Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:08 am Post subject: Abortion and breast cancer
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Babies that live thru abortions
MIDWIVES have revealed that babies are being born alive after botched abortions by doctors and allowed to die without receiving life-saving medical treatment.
An investigation by The Sunday Times has uncovered at least six cases where babies have been born alive after terminations have gone wrong.
They include a mother whose handicapped baby lived for three days after the termination procedure failed to kill the infant.
A diary kept by one midwife up until last year claims there was an “unwritten rule” in her hospital unit of not resuscitating aborted babies that survived termination procedures.
“Sometimes the aborted babies were alive at birth,” it states. “There was an unwritten policy on the unit that babies would not be given assistance.”
The midwife, who does not want to be named, claims to have witnessed one 23-week-old baby with Down’s syndrome breathe and move for more than three hours after an abortion.
The practices will be debated at next week’s annual British Medical Association conference, where one motion demands new guidelines that babies born in botched abortions should receive the same care as ones delivered prematurely.
Medical advances mean doctors can now save premature babies born at 22 or 23 weeks. However, doctors and midwives admit botched abortions are often concealed and the damaged infants, which have very little chance of survival, are simply kept warm and allowed to perish.
Sue MacDonald, education and research manager at the Royal College of Midwives, said she had witnessed a baby born alive after termination. The baby, which survived for three days, was fed and kept warm but not given medical treatment to try to save its life.
“Full neonatal care may not be appropriate for all the babies,” she said. “This is very rare but it does happen. His abnormality was such that he would not have survived and the parents knew that.”
Other incidents include:
Two cases at Leicester Royal Infirmary, according to David Field, the hospital’s professor of foetal medicine. Although both babies initially survived and received intensive care, they subsequently died of their original handicaps and the damage caused during the failed attempts at abortion.
A baby destined for abortion for Down’s syndrome at an unidentified home counties hospital.
It was cared for afterwards by specialists at St George’s hospital in south London and is believed to have been adopted.
A spokesman for the hospital said that as a neonatal intensive care unit it received cases of botched abortions from other hospitals across the southeast, but it happened “less than once a year”.
A severely handicapped child now aged seven, born following a failed termination at a Midlands hospital.
Although the parents were determined to take the child home and care for it, they are now suing the hospital for the trauma and cost involved.
Babies can be aborted for “social reasons” up to 24 weeks, but right up to nine months if there is a risk of severe handicap.
Latest figures show 1,354 babies of 22 weeks or more, which may have been capable of surviving, were aborted in England and Wales in 2002.
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Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: Florida Doctors License Revoked after Botched Live Abortion
Florida Doctors License Revoked after Botched Live Abortion
The Board of Medicine revoked a Florida doctor's license on Friday in a case of a teenager who went to have an abortion but instead gave birth to a live baby who ended up dead when clinic staffers put it into a plastic bag and threw it in the trash.
Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique was found by the board to be in violation of Florida statutes by committing medical malpractice, delegating responsibility to unlicensed personnel, and failing to keep an accurate medical record. According to the suit Sycloria Williams was 18 and while being treated for a fall discovered that she was 23 weeks pregnant. She went to the clinic for an abortion on the morning of July 20, 2006 after having been given drugs to dilate her cervix.
Williams said Renelique was not at the clinic and she was given two pills after which she "felt a large pain" and delivered a baby girl, according to the suit. "The staff began screaming and pandemonium ensued. Sycloria watched in horror and shock as her baby writhed with her chest rising and falling as she breathed." The suit went on to say that the clinic co-owner entered the room and cut the baby's umbilical cord with a pair of shears. She "then scooped up the baby and placed the live baby, placenta and afterbirth in a red plastic biohazard bag, which she sealed, and then threw bag and the baby in a trash can."
Staff at the clinic did not call 911 or seek medical assistance for Williams or the baby. The suit said Renelique arrived at the clinic about an hour later and gave Williams a shot to put her to sleep. "She awoke after the procedure and was sent home still in complete shock." An anonymous caller notified the police of the incident who told themthe baby was born alive and disposed of.
Nothing turned up at the initial two search warrants, but officers executing a third warrant "found the decomposing body of a baby in a cardboard box in a closet," the suit said. The police when the incident occurred in 2006 said a fetus born alive cannot be put to death even if its mother intended to have an abortion.
The lawsuit said DNA testing linked the baby to Williams and an autopsy showed it had filled its lungs with air prior to death. Documents from the state Department of Health said its cause of death was determined to be "extreme prematurity."
In January Williams, sued Renelique, the clinic and its staff, seeking damages. She alleges in her suit that "she witnessed the murder of her daughter" and said she "sustained severe emotional distress, shock and psychic trauma which have resulted in discernible bodily injury."
