(A4e3a4a) secondary consequences of abortion

Spiritual death is the primary consequence to the mother who aborted her child. There are secondary consequences to the mother as well and there are consequences to any subsequent pregnancies and to subsequent children. One of the consequences to the mother is an increased risk of breast cancer. There has also been a report of increased risk of breast cancer to subsequent female children. Premature delivery is also a consequence of a previous abortion. Premature birth is the leading cause of mental retardation. ******* As of this date, 07-07-15, there are 23 items in this folder. ******* item 1 ABORTION TRAUMA COMMON, NEW STUDY SHOWS ******* item 2 ABORTION CAN LEAD TO CHILD ABUSE, HAS INCREASED SINCE LEGALIZATION ******* item 3 ABORTION AND CHILD ABUSE - PART 1 BY FATHER FRANK PAVONE ******* item 4 ABORTION AND CHILD ABUSE - PART 3 BY FATHER FRANK PAVONE ******* item 5 THE MARRIAGE WOUND: HOW ABORTION CAN IMPACT A MARRIAGE ******* item 6 ABORTION PILL KILLS GIRL, PARENTS SUE ******* item 7 RUSSIA FACING STARK POPULATION DECLINE ******* item 8 ABORTION DRUG RU 486 KILLS WOMAN IN THE PHILIPPINES, PRO-LIFE GROUP ALARMED ******* item 9 NEW STUDY CONFIRMS ABORTION INCREASES RISK OF FUTURE PREMATURE BIRTHS ******* item 10 COMPARISON OF MATERNAL DEATHS OF WOMEN (HOMICIDE risk in the 12 months AFTER the 'end of pregnancy') ******* item 11 LETTER TO NEW YORK TIMES RE: "LATE CHILDBEARING INTENSIFIES PROBLEMS OF PREMATURE BIRTHS" ******* item 12 MEDICAL SCIENCE AND DR. PHILIP STEER SUPPORT DR. DAVE HEPBURN ******* item 13 DAUGHTER'S ABORTION DEATH PROMPTS FATHER TO START POST-ABORTION FOUNDATION ******* item 14 THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM ******* item 15 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION RISES AFTER ABORTION ******* item 16 RISK OF PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION RISES AFTER ABORTION ******* item 17 ABORTION MAY DRAG US TO HISTORY'S GRAVE ******* item 18 MOST MOTHERS REGRETTED ABORTIONS ******* item 19 STATEMENT OF CLAIM - ABORTIONIST ROMALIS SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE AFTER KILLING DOWN'S SYNDROME BABY ******* item 20 UPDATE - LAWSUIT AGAINST ABORTIONIST ROMALIS ******* item 21 WEBSITE LISTS 347 WOMEN KILLED BY LEGAL ABORTIONS ******* item 22 MAJOR STUDY ON ABORTION FINDS RISKS MUCH HIGHER THAN EXPECTED ******* item 23 CALIFORNIA WOMAN DEAD AFTER ABORTION ATTEMPT - MOTHER SUES ******************************************************************************************************** ******* item 1 ABORTION TRAUMA COMMON, NEW STUDY SHOWS ******* Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 ******* From: "Elliot Institute" ******* Women Attribute Substance Abuse, Sexual Disorders, and Suicidal Thoughts to Abortion ******* Springfield, IL (November 16, 2005) -- Post-traumatic reactions to induced abortion may be far more common than previously thought, according to a new study published in the Medical Science Monitor. Sixty-five percent of American women studied experienced multiple symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which they attributed to their abortions. Slightly over 14 percent reported all the symptoms necessary for a clinical diagnosis of abortion induced PTSD. ******* Researchers gathered data from women seeking general health care treatment at clinics and hospitals in both the United States and Russia. Women with a history of pregnancy loss, including miscarriage or abortion, were asked to complete an extensive questionnaire about their experiences. ******* The subsample used in this study included 331 Russian women and 217 American women. American women were significantly more likely to report traumatic reactions they attributed to their abortions, while Russian women were more likely to report disruption of cognitive schema, which is described as the equivalent of one's "psychological road map" for understanding the world and one's place in it. ******* Both Russian and American women were more likely to experience negative reactions to abortion if they had prior negative opinions of abortion, felt pressured into unwanted abortions, were more religious, or received little or no counseling prior to the abortion. American women were more likely to report being exposed to one or more of these risk factors. For example, 64 percent of American women felt pressured by others to choose abortion compared to 37 percent of Russian women. In addition, only 25 percent of American women reported receiving adequate counseling prior to their abortions compared to 64 percent of the Russian women. ******* American and Russian women reported fewer postive reactions to abortion than negative ones. The most commonly reported positive reaction was relief, but only 7 percent of Russian women and 14 percent of American women attributed this feeling to their abortions. American women were more likely to attribute to their abortion subsequent thoughts of suicide (36 percent), increased use of drugs or alcohol (27 percent), sexual problems (24 percent), relationship problems (27 percent), guilt (78 percent), and an inability to forgive themselves (62 percent). Approximately two percent of the American women studied attributed a subsequent psychiatric hospitalization to their abortion. ******* "This is the first published study to compare reactions to abortion