LANSING, MI, November 30, 2009/Christian Newswire --
Operation Rescue has filed formal complaints against abortionist Alberto Hodari with the MI Attorney General's office and with the MI Department of Community Health, asking for investigations in to criminal misconduct in the alleged forced abortion of Caitlin Bruce last year.
Ms. Bruce filed a civil suit against Hodari in June. In her suit, she says she withdrew her consent for an abortion after seeing her baby on an ultrasound. She accuses Hodari and his assistant of holding her down and covering her mouth to muffle her screams while Hodari viciously forced an abortion upon her.
"We have filed the appropriate complaints to insure that the correct authorities are also investigating possible criminal charges and causes for discipline against Hodari's medical license," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.
Judy Climer, director of Flint Right to Life, has also filed a separate, similar complaint with the MI Attorney General.
Bruce never filed her own criminal complaint because "she was young and knew it wouldn't bring her baby back," according to a story that appeared Sunday in the Flint Journal.
"While these complaints are too late to help Ms. Bruce, they may serve to prevent this horror from being inflicted upon other women," said Newman. "In fact, evidence shows that Hodari has likely forced abortions on women for at least two decades."
The Flint Journal article indicated that an abortion clinic employee present during Bruce's abortion said in a statement that was filed with the suit that Hodari told Bruce that he would not do her abortion and was sending her home, but instead forced the abortion on her. He then grinned as he completed the abortion.
Another woman recently told of a similar experience with Hodari in 1988. Jennifer McCoy never considered abortion and had been taken to Hodari's clinic at age 16 under the pretense of receiving a routine obstetrical examination. Hodari assured her that he was only examining her to determine how far along she was, when suddenly Jennifer felt the sharp pain of the abortion.
"These two accounts are far too similar to be a coincidence," said Newman. "Even though Hodari denies any wrongdoing, he has also made it clear that he believes abortionists have a 'license to lie.' We are convinced that he lied to Mrs. McCoy, he lied to Ms. Bruce, and now he's lying about his culpability in these horrific crimes. Hodari's behavior is that of a maniac that has likely been abusing women for at least 20 years. It is time that the legal system brings his reign of terror to an end."
I think that this so called doctor should be put in jail. I understand what it feels like to have to decide to keep your unborn child or abort it because you think that your life would be easier. But then as soon as you see that wonderful gift from God on that ultrasound it changes everything.For this person to force this on her is wrong and I think he should not only get put in jain but also lose whatever licence he has and never be able to practice any type of medicine ever again. Put the point across that it is not ok to kill an unborn child. Our world thinks of unborn children as tissue as I have heard it called in the past. And as a christian I feel we have an obligation and should have a love for those children that can't stand up and fight for themslves and say that they don't want to die. I feel we should be the ones that stand up for them and tell them this is wrong. There are reasons why we have adoption. If you get pregnant and don't want the baby don't kill him. Give birth and allow a family that can't have children adopt him. This doctor will have to live with what he has done for the rest of his life. I just pray that God will open his eyes and the she can forgive him.