Reclaiming Our Children

More on Tiller

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q20OUO0&show_article=1
Attorney   General Paul Morrison   filed 19 misdemeanor counts alleging that Dr. George Tiller, one of the few   U.S. physicians performing late-term abortions, got second opinions from a   doctor who was not financially and legally independent from him, as the law   requires. Morrison's predecessor, Phill   Kline, had unsuccessfully prosecuted the same doctor for different   reasons. At a news conference Thursday, Morrison described the allegations as   a "technical violation" of a 1998 law restricting late-term procedures. "And   it's my job to enforce the law," he said. Kline filed 30 misdemeanor counts   against Tiller in December, after Morrison defeated him but before he left   office. He alleged that Tiller performed 15 illegal late-term abortions in   2003 on patients ages 10 to 22. A judge quickly threw out those charges over   jurisdictional issues, but Morrison launched his own review after taking   office in January. Kline and other abortion opponents had predicted that   Morrison wouldn't prosecute Tiller, given that Tiller helped finance tens of   thousands of dollars'   worth of anti-Kline advertising last year. On Wednesday, a spokeswoman for   Morrison said he would not pursue 15 reporting-related charges Kline had   filed. Morrison, who supports abortion rights, said Thursday that Kline's   charges were "incorrect and based on a political agenda" and insisted that his   own case "was not about politics or pursuing a personal agenda." "During our   review of Kline's 30 mistaken charges, we found a pattern—a pattern of   referrals from one physician," he said. The abortions in question involved   cases in which patients were more than 21 weeks pregnant and the fetuses were   able to survive outside the womb. Under such circumstances, Kansas law   requires two independent doctors to conclude that if the pregnancy continues,   a mother-to-be will face death or "substantial and irreversible" harm to "a   major bodily function," which has been interpreted to include mental health.   According to Morrison, Tiller listed the second doctor as Ann Kristin Neuhaus.   Morrison said they had a financial relationship but did not elaborate. Contact   information for Neuhaus was not immediately available. If convicted, Tiller   could be sentenced to up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine on each charge,   Morrison said. Tiller's attorneys, Lee   Thompson and Dan Monnat, issued a written statement declaring their   client's innocence. "Today's announcement simply involves a difference of   opinion between lawyers regarding unusual technicalities in Kansas abortion   law procedure," the statement said. Kline said he wouldn't comment until he   reviewed what Morrison said Thursday. Kline fought a high-profile, two-year   battle to get the records of patients from two clinics that perform abortions,   including Tiller's, saying he was trying to prosecute rapists, sex offenders   and doctors who were involved in illegal   abortions or failed to report sexual   abuse. Abortion-rights supporters complaints that Kline was invading   patients' privacy grew stronger days before the election, when Fox News host   Bill O'Reilly described parts of the medical records on his show. Kline was   interviewed by O'Reilly during the segment, but a Kline spokeswoman denied   that he was the one who leaked the documents.

New Charges for Tiller

I have been doing PA work for at least 15 years. I have heard some devastating stories of abortion and although I never would minimize anyones experience, this guy has got to be the worst. I pray these charges stick so this man is taken out of business.... href="http://http://www.lifenews.com/printpage.php">http://www.lifenews.com/printpage.php
by   Steven Ertelt
       LifeNews.com Editor
       June 28,           2007
Topeka, KS (LifeNews.com) -- Kansas' late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller could face 19 years in prison for doing illegal abortions. After dropping all of the charges against Planned Parenthood and some of the ones against Tiller, Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison says the case isn't over.
         
He confirmed he will pursue 19 misdemeanor charges against the late-term abortion practitioner. 

In a statement on Thursday, Morrison said he described the allegations as a “technical violation” of a 1998 law saying the abortions can only be done for legitimate health reasons.

Morrison  said he and his staff "found a pattern of referrals from one  physician" for the abortions when two doctors are supposed to sign off on whether the abortion meets the legal criteria of a “substantial    and irreversible” harm to “a major bodily function" of the woman in question.

Tillercould go to jail for up to a year on each charge and be fined $2,500 per violation, if convicted.

Morrison re-filed the charges in Sedgwick County District Court, which dismissed  them on jurisdictional grounds last time when former top state attorney  Phill Kline filed them. At issues was a problem with getting Sedgwick  County District Attorney Nola Foulston, who had taken money from Tiller, to agree to the charges.

This  time Morrison had her support to file them.

Meanwhile,  AP reported that Tiller’s attorneys, Lee Thompson and Dan Monnat,  distributed a written statement saying the abortion practitioner is  innocent.

