill wakes PVS patients

Sleeping Pills May Wake Up PVS Patients, Terri Schiavo Family Optimistic
Researchers have made a serendipitous discovery: the sleeping pill Ambien can temporary awaken some "PVS" patients. The patients are able to talk with loved ones for hours before the effects of the medication wear off.

The pills were given to three patients. Two had suffered severe head injuries in car wrecks, and one had suffered brain damage from a near-drowning incident. The patients have been treated with the Ambien daily for several years.

One researcher called the effect "amazing to say the least," and noted that one patient even played catch with family members. The researcher, Ralf Clauss of Royal Surrey County Hospital, said the discovery was made when a restless PVS patient was given the sleeping pill, thinking it would have a calming effect. "Lo and behold, he woke up 15 minutes later. And so now we're using a sleeping drug to wake people up in the morning."

The family of Terri Schiavo, who was put to death for being in what some doctors called a Persistent Vegetative State, have called for a moratorium on all killing of PVS patients.

Meanwhile, Clauss is hoping for clinical trials, and for the development of a slow-release formula that will allow patients to become permanently awake.

This is not the first awakening of a patient supposedly in a PVA. In December of 2000, Patricia "Happi" White Bull was given Amantadine, a drug used to stimulate people with Parkinson's disease. She awoke from a 16-year coma.

Is it too much to ask that we focus on curing, rather than killing, folks with brain injuries?

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Safe-n-Legal Anniversary

Rhonda Ruggiero underwent an abortion in May of 1982. She suddenly died of an abortion-related pulmonary embolism on May 23.

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Never trust an abortionist with your baby

Former Kentucky Abortion Practitioner Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Former abortionist Ronachai Banchongmanie proved that his abortionist's bad attitude toward babies wasn't changed when he stopped killing deliberately and limited himself to regular ob/gyn work. He's let two loved and wanted babies die due to his negligence.

Danielle Warfield and Curtis Wickliffe filed a suit [alleging] that Banchongmanie delivered their baby girl at Norton Hospital using "vacuum extractions" .... The ... baby was pale and had rapid respiration, but instead of providing her with emergency care and medical attention, Banchongmanie sent the baby to the newborn nursery.

The baby died a day later....

Another wrongful death lawsuit filed against Banchongmanie in 2004 from the death of a baby in 2003 is still pending..... Marilyn Brooks sued Banchongmanie after she went to him and complained of intense pain during her pregnancy. He told her there was no problem, but she returned later still having the pain.

Brooks eventually went into premature labor ... and gave birth to a baby girl who died shortly thereafter.

Go here for more information on this quack.

open book: And doctors are supposed to do...what?

open book: And doctors are supposed to do...what?

From the UK, a story about a mother who was told that her unborn baby had Down's Syndome, and was urged to abort- at 35 weeks, no less.

Read this, and the link, not just for the entry but for the excellent comments.

More on the closing of Summit

For more on the closing of Summit, see:

Suspended Abortion Center Gave RU 486 to Woman With Late-Term Pregnancy -

This coverage says that "the woman was in a tenuous medical condition" and that Summit staff gave her the abortion drugs "to try to hide [their] actions."

Regarding the closure, state health officer Dr. Donald Wilson said, "That's not something we do very often. The incident involved multiple and serious violations of the rules. There was no other means to address it except an emergency suspension."

LifeNews.com said that they obtained a copy of the suspension order, which said that the woman had a "critical and dangerously high" blood pressure of 182/129. Instead of instructing the woman to seek care for this problem, clinic staff dispensed abortion drugs.

Summit's license was been suspended for 90 days, and a hearing was scheduled to determine if the license would be revoked.

Dr. Wilson added, "This is the first time I've ever ordered an emergency suspension for an abortion clinic."

LifeNews.com says that Summit Medical Centers operates seven abortion facilities in five states, including one in Montgomery, Alabama, which employed Malachy Dehenre, who lost his medical license in both Alabama and Mississippi because of botched abortions.

