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Another evil man, stupid woman, dead kid tale. - RealChoice Nov 18, 2009, 2:58 pm
California Man Charged With Killing Girlfriend, Her SonFirst of all, women need to grasp that the number one threat to the children of unmarried women is moms' boyfriends. They're the ones who by and large do the bulk of the molesting, abusing, and murdering. So don't do the Horizontal Bop with somebody you'd not want to stick around and raise the kids with. And if he seemed like Mr. Right at the time and then morphed into a sleezebag, try waiting until your kids are grown before you start bring
*1901: Doctor's work leaves woman dead - RealChoice Nov 15, 2009, 8:00 am
On November 15, 1901, 22-year-old Irma Brown of Garden City, Kansas, died at County Hospital from complications of an abortion performed there that day.Dr. Robert E. Gray was arrested November 19 and held without bail by Coroner's Jury.On March 26, 1902, Gray was acquitted by a jury.Irma's abortion was typical of criminal abortions in that it was performed by a physician.Note, please, that with overall public health issues such as doctors not using proper aseptic techniques, lack of access to bl
*Abortionist Gone Wild - RealChoice Nov 14, 2009, 3:28 pm
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Innocence is no excuse in the Nanny State - RealChoice Nov 12, 2009, 5:29 pm
Ex-soldier faces jail for handing in gunThe man found a trash bag somebody else had tossed over his garden wall. It had a gun in it. So he took it to the police station and turned it in. Now he's facing five years in prison, minimum, for possession of a firearm.Judge Christopher Critchlow said: "This is an unusual case, but in law there is no dispute that Mr Clarke has no defence to this charge."The intention of anybody possessing a firearm is irrelevant."Be afraid. Be very afraid. Because there
*1952: An unusual death - RealChoice Nov 12, 2009, 2:25 am
On November 3, 1952, Isabell Cuda went to the home of Mary Murawsky in Rockford, Illinois, for an illegal abortion. Mary was neither licensed nor qualified to practice medicine. Murawsky used some sort of instrument on Isabell. Isabell became ill, and died on November 12, leaving behind a husband and a minor child. Isabell's abortion was unusual in that it was performed by an amateur, rather than by a doctor, as was the case with perhaps 90% of criminal abortions.During the 1950s, we see an anom
*Two pre-Roe anniversaries - RealChoice Nov 11, 2009, 4:04 am
On November 11, 1929, 23-year-old Mary L. Kelly died in Chicago from an abortion performed by an unidentified perpetrator. On November 11, 1909, Marian Lang, age 29, died in Chicago home from an abortion. Dr. Pope was indicted by a grand jury. The source document does not indicate that the case went to trial.Note, please, that with issues such as doctors not using proper aseptic techniques, lack of access to blood transfusions and antibiotics, and overall poor health to begin with, there was lik
*Two tragic anniversaries - RealChoice Nov 9, 2009, 2:38 am
"Yvonne" Roe is one of the women Life Dynamics notes on their "Blackmun Wall" of women killed by legalized abortion. Yvonne was a 19-year-old student who died from sepsis on November 9, 1999 in Marrero, Louisiana, after undergoing a safe and legal abortion. She had been an All-American cheerleader and a member of the National Honor Society. Life Dynamics cites the Clarion Ledger, November 11, 1999, and indicates that though they have information giving Yvonne's real name, they can not release it
*Conversion story: Hear Abby Johnson say how she went from PP director to PL advocate - RealChoice Nov 9, 2009, 2:41 am
MsUnderestimated brings us video of Mike Huckabe interviewing former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson. (HT: NewsBusters.Here's a transcript of the interview:MIKE HUCKABEE: Well, she helped numerous women get abortions, but she's now a strong pro-life advocate who helps lead protests at the very clinic she once worked for. Please welcome former director for Planned Parenthood, Abby Johnson, from Bryan College Station, Texas. Abby, it's so nice to have you here.ABBY JOHNSON: Thank you.HUCK
*Obama's priorities: Too busy for Berlin & Ft. Hood - RealChoice Nov 9, 2009, 2:52 am
Obama Draws Criticism for Sitting Out Berlin Wall AnniversaryObama Needs to Go to Ft. HoodAny other President -- including Clinton -- would have had the decency, the class, and the sense of proportion to hoof it down to Ft. Hood to address the soldiers, and to Berlin to celebrate the fall of the Wall. But Obama, the eternal frat boy, is simply too busy.Every single leader of the EU, along with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, are attending the celebrations. But not our CoC. Not the POTUS. Not
*Newborn cries influenced by womb sounds - RealChoice Nov 7, 2009, 4:53 am
Babies 'cry in mother's tongue'Third trimester fetuses evidently are paying attention to their mothers' voices and gauging their cries accordingly after birth.
*1923: Death in a Chicago hospital - RealChoice Nov 6, 2009, 2:49 am
On November 6, 1923, Mrs. Agnes Wendt died at Chicago's St. Anne's Hospital from complications from an abortion performed there that day.Dr. Irene Wagoner was exonerated by the coroner, but nevertheless indicted for murder in Agnes' death.Agnes' abortion was typical of criminal abortions in that it was performed by a physician.Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in this era, see Abortion in
*1928: Woman dies in doc's office - RealChoice Nov 4, 2009, 2:54 am
On November 4, 1928, 22-year-old Anna Borndal died at the office of Dr. Lou E. Davis of Chicago, from complications of an abortion performed there that day.Davis was held by the coroner for unintentional manslaughter. She was indicted by a grand jury for homicide.Anna's abortion was typical of illegal abortions in that it was performed by a physician.Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in th
*1977: Abortion quackery kills Texas mom - RealChoice Nov 4, 2009, 2:56 am
Louchrisser Jackson, a 23-year-old mother of five, was 12 weeks pregnant when she went to Dr. Robert L. Gardner for a safe and legal abortion at Reproductive Services in Dallas on November 4, 1977.Louchrisser began hemorrhaging. Gardner said that he ordered blood for a transfusion, but it didn't arrive so about an hour before her death he attempted to give her a transfusion with his own blood -- which turned out to be an incompatable type.A private ambulance was called but was not informed of th
*PP director quits after witnessing abortion - RealChoice Nov 3, 2009, 11:50 am
Planned Parenthood Director Quits After Watching Abortion on UltrasoundPraise God!
*"Law & Order" does balanced show on late abortion - RealChoice Oct 29, 2009, 2:16 pm
Thanks for the link go to Jill Stanek.It seems the writers went a bit overboard to make sure to fit in stereotypical and atypical people on both sides, reasonable people on both sides, fanatics on both sides, and the arguments of both sides. But with just one hour, he/she needed to cram it in a bit.The only fault I can find is the characterization of the abortions as being typically done on babies with horrendous congenital conditions, since this is atypical even of late abortions, but I do appr
*Another example of "Figures lie, and liars figure" - RealChoice Oct 27, 2009, 1:45 pm
The Bogus Death Statistic That Won't Die:Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida has found his calling: death demagogue. First, he accused Republicans of wanting sick patients to "die quickly." Next, he likened health insurance problems to a "holocaust in America." Now, he's unveiled a new website entitled "namesofthedead.com" in memory of the "more than 44,000 Americans [who] die simply because they have no health insurance."Just one problem: The statistic is a phantom number. Grayson's memoria
*Wow! Law & Order presents some reality of late abortion - RealChoice Oct 25, 2009, 5:15 am
ous nurse describes happens hundreds of times a year in the US -- the main difference being that the babies in real life typically could have lived long, normal lives if carried to term (or even, in many cases, if brought to the NICU at the time of birth instead of being disposed of as medical waste).For more on the real-life scenarios, see:Obama Comments, I RespondPlanned Parenthood Admits to Live BirthsA Fetus With AttitudeA Question About Born-Alive Babies and Criminal ChargesObama, McCain, a
*1922: Chicago abortion death - RealChoice Oct 25, 2009, 6:17 am
On October 25, 1922, 24-year-old Lillian Hulbert died at Chicago's St. Anne's Hospital from complications of a criminal abortion performed on her there that day.The coroner identified a Mrs. M.C. Anderson as responsible for Lillian's death.Anderson's profession is given as nurse or midwife.Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in this era, see Abortion in the 1920s.