“Today's announcement simply involves a difference of opinion between lawyers regarding unusual technicalities in Kansas abortion law procedure,”   they said.

Kline wouldn't comment on Morrison's latest move. He filed the charges against Tiller last year saying that he performed illegal late-term abortions for reasons such as "depression" rather than legitimate       emergency medical concerns.

 Related  web sites:
            Kansans for Life - http://www.kfl.org
            
            
            

Next generation of Americans are more pro-life

I cannot help but think this is not only because of the death of the unborn baby, but because they have seen the damage abortion has done to their mothers, friends and themselves as post abortive people or siblings of abortion

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll conducted by a three media outlets finds that teenagers and young adults are more likely than older adults to say that they don't think abortion should be legal or that it should  be subject to stricter limits than it is now. The poll confirms the findings of other surveys showing the next generation of Americans are more pro-life.          

The New York Times, CBS News and MTV teamed up for the survey of 659 Americans between the ages of 17 and 29. They conducted the poll from June 15-23.

Although the polling question was poorly worded in obtaining the true views of the young Americans on abortion, it provides some insights compared to older Americans.

The media outlets asked responded if they believe abortion should be "generally available to those who want it," "available but under stricter limits then it is now," or "not be permitted."

A total of 62 percent of young Americans say abortion should not be permitted (24 percent) or more strictly limited (38 percent). That's higher than the 58 percent of older adults who give the same answers  (split 21 and 37 percent respectively).

The  poll also found fewer young Americans saying abortion should be available at any time with 37 percent favoring that compared to 39 percent of older adults.

While older adults favored no abortions or limited abortions by a 19 percent  margin, that number rose to a 25 percent margin for the teens and  young adults.

A  January 2006 Hamilton College poll found high school seniors take a pro-life position  on abortion saying it's morally wrong and supporting legislative proposals that would limit abortions and help women find alternatives.

The poll also found 72 percent of females in the class of 2006 would not consider an abortion if they became pregnant.

The Hamilton College poll found a majority of high school seniors do not  believe abortions should be allowed for sociological reasons such as when women are too poor to afford another child or unable to have a baby at the time.

Studies from the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, find approximately 95 percent of all abortions are done for such reasons, while less than 5 percent are for rape or incest or to save the life of the mother.

When asked, some 67 percent of high school seniors said abortion is either always (23%) or usually (44%) morally wrong. Just 31 percent said  it was a morally correct decision.

Meanwhile, an April 2004 Zogby poll found 51.6% of 18-29 year-olds call themselves  "pro-life."

"This is remarkable, not just because it confirms that a majority of the post-Roe generation is pro-life, but that they label themselves so," says Holly Smith, director of youth outreach for the National Right       to Life Committee.

Though a majority call themselves pro-life, a much larger percentage actually take a pro-life position on abortion.

In the Zogby poll, 60 percent of 18-29 year-olds took one of three varying pro-life positions on abortion while only 39 percent agreed with the three pro-abortion stances.

"Anecdotal evidence and polling over the last several years have demonstrated a clear trend of youth becoming more and more pro-life," Smith indicated.

"America's  youth will never know the unborn victims of abortion, but we know  that between one-fourth and one-third of our classmates, friends, teammates and even siblings never saw the light of day because of legal abortion," Smith explained.

 "They weren't with us in the sandboxes and playgrounds, at slumber parties and at high school proms, nor in our college dorms or graduation exercises. And they should have been," Smith said.
            
            
            
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Healing from a woman's 'worst decisions'

Another OP Ed appeared in our paper...this follows my "Community View" about Governor Spitzer (who by the way I still have not heard from..maybe we should all begin to contact him and ask "why" since he claims concern for all women) and the response by Jane Matluck of Planned Parenthood stating post abortion stress is "fake"

Thanks to Eileen Petersen for her letter:

"Healing from a woman's 'worst decisions'

http://www.nyjournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070628/OPINION/706280321

Social abortion

There is a saying that the Elliot Institute uses www.afterabortion.org , and I find to be so true, that many women are socially aborted before they ever step foot into a clinic.

Threats of rejection by boyfriends, spouses, family members and friends are often the motivating factors in making the decision to abort. Thoughts of abandonment and alienation by loved ones, often too painful to bear, make it seem easier to choose between those familiar and an unborn child never seen, or belief that the child does not even exist yet.

 But, the reality of abortion often sets in, with birthdays never celebrated, hugs never given or received, anniversary dates, and an ever-present void filled with guilt, shame and grief.