Abortion Business Has License Suspended in Botched Abortion Drug Case -

This covereage indicates that the baby the woman delivered was "macerated", which means it had died in-utero and had begun to decompose. The article quotes the health department document: "Though Patient A was not seen by a physician at Summit, the facility's records inaccurately reflect that a physician, who was not present at the facility on that date, performed the ultrasound and provided the medical abortion."

Clinic's closing renews debate -

This article indicates that the woman whose care led to the closing of the clinic arrived at the emergency room with the head of her dead baby protruding.

This article also tells of the experience of Jennifer Vickery, age 26. When Jennifer learned of the woman who had delivered the dead baby, "I was scared for my life. I was at a loss for words. It was crazy."

At the time, Jennifer was running a fever after complications of a surgical abortion she'd undergone at Summit on May 4. She had a follow-up appointment scheduled. Should she keep it? But the clinic was shut down.

Jennifer said that she'd been rushed into the abortion. An ultrasound had been performed, and she was told she was 8 weeks pregnant. "They rushed me back so quick and started giving me medication, and I didn't have time to think about it. I didn't feel like I had time to think about nothing. When I got there, they had me start filling out papers. They said, `We want you to do it today, because we have a doctor here.'"

The article said that three other women, identifying themselves as Summit patients, contacted the paper saying that they'd had complications after recent abortions. One said that she'd undergone an abortion on May 11, and was there the day the clinic was closed, seeking care for extreme pain and a fever of 103. She drove instead to Beacon Women's Center in Montgomery Alabama, and was rushed into surgery. (State officials allowed Summit to remain open long enough to refer patients elsewhere, which is good for those who needed follow-up but tragic for those still thinking they needed abortions.)

The News said that they contacted a woman at Beacon, an administrator who would only identify herself as "Pat", who said she was "in shock" over the closing of the affiliated clinic.

This article also said that Dr. Williamson, the state health officer, said the health department puts more resources into inspecting nursing homes than abortion clinics. "Would we like to do it more frequently? Absolutely," he said. "But the nursing homes get more inspection because those are federally funded surveys. We have to figure out how to do the clinic inspections with state dollars."

The article also notes that two other Birmingham facilities had been inspected. New Woman All Women Health Care had been cited in 2004 for allowing non-licensed staff to do counseling, and for failing to meet administrative requiremets. Summit had been cited in 2005 because Dr. Deborah Levich, the medical director, didn't have a controlled-substance permit. Both facilities, the article said, corrected these deficiencies.

Interesting point. The article said, "The National Abortion Federation, a trade association that represents Summit and other clinics, referred all requests for comment to Summit and its attorney." So - is Summit affiliated with NAF? Is NAF trying to distance itself? Whatup with that?

ADDITION: The Associated Press is covering the story as well. Alabama women's clinic probed for late-term abortions, violations

This article indicates that actions were also taken against the clinic's doctor, Deborah Lyn Levich, and nurse Janet F. Onthank King who apparently administered the abortion drugs to the woman who was 8 months pregnant. The disciplinary action appears to only cover the two of them working together. The Alabama Attorney General is also going to launch an investigation.

The AP report also noted that the nurse practitioner gave RU-486 to three other patients without the doctor being present, and without having the ultrasounds reviewed by a doctor. Five women had second trimester abortions without the doctor noting any attempts to determine fetal viability. One of the women was 19 weeks pregnant, and another was 21 weeks pregnant. Dr. Levich signed medical records for procedures done when she wasn't present.

New additions

Tanisha's Nightmare at Volunteer Medical Clinic
Fifteen-year-old Tanisha nearly died in a botched abortion at Volunteer Medical Clinic.<

East Tennessee Women's Clinic
This facility was closed by authorities after an investigation found disgusting conditions. The woman who owned it also owned the Lime 5 clinic.

Abortionist Ed Perry
Ed Perry botched abortions at Chattanooga Women's Clinic, the Lime 5 clinic.

Chattanooga Women's Clinic
Despite disgusting conditions and a patient death, this seedy abortion mill -- the Lime 5 clinic -- was permitted to remain open, due to an activist judge.

Abortionist Ralph Robinson
Despite medical board disciplinary actions in several states, Robinson's Kentucky office was a NAF member, according to the 1991 Annual Report.

