August 26, 2005

Eugenics at Carle Foundation Hospital

(Note: Thanks to Pro-Life Blogs for hosting the PDF)

Eugenics is the sterilizing of the "unfit" so that only the fit can breed. This was all the rage in the 30s until Hitler took it to its logical extension and it fell out of style. Many states allowed courts to order sterilization of criminals or others that those in power deemed not fit to procreate. The laws were eventually overturned.

That brings me to this story. On March 10th, 2005 a woman was admitted to Carle Foundation hospital. She was several months pregnant and was admitted for complications to her pregnancy and for apparent drug abuse. At admission, the staff identified "Communication Barriers" on a form even though the patient speaks fluent English (Page 1 in the linked PDF document below). Page 2 is an authorization form for sterilization "signed" on March 12th. Page 3 and 4 are the nursing charts that show on 3/11 the "pt (patient) would not wake up", on 3/12 that the nurses could not do a consultation with her because the drugs (which included the ones given by the hospital at this point) have not worn off, and that on 3/13 says the "pt (patient) finally 'waking up'". The patient was admitted on the 11th but unable to communicate until the 13th, yet signed a form authorizing sterilization on the 12th. How precisely can a patient unable to communicate and unable to "wake up" sign a consent form to have her tubes tied? The law in Illinois for medical treatment is "informed consent" and based on the nurse's own statements, this patient was in no position to consent to anything and certainly not do so in an informed matter.

Here are the excerpts of the medical records which have had identifying information redacted except the patient number so Carle can verify these records should they so choose.

After receiving this information I tried to see if this has happened to other women. I received 2 reports that women were pressured into signing these forms and refused but nothing quite on the level of this. This could be one nurse who took matters into her own hands or an institutional policy, I just don't know that right now and I have been unable to successfully dig deeper. I'm of the opinion that if this has happened once in such a flagrant manner, what's to say it hasn't happened before or won't happen again. Only some public prying will be able to determine it which is the intention of this post.

One may argue that sterilization of women with drug problems is a good thing, to them I say why not wait until she is awake and convince her? Sure, I'm against sterilization but it is legal in this country. Why not deal with the drug problem instead of sterilizing the woman and dropping her back into her bad situation? What happens when the woman breaks free of her drug problem and later wants to have children when she's clean? What happened here was a hospital staffer trying to slip through this sterilization because they wanted to impose it on her. Luckily, this time they got caught and the authorization was revoked. The courts and legislatures have decided that they have no place controlling who should breed; certainly nurses in hospitals shouldn't be making those decisions either.

CLARIFICATION:

Apparently I was less than clear... once she "came to" she told asked the nurses about this thing she signed, they told her, and she eventually (with difficulty) got the permission revoked. The just got the form signed so when she delivered, they would be able to "take care of it" with no questions asked.

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Abortion Advocates Fight Against Choice

Abortion advocates are in a fight over the current HHS appropriations bill and whether hospitals, doctors, and medical personnel can be forced to be involved in abortion or risk losing any federal funds they may receive. This comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by the State of California to overturn such provisions.

Here is another example of the "pro-choice" crowd fighting against the choice of medical providers in what services they want to provide and attempting to nullify their consciences. They argue that they aren't pro-abortion but then insist that every doctor must be jumping to perform abortions on demand. Any provider who refuses on the basis of conscience to provide any abortion-related services will likely face a revocation of their licenses.

The pro-abortion crowd not only wants to prevent medical providers from having a choice on what services they provide, they also want to exclude the religious from not only public life but even private jobs (with the ACLU trying to eliminate tax exemption for churches). If you're religious not only do they not want to allow you the choice to follow your conscience, they want to prevent your choice of profession.

So much for choice.

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The .XXX Top-Level Domain

There has been a bit of talk about the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) and whether it should be approved. When I got around to writing something, I thought it was stale news, but apparently discussion is making the rounds.

In short, the TLD is meant for, you guessed it, porn. The Bush Administration doesn’t like it because it will create a virtual “red-light” district on the web. There are some concerns that it will legitimize pornography.

I think it’s a good idea, honestly. One, pornography is already legitimized if you are using the strict meaning of that word. There is nothing illegal about it (save some sparse regulations) and, let’s be honest, it’s ingrained into the culture. It doesn’t make it a good thing, but the Supreme Court has made it the law of the land that it gets to stay. Even if US laws were able to stop it, it would still come in from overseas and I don’t think we want a China-like Internet setup with the government censoring what we can see on the web. Pornography is bad for the soul and for that matter even bad for society, but it is up to people who believe that to make the case on an individual basis at this point.

Two, this makes it that much easier to block some porn. Anything that ends in “.xxx” gets denied. Very simple, doesn’t require any new filtering technology or anyone to scour the web to put sites in the filter. If anything, it makes it that much more obvious when someone is looking at porn (a.k.a. your kids) and dealing with it. It would be great if all porn (or at least most) could be kicked to the .xxx TLD, it would make filtering it for those who don’t want it that much easier.

When I was in Milan a few years ago, I was struck by the constant array of “sex shops” in otherwise respectable neighborhoods and essentially pornographic ads on TV (usual telephone commercials, I don’t know why). A red-light district at least lets you know where to avoid if you don’t want to be exposed to it. The same is true for a TLD.

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August 25, 2005

The ACLU Declares Jihad on Abstinence Education

In a direct attack against common sense, the ACLU has waged a relentless war against teaching kids the simple fact that if you don’t have sex, you don’t get pregnant or get STDs. The ACLU applauded a recent decision by the federal government to suspend funding to Silver Ring Thing because it was using the money to evangelize and convert people. While they are very correct that this was a misuse of funds, it is part of a larger campaign to kick abstinence education out of the schools as inherently religious. In fact, a recent study by Rep. Waxman (that has been debunked) cited religion as a primary concern about these programs. The ACLU agrees.

They cite evidence that abstinence education programs do not work. History disproves this as we haven’t had anything close to the rates of single mothers, teenage pregnancies, or STD infections before sex-ed was taught in schools. For centuries, if not millennia, telling people to reserve sex for marriage worked. If they want proof, look back 100 years. Abstinence works every time it’s tried.

The irony is that while suggesting there is proof that abstinence education does not work, Planned Parenthood (through their research arm) has inadvertently shown that sex-ed and easy access to birth control has not slowed unintended pregnancies, reduced abortion, or reduced STD infections. Their recent report says:

“54% of women having abortions used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant. 76% of pill users and 49% of condom users reported using the methods inconsistently, while 13% of pill users and 14% of condom users reported correct use.”

Easy access to contraception has INCREASED the rate of infections of AIDS in Africa. Condoms are unable to protect against the single biggest cause of cervical cancer, HPV. Sex-ed in schools is based around teaching children “Hey, its ok, go out, have fun, just use a condom and you’ll be ok.” There is no attempt to deal with the emotional maturity issues regarding sex which leaves children so unprepared that the rate of kids committing suicide increases with sexual activity. They talk about moral programming and how it is ineffective at teaching youth abstinence, but rely on moral programming to teach them to use condoms.