 Social abortion however, does not end with the death of the unborn child. As “OK” as abortion is suppose to be, it carries a stigma. No one likes to speak of it unless it is in broad terms…defense or objection to abortion itself, but the personal pain of abortion is avoided like the plague. People are just not comfortable with it. Inside their hearts everyone knows a life of an innocent has been taken.

 Recently, I have gotten into “discussions” with well meaning pro lifers who feel a need to remind those of us who are post abortive of the severity of our sin. I have seen the use of saying such as “abortion is homicide”, and “abortion is murder” do more harm than good. Many find it condemning and judgmental. I have been chided for speaking out against it, being told to be careful, I will “turn some pro lifers off”. Little regard seems given for the souls those words are killing.

Sometimes the prevalent message still seems to be “we know better than you…let us do this.” I have come to find that is not true. The aborting of women by both sides is just as lethal, perhaps even more so, because it kills the soul, the life source to living in heaven.

 “Freaky Ally” wrote to me tonce. She is a 15 years old, distraught over an abortion her mother made her have. I kept thinking of Ally seeing the shirt “abortion is homicide”. I think it would be enough to send her over the edge. No one needs to remind her she killed her child. She lives with it each day. It is her baby that she will never hold in this life.

 I have also been told that it is not the responsibility of pro lifers to guard speech for post abortive people…they need to proclaim the evil of abortion. Perhaps they need to be reminded of the magnitude of people abortion effects. Everyone knows someone…everyone is touched…those post abortive are everywhere. While the evil of abortion always needs to be proclaimed, the way in which it is, sometimes needs to be looked at.

 The killing of life can come in all forms. Although abortion can never be justified and is always wrong, the killing of hope or the life of a soul is also offensive to God. Perhaps before passing judgment on others, we need to look at whom we are aborting in their hearts.

Why I chose Abortion

In November of 2007, Lumina will be hosting a retreat day for couples who have aborted due to a poor prenatal diagnosis.

Over the past few years, I have received more and more calls from couples who had to make that heart wrenching decision. Many times, they have revealed how the medical community made them feel guilty if they did not want to abort.

An article in Marie Claire speaks to this issue...this woman believes she did the right thing. The ones who call us do not believe that, they say they should have allowed their children to be born and loved for however short a time. Hopefully some of them will respond to this article too... 
http://lifestyle.msn.com/mindbodyandsoul/womenintheworld/articlemc.aspx?cp-documentid=4595719&page=3

Mother of Woman Who Died After Planned Parenthood Abortion Files Suit

prayers and strength for this family..happy the LA Times covered it

by  Steven Ertelt
          LifeNews.com Editor
          June 21, 2007

Riverside, CA (LifeNews.com) -- The mother of a woman who died after an abortion at a Planned Parenthood in this city east of Los Angles has filed a  medical malpractice lawsuit against the abortion business. The lawsuit contends that Planned Parenthood officials gave 21 year-old Edrica Goode  poor medical care prior to the abortion that claimed her life.          

Goode  went to the Planned Parenthood abortion center on January 31 pregnant and with a vaginal infection.

Despite  the infection, the lawsuit says staff at the abortion center inserted cervical dilators to prepare her for a second-trimester abortion.

The lawsuit says the dilators, which consist mostly of seaweed, caused the spread of the infection throughout her body, leading to her death.

The abortion eventually claimed Goode's life on February 14 after she was treated at a local hospital, which is also named in the lawsuit.

Aletheia   Meloncon, Goode's mother, talked with the Los Angles Times about her  daughter's death. She filed the lawsuit in Riverside County Superior  Court on Tuesday.

"My daughter made a choice, but she didn't choose to die," Meloncon  said. "A lost dog gets more attention than my daughter did. This has really torn at my family."

Jack  Schuler, Meloncon's attorney, agreed and said, "If it wasn't for the negligent medical care that Edrica Goode received, she would be alive today."

After the abortion, Goode never removed the dilators and Planned Parenthood claims to have sent two letters to her, but Meloncon told the Times they never came. She said the abortion facility should have done more to contact her daughter.

Goode wound up going to Riverside County Regional Medical Center where she eventually had a miscarriage and died the next day.

Meloncon  was unaware of the abortion and described her daughter as having become   "mentally unstable" after it was done. She said that had she known about the abortion before the laminaria problems developed she would have gotten medical attention for Goode sooner.

Vince  Hall, director of communications for Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside counties, refused to comment on the lawsuit to the Times and claimed that the "health and safety of our patients is our  highest priority."