among women in two different countries," said Dr. Vincent Rue, the lead author of the study and a traumatologist who heads the Institute for Pregnancy Loss. "It is also the first to provide a detailed breakdown of traumatic symptoms which the subjects themselves attribute to their abortions. These results will help mental health workers to be better prepared to recognize and treat the psychological complications of abortion." ******* While this new study focuses on traumatic reactions to abortion, it follows on the heals of nearly a dozen other peer-reviewed studies published in the last three years linking abortion to increased risk of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, suicidal behavior. Recent studies have also linked abortion to higher rates of death from heart disease, which investigators believe may be a long term effect of elevated rates of anxiety and depression. ******* Because of the increasing concern about the mental health effects of abortion on women, legislation has been introduced in Congress to expand funding for treatment programs and research in this area. ******* # # # ******* Citing: Rue VM, Coleman PK, Rue JJ, Reardon DC. Induced abortion and traumatic stress: A preliminary comparison of American and Russian women. Med Sci Monit, 2004 10(10): SR5-16. ******* The article can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.medscimonit.com ******* Information on other recent studies can be found at www.afterabortion.info/news ******* Media interviews can be arranged through Amy Sobie (217) 525-8202 ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 2 ABORTION CAN LEAD TO CHILD ABUSE, HAS INCREASED SINCE LEGALIZATION - by Father Frank Pavone ******* From: "LifeNews.com" ******* Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 ******* For news updated throughout the day, visit LifeNews.com. ******* IN OUR BAPTISMAL VOWS, we promise to renounce Satan, all his works, "and all his empty promises." One of his empty promises in unleashing abortion upon our nation was that somehow the availability of this procedure would decrease the incidence of child abuse. The reasoning went something like this: if unwanted children are aborted, then only wanted children will be born, and since wanted children are less likely to be abused, then child abuse will decrease in a land of abortion on demand. Yet it was an empty promise. Exactly the opposite has happened. Since the legalization of abortion, child abuse has increased. The promise had a fatal flaw in it, namely, the assumption that unwanted children are more likely to be abused. As E.F. Lenoski reported as early as 1976, the opposite is actually true. Abuse is more likely to occur among "wanted" children. Canadian psychiatrist Philip Ney reports the same findings. He writes, "When I investigated the relationship between child abuse and abortion and reported a direct correlation, people were angry and astonished. It appeared that the rate of child abuse did not decrease with freely available abortions. In fact, the opposite was true. In parts of Canada where there were low rates of abortion there were low rates of child abuse. As the rates of abortion increased, so did child abuse...Indeed, it is a vicious cycle. That is, parents who have been involved in abortion are more likely to abuse and neglect their children. Mothers and fathers who were abused as children are more likely to abort their child" (Deeply Damaged, p.91). ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 3 ABORTION AND CHILD ABUSE - PART 1 BY FATHER FRANK PAVONE ******* From: Fr. Pavone's Bi-weekly Column via [email protected] ******* Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 ******* (Fr. Frank Pavone is the (American) National Director, Priests for Life) ******* There is a significant statistical association between child abuse and abortion - a mutual relationship, whereby having an abortion makes the abuse of subsequent children more likely, and being abused as a child makes having an abortion later in life more likely. ******* Obviously, and first of all, abortion itself is the worst form of child abuse. Secondly, it should be noted that we are talking about statistical associations. These connections do not mean that everyone who has an abortion will abuse her children, or that everyone who is abused will have an abortion. ******* Having said that, let's examine why having an abortion may lead to more child abuse. ******* First of all, every pregnancy is a "crisis" in the best sense of the term. Pregnancy creates unique demands and challenges to the mother to mature; the body, the mind, and the spirit must grow in order to accommodate to the child. This "crisis of incorporation," as psychologists call it, puts the mother at a crossroads: either she accepts the changes required of her by the pregnancy, or she aborts the child, hence choosing to regress rather than mature. ******* The choice not to mature, but rather to remain selfish, makes it more likely that the mother will remain a less mature parent, and this immaturity is a key cause of abuse and neglect of other children. ******* A second problem is that fathers have no legal right to save their unborn child from an abortion. Not knowing if the child will live or die creates an ambivalence in the father, and a reluctance to bond to the child. Unattached to their baby, they show less