The facts are these: abstinence education works and throwing condoms at kids doesn’t. If you aren’t ready to be a daddy you might want to think about not having sex which is the only effective way to not become one.

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August 16, 2005

NARAL: All Legitimacy Left Behind

NARAL has hit rock-bottom...

And they've started to dig.

They pulled the commercial but are still insisting Roberts supports violence against abortion clinics. Read more from Culture & Cosmos below.

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NARAL Website Still Portrays Judge John Roberts as Defender of Violence

Despite their decision to pull a misleading television ad that accuses Judge John G. Roberts of defending violence against abortion clinics, NARAL Pro-Choice America remains strongly opposed to Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court. Their website, ProChoiceAmerica.org, features a special section devoted to providing talking points and other documents designed to hurt Roberts' confirmation chances including one that continues to portray him as a defender of clinic violence.

NARAL has come under intense criticism for a recent television ad that implied that Roberts defended the perpetrators of 1998 bombing of a Birmingham, Ala. abortion clinic. The accusation stems from an amicus curiae brief Roberts co-authored seven years before the bombing when he was Deputy Solicitor General in the administration of President George H.W. Bush. In a brief for the case Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic, Roberts argued that protestors at an abortion clinic could not be prosecuted under a Civil War era civil rights law. In his oral argument before the Supreme Court, Roberts makes it clear that the protesters should be prosecuted for any state laws they violated such as trespassing, disturbing the peace or inciting a riot.

The ad came under a barrage of criticism, including from supporters of abortion like Frances Kissling, president of "Catholics" for a Free Choice. After a letter denouncing it was sent to NARAL by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, who is pro-abortion, the ad was pulled. In a letter to Specter, NARAL president Nancy Keenan did not apologize for the ad's content but did say she regretted "that many people have misconstrued our recent advertisement about Mr. Roberts' record."

The day after pulling the ad, NARAL communications director David E. Seldin announced he was resigning immediately. In an e-mail to coworkers he said, "I've been thinking for a while that I would most likely leave after the Supreme Court nomination fight was over, and by leaving now I can spend the next two weeks in Cape Cod with my family relaxing, instead of trying to find a place with good cell phone reception." A Washington Post report said Seldin was among a group of Democrats who thought they should be tougher on Roberts.

Despite pulling the ad, NARAL is using the same rhetoric as the ad in its online campaign to stop confirmation of Roberts saying he "argued in support of the violent clinic protesters at Operation Rescue who have tried to block women's access to basic health care services with bombs and threats of murder." The document accuses Roberts of being "so driven by ideology that he will excuse lawless conduct against women and other Americans."

In a list of talking points on the website, NARAL says that the "Bush administration owes it to the American public to disclose all relevant information about John Roberts, including his taxes, records from his job as Deputy Solicitor General, and the radical right's role in his selection."

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August 11, 2005

I was Wrong About NARAL & Planned Parenthood

I'm probably one of the few bloggers on the net that will admit when he was wrong, and I was wrong about Planned Parenthood and NARAL, and in general the Left as a whole. To lie requires intent. When they said John Roberts supports clinic bombers and extremists they did not intend to deceive. They sincerely believe that anyone against abortion is ipso facto a clinic bomber, terrorist, and extremist. They aren't lying because they believe if you are against abortion, you are an extreme terrorist.

Even though poll, after poll, after poll, after poll say that the majority or near a majority are pro-life, they continue to label anyone pro-life as extreme. Anyone who dares speaks out against abortion is a clinic bomber to them and they consider any form of picketing as a form of violence and constitute criminal activity on par with the Mafia or the Klan.

While they believe violence against clinics is evil, they celebrate violence against non-violent protestors. Even the implication of violence against abortion providers must be stopped. (Hint: Any pro-life group that felt threatened by PP's cartoon can just take the lawsuit against the Nuremberg Files, change the name, and re-file it). They insist they are trying to protect minors but they protect them against having their child rapist boyfriends arrested for their crimes.

So in the end, they aren't lying. They sincerely believe in what they are saying. The problem is that their sense of reality is gone. The next time someone talks to you about the "divisiveness" in American politics, point them Left. It wasn't the GOP that brackets out ideas and groups as unacceptable.

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August 10, 2005

CNN Runs Known False Ad by NARAL

FactCheck.org found that the information in NARAL's latest ad, the Roberts filed briefs to support clinic bombers is false. CNN is running the ad anyway.

To pro-choicers, anyone who is against abortion is a clinic bomber and terrorist.

In other news, liberal columnist Christopher Morris has largely proved my point from yesterday that Catholics should recuse themselves from any case that their religion has a stance on... namely abortion.

HT: QandO Blog, RedState, Michelle Malkin, Powerline

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August 08, 2005

Celebrating Guardians who Kill

In what only can be considered bizarre, the Florida State Guardianship Association honored Michael Schiavo as Guardian of the Year for being a hero in “mercifully” killing his wife in a method that would be illegal to apply to most animals. It shouldn’t be surprising that the Florida Bar Association gave Judge Greer the Judge of the Year Award for his part in defining separation of powers as prohibiting any check from the Legislature or Executive Branches against the juristocracy. In a society that celebrates people who abort their kids, is it any surprise that people celebrate guardians who delete their charges?

It’s a society that is outraged by stories of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, but remains silent when Planned Parenthood covers up about the same number of child rape cases in 1 year in the state of Illinois than the Catholic Church “covered up” in 50 years nationwide. It’s a society that couldn’t care less that child sex abuse takes place in public schools in much larger proportions.

So while Michael Schiavo and the Florida Lawyers and Guardians associations are celebrating their power to put the powerless to death, the rest of us can celebrate the miracle of birth of Susan Torres to a courageous father who kept his wife on life support so the child could be born.

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June 24, 2005

Friday Fax / All Pro-Lifers Left Behind

Apparently having pro-life voices at the UN is too much to be allowed for an inclusive organization concerned with giving voices to all people everywhere. Some would criticize saying the UN is an organization that has given up on peace-keeping and has concerned itself with killing babies everywhere. Stunts like this reinforce such notions.

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UN Excludes Pro-Life Groups from Important UN Meeting

For the last two days, hundreds of UN-picked international lobby groups have gathered in New York for discussions with the UN General Assembly about the upcoming Millennium Summit +5. Numerous pro-life, pro-family groups applied to participate, but all were rejected by a handpicked panel of the United Nations. As a result, yesterday's sessions consisted of repeated and unopposed calls for more access to abortion and homosexual rights through the Millennium Development Goals.

The UN's "informal interactive hearings" with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are the first of their kind. Ominously to pro-life groups, Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette opening remarks called them a "significant new step in the way the United Nations relates to civil society." UN bureaucrats and radical NGOs have sought for years for a way to keep pro-life groups out of UN negotiations but they have largely failed. This new approach has succeeded.