"This is not about a pot of gold," said Tom Pennekamp, her attorney. "What this is about is right and wrong and making a statement, making sure it doesn't happen to other young women."
Renelique declined to comment after the hearing and Joseph Harrison, the attorney representing Renelique at the license revocation hearing in Tampa, said Renelique has not decided whether to appeal. Pennekamp, William's attorney said she has declined to speak publicly about the case and added she suffers from post-traumatic stress because of the experience, he said.
The Department of Health had recommended that Dr. Renelique's license be suspended, but the board decided to revoke it, and he will not be able to practice medicine in Florida. "Dr. Renelique's failure to practice medicine with that level of care, skill and treatment that is recognized as being acceptable, as well as his willingness to falsify medical records, poses a serious and immediate danger to the public," the health department said.
The state attorney's office, meanwhile, said its criminal investigation into the incident is ongoing and no charges have been filed.
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:16 am Post subject: Florida Clinic Botched Abortion, Threw Out Live Baby
Florida Clinic Botched Abortion, Threw Out Live Baby
18 and pregnant, Sycloria Williams went to an abortion clinic outside Miami and paid $1,200 for Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique to terminate her 23-week pregnancy.
Three days later, she sat in a reclining chair, medicated to dilate her cervix and otherwise get her ready for the procedure.
Only Renelique didn't arrive in time. According to Williams and the Florida Department of Health, she went into labor and delivered a live baby girl.
What Williams and the Health Department say happened next has shocked people on both sides of the abortion debate: One of the clinic's owners, who has no medical license, cut the infant's umbilical cord. Williams says the woman placed the baby in a plastic biohazard bag and threw it out.
Police recovered the decomposing remains in a cardboard box a week later after getting anonymous tips.
"I don't care what your politics are, what your morals are, this should not be happening in our community," said Tom Pennekamp, a Miami attorney representing Williams in her lawsuit against Renelique and the clinic owners.
The state Board of Medicine is to hear Renelique's case in Tampa on Friday and determine whether to strip his license. The state attorney's homicide division is investigating, though no charges have been filed. Terry Chavez, a spokeswoman with the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office, said this week that prosecutors were nearing a decision.
Renelique's attorney, Joseph Harrison, called the allegations at best "misguided and incomplete" in an e-mail to The Associated Press. He didn't provide details.
The case has riled the anti-abortion community, which contends the clinic's actions constitute murder.
"The baby was just treated as a piece of garbage," said Tom Brejcha, president of The Thomas More Society, a law firm that is also representing Williams. "People all over the country are just aghast."
Even those who support abortion rights are concerned about the allegations.
"It really disturbed me," said Joanne Sterner, president of the Broward County chapter of the National Organization for Women, after reviewing the administrative complaint against Renelique. "I know that there are clinics out there like this. And I hope that we can keep (women) from going to these types of clinics."
According to state records, Renelique received his medical training at the State University of Haiti. In 1991, he completed a four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Interfaith Medical Center in New York.
New York records show that Renelique has made at least five medical malpractice payments in the past decade, the circumstances of which were not detailed in the filings.
Several attempts to reach Renelique were unsuccessful. Some of his office numbers were disconnected, no home number could be found and he did not return messages left with his attorney.
Williams struggled with the decision to have an abortion, Pennekamp said. She declined an interview request made through him.
She concluded she didn't have the resources or maturity to raise a child, he said, and went to the Miramar Women's Center on July 17, 2006. Sonograms indicated she was 23 weeks pregnant, according to the Department of Health. She met Renelique at a second clinic two days later.
Renelique gave Williams laminaria, a drug that dilates the cervix, and prescribed three other medications, according to the administrative complaint filed by the Health Department. She was told to go to yet another clinic, A Gyn Diagnostic Center in Hialeah, where the procedure would be performed the next day, on July 20, 2006.
Williams arrived in the morning and was given more medication.
The Department of Health account continues as follows: Just before noon she began to feel ill. The clinic contacted Renelique. Two hours later, he still hadn't shown up. Williams went into labor and delivered the baby.
"She came face to face with a human being," Pennekamp said. "And that changed everything."
The complaint says one of the clinic owners, Belkis Gonzalez came in and cut the umbilical cord with scissors, then placed the baby in a plastic bag, and the bag in a trash can.
Williams' lawsuit offers a cruder account: She says Gonzalez knocked the baby off the recliner chair where she had given birth, onto the floor. The baby's umbilical cord was not clamped, allowing her to bleed out. Gonzalez scooped the baby, placenta and afterbirth into a red plastic biohazard bag and threw it out.
No working telephone number could be found for Gonzalez, and an attorney who has represented the clinic in the past did not return a message.
At 23 weeks, an otherwise healthy fetus would have a slim but legitimate chance of survival. Quadruplets born at 23 weeks last year at The Nebraska Medical Center survived.