support to their partner as well. After an abortion, the alienation worsens. Some studies show as high as an 80% rate of breakup of relationships after abortion. The mother's anger at the lack of support from the baby's father can be displaced to a born child. ******* A third reason why abortion can lead to child abuse is related to bonding. Having an abortion makes it more difficult to bond to a subsequent child, and babies who are not well bonded are more likely to be abused and neglected. A pregnancy following abortion creates more anxiety, caused in part by a fatalistic sense that the child will be abnormal (as a punishment for having aborted the previous one.) This anxiety can interfere with bonding. ******* Moreover, if the grief from the abortion is not adequately processed, it becomes a post-partum depression, which interferes with bonding. When one is still grieving a lost baby, one cannot attach to a new baby, because the attachment is still to the one who died. Failure to attach to the one who is alive can lead to abuse and neglect. ******* There can also be a sense of disappointment in the subsequent child, who is compared to the aborted baby who is often idealized in the mother's mind. Expectations of the new child, sometimes viewed as a "replacement baby," are not fulfilled, resulting in anger that can lead to abuse and neglect. ******* This column can be found on the web at www.priestsforlife.org/columns/columns2004/04-11-23abortionchildabuse2.htm ****************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 4 ABORTION AND CHILD ABUSE - PART 3 BY FATHER FRANK PAVONE ******* From: "Priests For Life" ******* Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 ******* Dear Friends, ******* I'm happy to send you my latest column, in English and Spanish. ******* I'd also like to invite you to a live online chat with me this week. Please join me for an hour of discussion on Thursday night, December 9, at www.priestsforlife.org/chat ******* We'll talk about whatever you have on your mind regarding the pro-life movement and what we need to do next to advance the right to life. I'll be glad to update you on Priests for Life activities and on our plans for the upcoming year. ******* As you may know, I have an ongoing online poll on the front page of our website, www.priestsforlife.org The question for this month is, "Do you believe that showing the pictures of what an abortion looks like, by holding signs displaying those pictures on public sidewalks, is a method that should be used by pro-life activists?" Please be sure to register your views, and look for a new question at the beginning of January. ******* If you're looking for pro-life gifts to give for Christmas, check out www.priestsforlife.org/products during the course of December. We'll be adding more items. ******* Some of you have asked what we are planning for the days of the March for Life (January 24) in Washington DC. I will lead an ecumenical prayer service in the morning at 9am; then we will have the Silent No More Awareness Campaign gathering at the Supreme Court at 5pm. Check for more details at http://www.priestsforlife.org/eventsnew.html as we get closer! ******* God bless you in this special season! Hope to talk with you on the 9th. ******* Fr. Frank Pavone ******* ABORTION AND CHILD ABUSE - PART 3 ******* Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life ******* In my two previous columns, I have pointed out that there is a mutual causality between abortion and child abuse. While this does not mean that everyone who was abused has an abortion, or that everyone who has an abortion will abuse their children, it does mean that there is significant correlation and influence both ways. ******* I have already looked at some reasons why having an abortion can lead to the abuse of other children. Here I will comment on why being abused or neglected as a child increases the likelihood that one will abort her own child. ******* The person who is abused or neglected as a child is deeply damaged, and the damage extends into adulthood. Because the damage is done in key areas of how one sees oneself, how one trusts others, how one views the parent-child relationship, and what expectations one has about the world and the future, this damage obviously affects both the willingness and ability to give birth to and raise a child. ******* Life and hope are inextricably linked. To have the courage to say yes to new life requires hope, and hope is one of the most precious things that abuse and neglect destroy in their victims. If the hopes and dreams of the abused person are dashed, they see little hope for the future of their child, and hence abort that child. ******* Moreover, abuse and neglect make the person weaker both in body and mind. The abuse victim finds it harder to trust her body to bear stress or pain, and finds it harder to engage in mature and flexible thinking. For these reasons, she will often say that a pregnancy is "too much to go through." Abortion seems like the easier option. ******* Fear of abandonment is another major factor. Children who have been neglected or abandoned are terrified it will happen again. Hence, a pregnant abuse victim is especially vulnerable to threats of abandonment from those demanding she abort. She may also fear that the child will abandon her, and would prefer to abort than to face that kind of