Participating NGOs for this round of negotiations were chosen by a task force under Jean Ping of Gabon, President of the General Assembly. Aside from Ping and his staff, the task force included ten lobby group representatives, including the radical feminist group Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).

WEDO is circulating a document today at the UN which calls for the +5 Summit to "reaffirm that universal access to sexual and reproductive health by 2015 and protection of reproductive rights are critical for achieving the MDGs." Another WEDO pamphlet states that "Right-wing forces everywhere invoke culture and religion to deny women's rights," and blames "cultural and religious fundamentalism" for blocking women's "reproductive health and rights." Terms such as "reproductive rights" are misused at the UN to include abortion.

C-FAM and numerous other pro-family, pro-life groups, most with official UN status, applied to participate in the hearings, but were rejected by the task force. Selected NGOs include the International Planned Parenthood Federation and other pro-abortion groups such as the National Youth Network for Reproductive Rights and Family Care International.

Thursday's sessions saw repeated calls for "universal access to sexual and reproductive health services and a full recognition and protection of reproductive rights," by participants such as the Association for Women's Rights in Development. The Europe Youth Network for Sexual & Reproductive Rights and other groups also called for greater access to abortion for young people.

Several groups also stressed the protection of rights based on "sexual orientation." The representative of MADRE, an Argentine group, stated that gays and lesbians must have their "sexual rights, gender identity and gender _expression" protected. "No religion...can be excused for these violations."

The hearings were partially funded by Canada, Finland and Norway.

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June 16, 2005

In Maine It's Murder to Kill a Pregnant Woman, To Kill Her Child Is Apparently Legal

Maine Family Unhappy With Compromise on Unborn Victims Bill

Maine's legislators apparently compromised on the fact that killing a pregnant woman is a little more serious than killing a non-pregnant woman. They did not, however, add a second charge to killing the unborn child. You still can only be charged for the first murder, but the fact that the child died is only a consideration during sentencing.

This, however, goes to show that an unborn child is something of consequence to people not simply a blob of cells. No one minds getting warts lasered off (another type of cell blobs) but when you kill an unborn child it somehow makes a murder worse...

If life didn't start until birth, then why do so many people support punishing people who criminally attack pregnant woman and injure the child (despite the fact in this case they don't recognize a second charge)?

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May 23, 2005

No Restriction is Too Small - How the Supreme Court Enables Child Rapists

No restriction is too small for the Supreme Court to rule unconstitutional if it prevents a raped 9 year old from getting an abortion to cover up for her rapist. No restriction can be allowed to prevent minors from having abortions.

In all things, until you are 18, you are a child with parents who make decisions for you. You can't get a tattoo, you can't choose your school, you can't get a credit card, you can't even go on a school field trip unless your parents say ok. But if you want an abortion, and only if you want an abortion, are you suddenly charged with power to make your own decisions. This is the kind of judicial stupidity imposed upon society by the juristocracy.

Of course, the ACLU is trying to overturn this law. The heroes of freedom at the ACLU want to make sure that all child predators are free and clear when it comes to impregnating kids and getting away with it (* see footnotes). Planned Parenthood even glorifies young girls dating (and having sex with) older men on their own website for kids.

- Sources that indicate as the age of the impregnanted girl goes down, the age of the father goes up.

· Males M, Chew K, "The Ages of Fathers in California Adolescent Births, 1993," American Journal of Public Health, 1996, 86(4):565-568

· Males, "Adult involvement in teenage childbearing and STD," The Lancet, 1995, 346:64-65.

· Montfort, Sue, Brick, Peggy. Unequal Partners, Second Edition. The Center for Family Life Education, Planned Parenthood of Greater northern New Jersey, Inc.: Morristown, NJ, 2000.

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May 03, 2005

Eugenics in Champaign

I finally got the medical records I've been waiting for. I asked for them around 3/14 and just got them today. To be fair they've been waiting for a week for me to come get them, but that's still 5 weeks to xerox not all that much. The important docs were not in the set I was given, but I managed to get them because they were in another file. I'll be fair and chalk that up to crappy record keeping.

The record largely reflects what I thought. Patient was admitted on 3/10 and didn't "wake up" (their words) until 3/14. She was documented as having communication difficulties and was recorded in several places as not being able to communicate effectively or for that matter meaningfully. But here's the catch, apparently she signed on 3/12 permission to be sterilized. Based on the medical records, she was in absolutely no position to consent to that. The doctor/nurse/hospital took it upon themselves to ensure that someone they thought was unfit could not have any more children (aside of say, addressing the problems instead).

I'm still going to hold the rest of the info (i.e. the names) until I can figure out if this was a matter of policy (which I imagine it was, if they did this to one person, they'll do it to others) or just a one-off. When I figure that out, I'll come full on with the story. Stay tuned.

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May 02, 2005

BREAKING NEWS: Planned Parenthood Flouting Illinois Law for Fun and Profit

I was skimming through LiveJournal and came across this:
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http://www.livejournal.com/community/chambana/954029.html?view=6356653#t6356653

Free Emergency Contraception!!
Emergency Contraception is for you when you want it.

The Great EC Giveaway

May 11 5:30-7:00 p.m.

At Planned Parenthood Of East Central Illinois
302 East Stoughton
Champaign

No exam, no hassle, and NO MONEY!!

Fill out a short application and receive a box of Plan B - absolutely free!

Tell your friends, bring them with you, and come yourself.
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I have called Planned Parenthood and the woman who answered the phone confirmed this event is taking place sponsored by their education department.

The problem is that EC in Illinois still requires a prescription. They COULD have a qualified person on hand to write those presecriptions but unless people are planning on scheduling their "accidents" on May 10th, it's clear they are putting these drugs in circulation for future use and not relating to any current issues. This is in complete disregard of the law. The notice itself makes clear this as well.

In short, they are giving away this prescription drug for free without a prescription knowing full well it is going to be stockpiled. This is flagrantly illegal. The police have been notified.

Here is contact info:

Planned Parenthood Champaign
302 E. Stoughton
Champaign, IL 61820-5414
(217) 359-8022
(217) 359-2683 (Fax)

Champaign Police Department
Phone: 217/351-4545

Illinois Department of Public Health
535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, Illinois 62761
Phone 217-782-4977
Fax 217-782-3987

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April 20, 2005

Planned Parenthood Says Prosecuting Child Rape Will Violate Privacy

Indiana Abortion-Sexual Abuse Investigation Goes to Court

The Indiana AG is finally getting around to investigating only 40 cases of dramatically underage girls getting abortion. (Though researchshows the number of cases in 2000 alone is almost 6000). Planned Parenthood says disclosing records of girls under 13 who had abortions (and were by the virtue of being pregnant raped and abused) would violate the right of privacy of the sexual predators that think raping kids is a-ok the young girls.