An autopsy determined Williams' baby — she named her Shanice — had filled her lungs with air, meaning she had been born alive, according to the Department of Health. The cause of death was listed as extreme prematurity.
The Department of Health believes Renelique committed malpractice by failing to ensure that licensed personnel would be present when Williams was there, among other missteps.
The department wants the Board of Medicine, a separate agency, to permanently revoke Renelique's license, among other penalties. His license is currently restricted, permitting him to only perform abortions when another licensed physician is present and can review his medical records.
Should prosecutors file murder charges, they'd have to prove the baby was born alive, said Robert Batey, a professor of criminal law at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport. The defense might contend that the child would have died anyway, but most courts would not allow that argument, he said.
"Hastening the death of an individual who is terminally ill is still considered causing the death of that individual," Batey said. "And I think a court would rule similarly in this type of case."
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:19 am Post subject: One baby in 30 left alive after abortion
One baby in 30 left alive after abortion
THIS SHOULD HORRIFY YOU!!!
One in 30 babies aborted for medical reasons is born alive, a study has found.
They lived for an average of 80 minutes - although in some cases foetuses survived for over six hours.
Most of the babies were born between 20 and 24 weeks of pregnancy, but some had been in the womb for as little as 17 weeks.
The figures, based on a study of West Midlands hospitals, has reignited the abortion debate, with pro-life campaigners demanding the time limit for terminations be cut.
Researchers looked at the outcome of 3,189 abortions performed on seriously handicapped foetuses at 20 hospitals between 1995 and 2004.
It showed that 102 - or around one in 30 - aborted for reasons such as Down's Syndrome and heart defects, were born alive.
Abortions are allowed to be carried out if the pregnancy is shown to have an adverse effect on the mental health and wellbeing of the mother up until the 24th week of pregnancy.
Beyond this point, the procedure is only sanctioned if the baby has a severe disability or if the mother's life is at risk.
The latest study, carried out by experts from the West Midlands Perinatal Institute and published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, showed that three per cent of aborted disabled babies were born alive.
Most of the abortions studied were medical abortions. These involve a women being given a series of pills, taken in two doses two days apart.
The first dose, a single tablet of mifepristone, blocks the pregnancy hormones that normally ensure the womb's lining holds on to the fertilised egg. The second dose, of four tablets containing hormone-like prostaglandins, triggers contractions and a miscarriage.
The death of the baby is a result of the trauma of the early birth, rather than the tablets itself, meaning, in rare occasions, some babies may survive the process.
From 22 weeks, the tablets should be preceded by a lethal injection into the baby's heart to ensure the baby is dead before the procedure goes any further.
If these babies are born alive, it suggests they weren't given the heart-stopping injection - perhaps because the doctor thought it would have been too traumatic for the mother. The figures follow several studies which show that babies born at 23 and 24 weeks are capable of surviving.
While there is no suggestion that any of the babies documented in the West Midlands study lived for more than a few hours, doctors in Norwich are currently treating a toddler born at 24 weeks after three botched terminations.
He was born three years ago and is still alive.
Campaigners said it was likely the Midlands figures were just the tip of the iceberg as the region only accounts for around a tenth of the babies born in the country each year.
In addition, the study only looked at babies whose lives were ended because of disability.
However, most abortions are carried out on 'healthy' babies for social reasons. Julia Millington of the pro-life group Alive and Kicking said: "This can't just be happening in the West Midlands.
"It begs the question of how many healthy babies must be surviving? It would suggest the true figure must be much higher.
"With live births after abortion occurring in 18 out of the 20 maternity units in the West Midlands alone, it is difficult to comprehend the numbers of babies around the country left fighting for their lives."
Babies born alive after abortion are entitled to medical care. However, anti-abortion campaigners claim that some are so unwanted, they are simply left to die.
The Department of Health said that key medical associations agreed that the time limit for abortion did not need to be changed.
• Thirty years ago, Gianna Jessen's mother had an abortion when seven-and-a-half months pregnant.
The abortion failed and, 18 hours later, Gianna (pictured) was born alive.
She suffered cerebral palsy as a result of the botched abortion, yet has defied doctors' predictions that she would never walk.
In fact she has run a marathon, is an accomplished singer and writer and travels the world to campaign against abortion.
Her mother was 17 when she decided to have the abortion. Weighing 2lbs when she was born, she spent several months in hospital fighting for her life, before being placed in a foster home.
Her cerebral palsy, which was caused by her brain being starved of oxygen during the abortion, was diagnosed at 17 months old. Doctors said she would never be able to crawl or even sit-up unaided, much less stand or walk.
Now, after several operations and years of physiotherapy she has proved them wrong. Gianna does not know why her natural mother chose to abort her.