abandonment. ******* A related problem is the parental relationship. A woman who was abused or neglected by her parents in childhood is not going to think that they will be present and supportive during her pregnancy. When she desperately needed help as a child, her parents did not help; hence, she is convinced they will not help now. This increases the temptation to abort. ******* Pregnancy and childbirth, moreover, catapult a person into the demands of adulthood. One who has been abused or neglected has, essentially, missed out on her childhood, and seeks to cling to or recover it. This increases the unwillingness to lose that childhood in yet another way, that is, by accepting the maturity demanded by parenthood. This is seen as losing one's last chance of being nurtured by a parent. ******* For more information on these and other reasons why abuse leads to abortion, consult Dr. Philip Ney (www.messengers2.com). ******* This column can be found online at http://www.priestsforlife.org/columns/columns2004/04-12-13abortionchildabuse3.htm ******* Please remember to support our work at http://www.priestsforlife.org/donation.html ******* The Spanish version of this column can be found online at http://www.priestsforlife.org/spanish/04-11-22span.htm ******* Comments on this column? Email us at [email protected], Priests for Life, PO Box 141172, Staten Island, NY 10314; Tel: 888-PFL-3448, 718-980-4400; Fax: 718-980-6515; web: www.priestsforlife.org ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 5 THE MARRIAGE WOUND: HOW ABORTION CAN IMPACT A MARRIAGE ******* Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 ******* From: "Elliot Institute" ******* What happens in a marriage after abortion? Is everything all better after the "problem" of pregnancy was solved? No matter what language you speak, what race or nationally you belong to, how old you are, or what religion you believe in, the answer is the same: No! ******* The answer is "no" because a human life has been taken. The couple's child has died, and as in all cases involving the death of a child, the couple must eventually come to terms with their grief. Abortion grief is very much like any other grief, except that in an abortion situation, a relationship that was "bound together as one," has now been torn in two. ******* Abortion was a serious wound in my own marriage--one that left a tremendous scar. Before the scarring took place, however, the wound first bled, then it seeped and oozed and bled some more. Infection set in and gangrene soon followed . . . . The wound was ugly and painful, and it got worse before it ever got better. In order for healing to come, the wound had to be opened up and the infection scraped out. This resulted in many fights and arguments between my husband and me. ******* After an abortion, there first comes a stage of denial: "Go through life and pretend it never happened." This is how the mind and body cope with what has taken place, but the human mind can't forget that the abortion happened. It stuffs the information away into the subconscious. But it must always be dealt with later in some other, often very unpleasant, ways. ******* There is proven, documented evidence that tells us that women will suffer from post-abortion syndrome. They may be haunted by guilt and extreme sadness that manifest themselves in a variety of ways, including bad dreams and crying spells. These feelings will not just go away on their own. Sweeping them under the rug and having an unscathed marriage is an impossibility. Eventually the reality of the child's death can no longer be stuffed away in the subconscious. ******* In my own life, I reached a stage where I was consumed by vicious, verbal anger and intense blame which I pointed directly at my husband, blaming him for the death of our child. My grief and anger so consumed me that I could only focus on it and on how lousy I felt, rather than trying to save my marriage. ******* I watched a documentary once about a couple that had aborted their child. The woman confessed that when she walked into the waiting room after the abortion and saw her husband, she immediately hated him. She said that if she had had a gun in her hand, she would have shot him. I never wanted to kill my husband, but I sure had a lot of angry, hateful, hostile feelings toward him. ******* Abortion goes beyond post-abortion syndrome that affects the woman alone. It carries over into relationships, affecting how couples feel about each other. It even affects how you parent the children you decided to have and are now trying to raise. ******* Marriage vows are based on the idea of loving, honoring, cherishing and respecting each other. After an abortion, love can turn to hate, honor to dishonor, respect to disrespect, and cherishing to yesterday's newspaper. ******* What took an abortionist and his staff six hours to undo, took me 18 long years to put back together, both my life and my marriage. Unlike so many other stories, mine has a happy ending. With God's help and the help of other caring Christians, our marriage and lives have been healed from the wound of abortion and it is no longer a negative issue. ~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted from The Post-Abortion Review, 10(2), April-June 2002. ************************************************************************************************************************ ******* item 