Summit Medical Center of Birmingham, Alabama
A patient death in 2003 was not enough to close this abortion mill, but an attempt to abort an 8-month fetus in 2006 was.

This series of pages stemmed from the news that Summit was closed. Ralph Robinson was a Summit abortionist. He also worked at Chattanooga Women's Clinic. Ed Perry worked at Chattanooga Women's Clinic, owned by the owner of East Tennessee Women's Clinic. Perry also worked at Volunteer Medical Clinic. One news item, six new pages.

Alabama Abortion Clinic Shuts Down :: Abortion :: ProLifeBlogs

Alabama Abortion Clinic Shuts Down :: Abortion :: ProLifeBlogs

Summit Medical Center, the abortuary that has been killing children in Birmingham, Alabama for the past 24 years, has been shut down for good. ... The Alabama State Health Department walked into the doors of Summit Medical Center at 11:00am, Wednesday morning, May 17, 2006, and closed the doors of this horrific business forever.

.... Two department officials entered the building and, in a few short minutes, all the clientele began to leave. ....

Imagine that! Yay! Now for the background:

In February, 2006, a young lady had come to Summit Medical Center for an abortion. A sonogram was administered by a non-physician (against Alabama State Law) and she was told she was 6 weeks pregnant. In reality she was 8 months along.

There's professional skill for you. Unable to distinguish between a 6-week pregnancy and an eight month pregnancy!

A non-physician gave the woman RU 486, again, in violation of Alabama law.

Six days later, the woman was rushed to the emergency room, where she gave birth to a dead baby weighing 6 lb. 4 oz. baby. The Health Department was notified. Six weeks later, the health department shut Summit down.

Summit was, according to the 1991 Annual Report, a National Abortion Federation member facility. They're no longer listed as a member facility, but when the membership terminated or under what conditions I do not know. Summit is the facility where Malachy DeHenre performed the fatal abortion on Leigh Ann Alford in 2003. (Note that this wasn't enough to get the state to close the facility down, though the medical board did suspend DeHenre's license.

With the closing of Summit, the number of abortion mills in Birmingham is down to one, from five in 1994. And lo! The streets of Birmingham aren't littered with coathanger-impaled women. Operation Rescue also reports that 22 former abortion workers became Christians during that period. Praise God! Dozens more left the business and sought wholesome, productive employment.


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Sharon Margrove - Legal Abortion Death

Little is known about Sharon Margrove, but according to her death certificate, on May 21, 1970, she died following a legal abortion in Los Angeles County, California. She was 25 years old.

Other pre-Roe legal abortion deaths include:

• Cassandra Bleavins
  
• Twila Coulter
  
• Margaret Davis
  
• Gwendolyn Drummer
  
• Janet Forster
  
• Doris Grant
  
• Betty Hines
  
• Denise Holmes
  
• Sara Lint
  
• Natalie Meyers
  
• Katherine Morse
  
• Maria Ortega
  
• Erika Peterson
  
• "Amanda" Roe
  
• "Amy" Roe
  
• "Annie" Roe
  
• "Andrea" Roe
  
• "Anita" Roe
  
• "April" Roe
  
• "Audrey" Roe
  
• "Barbara" Roe
  
• "Beth" Roe
  
  
• "Connie" Roe
  
  
• "Danielle" Roe
  
  
• "Judy" Roe
  
  
• "Julie" Roe
  
• "Kimberly" Roe
  
• "Monica" Roe
  
• "Robin" Roe
  
• "Roseann" Roe
  
• "Roxanne" Roe
  
• "Sandra" Roe
  
• "Sheryl" Roe
  
• "Tammy" Roe
  
• "Vicki" Roe
  
• LaSandra Russ
  
• F.S.
  
• Stella Saenz
  
• Carole Schaner
  
• Margaret Smith
  
• Kathryn Strong
  
• Cheryl Vosseler

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Two more tragic anniversaries

The autopsy report for 22-year-old Joan Camp attributed her death to "complications apparently as a result of a recent termination of pregnancy."