*"Mermaid Girl" Shiloh Pepin dies at age 10 - RealChoice Oct 24, 2009, 12:53 pm
Shiloh Pepin, one of a handful of known sirenomelia survivors, has died. She was 10 years old.Sirenomelia is a rare birth defect that causes the legs to be fused. Babies with siernomelia are typically not born without normal pelvic area features such as urethra and anus, and as such typically die shortly after birth. Surgeons can now sometimes correct the abnormalities that are incompatible with life. Shiloh wasn't a candidate for leg separation surgery because of issues with how her blood vesse
*An abortion death from the early 20th Century - RealChoice Oct 23, 2009, 3:55 am
Emma Bickel, a 59-year-old midwife, was charged with second-degree manslaugher in the death of 19-year-old Emily Nohavec of St. Louis. Bickel had been a midwife for 28 years, and had a reputation for "uprightness" and honesty.Emily, who was single, had been living with her sister in St. Louis, and she worked as a clerk in her sister‘s vegetable store. On October 18, 1913, she first reported feeling ill. On Monday, October 20, a Dr. Reber was summoned to see her. He diagnosed her with septic pe
*Doctor fingered in 1936 abortion death - RealChoice Oct 23, 2009, 3:59 am
On October 16, 1936, 26-year-old Katherine DiDonato, mother of two, was admitted to Roosevelt Hospital to be treated for complications of a criminal abortion.Katherine's husband reported that the abortion had taken place three days earlier.Detectives were told that Katherine had bought pills from drug clerk Hyman Kantor, who had then recommended Dr. Aloysius Mulholland to perform an abortion.Katherine died at 2 AM on October 23. Both Mulholland and Kantor were arrested and charged with homicide.
*1981: One of three deaths for NAF hero - RealChoice Oct 23, 2009, 4:00 am
Nineteen-year-old Diane Boyd lived in a state institution for the mentally disabled. There, she was beaten and raped in July of 1981, and was later discovered to be pregnant. A safe, legal abortion was arranged for Diane at National Abortion Federation member Reproductive Health Services in St. Louis, and Diane's mother signed a consent form. The abortion was performed October 22, 1981. Diane died the next day.According to suits later filed by Diane's mother, RHS staff and abortionist Robert Cri
Great collection of BO Nobel cartoons - RealChoice Oct 11, 2009, 3:37 pm
Dr. Roy's ThoughtsI particularly like the first and third the most.They're from this collection", which just gathered them without evidently taking sides. But the consensus seems to be that the Nobel Peace Prize now means about as much as the prize you get in a box of Cracker Jack.
*1926: Another doctor's fatal work in Chicago - RealChoice Oct 11, 2009, 5:06 am
On October 11, 1926, Jeanette Jarrett, a 28-year-old woman, died from complications of a criminal abortion performed on her that day at a Chicago location. A Black, Roy Shell, was held by the coroner on October 29. On November 1, he was indicted for felony murder.Jeanette's abortion was typical of criminal abortions in that it was performed by a doctor.Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in
*1981: Fatal abortion for teen - RealChoice Oct 11, 2009, 5:10 am
Life Dynamics lists 17-year-old Sharonda Rowe on their "Blackmun Wall" of women killed by safe and legal abortions. According to LDI, Sharonda had an abortion done in a doctor's office in Washington, DC on October 11, 1981. She suffered lacerations in her vagina and uterus, causing a massive, fatal air embolism (air in her bloodstream).For more abortion deaths, visit the Cemetery of Choice:To email this post to a friend, use the icon below.
*2000: Fatal abortion in Dayton - RealChoice Oct 11, 2009, 5:13 am
L'Echelle Head, age 21, died October 11, 2000, after an abortion at Dayton Women's Health Services. Dayton Right to Life said that L'Echelle was pronounced dead at Samaritan Hospital after she'd been sent home from the clinic.Police had been called to a private residence to investigate the report of an unresponisve 21-year-old woman shortly after 6 p.m.L'Echelle's obituary indicates that she left behind a daughter, her parents, and three sisters.Peggy Lehner of Dayton Right to Life said, "The fi
*NYT Miracle! - RealChoice Oct 10, 2009, 7:57 am
Behind the Scenes: Picturing Fetal RemainsThe photographs are graphic and detailed, showing the fingers or toes of aborted fetuses whose entire frames are no bigger than a cellphone. Since the mid-1990s, they have appeared all over the country — carried as posters by protesters, handed out with pamphlets or, in some cases, mounted like billboards on the sides of trucks.Like many others, I often wondered about the source of these images. Who took the pictures? Where did the fetuses come from?I
*"Murdered by human wolves" - RealChoice Oct 10, 2009, 7:03 am
The Seminole County News in Oklahoma reported that Katherine Cross died October 10, 1917, from a "criminal operation" performed by Dr. A. H. Yates and his assistant, a schoolteacher named Frederick O‘Neal. Katherine, who had been born in August of 1899, was 18 years old.I learned about Katherine‘s sad end while looking for memorials for the unborn at Find-a-Grave. Evidently Colby Weaver, who is interested in old headstones, was intrigued by the inscription on Katherine‘s headstone: "Murder
*Thanks for nothing, New York legislature - RealChoice Oct 10, 2009, 7:07 am
Twenty-three-year-old Maria Hernandez Ortega traveled from her home in Massahusetts for a safe and legal abortion by Dr. Armida Zepeta in her New York office on October 10, 1970.Zeptea estimated the pregnancy to be two months. She attempted an abortion, but was unable to extract the fetus. She concluded that Maria had not been pregnant after all, and sent her home.At 10:00 that night, Maria died in her home. It turned out that she had actually been four months pregnant, not two months. Zepeta ha
*Thanks for nothing, New York legislature - RealChoice Oct 10, 2009, 7:07 am
Twenty-three-year-old Maria Hernandez Ortega traveled from her home in Massahusetts for a safe and legal abortion by Dr. Armida Zepeta in her New York office on October 10, 1970.Zeptea estimated the pregnancy to be two months. She attempted an abortion, but was unable to extract the fetus. She concluded that Maria had not been pregnant after all, and sent her home.At 10:00 that night, Maria died in her home. It turned out that she had actually been four months pregnant, not two months. Zepeta ha
*NAF abortion leads to fatal coma for mom - RealChoice Oct 10, 2009, 7:10 am
October 10, 1989, 27-year-old Catherine Pierce died in a nursing home in Tennessee from abortion complications that had left her comatose since March 11. She left an 11-year-old daughter motherless. The abortion was performed at Atlanta Surgi-Center, which had at one time also done business as "Northside Women's Clinic," and was performed by Daniel McBrayer.Catherine had gone into cardiac arrest while left unattended in recovery after her abortion. State officials alleged "serious problems" afte
*Atheists hope to dishonor veterans - RealChoice Oct 7, 2009, 4:00 am
High Court Takes Up Case of Cross on Public LandKowtowing to every whining atheist, as the government has become all too prone to do, is government establishment of a religion -- atheism.The atheists need to just get a grip, shut up, and accept the fact that not everybody is godless.Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses just pester you one on one, and you can develop relationships with them even if you disagree. But disagree with an atheist and he wants all evidence of your existence to be blotted out
*An abortionist's plea: Let the violence of abortion lead us to embrace it all the more - RealChoice Oct 6, 2009, 3:26 pm