6 ABORTION PILL KILLS GIRL, PARENTS SUE ******* Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 ******* From: "Austin Ruse -- Culture of Life Foundation" ******* Dear Colleague, ******* Holly Patterson took the new abortion pill and then, in intense pain, died. Her parents are suing the drug matter and Planned Parenthood, the gang who gave it to her. ******* Spread the word. ******* Yours sincerely, ******* Austin Ruse, President, Culture of Life Foundation ******* PARENTS OF ABORTION DRUG VICTIM SUE DRUG COMPANY AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD ******* The parents of a young woman whose death was linked to the abortion pill Mifeprex have filed suit against the drug's maker for wrongful death and product liability. Holly Patterson, who died at the age of 18 in September of 2003, is the third woman since the drug's 2000 approval to die in connection with taking Mifeprex. ******* On Sept. 10, 2003, only a month after turning 18, Patterson took Mifeprex, also called mifepristone and RU-486. Four days later she had her boyfriend take her to the emergency room because of heavy bleeding and cramps. She told her parents the pain was from severe menstrual cramps. She was released by the hospital after being given pain medication. Three days later on Sept. 17, she returned to the hospital where she experienced intense pain and bleeding and then died. Patterson's autopsy determined her death was "due to endomyometritis (inflammation)" caused by "therapeutic, drug-induced abortion." ******* A spokeswoman for Danco Laboratories, the maker of the abortion pill, said, "no causal relationship between the use of the Mifeprex regimen and the unfortunate death of Ms. Patterson has been established." Mark Crawford, the lawyer representing Patterson's parents said the suit is not intended to cause media hype. "I haven't filed this thing to get publicity. It's filed because there's been some wrongdoing on the part of the drug manufacturer and drug sponsor here in not getting the warning out." ******* Officials with the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) believe the potential for Mifeprex to cause significant harm to those who take it to be so serious that on Nov. 15 they strengthened the warning label that comes with the pills. "The new warnings to health care providers and consumers include changes to the existing black box on the product to add new information on the risk of serious bacterial infections, sepsis, and bleeding and death that may occur following any termination of pregnancy, including use of Mifeprex," according to an FDA statement. ******* A New York Times story reported that in addition to the three deaths linked to the drug, the F.D.A. has received 676 reports of problems. Among those were 72 cases of blood loss requiring transfusions and 7 cases of serious infections. According to the story the stronger warning label was a step in the right direction for Patterson's father but more steps should be taken. "Holly did not die in vain," said Patterson's father. "I'm not convinced this drug is safe and I still think it should be banned.'' ******* Some leaders in the pro-life community believe that regardless of the final verdict the case could be significant. Information about Mifeprex that becomes public as a result of the pre-trial investigation may prove to be embarrassing to the drug maker. The lawsuit also names Population Council; Planned Parenthood of Golden Gate, where Patterson received the medicine; the doctor who treated Patterson; and the operators of the hospital where Patterson died. None of the organization would provide comment. The amount of money sought in the suit was not specified. ******* Culture of Life Foundation, 1413 K Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington DC USA 20005 ******* Phone: (202) 289-2500 ******* Fax: (202) 289-2502 ******* E-mail: [email protected] ******* Website: http://www.culture-of-life.org ******************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 7 RUSSIA FACING STARK POPULATION DECLINE ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 ******* MOSCOW, Russia, January 19 (CNA) - Russia's population will likely decline by about one-third, from 145 million to 100 million, by 2050, said the Russian Security Council in a statement last week. The current population is 145 million. ******* The decline is due to high mortality and a low birth rate, said the statement, according to a Jan. 13 report by Xinhuanet. ******* The report pointed out that the average life expectancy of a Russian man is 15 years lower than that of an American man, and Russia�s birth rate saw the most dramatic decline between 1930 and 1950. ******* Officials are concerned about the future of the country. The Security Council�s statement suggested that migration may help stabilize the situation. ******************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 8 ABORTION DRUG RU 486 KILLS WOMAN IN THE PHILIPPINES, PRO-LIFE GROUP ALARMED ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 ******* Talisay City, Philippines (LifeNews.com) -- A 23 year-old woman has died in the Philippines after using the dangerous abortion drug RU 486, which has been implicated in numerous abortion deaths around the world. Relatives of Claudeth Aviles found her body in a pool of blood in her home and her dead