However, Goode is the third woman to die at Planned Parenthood abortion centers  in the last four years.

The  first was Holly Patterson, an 18 year-old from Livermore who died  after she received a lethal bacterial infection after using the abortion drug she obtained at Planned Parenthood Golden Gate. Diana Lopez,  25-year-old Huntington Park woman, bled to death after an abortion  she had punctured her cervix.

Pro-life groups were disappointed by the news and Operation Rescue President  Troy Newman told LifeNews.com, that abortion advocates "can pretend that abortion is safe, but the mounting body count says otherwise, and of course abortion is always fatal for the child."

 "We pray that the Riverside Planned Parenthood will close and those responsible for the tragic death of Edrica Goode will be required to pay the full penalty under the law," he said.
            
            
            
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I was Betrayed by The Pill

From Marie Claire Magazine

http://www.marieclaire.com/life/sex/advice/abortion-pill

Though still "pro choice" this women obviously got a taste of the lies of the abortion industry.

Hopefully in time she will recognize that all of us have been duped....

I was surprised something like this would be in Marie Claire but grateful ...

Kansas Attorney General Wants Late-Term Abortion Analyst Silenced for Comments

Tiller must own this place....
by Steven Ertelt

LifeNews.com Editor
          June 14, 2007Topeka, KS (LifeNews.com) -- Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison is upset           that a prominent psychologist who reviewed records of late-term abortions is speaking to the media about them and is demanding that he stop. Dr.Paul McHugh discussed the records associated with a misdemeanor charges filed and dismissed against late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller.        

Tiller had been charged with doing illegal abortions contrary to Kansas law, which requires they only be done in very serious medical conditions.

According to the analysis McHugh provided, the late-term abortions were done for illegal reasons with most all of the women citing various social  reasons for the abortions that he said could be easily remedied.

McHugh, a former Johns Hopkins University professor, said Tiller used only  mental health reasons to justify 15 abortions done in 2003 and he  reviewed the records at the request of former attorney general Phill Kline. The state attorney had filed the misdemeanor charges, which a court subsequently dropped on jurisdictional grounds.

Following McHugh’s comments on the records, Morrison sent him a letter telling him the remarks are hurting his continuing investigation into Tiller’s   late-term abortions. He added that the comments violated the privacy  rights of the women involved in the abortions.

Moreover, Morrison threatened to file a lawsuit against McHugh and to recover the $5,000 he was paid to review the records and to get the state  of Maryland to take action against him.
            
  "You have chosen to engage in a politically-driven media campaign," Morrison wrote, according to an Associated Press report. "Your actions do a disservice to you, Johns Hopkins and your profession."  

Morrison  also threatened to remove McHugh from the list of witnesses in the case.

Mary Kay Culp, executive director of Kansans for Life, said she was very  disappointed by Morrison’s letter and called it "marching all over the First Amendment” by trampling on his free speech rights.

“"This is an outrage and illustrates the lengths the Dr. Tiller and AG Morrison  will go to cover up the truth,” she told LifeNews.com. “Tiller and his lawyers are surely at their shrillest right now and those who have benefited from his massive financial involvement in Kansas politics  have been given their marching orders, and marching they are -- all over the First Amendment.”

McHugh also said that the abortion records indicated the women involved did  not receive complete examinations.

"The   remarkable thing was they were all the same. These were very brief files," McHugh told AP and added that he thought doing late-term abortions on women presented its own mental health concerns.

 "Lots of psychiatrists, including me, do not believe there are any pure psychiatric reasons that justify abortion," McHugh said. "Abortion has - especially with a viable fetus - its own trauma, and there would    be other psychological complications."

ConfrontingTiller

Bill O'Reilly is once again confronting George Tiller on his obvious illegal performance of late term abortions, even sending a reporter out to confront him.

Phil Kline the former Attorney General of Kansas filed 30 misdemeanor counts against Tiller. Paul Morrison, the new Attorney General, says he has assigned an assistant Attorney General to the investigation. He assures th epeople that if evidence of a crime surfaces he will prosecute, but  evidence exists already that he has aborted viable fetuses where the mothers life was not in danger and nothing has happened so far.

In the meantime,Kansas Governor  Kathleen Sebelius vetoed legislation that would require Tiller to release more medical details on late-term abortions.

Please write to both Governor Sebelius http://governor.ks.gov/

and Attorney General Morrison.http://www.ksag.org/content/page/id/71

and ask for justice.

To see O'Reilly segment go here http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/index.html