Second Trimester Abortion Provision: Breaking the Silence and Changing the DiscourseThis piece was written in the hope that the more we talked openly about the reality of second-trimester abortion, the more accepted all abortion would become. If the author's prediction is true -- that the more we know about how gruesome and violent second-trimester abortions are, and the more we know about the rather prosaic reasons they're committed, the more likely we are to embrace the practice -- well, to pa
Two photos - RealChoice Oct 6, 2009, 5:55 pm
When looking for a photo to illustrate a point, I found this gruesome picture of a dead body.I was struck by the similarity to this very famous gruesome picture of a dead body.Why can't both outcomes be tragedies that we try to prevent? Why is there an entire political movement devoted to making sure that there are more and more corpses like the first photo? Supposedly it's to prevent more corpses like the second photo. But there's no evidence that embracing creating the first kind of corpse red
*Ignorance or hidden agenda? - RealChoice Oct 6, 2009, 6:17 pm
YWCA Misinforms Raped Inmate About Adoption, Pays for Coerced AbortionA raped prison inmate wanted to arrange for her baby to be adopted, but the YWCA's Battered Women Task Force falsely told her that her parental rights would be terminated just because she was in prison. The woman was not informed of the possibility of open adoption (or, evidently, foster care), nor was she informed that a woman had learned of the inmate's plight and had offered to adopt the baby.Now, let's wait for the outrage
*1937: Woman names doctor, dies from abortion - RealChoice Oct 6, 2009, 3:59 am
Eleanor Haynes, age 22, died at Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey on October 6, 1937, after indicating that Dr. P. Ralph McFeely had performed an abortion on her. Eleanor's fiancee claimed no knowledge of an abortion. McFeely, a school and police physician who was also president of the local PTA, said that although he was treating Eleanor for a "minor ailment," he had not performed an abortion. McFeely was not indicted due to lack of evidence.For more on pre-legalization abortion, see The Bad Ol
*1904: Abortion death blamed on doc - RealChoice Oct 6, 2009, 4:00 am
On October 6, 1904, Mrs. Mary Lawson died at Passavant Hospital in Chicago, from complications of a criminal abortion. Dr. Alois Rassmussen was sentenced to fifteen years at Joliet for the murder, but was able to get a new trial. In this second trial, he was acquitted.Note, please, that with overall public health issues such as doctors not using proper aseptic techniques, lack of access to blood transfusions and antibiotics, and overall poor health to begin with, there was likely little differen
Jackass Bureaucrat Alert - RealChoice Oct 4, 2009, 4:09 pm
Small Town, Big GovernmentA guy got an idea to offer drunks free rides home from the bars -- especially useful since the town's taxi service won't pick people after 1 a.m., and the bars are still open.Well, the demand grew, and the guy and his volunteer drivers started accepting donations -- and the city shut him down. He's a "taxi service".Because they let the drunks they drive home give them money to cover the expenses.This is akin to a clusterfuck the government made out of a charity in my ar
*Rhetoric and the macabre trophy: The death of Rosie Jimenez - RealChoice Oct 3, 2009, 5:21 am
In 1976, the Hyde Amendment went into effect, banning the use of Federal funds to pay for abortions except to save the mother from an immediate threat to her life. The measure was named for its author, Congressman Henry Hyde. Abortion advocates had been keening from the moment the Hyde Amendment was up for vote. They painted a ghastly picture of coathanger-impaled women littering the streets as poor women were driven to desperation by lack of "access" -- much the way they were keening last year
Ode to Thee, O Great Sully! - RealChoice Oct 1, 2009, 3:06 pm
In honor of this: Pilot 'Sully' Takes to New York City Skies for First Time Since Heroic Landinga rerun of this: The Epic Ballad Of Sully And The Devil-Birds:Sing, O Muse! Of a man most valorous and righteousOf he, the winged son of Danville....
*Big Brother Is Watching Your Abortion - RealChoice Sep 30, 2009, 3:40 am
Should Government Have E-Record of Every Woman Who's Had an Abortion?How come Planned Parenthood and NARAL aren't objecting? After all, imagine if the mean old Republicans get back in power and gain access to the list. If abortion information is so private that it's a violation of confidentiality to allow a judge to review redacted records, how come it's not so private that the Feds can't collect your name and bank account information?
*Sympathy for the Devil - RealChoice Sep 30, 2009, 3:50 am
Maybe some of these clowns are A-List celebrities in their home countries. But they're looking for their 15 minutes of international fame, standing up for a rapist.The Free Polanski PetitionThis man raped a 13 year old girl. I'm betting that every single signatory on that petition is also an ardent supporter of Planned Parenthood, the perverts' best friend.Is it just me, or is there something bizarre about the way the Left treated Clarence Thomas (who allegedly made a lot of bawdy jokes that an
*Deafening silence from MSM, lies from Dems. Surprised? - RealChoice Sep 29, 2009, 7:15 pm
Dem Leadership Denies Existence of 35 GOP AlternativesNot to mention the MSM are deafeningly silent.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) sent out a statement yesterday that was brazen, even under the standards of today's House leadership. After the Republicans have introduced at least 35 health care bills ... Hoyer still says that the Republicans don't have an alternative. His office released the following statement Monday:'In June, House Republicans pledged to introduce a bill to reform Am
*National Abortion Federation: The Cream of the Crop in Action - RealChoice Sep 26, 2009, 7:37 am
On September 26, 1990, 17-year-old Sophie McCoy died in a New York hospital, leaving a one-year-old son motherless.The events that led to her death started on September 17, when Sophie went to the office of National Abortion Federation member Abu Hayat. She was accompanied by her mother and by the husband of the operator of a facility identified as "the Willoughby Avenue Clinic." She had been referred to him, but medical board documents do not say by whom.Sophe and her mother returned to Hayat's
*1906: Fatal Chicago abortion - RealChoice Sep 26, 2009, 7:25 am
Mrs. Annie Heaney, age 50, died at Post Graduate Hospital in Chicago on September 26, 1906, from complications of a criminal abortion performed there that day. Physician Jonathan L. Miller was arrested in the death.Note, please, that with standard public health issues such as doctors not using proper aseptic techniques, lack of access to blood transfusions and antibiotics, and overall poor health to begin with, there was likely little difference between the performance of a legal abortion and il
Let us All Sing Dear Leader's Praises - RealChoice Sep 24, 2009, 11:40 pm
Tell me this isn't creepy.This is a PUBLIC SCHOOL IN NEW JERSEY, not a private school where parents choose to pay tuition to have their children taught to believe what their parents believe.The fact that they can do things like this to other people's kids without parental permission is why the Left opposes school choice. If you can choose to send your kid to an indoctrination-free school, wouldn't you choose to do so?
*1927: Chicago abortion death - RealChoice Sep 24, 2009, 3:20 am
On September 24, 1927, 35-year-old Martha Kohnke died in Chicago from a criminal abortion performed that day. Nurse Emma Schultz was held by the coroner on October 5.Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in this era, see Abortion in the 1920s.For more on pre-legalization abortion, see The Bad Old Days of AbortionTo email this post to a friend, use the icon below.