unborn child has not completely been expelled form her womb when she was located. ******* According to a report in the Freeman newspaper in the Philippines, police say Aviles separated from her husband two years ago, became pregnancy recently by another man, but had decided to have an abortion. ******* Talisay City police chief Pablo Florante Lamosao told the newspaper that Aviles' relatives tried to take her to a local hospital in Talisay City, but Aviles was dead upon arrival. Doctors say she lost too much blood to survive the failed abortion. Doctors told police the woman used Cytotec to abort the pregnancy. The drug is commonly used to treat ulcers and Searle, the company that manufactures the drug, has warned doctors that it should not be used in conjunction with abortions. However, it is part of the two-drug abortion process in RU 486. ******************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 9 NEW STUDY CONFIRMS ABORTION INCREASES RISK OF FUTURE PREMATURE BIRTHS ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 ******* PARIS, April 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) A new study from France has confirmed that abortion increases a woman's risk of delivering future children prematurely; the risk of very preterm delivery (less than 33 weeks) increases even more dramatically. ******* After studying data on 1,943 very preterm births, 276 moderately preterm babies and 618 full-term controls, Dr. Caroline Moreau of Hopital de Bicetre and colleagues concluded that women with a history of abortion were 1.5 times more likely to give birth very prematurely (under 33 weeks gestation), and 1.7 times more likely to have a baby born extremely (under 28 weeks gestation) preterm. Their findings were reported in the April issue of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a peer-reviewed medical journal. ******* Previous research, also conducted in Paris, revealed that the odds of a woman delivering prematurely increase with the number of abortions in her history, with the likelihood doubled in women who have had two or more abortions. Other research corroborated these findings, reporting that "the risk of preterm birth increased with the number of abortions", according to a 2004 study. ******* Moreau's group revealed that the preterm delivery risk resulted from a tendency for mothers to develop premature rupture of the membranes, pre-term hemorrhaging, and spontaneous preterm labour of unknown cause. ******* Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition researcher Brent Rooney and Dr. Byron Calhoun revealed in 2003 that, in women with a history of four or more abortions, the risk of a future extremely early premature birth (less than 28 weeks gestation) is increased by eight times. In addition, Rooney relates German research that revealed that a history of two abortions caused a five-fold increase in tendency to very premature babies, while three or more abortions increased the incidence to eight times the norm. This massive 1998 study followed women in the German state of Bavaria, the former home of the current Pope Benedict XVI. ******* Pre-term pregnancies contribute to a host of problems, including an increased risk of infant death, and a significant increase in the tendency for the baby to develop cerebral palsy. Rooney cites statistics indicating, "The cerebral palsy risk in extremely early premature birth babies is about 38 times higher than in the overall population of newborns." ******* In a coming article, two medical doctors and Rooney estimate that there are nearly 1,100 excess cases of U.S. newborns yearly with cerebral palsy due to their mothers' prior induced abortions. ******* See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: 1,100 Excess Brain Damaged Babies are Born Yearly in US Due to Previous Abortions http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/apr/04042209.html Abortion Linked to first Increase in US Infant Mortality in 44 Years http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jan/05012606.html Read a full PDF version of Rooney's paper cited above including references at: http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/rooney.pdf ******************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 10 COMPARISON OF MATERNAL DEATHS OF WOMEN (HOMICIDE risk in the 12 months AFTER the 'end of pregnancy') ******* Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 ******* From: "brent rooney" ******* An all-cause maternal mortality study was done in 1997 and published in the top Scandinavian medical journal in field of obstetrics and gynecology. From the data in that study the relative mortality risks (in the 12 months after the end of pregnancy) for women who delivered versus those who had induced abortions are easily computed for these Finnish women from the data provided in the 1997 report: ******* Table 1. Relative Maternal Death Risks (3) ******* Women who Delivered / Women with Induced Abortion ------------------------ ******* Total mortality 1.0 / 3.52 [+252%] ******* Natural deaths 1.0 / 1.63 [ +63%] ******* Accidents 1.0 / 4.24 [+324%] ******* Suicides 1.0 / 6.46 [+546%] ******* Homicides 1.0 / 13.99 [+1299%] ------------------------ [Gissler M, Kauppila R, Merilainen J, Toukomaa H, Elina Hemminki E. Pregnancy-associated deaths in Finland 1987-1994 - definition problems and benefits of record linkage. Acta Obstet Gyn Scand 1997;76:651-657] ******************************************************************************************************************* ******* item 11 LETTER TO NEW YORK TIMES RE: "LATE CHILDBEARING INTENSIFIES PROBLEMS OF PREMATURE BIRTHS" ******* Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 ******* From: brent rooney to [email protected] ******* to the Editor of the New York Times, ******* The U.S. has a 'sky high' preterm birth rate of nearly 12%, almost double the rate of most European countries. Columnist Jane E. Brody informed NY Times readers that 'Late Childbearing Intensifies Problem of Premature Births'. Consider 'Alice' and 'Barbara', identical twins and both first time pregnant at age 20. 