Joan had been found unconscious in the morning on May 18, 1985. She was rushed to Memorial Hospital in San Leandro, California, where doctors tried to save her life.

Their efforts were futile. Joan died the next morning, May 19, 1985, from clots in her lungs.

The CDC classified Joan's death as "unknown" abortion, because they could not find out where the abortion was done. The CDC does not count an abortion death as a legal abortion death unless they can verify that the person who performed the abortion was a licensed physician, or another legally qualified medical professional in states that allow non-physician abortions.

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Susan Levy was 30 years old when she underwent an abortion at the Family Planning Associates in Mission Hills, California on April 9, 1992. FPA is a member of the National Abortion Federation.

Susan was homeless and was living in a car owned by a friend. On May 19, 1992, she was found dead in that car.

The cause of death was determined to be from an infection that developed from fetal tissue that was not removed during her abortion.

Susan is one of many women to die at this NAF facility after the National Abortion Federation was founded. Others known to have died after abortion at Allred's facilities include:

• Denise Holmes, age 24, 1970
  
• Patricia Chacon, age 16, 1984
  
• Mary Pena, age 43, 1984
  
• Josefina Garcia, age 37, 1985
  
• Lanice Dorsey, age 17, 1986
  
• Joyce Ortenzio, age 32, 1988
  
• Tami Suematsu, age 19, 1988
  
• Deanna Bell, age 13, 1992
  
• Christina Mora, age 18, 1994
  
• Kimberly Neil, 2000
  
• Chanelle Bryant, age 22, 2004

I suspect that the reason the deaths appear in clusters is because those are years that researchers checked for lawsuits, rather than that these are all the women and girls who died at Allred facilities. Anybody with the time and resources to do so could probably uncover other deaths Allred and his staff have managed to sweep under the carpet.

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Somebody was looking for Eastern Women's Center

Eastern Women's Center, a National Abortion Federation member, has a history of malpractice and maternal death. When inspectors were there, they couldn't even find their medical director. That's a four day inspection during which nobody could track him down.

Dawn Mack died after an abortion there in 1991. Venus Ortiz was left in a coma from which she never recovered. Dawn Ravenelle was only 13 when Eastern staff allowed her to choke on her own vomit and lapse into a fatal coma.

Easter Women's Center is, in short, bad news.

New additions for May 17

Detroit Memorial Hospital

Womancare of Detroit

Northland Family Planning Clinic

Abortionist Abraham Alberto Hodari

Northland Family Planning Clinic

Abortionist Enrique Gerbi

Abortionist Julio B. Acosta

Somebody wanted EMW abortion clinic

I have this: EMW conspired with Planned Parenthood to perform an abortion on an underage girl from out-of-state in order to evade parental involvement laws, despite a restraining order that the girl's mother had obtained. The girl ended up hospitalized for sepsis and nearly died.

And this: EMW's security guard was raping women in the facility after-hours.

EMW is a National Abortion Federation member.

"Danielle" Roe, Abortion Death

"Daniell"" Roe, age 18, had traveled from Massachusetts to New York for a safe and legal abortion.

On May 17, 1972, the abortion was performed. Minutes after the abortion was completed, Danielle was dead. She'd developed arterial and veous air emboli.

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Somebody was looking for Steve Brigham in King of Prussia

Brigham is a real piece of work. I don't have specifics about him in King of Prussia, but I do have this on him:

• Brigham and "Millie"
  
• Brigham Back at Bat
  
• Common Ground, Uncommon Effort
  
• Brigham and "Jessie"
  
• Brigham's Abilities Assessed
  
• Brigham and "Anne"

Brigham deserves to have a full-time person on his case, with a web site giving his background and a blog keeping people abreast of his latest shenanigans. I'd be glad to help.

Somebody was looking for abortion 1940s

Here's what I have:

• On April 17, 1940, Mrs. Josephine Williams and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Adele H. Sassen, were sentenced to prison for an illegal abortion resulting in the death of a Long Beach woman.
  
• According to the National Organization for Women web site, Pauline Roberson Shirley bled to death on August 22, 1940 from an illegal abortion.
  