*ACORN rule may defund Planned Parenthood - RealChoice Sep 24, 2009, 3:23 am
ACORN Rule May Trap Defense Contractors in Defunding WebThe language of the motion that applies to "any organization that has been indicted for a violation of any federal or state law" when it comes to lobbying or campaign finances. It also excludes "any organization that has filed a fraudulent form with any federal or state regulatory agency."Frankly I think the language needs to indicate that any organization that has been indicted or has filed fraudulent forms with regulatory agencies will ne
Buster Keaton Can Can - RealChoice Sep 23, 2009, 4:13 pm
A fan did this amazing Buster Keaton montage to the tune of "Hooked on a Can Canl". I'm trying to identify what movies all the bits are from. And a couple of them are very familiar but I can't place exactly what movie they're from. Help?(Links take you to where you can watch the movie in question free online)*Dumped off a train -- ?*Sit up, cock hat at girl -- The Balloonatic*Out window onto sidewalk / Run into big guy and run off -- The Goat*Tumble over deck rope -- The Love Nest*Boiled egg bal
*A pre-Roe tragedy they don't tout, lament, or even notice - RealChoice Sep 22, 2009, 3:48 am
"Amanda" was 19 years old when she traveled from Indiana to New York for a safe, legal abortion in 1970. She was 12 weeks pregnant.The doctor performed the abortion on September 3. He was unable to remove any of the fetus or placenta. For some reason, he did not suspect a problem. He discharged Amanda and she returned home. Upon her return home, she suffered from pain, nausea, and vomiting, so she sought care from a physician in her community. She was admitted to the hospital with a perforated u
*1930: Fatal abortion by doctor - RealChoice Sep 21, 2009, 3:18 am
On September 9, 1930, 20-year-old Matilda Kleinschmidt underwent a criminal abortion, believed to have been performed in the office of Dr. J. Murney Nicholson. Matilda died on September 21. On September 22, Nicholson was held by the coroner for murder. John C. Ross was held as an accessory. Nicholson was indicted for felony murder in Matilda's death.Matilda's abortion was typical of illegal abortions in that it was performed by a physician.For more on pre-legalization abortion, see The Bad Old D
*1995: Antiquated abortion method kills mom as well as baby - RealChoice Sep 21, 2009, 3:21 am
The widower of a Wisconsin teacher killed in a safe, legal abortion has filed suit against the hospital training the resident who did the procedure.Linda Boom, age 35, went to Sinai Samaritan Medical Center in Milwaukee for an abortion on September 21, 1995. Linda and her husband, Dennis Boom, had married in 1993 and planned to start a family. Linda learned that she was pregnant in June of 1995, but in September elected abortion because the fetus had been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Linda's au
Buster Keaton -- Down to the Well - RealChoice Sep 20, 2009, 4:50 pm
Weepingprophet did this amazing Buster Keaton montage to the tune of The Pixies' "Down to the Well". I'm trying to identify what movies all the bits are from. And a couple of them are very familiar but I can't place exactly what movie they're from. Help?"Smile" -- "Go West" (One of my personal favorites!)Three mirrors -- ?Car bump -- "Go West"Proto bicycle -- "Our Hospitality"Collapsing car -- ?Saying grace with one eye open -- "Our Hospitality"Swinging waterfall rescue -- "Our Hospitality"Phone
*1916: Septic abortion death - RealChoice Sep 19, 2009, 4:52 am
In September of 1916, Mrs. Etta E. Gardener, 22-year-old wife of Burr Gardener, died in St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, of sepsis from an illegal abortion performed in Yuma. She had been admitted as having appendicitis.Note, please, that with overall public health issues such as doctors not using proper aseptic techniques, lack of access to blood transfusions and antibiotics, and overall poor health to begin with, there was likely little difference between the performance of a legal abortion and
*1922: Chicago abortion proves fatal - RealChoice Sep 19, 2009, 4:55 am
In September of 1922, 35-year-old Mary Cybulski died at her Chicago home from complications of a criminal abortion performed there that day. (The source gives the date of offense as September 15 but the date of death as September 1, so clearly there's an error in the database.) On November 15, Lucy Kozolwski, whose profession is not given, was indicted for felony murder in Mary's death.Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the f
*1987: Another death at Her Medical Clinic - RealChoice Sep 19, 2009, 4:56 am
Eighteen-year-old Michelle Thames suffered a seizure during her safe and legal abortion at Her Medical Clinic on September 19, 1987. She died later that day. Her family filed suit, claiming that Her Medical Clinic staff had made inadequate attempts to resuscitate Michelle.Michelle wasn't the only young woman to die at the notorious Her Medical Clinic, run by abortionist Leo Kenneally. Liliana Cortez died there September 20, 1986. Donna Heim died there August 12, 1986. And Maria Soto died there a
*1971: A fatal pre-Roe abortion - RealChoice Sep 19, 2009, 5:00 am
Cassandra Bleavins, a 20-year-old clerk, died shortly after midnight on September 19, 1971, at LA County/USC Medical Center. She had been taken there just the day before, comatose after an abortion.The abortion had been performed on September 2, 1971. Cassandra had bled heavily afterward, and the abortionist had tied off a portion of her cervix to control the bleeding, then sent her home.On September 15, Cassandra returned to the place where her abortion had been done, reporting heavy bleeding.
*2005: Third death at the hands of hero abortionist Abraham Alberto Hodari - RealChoice Sep 18, 2009, 5:00 pm
Voices for Women did their search for background on Abraham Alberto Hodari. They uncovered the abortion death of Regina Johnson.According to this administrative complaint, Regina (Identified only by the initials R.J.) was 32 years old when she went to Womancare of Southfield. She was pregnant for the fourth time, having given birth once, and either aborted or miscarried twice. Hodari, owner of Womancare, was not present at the time.Nurse Litchtig performed an ultrasound, "even though there was n
*2003: The Death of Holly Patterson - RealChoice Sep 17, 2009, 3:35 am
Holly Patterson, age 18, died September 17, 2003, from sepsis caused by a fetus incompletely expelled in a safe and legal medical abortion. Holly had gotten the drugs for the fatal abortion at a Planned Parenthood in Hayward, California, on September 10.Rather than follow the recommended protocols for chemical abortions, Planned Parenthood followed the more popular American approach of giving Holly the mifepristone at the facility, then giving her misoprostol to self-administer at home.Holly had
*A look at at Dear Leader's planned speech to students - RealChoice Sep 7, 2009, 1:36 pm
Raw Data: Obama Speech to American School ChildrenThere are a lot of perfectly fine portions -- perfectly appropriate from any President to the start of any school year. The problem is the embedding.For starters, I don't like his early assumptions:I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it's your first day in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous. I imagine there are some sen
*1989: Patient bleeds to death after abortion - RealChoice Sep 7, 2009, 4:56 am
Twenty-four-year-old Synthia Dennard went to Biogenetics in Chicago for a safe, legal abortion and tubal ligation on September 7, 1989. The surgery was performed by Inno Obasi.Synthia began to hemorrhage during the surgery. A medical investigation later found that Obasi had "failed to summon help in a timely manner; refused to allow trained and skilled paramedics to attend to Synthia; refused to allow paramedics to transport Synthia to a hospital in a timely manner" and otherwise "allowed Synthi
*1987: Two children left motherless by abortion - RealChoice Sep 5, 2009, 3:21 am
Jose Velazquez successfully sued Mahesh C. Gupta, Santosh Gupta, Renga Rajan, and Maria De Los Santos Health Center over the death of his wife, Iris Velazquez. Iris was 20 years old when she died on September 5, 1987. Court documents over her estate allege that the abortion was illegal.Westlaw gives no details about the abortion or Iris's death. However, it mentions that the couple had two children: a daughter who survived and a son who died seven months after Iris's death.Rajan was also success