Apparently, the stories of desperate young women who have no where to turn except Planned Parenthood obscures one fact. That they just want to cover up the rape so the rapist can victimize more girls and increase the cash flow of this "not for profit" organization.
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April 09, 2005

Mae Magouirk Now Being Fed

WorldNews Daily reports that Mae Magouirk, the grandmother in Georgia who was being denied food and water without being comatose, terminal, or vegetative was airlifted and is now receiving food in water. The fight isn't over, but it is clear that the Judge and others saw what happened with Terri Schiavo and want to be much more cautious before starving people to death, certainly when the living will is OPPOSED to that action being taken.
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April 07, 2005

Another Woman Being Starved Who isn't Dying

The following is from Powers that Blog by way of a tip from Fr. Rob at Thrownback.

The downlow is that a granddaughter in Georgia without documentation (and turns out not only was she not, but there is no law in Georgia allowing for this to begin with) claimed medical power of attorney over her grandmother who isn't in a coma, isn't vegetative, and isn't terminal, sent he to a hospice and started to starve her. A non-lawyer judge (I guess this is possible in Georgia) let it ride. The immediate family and the living will both express that this is not the wishes of the grandmother. Apparently the granddaughter is also the sole heir.

Here's what I got.

April 06, 2005
Shiavo case Redux in Georgia: Mae Magouirknot comatose,not vegetative,not terminal, BEING STARVED AND DEHYDRATED TO DEATH (Update)
RECEIVED VIA EMAIL - EMERGENCY
Please propagate throughout the Internet!

UPDATE 1(noticed question in comments about authentication): This was confirmed by lengthy telephone call before it was posted. I personally spoke with Kenneth Mullinax, and have more details than has been posted. We do need to seek copies of court documents for posting

From: The Family of Mae Magouirk
To: BlogsForTerri and their readers
Subject: Family Seeking Help From BFT Bloggers and Media
April 6, 2005

Contact: Kenneth Mullinax Ph: 205-408-7598
mailto:Mockingbird@compuhelp.net

Why is Hospice LaGrange, Ga. withholding nourishment?

Mae Magouirk is being withheld nourishment and fluids and the Provisions of her Living Will are not being honored at the Hospice-LaGrange, (1510 Vernon Street, LaGrange Troup County Georgia, (706-845-3905) a subsidiary of the LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange Georgia.

Her family is desperately seeking to save her life before she dies of malnourishment and dehydration.

Mae Magouirk IS NOT comatose and she IS NOT vegetative. She is not terminal!

Despite these facts the Hospice and Beth Gaddy (706-882-9124), a school teacher at LaGranges Calloway Middle School and granddaughter of Mae Magouirk(who according to "heresay," may have been mismanaging funds of the 85 yr-old woman) have been denying her proactive nourishment or fluids (via a nose administered feeding tube or fluids via an IV) since March 28 without prior legal consent; against the wishes of her Living Will and against the wishes of Mae Magouirks closest living next of kin. Mae Magouirks next of kin are: Mr. A. B. McLeod (Her Brother 256-236-1331) and Mrs. Lonnie Ruth Mullinax (Her sister 205-408-7598) both of nearby Anniston, Alabama.

Under Georgia law, unless a medical durable power of attorney is in place, your closest living next of kin are stipulated to make all medical decisions. When Mae Magouirks closest living next of kin lodged a complaint with Hospice LaGranges in-house attorney Carol Todd (706-882-1411) last Thursday, March 31, Ms. Todd checked Mae Magouirks case file and upon examination of both documents discovered that Beth Gaddy DID NOT have the durable medical power of attorney for Mae Magouirk and upon closer examination of Mae Magouirks Living Will ascertained that fluids and nourishment were ONLY TO BE WITHHELD if she was either comatose or vegetative.

SHE IS IN NEITHER STATE!!!

Nor is Mae Magouirk terminally ill. Her local LaGrange, Ga. cardiologist, Dr. James Brennan (706-812-4308) and Dr. Raed Aqel, (205-934-9999) a highly acclaimed interventional cardiologist at the nationally renowned University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center have determined that Mae Magouirks aortic dissection is contained and not presently life threatening.

Two weeks ago, Mae Magouirks aorta had a dissection and she was hospitalized in the LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange, Ga. Her aortic problem was at first determined to be severe and she was admitted in the intensive care Unit. Her granddaughter, Beth Gaddy, a teacher at the Calloway Middle School in LaGrange, stated that she held Mae Magouirks medical power of attorney and thus invoked said powers against the wishes of Mae Magouirks closest living next of kin by having her moved to Hospice-LaGrange. While at Hospice-LaGrange, Beth Gaddy stated that her wishes were for no nourishment for Mae Magouirk v Probate Judge Donald Boyd (706) 883-1690)
Court CASE NUMBER: Estate 138-05

Attorney for saving Maes life: Jack Kirby, Kirby & Roberts, (706) 884-2992***

Update 2:
On the personal side, I know that many if not all of you are emotionally and perhaps physically exhausted from all of your efforts during the last week of Terri's life. I share that malady. We fought hard, but we were new at the game of trying to save a life with our keyboards, and allowed ourselves to often think with our hearts instead of our heads.

But that's behind us, and we are a larger group now and growing, we've gained some experience and contacts, we've learned a little more about how to work together and are getting better organized, and we are learning how to divide up our labors and act quickly. Let's try to avoid letting our hearts overtake us, let's use them because they are a great asset, but we have to outsmart and outwork the euthanasia crowd, and let's not forget that. We are likely to have many people like Terri that need our help, so let's move forward methodically and with determination to stay the course, together.

One last thing: We know how hateful and angry our opposition can be, but let's not fall into the trap of getting angry ourselves - let's keep our cool, be an example for others to follow, and by all means pray hard and fight hard.

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April 05, 2005

Who's who in the Terri Schiavo Case

A reader just sent this in to me which is a pretty good summary that I think was first posted at Myopic Zeal

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March 25, 2005

Cast of Characters in the Schiavo Case

The following is a compilation of the cast of characters related to the Schiavo case.

(Note: This is a work in progress. Items will be added as more information is gathered. To assist with the case of Terri Schiavo and to help the Schindlers with their continuing efforts, information provided here may be freely used with the condition that Myopic Zeal is credited with the compilation. This is a compilation taken from public records, news accounts, and information provided from a variety of other sources. If you have additional, credible information regarding a cast of characters please communicate with us.)

Disclaimer: This compilation is not intended to imply anything. It is an effort to compile a cast of characters as might be related to the Terri Schiavo case and their relationships as well as events possibly related to the cast. While deemed to be reliable to the best of our knowledge, as with any legal proceeding all information below should be double checked and verified.

  • Michael Schiavo, husband of Terri Schiavo and a Florida registered
    respiratory therapist and registerd nurse (RN license RN9164785) He was issued his nursing license January 18th, 2000 and its expiration is April 30, 2005 (link via Daily Inklings).