'Alice' has an induced abortion for this pregnancy and her next one also. 'Barbara' carries her first pregnancy to term, thus reducing her risk of a preterm birth in a second pregnancy. According to a 2001 study of French women, those with at least 2 induced abortions have 140% higher risk of delivering a child after age 35 years. Surprise, surprise, abortions boost the risk of late childbearing, a risk factor for premature birth; preterm birth is a known risk factor for handicaps such as cerbral palsy (a brain injury disease). Preterm birth is the number one cause of neonatal death and disease. Induced abortions not only boost the risk of late childbearing but also elevate a woman's breast cancer risk, since the earlier a woman's first full-term birth, the lower her lifetime breast cancer risk. None dare call it (induced abortion) dangerous medical quackery. ******* 'Pro-choice' is a POOR CHOICE. ******* Brent Rooney (medical researcher), Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition, Vancouver, Canada ******* P.S. The 1999 French study: Henriet L, Kaminski M. Impact of induced abortions on subsequent pregnancy outcome: the 1995 French national perinatal survey. British J Obstetrics Gynaecology 2001;108:1036-1042 ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 12 MEDICAL SCIENCE AND DR. PHILIP STEER SUPPORT DR. DAVE HEPBURN ******* Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 From: "brent rooney" ******* It would appear that good medical ethics (as advocated by Dr. Dave Hepburn) and healthy choices for women & children coincide: ******* Press Release: 26 January 2006 Dr. Steer: More full-term (not premature) babies possible ******* Source: Brent Rooney, Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition (Vancouver, Canada) ******* Text: Very premature babies (<33 weeks' gestation) have about 20 times the risk of CP (Cerebral Palsy) as full-term (over 37 weeks) babies; such tiny babies also have higher risk of mental retardation and other birth defects. BJOG (British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology) has published at least 4 articles in the last 7 years reporting that prior 'TOPs' (Termination Of Pregnancies) raise a woman's odds of a future premature baby. ******* Perhaps, despite these 4 BJOG reports, the evidence for premature birth risk from prior 'TOPs' is not all that strong. ******* That possibility was dispelled in a 16 January 2006 (18:15:50) email from the Editor-in-Chief of BJOG, Dr. Philip Steer, to Brent Rooney via the following words: ******* ".... the link between TOP and preterm labour (which none of us dispute, the evidence is already overwhelming) ...." ******* Dr. Philip Steer is 'pro-choice' relative to TOPs. Dr. Steer's courageous statement is supported by studies by the world's most respected preterm birth expert, Dr. Emile Papiernik (France), who was a co-author of a 1999 BJOG article and a 2004 article in Human Reproduction. The 2004 study reported that one prior IA (Induced Abortion) elevated the relative odds of a delivery under 33 weeks' gestation by 34% and two prior IAs elevated the odds by 82%. Outstanding 'preemie' experts such as Prof. Barbara Luke (U. Miami) and Judith Lumley (PhD, Australia) support Dr. Philip Steer's claim of higher preemie risk from prior 'TOPs'. ******* Dr. Philip Steer is a firm advocate of IMC (Informed Medical Consent), so it is likely that Dr. Steer would support a mandate that all young British women be presented with consent forms admitting to the premature birth risk of abortion surgery. ******* This could lead to fewer unnecessary abortions, fewer newborn with Cerebral Palsy, and with LESS government money going to pay for medically unnecessary abortions. Only FULL-TERM pregnancies reduce the mother's risk of breast cancer; i.e. a woman who carries a pregnancy to full-term has lower risk of breast cancer compared to her 'twin' who 'surgically terminates' her pregnancy. ******* (A wide ranging review of the evidence supporting the APB risk can be found at: http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/rooney.pdf ) ******* Let all women in Britain, Europe, and elsewhere be given the right of Informed Medical Consent about all serious adverse medical risks. ..................... [ Dr. Philip Steer is on the faculty of Imperial College (London, England); ] ******* Brent Rooney (medical researcher), Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition 3456 Dunbar St. (146), Vancouver, Canada V6S 2C2 ******* http://www.jpands.org/vol8no2/rooney.pdf) ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 13 DAUGHTER'S ABORTION DEATH PROMPTS FATHER TO