*What real astroturfing looks like - RealChoice Aug 31, 2009, 3:54 am
Government-issued Health Care Bill propaganda: The presidency devolves into a neverending campaignIn a nutshell, those of us who oppose the Obamacare drive are not only going to pay for it with our tax dollars, we're apparently already paying for the drive to ram it down our throats. Every John or Jane Q Public who is taking time off work, and paying $3 for a piece of poster board and a set of magic markers to make a sign expressing his or her true sentiments, is also paying for the bussed-in pr
*1980: Trash bag aftercare kills woman - RealChoice Aug 25, 2009, 3:16 am
On August 23, 1980, 26-year-old Betty Damato went to Dr. James Franklin in Denver, Colorado, for a safe, legal abortion. According to Betty's family, Franklin did not remove all of the fetus. He instead gave Betty a trash bag, and instructions to collect whatever she expelled in the bag and bring it to him.Two days later, Betty was dead from infection.Franklin told a grand jury that he did not perform the fatal abortion. He claimed that he had examined Betty, found a dead fetus, and sent her to
*1955: The body in the morgue - RealChoice Aug 24, 2009, 3:12 am
On August 24, 1955, the body of a young woman identified as Shirley Silver was brought to the morgue in Philadelphia from the North Philadelphia apartment of bartender Milton Schwarts and his beautician wife, Rosalie. The young woman, they said, had suddenly taken ill and collapsed while sitting on a sofa in their living room. But when machinations began to try to remove the young woman's body without an autopsy, her real identity was revealed, and a scandal rocked the city.The dead woman was D
*Is "Stupid is as stupid does" still permitted by the Nanny State? - RealChoice Aug 23, 2009, 1:50 pm
Quangos blackball ... oops, sorry ... veto ‘racist' everyday phrasesAmong the forbidden phrases: black sheep, black day, right-hand man, master bedroom, or the verb "to master".So is "ethnic minority".THERE IS NO RIGHT NEVER TO BE OFFENDED, OKAY?I used to have to drive past a billboard I found offensive beyond words. But it was the right of the abortion proponents to put it up and the right of the billboard company to allow them to purchase space to advertise their opinion that it helps famili
*Preach it, brother! A veteran speaks out to his congresscritter - RealChoice Aug 23, 2009, 12:27 pm
(HT: NewsBusters)This is worth quoting in its entirety:My name is David, and I'm from Camas, Washington.First of all, I want to let everybody know since this is the thing tonight that I'm a Marine Corps vet. (Applause) And like you I did swear an oath to defend my Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. (Applause)I heard you say tonight about educating our children, indoctrinating our children, whatever you want to call it. Stay away from my kids! (Wild applause)I also heard you
*Air America Radio: Obama cutting secret deals with drug companies - RealChoice Aug 22, 2009, 5:43 am
Watch and listen. It looks at what Obama said, and compares that to what he's been doing.I'm not floored that this is happening. I'm floored that it's Air America Radio that's bringing it to light. And host Christiane Brown called The One "a charming liar".Here's some of what Political Byline had to say:They do have a point, he did make all of those promises, and now they have turned on them. ............ What is really shocking is this; the very people that worked to elect Barack Obama are th
*Nationwide rally against Obamacare Sat., Aug. 22 - RealChoice Aug 22, 2009, 2:13 am
Rally at your congresscritter's office on Saturday at noon.We can't trust them with a used car. Now they want to control our health care, our lives, and 1/5 of the US economy. These are people with a history of getting some cockamamie idea and ramming it through without recognizing the consequences.Cash for Clunkers destroyed serviceable cars that could have lifted poor families out of welfare. They've hurt salvage yard owners, people who rebuild car parts for a living, charities that depend upo
*1929: Ill-explained death touted by NOW - RealChoice Aug 21, 2009, 2:25 am
According to the National Organization for Women web site, Ruth Irene Friedl was a married, 27-year-old mother of two. NOW's site said that pregnancy was life-threatening for Ruth, but they don't specify why, nor do they say why she was denied an abortion despite her health problems. NOW says that Ruth drank ergot apiol, an herbal abortifacient, on August 21, 1929. That night, according to NOW, Ruth collapsed at the dinner table in front of her husband and children, and died on the spot.I'd welc
*1901: Chicago woman dies, female doc held by coroner's jury - RealChoice Aug 18, 2009, 3:08 am
Mrs. George W. Robinson, age 28, died at her Chicago home on August 18, 1901, from an abortion performed there that day. Dr. Muenster was arrested that day, and she was held by the Coroner's Jury. Mrs. Robinson's abortion was typical of pre-legalization abortions in that it was performed by a physician.Note, please, that with overall public health issues such as doctors not using proper aseptic techniques, lack of access to blood transfusions and antibiotics, and overall poor health to begin wit
*1858: A tragic death, and a contemporary reflection - RealChoice Aug 13, 2009, 3:42 am
Ann Regan, "the daughter of a respectable widow" in Knightstown, Indiana, took ill on August 10, 1858. Her condition deteriorated over the next few days. On August 13, she went into a severe convulsion and died.The next day an autopsy determined that somebody had used instruments to perform an abortion on Ann, resulting in her death.An article in The Indiana True Republican lamented that Ann had lost her life along with her reputation, her widowed mother had lost her beloved daughter along with
*Two Obamacare stories worth reading - RealChoice Aug 11, 2009, 3:34 am
Fortune Editor Breaks With CNNers On ObamaCare; Details Freedoms Lost, Inevitable State Control. Oh, you'll get to keep your current satisfactory health care plan, all right. Until there's any change in it (like adding or deleting coverage for a specific drug), or at the 5-year-mark, depending on what category your present coverage falls under.Will Media Investigate Astroturf Recruitment At Craigslist? Hell, no! It's pro-Obamacare astroturfing, which is A-OK because it's something they support.
*Words to Washington - RealChoice Aug 8, 2009, 3:51 am
I contacted my congresscritter and Senators today about the impending health care debacle.Obamacare must be stopped. My friends, family, and co-workers all agree that the last thing we want the Federal government meddling in is our health care, and we especially do not want a government takeover. We worry that our elderly or disabled loved ones will be denied care. We oppose the inclusion of abortion "services". We imagine the kind of waste and callous disregard for people's real needs that is s
*1982: Mom dies, kids left in the lurch - RealChoice Aug 3, 2009, 3:46 am
Angel Dardie, age 22, left two children motherless when she died on August 3, 1982, of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (a clotting disorder) after a safe, legal saline abortion performed by Youl Choi at Plymouth General Hospital.Angel's mother sued, saying that the abortion was performed negligently. Although she sued for $5 million, she was awarded a settlement of $6000 from Choi and $2500 from the hospital. $1744 of this went to the attorney, plus an additional $667 given to him from t
*1949 Protip: If an abortionist nearly kills your wife, don't bring him any more patients - RealChoice Jul 29, 2009, 3:39 am
On July 29, 1949, on the basis of a third-party referral, Dorothy Martin went to the home of P.D. Beigun for an abortion. Beigun was not a physician or qualified to practice medicine. Dorothy, with the assistance of a man named Virgil Echols, had vistied Beigun a few days earlier to make the arrangements.Beigun took Dorothy into a bedroom while Echols waited in the living room. About 15 or 20 minutes later, Echols heard a sound described as a "slump," and Beigun called for him to come and help.