    • Living with another woman (Jodi Centonze) who is not his wife and
      has two children by this woman.
    • Hired by Sheriff Everett Rice to work in the Inmates
      Medical Care
      Division of the Pinellas County Jail around October 11th, 2004
    • Listed as a director, Jerger & Centonze Insurance Agency, Inc.,
      2002; an inactive corp.
    • Admitted under oath on two occasions that Terri Schiavo did not have
      bulimia according to Attorney Patricia Anderson.

  • Jodi Centonze, girlfriend (sometimes called fiancee) of
    Michael Schiavo and mother of his two children.

    • Owns the address which is registered as the address of Jerger &
      Centonze Insurance Agency, Inc.
    • Mother is Eleanor Centonze.

  • Eleanor Centonze, mother of Michael Schiavos girlfriend.


    • Employed under Rice in the civil division of the Pinellas
      County Sheriffs
      Dept. from 1979 until 1999.
    • Died in 2004

  • John Centonze, brother of Michael Schiavos girlfriend.

  • Trudy Capone, former girlfriend of Michael Schiavo
    although claims they were not romantically involved.

    • Indicates Michael had no idea what Terri wanted regarding a situation of
      incapacity.
    • Her affidavit is found here and is very compelling.

  • Cindy Shook Brashers, former girlfriend of Michael
    Schiavo.

  • George J. Felos, lawyer, hired by Michael Schiavo to be
    his attorney in mid-1997.

    • Felos & Felos, 595 Main St., Dunedin, FL 34698. Fax (727) 736-1402
    • Felos is a euthanasia advocate and prominent right-to-die attorney.
    • Past Chairman of Board of Directors for The Hospice of the
      Florida
      Suncoast.
    • Held board position from at least Feb. 13, 1997 to roughtly April 26, 2001.
    • Founding member of the National Legal Advisors
      Committee on Choice
      in Dying.
    • Graduated from BU School of Law
    • Author, Litigation as Spiritual Practice (Blue
      Dolphin
      Publishing, 2002) and creator of the Continuing Education Course
      (and article by the same name) called Meditation for Lawyers.
    • Admitted on Fox televisions Fox & Friends, April 1, 2005, that he
      has addressed the Hemlock Society, renamed the Choice in Dying Society, a
      pro-euthanasia group.

  • Jon R. Thogmartin, M.D. District Chief Medical Examiner,
    Pinellas County, FL

    • According to the Medical Examiners Office, The mission of the Medical
      Examiners office is to fulfill the needs outlined in F.S. 406, to be of
      service to families of the deceased, and local government agencies. In
      short, our mission is to determine the cause and manner of death under
      certain circumstances. This mission requires the utmost objectivity
      irrespective of personal beliefs or emotional attachment to the
      circumstances of any particular case.
    • Started the job in 2000.
    • His major fields of interest are wound ballistics, firearms, infant
      deaths, child abuse, asphyxia, and forensic toxicology.
    • Thogmartin has also done his share of teaching. In Texas, beginning in
      1984, he was a teaching assistant at Southern Methodist in the Department of
      Chemistry, and at the University of Health Science Center at San Antonio in
      the Departments of Cellular and Structural Biology and Pathology. More
      recently, in Miami, at the Dade County Medical Examiner Office and IACP
      Seminar, he taught a course on Strangulation and Other Compressions.
    • Support Staff:
      Noel Palma, M.D., Deputy Chief Medical
      Examiner
      Susan Ignacio, M.D., Associate Medical Examiner
      Chris Wilson,
      M.D., Associate Medical Examiner
      Daniel Schultz, M.D., Associate Medical
      Examiner
      William A. Pellan, Director of Investigations
      Reta Newman,
      M.A., Director of PCFL

  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN senior medical correspondent.

    • Interviewed on March 29 and March 30, 2005 on Aaron Brown and Larry
      King. Was asked to comment on the brain scans of Terri Schiavo which they
      showed next to a scan of a normal brain. Inspite of leading questions, Gupta
      reiterated several times and made a point of emphasizing that no definitive
      state can be determined from an autopsy of the brain. Gupta stated several
      times that he had seen cases where the brain scan looked similar to Terris
      and the person was very functional. He had seen other scans that looked
      almost normal and the patient was without any function.

  • The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc, 300 E.
    Bay Drive, Largo, FL 33770.

    • Assets approximately $25.5 million, revenues approx. $8 million,
      expenses approx. $6 million.
    • Files as a 501(c)(03) tax exempt organization.
    • Website: www.thehospice.org (based on the treatment Terri Schiavo has
      received under the care of this hospice organization, caution and reasonable
      skepticism are advised when reading this site.)
    • Operates Woodside Hospice where Terri Schiavo was moved by Michael Schiavo and George Felos without
      authorization       nor proper certification as to terminal illness.
    • According to the Hospice:
      Woodside, a community-supported hospice
      house, provides around-the-clock care in a home-like setting for patients
      who are unable to remain in other living arrangements. Hospice Villas
      Woodside permit patients and families independent living with professional
      help close at hand.
    • Re: nursing homes
      The Hospice works in partnership with local
      nursing homes to meet the needs of residents nearing the end of life.
    • Subject of two lawsuits regarding breach of confidentiality with
      medical records by its for-profit subsidiary, Suncoast Solutions in 2002-03.

  • Mary Labyak, Executive Director and President, The Hospice of
    the
    Florida Suncoast which oversees Woodside Hospice.

    • Current board member of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.
    • Board member of Partnership for Caring (a direct offspring of
      the
      Euthanasia Society of America).
    • Board member of National Hospice Foundation
    • National Director and Treasurer of National Hospice
      and Palliative
      Care Organization (NHPCO)

  • Dr. Ronald Cranford, M.D. is the neurologist hired by Michael Schiavo.

    • Cranford is a renowned euthanasia advocate referring to
      himself as Dr.
      Humane Death.
    • Authored a section in Intended Death: The Ethics of Assisted
      Suicide
      and Euthanasia. His section addresses the issue of the
      physicians role
      in killing and the intentional withdrawal of
      treatment. (WND article)
    • Cranford examined Terri Schiavo one time for 45 minutes. It was his
      testimony and medical opinion on which Judge Greer based his entire finding
      of fact.
    • Admitted on CNN, March 30, 2005 that he had misdiagnosed at least one
      case of permanent vegetative state (PVS) in the case of Sergeant Mack in
      1979 or 1980. He was never asked if there were others.
    • Cranford has been involved in numerous PVS cases as an advocate for
      death. Some of these are very suspect (In the case of Nancy Cruzan for
      example, she did not even require a feeding tube but Cranford said she
      should be starved insisting that food and water were considered medical
      treatment.) Cranford is hardly an objective medical consultant and is used
      frequently as a pro-death advocate. You can find it all here along with some doctors who have called the
      medical behavior in this case criminal.

  • Dr. Peter D. Bambakidis, M.D., Neurosurgeon, Cleveland,
    Ohio

    • Hired by Michael Schiavo team to evaluate Terri Schiavo and her records.

    • Admitted under oath before Judge Greer that Terri Schiavo did not have a
      heart attack. That testimony is found here.