• In late July of 1941, Mrs. Agnes Pearson of White Plains, New York died at Grasslands Hospital in New York of suspected complications from an abortion.
  
• Sarah Howe was charged with abortion and with manslaughter in the death of 23-year-old Helen Clark. Helen died September 16, 1941.
  
• On December 23, 1941, Dr. Samuel Roth was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the illegal abortion death of a woman I identify as Jane Roe of 1937.
  
• On October 18, 1942, 23-year-old Harriet Lichtenberg of Brooklyn died in Royal Hospital, the Bronx, from suspected criminal abortion complications.
  
• Sometime between 1942 and 1949, Iva Rodeffer Davis Coffman performed an abortion on Kerneda C. Bennett, resulting in her death.
  
• On November 18, 1942, 26-year-old Madeline McGeehan died at Prospect Hospital in New York after an illegal abortion.
  
• On March 28, 1942, 19-year-old Cleo Florence Moore died at New Rochelle Hospital in New York from peritonitis from an illegal abortion.
  
• On February 14, 1942, Florence Nimick Schnoor, age 24, died at St. Joseph's Hospital in New York of what the coroner called a "brutal and inept" illegal abortion.
  
• On February 14, 1944, Amelia Cardito, 34-year-old mother of 4, underwent an illegal abortion at the office of Dr. Anthony Renda.
  
• On March 5, 1945, Beatrice Fern Fisher took her four-year-old daughter and $100 in cash and drove to Seattle to seek her former physician. She arranged an abortion that was ultimately fatal.
  
• At 11 AM on October 17, 1947, Dr. Paul Singer, a gynecologist, called police and reported that a woman had come to his office suffering from an incomplete abortion.
  
• On March 21, 1947, Ilene Eagen was brought to Mankato, Minnesota, to the dental office of W. A. Groebner for an abortion.
  
• On December 5, 1948, Dr. Cyril B. Babb pleaded guilty to performing a fatal abortion on Doris Becker the previous Wednesday in his office.
  
• On July 29, 1949, on the basis of a third-party referral, Dorothy Martin went to the home of P.D. Beigun for an abortion.

From 1940 to 1945, there was roughly a 50% drop in abortion deaths (from 1,407 in 1940 to 744 in 1945), thanks to the development of antibiotics. Then from 1945 to 1950 came a tremendous drop, with abortion mortality falling to roughly a third of the previous tally (down to 263).



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New test may allow early, better treatment of Tay-Sachs and other metabolic diseases

Novel Newborn Screening Can Open Door To Treating Rare But Devastating Diseases
A drop of blood and an enzyme analysis can lead to early, precise diagnosis of Tay-Sachs and other devastating metabolic diseases. If the baby is diagnosed before he or she starts to show symptoms, damage can be delayed and both quality and length of life improved.

New additions

Abortionist Vasant Acharya

Abortionist David B. Aberman

Planned Parenthood of New York City

Abortionist Sunthorn Bunyaviroch

Abortionist Charles L. Johnson

Abortionist Gan Tijook

Abortionist Manohar Lal

Manohar Lal added to RealChoice

As part of my routine updating of RealChoice, I've added a page on abortionist Manohar Lal, who botched abortions at his own clinic as well as at National Abortion Federation member Akron Center for Reproductive Health, the clinic where Robin Wells underwent her fatal abortion.

Lack of care does have a good result, sometimes

A patient I call "Lauren" benefitted from Planned Parenthood's sloppiness by at least getting one live baby to love -- and to worry about.

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Some prochoicers do admit that occasionally it's possible that maybe at some fringe place, a woman just might, theoretically, have a less than ideal abortion experience. But prochoicers hold firm that at Planned Parenthood, love and perfection reign. All a woman has to do is waltz into her local PP, and she can rest assured that no bad thing could ever happen to her. She will be held in the highest regard, respected totally as a unique person with unique needs. She will be given all the time and care and information and support and counseling and love and good vibes she could ever need. It's sort of the abortion worshippers' version of being rocked in the bosom of Abraham.

But even within the sacred confines of the temples of Planned Parenthood, reality often bites.