*1928: Mystery abortion kills woman in Chicago - RealChoice Jul 28, 2009, 2:50 am
On July 28, 1928, 21-year-old Maud Thurmond died in Chicago from sepsis from a criminal abortion performed that day.Maud's race is first given as "colored" then as "white - American Indian." Make of that what you will about the times.Nobody was ever held accountable for Maud's death.For more on pre-legalization abortion, see The Bad Old Days of AbortionTo email this post to a friend, use the icon below.
*1925: Abortion kills teen - RealChoice Jul 19, 2009, 5:12 am
Very little is on record about the death of 17-year-old Gertrude Wynants. According to the New York Times, Gertrude died on July 19, 1925, of a criminal abortion. Mrs. Margaret Shott Higgens, age 23, was indicted for manslaughter in Gertrude's death.For more on pre-legalization abortion, see The Bad Old Days of AbortionTo email this post to a friend, use the icon below.
*Sotomayor's agenda for America - RealChoice Jul 17, 2009, 2:56 am
Listen to Dr. Charmaine Yoest describe how Sotomayor's philosophy of jurisprudence and unbridled enthusiasm for abortion would not just erode common ground, but marginalize even the majority of prochoice citizens:
*When your body doesn't feel like it's yours - RealChoice Jul 16, 2009, 2:39 pm
Body IdentityI've blogged before about people who want a healthy limb amputated, and who will go to great lengths -- often life-threatening lengths -- to get rid of the limb in question. Now researchers have found that, as I suspected, the problem is a neurological one, not a psychiatric one.I've advocated safe amputations for these folks, after all attempts at less radical treatment fail. And here it turns out that a neurological test can diagnose them for certain. And if, as they say, the proc
*1970: Safe, legal, deadly - RealChoice Jul 12, 2009, 3:50 am
"Judy" was a 42-year-old mother of four from upstate New York when she chose safe and legal abortion in 1970. She was to have a tubal ligation done at the same time.Judy underwent the procedure, but went into cardiac arrest. Her heart was started again, but she remained in a coma for six days until her death on July 12.For more abortion deaths, visit the Cemetery of Choice:To email this post to a friend, use the icon below.
*1934: Mystery abortion kills frat boy's sweetheart - RealChoice Jul 10, 2009, 2:54 am
In 1934, pretty Marian Mills, a beauty queen, was the 19-year-old "campus sweetheart" of Neal Myers. Myers, a 21-year-old pharmacy student, was the son of Dr. P.B. Myers of Denver.On July 10, Marian died in the apartment of Mrs. Hazel Brown, the cook for Myers' fraternity house and "the only person of mature age in the house during the 24 tragic hours preceding the girl's death."Myers was charged with murder in Marian's death, and could have faced life in prison if convicted.Dr. Roy Emanuel test
*The Abortion Party - RealChoice Jul 7, 2009, 1:03 pm
My First Abortion PartyWhat sticks with me is the "first". He fully expects plenty more abortion parties.HT: Jivin J via Jill Stanek
*1970: Pre-Roe abortion proves fatal - RealChoice Jul 6, 2009, 3:41 am
Pearl Schwier, age 42, was 20 weeks pregnant when she sought a safe, legal abortion at St. Luke's hospital in New York City.She was brought into the operating room on July 6, 1970 for a hysterotomy abortion, which is simply a c-section in which the intention is to allow the baby to die rather than to deliver him or her alive. It was performed under general anesthesia.About 45 minutes into the procedure, Pearl had a reaction to the anesthesia and died.For more abortion deaths, visit the Cemetery
*Regina Johnson update: Hodari fined for his role in her death - RealChoice Jul 4, 2009, 12:55 pm
I had previously only been able to estimate when Regina Johnson died, based on a brief cite of a lawsuit filed in 2005. But thanks to Jill Stanek, I have details now on when and how Regina Johnson died.She was 32 years old and about 5 weeks pregnant when she went to Hodari's Womancare for an abortion. Hodari wasn't present. Click on Regina's name to read the whole story.And keep in mind that Womancare was considered good enough to be a member of the National Abortion Federation.
*In those three days.... What happens to the fetus between killing and expulsion in a late term abortion? - RealChoice Jul 3, 2009, 5:37 pm
Somg, under his new screen name "Operation Counterstrike" (Isn't he ever so clever?), has been asserting that late term fetuses don't rot during the three days between being killed by lethal injection and being delivered.In his presentation paper on D&X ("Partial Birth Abortion"), Martin Haskell described first how late D&E abortions were done. Because the fetus was so difficult to dismember, abortionists would kill it on Day 1, so that "autolysis" would "soften" the tissues for dismemberment du
*New CDC Abortion Surveillance Report out - RealChoice Jul 3, 2009, 1:24 pm
The newest CDC Abortion Surveillance Summary is for 2005. Not that they're dragging their asses or anything.The most recent deaths they tally are for 2004. Since then I have found:2007: Edrica Goode and Laura Hope Smith2006: Laura Grunas2005: Christin Gilbert and Oriane ShevinNow we can look at where the CDC deigns to count:And, more closely, at those since 2000:2004: They count 7 legal and 1 illegal. I have 2: Chanelle Bryant and Tamiia Russell. That means that the CDC knows of at least 6 abort
*1900: Abortion by midwife proves fatal - RealChoice Jun 28, 2009, 4:16 am
On June 28, 1900, Mrs. Andre Jorgenson died on the scene from an illegal abortion. Mrs. Anna Pihlgren, whose occupation is listed as nurse or midwife, was arrested and held by the Coroner's Jury. Andre Pihlgren was held as an accessory.Note, please, that with routine public health issues such as doctors not using proper aseptic techniques, lack of access to blood transfusions and antibiotics, and overall poor health to begin with, there was likely little difference between the performance of a l
*Which death outraged the champions of women's lives? - RealChoice Jun 26, 2009, 3:46 am
Pamela Colson, age 31, was 12 weeks pregnant when friends drive her to Women's Medical Services in Pensacola, Florida, for a safe and legal abortion on June 26, 1994.Pamela bled heavily during the drive home. According to her friends, Pamela became unresponsive, so they stopped at a motel. Two passers-by did CPR while Pamela's friends called for an ambulance. Pamela was taken to a hospital where she died after an emergency hysterectomy.Her autopsy showed: bloodstained fluid in chest and peritone
*Which abortions were unsafe abortions? - RealChoice Jun 24, 2009, 2:47 am
Today is the anniversary of three abortion deaths that I know about.Johanna died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Chicago, from complications of an abortion performed that day.Annie traveled from New Jersey to New York for a first-trimester abortion. Shortly after she was given anesthesia, Annie went into cardiac arrest, and attempts to revive her failed. She left behind three children.Thirty-six-year-old Lillie died in Dr. Albert C. Davis's Chicago office from compliations of an abortion that had
*"But they've already made up their minds" - RealChoice Jun 23, 2009, 3:24 am
Supposedly there's no need for informed consent prior to an abortion because women who come in for abortions have already made up their minds.Now, just imagine for a moment a plastic surgeon. Mary comes in asking for breast enhancement. The doctor just hands her a bunch of paperwork to sign, "Here are the risks, swelling, infection, yada yada yada", then does the breast enhancement. Has he done his job?Isn't it his responsibility to find out why the patient thinks that this surgery is what is ri
*Don't they mean, "Trust abortionists"? - RealChoice Jun 22, 2009, 1:51 pm