  • Gus Michael Bilirakis, Florida State Representative, 1998-2000 and
    2001-2003.

    • Board member of The Hospice of the Florida
      Suncoast.
    • Co-sponsor of Florida Bill HB 2131 with addition to
      Section
      765.101 ( beginning on line 28 of page 14 of the linked pdf file)

    • Note: Section 765.101 of this bill added the following language, (10)
      Life-prolonging procedure means any medical procedure, treatment, or
      intervention, including artificially provided sustenance and hydration,
      (meaning food and watered.) which sustains, restores, or supplants
      a spontaneous vital function. (12) Persistent vegetative state means a
      permanent and irreversible condition of unconsciousness in which there
      is:
      (a) The absence of voluntary action or cognitive behavior of any
      kind.
      (b) An inability to communicate or interact purposefully with the
      environment.
    • Member of Elder Care and Long Term Care committee
      in House, the
      committee that introduced HB 2131.
    • Was a campaign contributor to Judge George Greer.


  • Barbara Sheen Todd, Pinellas County commissioner during
    time Judge
    George Greer was a commissioner in Pinellas County.

  • Judge John C. Lenderman, Florida Circuit Court
    Judge. Pinellas
    County Judicial Bldg., St. Petersburg, Fl
    33701

    • Brother of Martha Lenderman
    • Appointed judge by Governor in 1992, reelected unopposed to
      present.
    • Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Advisory Board member, 2000
    • One of four family certified judges in Florida.
    • Outstanding Service Award in Educating the Public and Restoring Public Trust and Confidence in the legal
      System, Florida Bar, 2002.
    • Jurist of the Year, 1997, awarded by the American Academy of MatrimonialFlorida Chapter

  • Martha Lenderman, Board member of the Hospice of the
    Florida
    Suncoast since 1996.

    • Past chairman of the board of the Hospice.
    • Board of directors of the U. of South Florida Collaborative
      for
      Children, Families, and Communities.
    • Principal, Lenderman & Associates.
    • Lost in a bid for State Representative (Dem.) in 1998.
    • Former state child welfare administrator.
    • Board member, 2005, Area Agency on Aging, Pasco &
      Pinellas
      counties, Pres. 2003.
    • Consultant to the Dept. of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
      at
      least during 2001.
    • Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services (HRS)
      program
      supervisor, at least during 1989.
    • Was called to testify as a health and human services consultant
      by
      the attorney generals office in 2005 in Holli Bodner hearing
      on
      suspension of Bodners psychiatrist license. Lenderman testified
      on
      behalf of Bodner.
    • Lenderman & Associates provided services to Pinellas
      County
      commissioners regarding Mental Health and Substance Abuse funding
      in
      1999 and 2000
    • Email address: lendmar@gte.net

  • Jonathan Alpert, federal attorney

    • Suing the Hospice of Florida Suncoast for patient
      brokering.
    • US Dept. of HHS is currently trying to collect $14.8 million from
      Suncoast Hospice owed to HHS since 1997.

  • Carla Sauer Iyer, R.N. employed at Palm Gardens of
    Largo
    Convalescent Center from April of 1995 to July 1996 while Terri
    Schiavo was
    a patient there.

  • Carolyn Adams, known as Andy Adams, LPN at Palm Garden
    Convalescent Center.

    • Had disproportionate number of patients die on her shift according
      to
      affidavit of Carla Iyer.
    • Was very friendly with Michael Schiavo when working at Palm
      Garden.

  • Heidi Law, Certified Nurse Assitant

    • Worked at Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center from March, 1997 to
      mid-summer 1997.
    • Took care of Terri Schiavo.
    • Testified orders for rehabilitation were given for Terri Schiavo but
      that Michael stopped them.
    • Her affidavit is
      here:
      http://www.terrisfight.net/documents/hlawaffidavit.htm

  • C. Johnson, LPN at Sabal Gardens nursing home, Largo, FL.


    • Took care of Terri Schiavo.
    • Affidavit indicates Michael Schiavo went against doctors orders and
      refused to allow any rehabilitation for Terri.
    • Affidavit is found here: http://www.terrisfight.net/

  • Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center, 10500 Starkey
    Rd., Largo, Florida 33777. (727) 397-8166

    • Terri Schiavo was a resident there until March 2000.
    • Part of a chain owned by Florida Convalescent Centers, Inc., 2033 Main
      St., Suite 300, Sarasota, FL 34237

  • Everett Rice, former Pinellas County Sheriff, 1988-2004

    • Became Florida State Representative, District 54 in Nov. 2004
    • Endorsed Judge George Greer for reelection in campaign ads.
    • Former board member The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast
    • Hired Michael Schiavo while Schiavos guardianship proceedings were in
      the courtroom of his long time friend Judge George Greer.

  • Judge George W. Greer, Sixth Circuit Court Judge for
    Pinellas
    County, elected unopposed in 1992.

    • Circuit Court, Pinellas County, Probate Division, 315 Court St., Room
      484, Clearwater, FL 33756 Fax (727) 464-5471
    • Legally blind.
    • Friend of Everett Rice, former sheriff of Pinellas County, FL
    • Former Commissioner of Pinellas County, 1984-1992
    • Became Terri Schiavos caretaker and fact finder under Florida
      law
      (meaning advocate and judge). This would appear to be a conflict.
    • Judge Greers bio is curiously missing from those listed on the sixth
      circuit website, www.jud6.org.
    • Repeatedly refused to consider documented evidence of physical abuse.

  • Patricia Anderson, attorney for the Schindlers.

    • Filed affidavit saying that [Everett] Rice had told her that he and [Judge George] Greer
      had discussed the Schiavo case at a ball game the night
      previous .
    • Filed motion requesting Greer recuse himself.
    • When bone scans of Terri Schiavo appeared in 2002 (having been
      suppressed since 1991 when they were taken) Judge Greer prevented Anderson
      from investigating the implications of the scan, saying they were
      irrelevant. The bone scans indicated severe trauma that occured no more than
      18 months prior to the date of the scans. (See Dr. William Walker.)
    • Said on Sean Hannity interview, March 31, 2005 that EMT report on night
      of Terri Schiavo incident listed it as suspicious and on that basis the
      sheriffs department was called to the scene by the EMT. No investigation
      ever occured. The person who wrote the report has left the area. Another EMT
      refuses to talk according to Anderson.
    • In same interview, Anderson said that the bone scans were requested
      after Terri continually expressed pain during attempts to give her physical
      therapy. Among the injuries discovered were a broken back near the neck,
      broken leg bones, broken ribs, and fractures.

  • Pamela Campbell, attorney.

    • Represented the Schindlers pro bono (free) in 2000.
    • Was allegedly requested to take the Schindlers case by the attorney who
      represented Michael Schiavo in the malpractice lawsuit (Woodworth) in 1998.
    • Has serious conflicts of interest, potential ethics violations, and her
      apparent incompetence in the case is highly suspect. Her mistake might
      well have sealed the fate of Terri Schiavo. Find it all here.