Lauren alleged that she underwent an abortion by Dr. Ghazi Accaoui at Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island September 22, 1990. Because the clinic had received an ultrasound report, they should have been aware of, and should have notified Lauren of, the fact that she was carrying twins.

Accaoui aborted only one twin and sent Lauren home. Lauren's 3-week follow-up appointment was canceled by Planned Parenthood due to a shortage of staff. Lauren repeatedly attempted to reschedule, but said that the phone would be busy when she called at 8 AM as instructed. When she would call later in the morning, when she could get through, they would tell her to call back again at 8 AM because that is their time for scheduling appointments.

Lauren returned to Planned Parenthood for a counseling appointment in October but was not given a physical exam. She discovered the survival of the second fetus during her annual physical exam in February of 1991.

Lauren was plagued with much fear that the surviving fetus had been injured by the abortion, and continued to suffer fear that infant "Joshua," born May 16, might suffer residual effects from the lack of early prenatal care and the prenatal loss of his twin sibling.

Lauren is seeing a clinical psychologist bi-weekly due to ongoing emotional distress. She said, "No one spoke to me about the risks associated with an abortion. However, I was given an information handout to sign entitled 'Facts About Early Abortion.'"

Will the fact that not every woman who enters a Planned Parenthood finds only sweetness and light wake up the prochoice community to the idea that perhaps all is not well in their temple?

I'm sure they will -- right around the same time the Democratic National Committee invites Alan Keyes and Bill Bennett to address their convention.

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According to the Rhode Island medical board site, Accaoui lacks hospital privileges, and has been disciplined. The site does not give details on the disciplinary action.

NAF opposes choice for nurses, too

Just Half of Nursing Programs Have Abortion Ed, Activists Complain

The National Abortion Federation is complaining that only half of nursing, physician-assistant, and nurse-midwife training programs teach students how to perform or assist in killing embryos and fetuses.

The appalling thing to me is that half do teach this barbaric practice.

NAF, of course, doesn't want any medical practitioners to have any choice. Ten years ago the drive was to force all physicians to learn to kill. Now the drive is to get the nurses to do the dirty work.

Note to NAF: Set up your own optional program to teach medical professionals how to be killers. If it's so important to you, make it free.

That said: On the plus side, fewer than half of the programs responded to NAF's survey in the first place, so it's possible that the majority, who didn't respond, didn't consider it even worth their dignity to participate in such an appalling and gruesome survey.

A survey spokesperson did say something that I can agree with, after a fashion:

Regardless of an individual's interest in and intention to provide abortion services as part of her or his practice, all APCs need to be knowledgeable about ... abortion.

Indeed, they should know how to help identify abortion-vulnerable patients and get them to real care. They should know how to identify and treat abortion complications. And I'd not oppose letting each of them take a gander at the results of abortion: a few shredded fetuses and weeping, disconsolate mothers.

Somebody was looking for abortion infection

So I've added a deaths page for Infection Deaths.

Somebody was looking for David Gluck

Gluck performed the fatal abortion on Alerte Desanges, and was Medical Director of C.R.A.S.H. when K.B. died.

After K.B.'s death, inspectors noted that CRASH "did not employ proper monitoring equipment or procedures,"""had no working EKG machine," and didn't have a cardiac defibrillator. They noted that no one on staff was qualified to perform CPR. No one on staff was qualified to administer anesthesia, and they did not use proper procedures or equipment. Anesthesia was administered "by eye," with no means of accurately measuring the dose. Dosage was estimated to be twice that recommended in the procedure manual.

The operating rooms were found to be ill-lit, and there was no soap or paper towels at the scrub sink. The scrub sinks were stained, the walls and floors dirty, trash was stored in the scrub room. There were red make-up stains on the oxygen masks and nitrous oxide masks, dusty tubing on the suction machines, and blood on the wheels of the operating table.

CRASH had no documentation verifying the credentials or qualifications Gluck. Gluck had been previously convicted of felony charges related to the sale of 48,000 Diluadid tabets to pay off gambling debts. His license had actually been revoked two months before K.B.'s death, but had been restored by judicial stay.