Got this email from NARAL:You've heard of wearing your heart on your sleeve. Well, in honor of Dr. George Tiller's work, we want you to wear yours on your wrist.Dr. Tiller often wore a button that simply read, 'Trust Women.” To honor his message and as a symbol of your pro-choice values, NARAL Pro-Choice America is launching a 'Trust Women” wristband campaign.Donate today and get your 'Trust Women” wristbands. Aside from the very fact that abortion is proof positive that some women can't
*What late abortion supporters hope you never know - RealChoice Jun 21, 2009, 8:36 am
Is Late-Term Abortion Ever NecessaryMary L. Davenport, M.D., FACOG (Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) reiterates what I've been saying:1. The Supreme Court invented post-viability abortions in Roe and Doe.2. Most late abortions are done for the same reasons as earlier abortions; they're just done later.3. A lot of doctors are referring women for abortions without telling the women that there are other, less drastic treatment options.4. If you do need to end a pre
*Anniversary: Midwife's skill leaves woman dead - RealChoice Jun 20, 2009, 2:53 am
On June 20, 1929, 28-yaer-old Jennie Kuba died at Chicago hospital from an abortion performed there that day by midwife Mary Zwieniczak.Zwienczak was arrested July 13. The grand jury handed down an indictment of homicide.The coroner also recommended the arrest of Dr. Joseph Mienczak, who assisted Zwieniczak, as an accessory. It was common for non-physician abortionists to have a doctor who provided training, equipment, and medications, and who would provide aftercare if a woman suffered complica
*Those "life saving" Tiller abortions of "fetuses with fatal abnormalities" - RealChoice Jun 17, 2009, 3:44 pm
I've spent a little more time looking at the Kansas abortion reports Kathy provided links to in a response to a post. Now, not all of these abortions were Tiller abortions, because in two reported cases, a doctor in another state did a post-22 week abortion on a Kansas woman and reported it to the Kansas health department. These doctors gave no reason for stating that the patient's baby wasn't viable. But since Tiller was The Late Abortionist, it's a pretty safe bet that by far the bulk of the r
*A maternal-fetal specialist comments on Tiller's practice - RealChoice Jun 17, 2009, 3:08 am
Kathy fetched this statement as a response to a troll who has been defending Tiller's practice of keeping his supposedly deathly ill third-trimester patients in a motel room for three days with their recently-killed babies rotting inside them. Thanks, Kathy!1) Dr. George Tiller was a family practice doctor. He had NO training in high risk pregnancies, fetal or maternal problems.2) There is no need after 23-24 weeks to ever perform an abortion in the way that Dr. Tiller did, to save or protect ma
*Anniversary: Mom finds teen dead on bathroom floor - RealChoice Jun 15, 2009, 2:50 am
On June 15, 1984, 14-year-old Germaine Newman's mother found her lying dead on the bathroom floor.Germaine had undergone a safe, legal abortion at 22 weeks of pregnancy the day before, at the hands of Dr. E. Wyman Garrett in Newark, New Jersey. After returning home, Germaine had suffered from vomiting, abdominal pain, and a high fever.An autopsy found that Germaine's abdomen was full of pus and adhesions. The cause of death was abdominal infection and perforation of the uterus.When the New Jerse
*Hydatidiform mole - RealChoice Jun 14, 2009, 1:33 pm
Somebody came to the blog looking for information about hydatidifom mole. So this seems like a good time to bring up an old post. This can perhaps clarify to some people that yes, it really is about preventing the deaths of fetuses, and not about preventing women from evacuating unwanted tissue from their wombs.Two common prochoice euphamisms for the fetus destroyed by abortion -- "products of conception" and "pregnancy tissue" -- realy do accurately apply in those unusual circumstances when the
*A Tiller patient expresses her regret - RealChoice Jun 13, 2009, 2:39 pm
My Darkest HourWe already had a son. He was almost two years old. We were ecstatic to be having another baby. The whole time I was pregnant I was envisioning what it would be like to have 2 beautiful babies. I couldn't wait! ... When I was about 31 weeks pregnant, my obstetrician sent me for a series of tests. .... Finally, after about two weeks we were told the most devastating news. Our precious daughter had a chromosomal abnormality and would probably not live long, if she lived a
*Late abortions: A retrospective of posts - RealChoice Jun 13, 2009, 3:44 am
A lot of folks are being drawn to my blog looking for information on third-trimester abortions in the wake of the murder of George Tiller.This is a topic I've blogged a lot about, so for your convenience I'll pull together a retrospective of those posts. I'll also bring in posts about Tiller. They're grouped by topic, with posts in multiple categories if they fit in more than one.TILLER:What proportion of Tiller's late abortions were for fetal indications?: Tiller himself indicated that the numb
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*A whole lot of people were looking for 13 week fetus photos (252 hits)- RealChoice Jun 8, 2006, 11:38 am
This is a popular search. First, we can look developmentally. The Visible Embryo doesn't show a 13-weeker, but does show 12 weeks and 14 weeks.At 12 weeks, "Sucking muscles of mouth fill out cheeks, tooth buds continue to develop and salivary glands begin to function. Scalp (hair) pattern is discernible." The fetus is breathing in and out the amniotic fluid, which helps the lungs to develop. The heart is pumping about 25 quarts of blood every day. The external sex organs are well-enough develope
*John Baxter Hamilton, Abortionist and Wife-Killer (234 hits)- RealChoice Feb 13, 2006, 9:51 pm
Somebody was searching for John Baxter Hamilton.Hamilton was convicted of the Valentine's Day 2001 murder of his wife, Susan, and sentenced to life without parole. Mrs. Hamilton worked as a physician's assistant at her husband's abortion facility.The day of the murder, one of Hamilton's patients had been at a hospital, sedated and ready for surgery, when Hamilton called and said he'd be arriving ten minutes early for surgery. But Hamilton was late, not arriving until 9:30. The patient had been l
*Anniversary: Mother of four bleeds to death (177 hits)- RealChoice Jul 8, 2007, 5:57 am
Junette Barnes, mother of four, had a tubal ligation on June 16, 1988. One week after this operation, she found out that she had been pregnant at the time of the surgery, and was still pregnant. She saw her family physician, Dr. Ted Shields, on July 8, 1988, and he performed an abortion on her at Surgicare Outpatient Center in Victoria that day.During the abortion, he perforated her uterus and cut an artery and several veins. Junette was transferred to a hospital, where she died of blood loss du
*New category: Awaiting verification (149 hits)- RealChoice Apr 8, 2006, 11:54 pm
Going through The Worst of Times, I've come across some abortion deaths. However, Patricia Miller doesn't verify anything her informants tell her. With this lack of verification, I can't in good conscience put these women's stories in the Awaiting Verification page. Also on this page are some deaths from the Life Dynamics "Blackmun Wall" in which I wasn't sure how Life Dynamics verified that the abortion was an induced abortion.This allows the women's stories to be told without unduly passing on
*Two more tragic anniversaries (143 hits)- RealChoice Apr 11, 2006, 7:54 am
Abortionist Raymond E. Showery was out on bail appealing a murder conviction when he performed the abortion that killed 28-year-old Mickey Apodaca.