  • Jackie Rhodes, close friend of Terri Schiavo.

    • Testified at trial on January 6, 2000
    • A portion of that testimony is found here.

  • Dr. Victor Gambone, MD, CMD, Terri Schiavos attending
    physician
    from 1998-2003.

    • His name appeared on a paper stating Terri was PVS
      (permanent
      vegetative state) but it was never signed by him. This was
      apparently
      a fraudulent document.
    • During a 2002 medical evidentiary hearing, Dr. Victor
      Gambone
      testified that he certified Terri as terminally ill so that she
      could
      be placed in Woodside Hospice. When questioned under oath why, he
      said
      it was because Michael told him to do so.
    • journals.aol.com/justice1949/JUSTICEFORTERRISCHIAVO/entries/333
    • However, it states on the certificate that it is a
      verbal
      certification, no signature. This would explain comment above.
      Must
      be signed to be valid.
    • Testified before Judge Greer that Terri Schiavo was not PVS and
      was
      aware of her surroundings.
    • Greer had asked Gambone to do an evaluation, but rejected
      his
      findings.
    • Gambone reportedly worked for George Felos at Woodside Hospice.
    • Current president, Florida Medical Directors Association.

  • Bernie McCabe, elected State Attorney for the Sixth
    Judicial
    District in 1992. Office in Clearwater, FL. Covers Pinellas
    County.

    • This is the same district as Judge Greer.
    • Responsibilities include investigating abuse charges.
    • Refused to investigate various potential felony charges
      against
      Michael Schiavo in 2003 under statute 825.103.
    • Has repeatedly refused to intervene in the allegations of the abuse of
      Terri Schiavo.
    • McCabe has allegedly been involved in numerous refuse to investigate
      cases. See Mel Sembler.

  • Dr. Michael Baden, New York forensic pathologist.

    • Former chief medical examiner for the City of New York
    • Co-director of the Medicolegal Investigation Unit of the New
      York
      State Police
    • Reversed his view of Terri Schiavos condition after examining
      her
      bone scans. Those injuries could have happened, Baden continued,
      from
      some kind of trauma. The trauma could be from an auto accident,
      the
      trauma could be from a fall, or the trauma could be from some kind
      of
      beating that she obtained from somebody somewhere. Its something
      that
      should have been investigated in 1991 . . . and maybe [it was]
      by
      police at that time. (Emphasis added). Source, The Village
      Voice,
      Nov. 14,
      2003
      http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0347,hentoff,48738,6.html

  • Dr. William Campbell Walker, Doctor who did the original
    bone scan
    and the evaluation completed on Mar.5, 1991.

    • Walker wrote, This patient has a history of trauma. The presumption is
      that the other areas of trauma also relate to previous trauma.
    • Walkers deposition is
      herehttp://www.hospicepatients.org/dr-walker-t-schiavo-bone-scan-deposition.txt

    • Walker indicates in his deposition that trauma injuries had occurred.

  • Dr. Joel S. Prawer, the doctor Michael Schiavo sued.

    • The doctor was exonerated of wrongdoing but settled at the insistence of
      his insurance company.
    • Dr. Prawer turned over all his records relating the case to the
      Department of Health. They reviewed his case and found him innocent of
      wrongdoing and malpractice. Subsequent to this finding all records relating
      to this case were destroyed by the Dept. of Health (DOH).

  • Mitchell Turner, a Florida Dept. of Children and Families
    investigator.

    • Reported alleged felony abuse, neglect, and exploitation of Terri
      Schiavo. This report was the conclusion of a 60 Day investigation in Nov.
      and Dec. 2001.
    • The report was suppressed by the Departments legal division.

  • Dr. Stanton Tripodis, enlisted by Michael
    Schiavo to provide services for Terri.

    • Has five previous malpractice suits against
      him.
      Case no. 97007946C1 filed 11-25-97
      Case no. 94003739C1 filed
      6-27-94
      Case no. 95000873C1 filed 2-14-95
      Case no. 96001434C1 filed
      3-6-96
      Case no. 98002289C1 filed 4-7-98

  • Jerger & Centonze Insurance Agency, Inc., 2807 Marrie
    Ct.,
    Clearwater, FL

    • Agency possibly purchased as part of The Jerger Co., Inc., Pinellas
      Park,
      FL by Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. for $40 million,
      1999.
    • Michael R. Schiavo listed as a director in 2002, with same address as
      above.
    • Corp. listed as inactive.
    • This address is listed as owned by Jodi A. Centonze in Pinellas County
      appraisers records.
    • Note: Richard M. Jerger, Jr., stockholder in Philadelphia Consolidated
      Holding Corp, sold 2902 shares of stock in July,2001 for $102,933 put this
      in the for what its worth department.

  • Senator Jim King, originally upheld the passage of Terris Law. (S 12
    E)

    • Board member of Woodside Hospice
    • Received campaign contributions from Richard M. Jerger, Jr., of Jerger
      & Centonze Insurance. (Mr. Jerger lived in a different district).
    • Called his support of Terris Law The Terri Schiavo vote that I made
      was probably one of the worst votes that Ive ever done

  • Bishop Robert N. Lynch, Terris Catholic bishop.

UPDATE: If you havent seen Title of Libertys work in making a graphical representation of many of these connections, check it out.

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March 31, 2005

Terri Schiavo has Passed

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen.
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March 02, 2005

Pro-Life Pharmacist Should Face Reprimand

Pro-Life Pharmacist Should Face Reprimand Over Abortion Drug, Judge Says

A prolife pharmacist refused to dispense an abortion pill to a college student because it violated his religious beliefs. So a judge says he shouldn't be a pharmacist anymore (well suspended for 2 years).

The latest in the imposition against people of religion by social engineers on what is or is not acceptable behavior. Oh you can still be religious, as long as it doesn't inconvenience or otherwise bother anyone else. The parable was lock yourself in your room so no one else knows what you are doing, now it is lock yourself in your room or the state will do it for you.

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February 24, 2005

Kansas AG Prevented for Investigating Child Rape

Kansas attorney general seeking records of women who had late-term abortions

WICHITA, Kan. The attorney general of Kansas wants to know the detailed history of the sex lives of nearly 90 women who received late-term abortions.

Here are the facts. We aren't talking about women... we are talking about girls that have been raped and people are covering up for.

It isn't the AG seeking records. It was a challenge to a subpoena issued by a Circuit Court judge that's made it to the Supreme Court of Kansas, which the AG filed an opinion on.

Last, the case involved child rape. Records show that underage girls (the kind of girls who it is illegal to have sex with under any circumstances) got abortions. Let's do the math. Underage girl shows up pregnant. Did she (a) have a virgin pregnancy, or (b) was the victim of a rapist? The smart money is on B. So they issued a subpoena to look at what 13 year old girls are being rapes so they could **GASP** prosecute the rapists. Those damn conservatives, trying to protect people from predators...