She said: "If abortion is about women's rights, then what were my rights?
"No decision is solely yours to make. All decisions affect another human being - whether it is for good or for ill.
"If people are going to talk about abortion, then it's important for them to know that these babies can be born alive and survive."
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:33 pm Post subject: Frozen Fetuses Found During Doctor's Office Raid
Frozen Fetuses Found During Doctor's Office Raid
Philadelphia and federal authorities who raided a doctor's office after allegations a woman died following an abortion made a shocking discovery: more than two dozen frozen fetuses.
For the second time in four days, Philadelphia Police, along with State Licensing officials and DEA agents, searched the West Philadelphia office of Dr. Kermit Gosnell on Monday.
Sources tell Eyewitness News that the search came after a patient reportedly died following an abortion on November 20.
According to the State Board of Medicine, Dr. Gosnell had an unlicensed staff member conduct vaginal exams and administer medication.
In the November 20 case, the state claims the staff member administered Demerol, Promethazine and Diazepam to the female patient.
After the doctor arrived at the clinic, the patient was given more medication. After the doctor performed an abortion, the patient started to have an arrhythmia and later died, state officials said. Autopsy results are pending.
Sources also told Eyewitness News that during the search, investigators recovered more than two dozen fetuses stored in a freezer, some dating back 30 years.
The fetuses are now being analyzed to reveal if illegal late-term abortions may have been performed.
Records indicate that back in 1995, Gosnell was publicly reprimanded by the State Licensing Board which found he ''employed a physician's assistant that was not certified ... saw at least one patient and treated him."
Gosnell's patients, many treated at the office for years, were surprised to learn about the investigation.
"Very good doctor. Very good doctor. I've known him for years from my family," one patient told Eyewitness News.
Attempts to contact Dr. Gosnell at his home, office, by phone, and through an attorney were unsuccessful.
Dr. Gosnell's license has been temporarily suspended. So far, he has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing.
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:25 am Post subject: 17,000 DOCTORS OPPOSE ABORTION FUNDING
17,000 Faith-Based Doctors Oppose Health Care Bill's Abortion Funding
Only 20% of the doctors in the United States belong to the American Medical Association or AMA.. Among the 80% who don't are seventeen thousand faith-based doctors who belong to the Christian Medical Association, or CMA.. They are urging the House of Representatives to vote against the controversial health care overhaul bill approved by the Senate, H.R. 3590.
Keep an open mind as you read their reasons: "Such funding ....clearly violates the longstanding Hyde amendment and related laws....Besides the obvious moral wrong of funding abortions, this policy will also have negative economic consequences. Incentivized by new insurance subsidies, abortionists will simply raise prices and increase their profits. Increased abortions will rob the country of much of the younger generation that otherwise would help avert the financial strain of a top-heavy older population." (See the complete press release link in Sources below.)
(Ok, mind still open?) The CEO of CMA, David Stevens, MD wrote a letter to all members of the House in which he said: "The CMA strongly opposes this legislation because it fails to provide strong conscience protections for healthcare professionals, allows direct federal funding of elective abortions in community health centers and allows federal funds to subsidize health plans covering abortions."
In a free country, don't we have the right to live according to our own consciences? At this point it's not about what you or anyone else thinks about abortion. It's about a physician's right to refuse to do a procedure that he or she finds morally reprehensible. It's about a citizen's right not to fund a procedure he or she finds morally repugnant. If this reform bill, as some think it now stands, makes it mandatory for physicians and other medical professionals to perform and/or assist with abortions, how many faith-based doctors will stay in the profession to be sued? Shouldn't there be a conscientious objection right for doctors?
If doctors can be forced to commit what THEY feel are murders, be it abortion or euthanasia, they will leave the profession.
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:04 am Post subject: Abortion and breast cancer
Abortion and breast cancer
Another study shows a link between abortion and breast cancer.
A study of research conducted over several decades shows a direct connection between abortion and breast cancer, especially with a first pregnancy. Even so, many organizations refuse to recognize it.
Karen Malec (Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer)Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, tells OneNewsNow about additional confirmation.
"This is a study that came out of Northeast China, and they examined reproductive factors that were associated with different subtypes of breast cancer," Malec explains. "And they found that women who have abortions increase their risk of developing breast cancer later on in life by a statistically significant 17 percent."
Last year, a Turkish study reported a statistically significant 66 percent increased risk for women who had an abortion. The Coalition president reports that both studies involve honest research conducted outside the control of the U.S. National Cancer Institute and other Western groups that insist on refuting or ignoring the research.
Malec argues that the studies are even more relevant, considering healthcare reform which will finance abortions, irrespective of President Obama's executive order which bans use of federal tax dollars for abortion. More abortions, she explains, could equate to increased breast cancer cases in the future.
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