Mickey, a mother of four, went to Showery's Southside Medical Center in El Paso for an abortion April 11, 1984. Showery's defense team said that Mickey was not bleeding excessively immediately after her abortion, but that a nurse discovered the hemorrhage, and Mickey was taken into the operating room for a transfusion. However, Showery would not pro
*Amazing embryo photos from ectopic pregnancies (134 hits)- RealChoice Jul 16, 2008, 3:30 pm
These two photos are by Ed Uthman, MD, and he has placed them in the public domain for educational purposes. I will share them here, along with what Dr. Uthman has to say about the embryos in question. Because pregnancy is counted from the first day of the mother's last menstrual period, not from conception, the embryos in question are two weeks younger than Dr. Uthman's stated pregnancy duration, as he explains.This photo of an opened oviduct with an ectopic pregnancy features a spectacularly w
*Quack abortionist a "US health official", according to UPI (129 hits)- RealChoice Aug 9, 2007, 2:04 am
Health risks tied to partial-birth rulingSeveral U.S. health officials argued that the passage of the Partial Birth Abortion Act is forcing more dangerous procedures to occur.Health officials through agencies like Michigan's WomanCare have pointed out that since the U.S. Supreme Court passed the act, they have been forced to use medical procedures that make abortions increasingly risky and painful, The Detroit News said Monday.WomanCare medical director Alberto Hodari said that health officials
*I am beyond ashamed of my country (128 hits)- RealChoice Nov 4, 2008, 5:30 pm
I thought that if we put that man in the White House it would at least be a close race. I'm betting it was the "tax calculator" that did it.I saw the ads. A nurse making $60,000 would get $1,000 from Barack Obama.Barack Obama. The Infanticide Man.The only estimate I have on how many babies survive abortions every year is an old CDC admission that about 500 live births after abortions were reported a year. 500 babies a year that a vote for Barack Obama will consign to death, alone, utterly forsak
*Anniversary: Clara Bell Duvall, Self-Induced Abortion Death (127 hits)- RealChoice Mar 27, 2006, 8:20 am
According to the National Organization for Women web site, Clara Bell Duvall was a 32-year-old married mother of five, aged 6 months to 12 years. She and her family were living with her parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania due to financial problems. NOW says that Clara attempted a self-induced abortion with a knitting needle. Though she was seriously ill and severe pain, NOW says, Clara's doctor delayed hospitalizing her for several weeks. Her death, at a Catholic hospital on March 27, 1929, was
*Compare to NBC News coverage (125 hits)- RealChoice Feb 9, 2005, 8:25 pm
Study Reveals Disabled Patients Like Terri Schiavo Show Awareness
Life Site News covers the study that showed surprising brain activity in "minimally conscious" people. Compare this to the tepid coverage given by NBC News.
Disabled people who are treated as if they have no awareness of their surroundings or that they cannot interact with others may be absorbing more than previously thought, according to a new study. ....
Dr. Joseph Fins, chief of the medical ethics division of New York Pr
*Safe and legal in California (125 hits)- RealChoice Feb 8, 2008, 2:24 pm
Abortion clinics operator is charged, Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2008By the time paramedics arrived, the patient was lying in a pool of her own blood, her pulse racing and her blood pressure dangerously low. The medical board documents identify the woman as Angela P. She had undergone what she expected to be a safe legal abortion at Clinica Medica Para la Mujer de Hoy in Santa Ana, California in the summer of 2004. The abortion was performed by Phillip Rand, then in his early 80s. Rand used
*An example of abortion malpractice (115 hits)- RealChoice Oct 25, 2005, 9:25 am
Statistics on abortion complications can't tell you what it's like to endure such a complication. Here is one woman's story, from medical board documents.
A patient identified as "B.J.," age 22, testified in a state hearing that she had an abortion done by Dr. Scott R. Barrett at Central Healthcare Clinic for Women in Springfield, Missouri on February 27, 1990. B.J. was 14.5 weeks pregnant, according to records, and had cervical cancer. She was rendered unconscious for her abortion.
B.J. said t
*Another sad safe-n-legal anniversary (112 hits)- RealChoice Jul 21, 2005, 11:10 pm
On July 22, 1974, twenty-two-year-old Carol Wingo died of a Demerol over dose during an abortion at Mercy General Hospital in Detroit. Despite the name, Mercy was not a general hospital. It was an abortion hospital. It was also a hospital in big trouble even before Carole's death. The Michigan Public Department of Health had cited Mercy for 43 violations of nursing standards and 12 violations of physical plant standards in October of 1973, and had withheld their license. Among the violations wer
*But the abortion was carried out, so the outcome is happy, right? (110 hits)- RealChoice Aug 21, 2007, 1:41 am
Pro-Aborts Poster Child Was More Than Just A VictimRemember Rosita; the poor 9 year old that was raped in Costa Rica and impregnated? Well, it turns out she was just a pawn for the pro-aborts cause. First: The Pro-Aborts helped the family out of Costa Rica even though there was a criminal investigation against Rosita's stepfather. Second: Her rapist was her stepfather - the man they helped escape the investigation. Third: She wasn't 9 but a couple years older and the Pro-Aborts knew it be
*The abortion that ended three lives: Laura Grunas abortion murder-suicide (90 hits)- RealChoice Oct 11, 2006, 10:02 am
I've added Laura Grunas to the Cemetery of Choice:On August 4, 2006, 30-year-old Laura, a police officer in Plantation, Florida, shot her boyfriend, 31-year-old Robert Peat, dead inside his home. Grunas then turned the gun on herself. The couple had been together for about a year.Neighbors reported that Laura was hysterical the last day of her life, standing outside Peat's garage yelling, "Why is everyond blaming this on me? He killed my baby." The argument became so loug that neighbors called t
*Somebody was looking for Dr. Arnold Bickham (85 hits)- RealChoice Jun 7, 2006, 8:35 pm
Here's what I already have posted on him:After her abortion, 18-year-old Sylvia Moore was bleeding, weak, and unable to walk. Bickham called her "lazy," put her in a wheelchair, and physically ejected her from his Chicago clinic that New Years Eve of 1986. Not surprisingly, Sylvia died, and the coroner determined the manner of death to be homicide. But no charges were ever filed against Bickham.Bickham's cost-cutting measures at his Water Tower Reproductive Center cost Sherry Emrye over the 1977
*Abort or lose your scholarship (84 hits)- RealChoice May 27, 2007, 9:28 pm
NCAA Will Review Pregnancy Policy After Student Athletes Get AbortionsI just wonder how physical conditions that temporarily keep male athletes from competing are handled.
*Anniversary: Home abortion leads to death (82 hits)- RealChoice Aug 14, 2007, 1:15 am
"Having control over her own body and her own reproductive cycle is something she desired."friend who recommended fatal concoctionKris Humphrey placed a high value on "self-determination" and doing things "naturally." These values led her to choose the herbal abortion that ended her life on August 14, 1994.Kris had undergone a clinic abortion previously, but hadn't liked the experience. According to a friend, she found the procedure painful and the staff indifferent. Kris, said the friend, thoug
*Abortion victim's mom steps forward (80 hits)- RealChoice Sep 28, 2007, 9:50 am
Operation Rescue West is reporting on the young woman who died from an abortion in Massachusetts this month. Twenty-two-year-old Laura Hope Smith died September 13, 2007, during an abortion perpetrated by Rapin Osathanondh at Women Health Clinic in Hyannis. Her mother, Eileen Smith, fears that Laura's death will be "swept under the rug". Eileen reportedly told Operation Rescue that two days after her daughter's death, she gave a full interview to the local newspaper. The article about Laura was
*Does the MSM *want* my nephew to stay paralyzed? (80 hits)- RealChoice Sep 28, 2007, 1:55 am
It's prolifers, those of us opposed to ESCR (embryonic stem cell research) who are painted in the MSM as being mean-spirited and wanting to keep people disabled and sick. But how come these champions of patients' rights keep silent about adult stem cell research (ASCR) that is restoring function to spinal cord injured patients?This is the second facility I've learned of that is having success like this. The other, in Portugal, has treated 30 patients successfully, with published peer-reviewed re
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