Here are some docs I got from the AG's office for some info.

Here and here.

The AG does not want all records, he doesn't want to know who is having sex with who, he wants to prosecute child rape. And considering Planned Parenthood's tendency to cover up child rape, it is no wonder that's where they started.
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December 03, 2004

The Planned Parenthood Child Sex Abuse Cover-up

A truth the bears telling is that the dirty little secret in town is that it looks like Planned Parenthood covers up for child rape. Yes, you read that right. Here's the scoop.

Most of this you can read on the people who did the investigation at Child Predator, where you can read the report here. Here is what they did. They called up pretending to be a 13 year old. Said they were pregnant by an older man and wanted an abortion. For those of you that are slow, there is this thing called statutory rape, that pretty much anytime a 13 year old is pregnant, a crime has occurred, by definition. While there is precedent for immaculate conceptions I don't believe that has been successfully used as an affirmative defense. If you'd like to hear some tapes yourself, go here.

Further, there are federal criminal penalties for organizations to make money by destroying evidence of crimes. If a kid gets pregnant from her adult lover, the resultant child contains the DNA of both and near irrefutable evidence linking the man to the crime. For a low cost, you dirty old men out there can take your child lovers to Planned Parenthood to cover up your nefarious activities... To make matters worse, Planned Parenthood glorifies these kind of relationships. I don't know, maybe I'm old fashioned, but if I had a 13 year old daughter and she asks my opinion about 30 year olds asking her out, my answer would be to "just say no". If he can't get a woman his own age, he's got SOME kind of problem. This on the heels of several stories likethisof Planned Parenthood's long reknowned reputation of getting women killed who get abortions and trying to hide it and peddle other forms of junk science.

So I decided to get some more information to put some numbers to the stories...

Using a combination of public records of abortions on minors (age 12 to 15), Planned Parenthood's own research, and comparing the number of abuse reports made be medical professionals, the following is an estimate of the number of sex abuse cases per state that abortion providers covered up in the year 2000. (Not all states are represented because data was not complete for all 50):

State Number of child sex abuse cases unreported

Arizona 4054
California 25359
Florida 11364
Georgia 9240
Illinois 9792
Indiana 5961
Kansas 2958
Michigan 9432
Missouri 6888
New York 16106
North Carolina 7406
Ohio 10392
Pennsylvania 12989
Tennessee 5534
Texas 18077
Virginia 4911

For perpective, the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal entailed around 10,000 reports of sexual abuse covered up over the course of 50 years. This amount is roughly equal to the amount of sexual abuse cases covered up by Planned Parenthood in Ohio for only one year. Planned Parenthood's own research knows about the problem, as shown in Family Planning Perspectives July/August 1999 issue where it asserted data that mimics the results here (albeit with different conclusions. They know they are covering up child sex abuse because they make good money on it. If you are a dirty old man trolling for a girl friend in junior high, Planned Parenthood is your best friend.

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Updated 12/4/04 @ 2:50pm

Couple of quick updates, yes statutory rape ages very from state to state, your mileage will vary.

The cases of cover-up include not only abortion, but pregnancy treatment, STD Treatment, and other associated treatment that makes sexual activity obvious in that age group.

Sources Used:

2000 Census Bureau Data (# of people that age, percentage of sexual activity in that demographic, etc)
Family Planning Perspectives, April 1999 & Nov/Dec 2000
- "Facts in Brief - Teen Sex and Pregnancy"
"Age Differences Between Sexual Partners in the United States" - J. Darroch, D. Landy, and S. Oslak / Fammily Planning Perspectives, Jul/Aug 1999
USDOJ Report "Child Rape Victimes, 1992"
The National Women's Study quoted in CDC Rape Fact Sheet
"Sex and America's Teenagers" - Family Planning Perspectives, 1994
Article in Family Planning Perspectives by Patricia Donovan, Jan/Feb 1997
1997 Kaiser Family Foundation "Fact Sheet: Teenage Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in the United States"
CDC Abortion Surveillance reports
"Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1996", Alan Guttmacher Institute
"Contraception Counts: State-by-State Information", Aug 1999, Alan Guttmacher Institute
FOIA requests to DHHS and the GAO
Planned Parenthood Annual Reports
Planned Parenthood Tax Returns
"Child Maltreatment 1999" - DHHS
"Age Differences Between Sexual Partners in the United States" Jul/Aug 1999, Family Planning Perspectives

Using all these sources, this study concluded that Planned Parenthood and like organizations fail to report cases of obvious child sex abuse (despite clear legal requirements to do so in many states) 84 to 88% of the time.


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December 01, 2004

The Waxman Report on Sex-Ed, Debunked

You can read the report here: http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20041201102153-50247.pdf

Or the news article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26623-2004Dec1.html

(FYI, linked by Drudge in Red despite the fact he supposedly only writes conservative things)

I can't quite evaluate many of the claims because the course material is not available, but let's deal with a few things that I can.

First, I'm sure the liberal pundits are going crazy saying "A Ha! This is why abstinence education won't work!". The study points out 2 of the 13 tentative courses are accurate. That's right, tentative. The report itself says these are the prospective programs that the grantees will use, and I'm sure after this press, probably most will not use. From page 9: "Each summary contains a proposal listing the curricula that the program intends to use." So two of these 13 programs are just fine to use. Use them, and all objections go away.

Second, in the bluring the scientific-religion line section it states "Although religions and moral codes offer different answers to the question of when life begins, some abstinence-only curricula present specific religious views on this question as scientific fact. One curriculum teaches: Conception, also known as fertilization, occurs when one sperm unites with one egg in the upper third of the fallopian tube. This is when life begins. I was unaware that science had a firm definition of when life begins in the first place. Not to mention, I fail to see much religion in the above portion, sure some religions hold that, others don't, but there are atheists who also hold it. Further, from m-w.com (not precisely a religious site) the definition of life:

1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body
b : a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings -- compare VITALISM
1 c : an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

The qualities of metabolism, growth, reaction and reproduction all are present in varying degrees in an unborn child. Moving on.

Third, in the same section "One curriculum that describes fetuses as babies describes the blastocyst, technically a ball of 107 to 256 cells at the beginning of uterine implantation, as snuggling into the uterus:". The word snuggling is objectionable? I didn't realize that when I hold my wife I was engaging in a liturgical rite. Of all the nit-picky crap to waste tax payer money on printing he chooses this? Some of his earlier points he has something (if true), but this is just stupid.

Fourth, Another teaches: At 43 days, electrical brain wave patterns can be recorded, evidence that mental activity is taking place. This new life may be thought of as a thinking person. The curriculum cites a source which does not in fact call a 43-day-old fetus a thinking person. Waxman should learn to read and know the difference between what the author is citing and what the author is saying. But this is again, childish semantic crap.

I'll grant him some of the stuff quoted if true and in that context make for curricula probably not best for schools. So use the 2 that Waxman approves of then. Case closed.

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