START POST-ABORTION FOUNDATION ******* by Christina Mitchell ******* February 2, 2006 ******* Christina Mitchell writes about families in her column Ties That Bind, which appears in the Cherry Hill Courier Post newspaper in New Jersey. ******* If it's true hindsight is 20/20, then George J. Zallie's vision never has been sharper. But his heart is in pieces. ******* Zallie's daughter and youngest child, Stacy, took her own life in October 2002, almost a year after having an abortion she kept from her close-knit family. ******* Zallie is convinced the resulting emotional roller coaster led to her death, days before she was to be a bridesmaid in her older brother's wedding. ******* "I knew it was a life event for her," says Zallie, 53. ". . . It was the most serious issue in that brief life of hers. I know, in my heart, it took a toll on her emotionally and mentally, that she couldn't recover from it. And it just breaks my heart that she didn't open up." ******* So Zallie put his shattered heart, his prominent name -- he's the second-generation owner of eight area ShopRites -- and his financial clout behind a Web portal and foundation in his daughter's name that provides post-abortion support and advice. ******* The Cherry Hill resident immersed himself in research on the emotional after-effects of abortion and heard both sides of the great divide, committing to neither one. (For the record, Zallie family campaign contributions over the last several years have gone to Democrats and Republicans alike.) ******* Zallie admits he was previously ambivalent about the issue -- as a man; as the father of a stereotypical "good kid"; as part of a great, silent majority for whom abortion is neither black nor white but a murky gray. ******* But when he attended a retreat in Malvern, Pa., after Stacy's death -- the only man in a roomful of 22 women who'd had abortions -- Zallie had his epiphany. ******* "I heard guilt, remorse, loss," he recalls. "Their frankness was really astounding to me. It was helpful for me in understanding just what Stacy was going through . . . It became important to me to get the message out." ******* And while Zallie may be more committed to the message than most people, it's fair to argue, as he does, that post-abortion effects have not been widely studied or publicized. Twenty percent of women who've had abortions may suffer some depression, says Mark Rosenberg, an advanced practice psychiatric nurse at the University of Medicine and Dentistry-School of Medicine in Stratford. ******* Related web sites: Stacy Zallie Foundation Web site - http://www.stacyzallie.org ********************************************************************************************************************** ******* item 14 THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM (The New Zealand Abortion Study by CHUCK COLSON) ******* From: Robert A. Jason ******* Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 ******* Professor David Fergusson, director of the Christchurch Health and Development Study in New Zealand, is firmly pro-choice. But I suspect the good professor might understand if I point out that, lately, he’s been getting a little taste of what it’s like to be pro-life. ******* Fergusson and two colleagues, L. John Horwood and Elizabeth Ridder, conducted a study on abortion and mental health. And they didn’t find what they expected to find. Their report states, “Those having an abortion [under age 25] had elevated rates of subsequent mental health problems including depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviours and substance use disorders.�? Their report goes on to say, “The findings suggest that abortion in young women may be associated with increased risks of mental health problems.�? ******* Talk about irony. We’re used to hearing about the “mental health�? aspects of abortion, of course—but usually, we’re being told that a woman’s mental health is in danger if she doesn’t have an abortion. At the very least, this new study forces pro-choicers to question the all-too-common assumption, an assumption that now is putting young women in danger. ******* Not that most pro-choicers want to hear this, of course—and particularly not now, with the Supreme Court just having agreed to hear an appeal of the partial-birth abortion ban case, where the issue turns on exceptions about the mother’s health. This is why I said that Dr. Fergusson is learning something about what it’s like to be pro-life. This well-regarded researcher and his team normally have no trouble at all getting their work published. But in this case they had to go to four different journals before they could find one that would publish their study. Fergusson has told interviewers that he knows it’s because his findings are too “controversial�?—so controversial that New Zealand’s Abortion Supervisory Committee warned him against publishing his work, not for scientific reasons, but for political ones. ******* Well, Fergusson himself dislikes the idea that pro-lifers will use his work, and he knows that his research could have a devastating effect on the abortion movement in his country. In New Zealand, as the Herald explained, “Every abortion requires two ‘certifying consultants’ to approve it on certain grounds, usually that a woman’s mental health would be [otherwise] endangered.�? You can see what the implications would be if the greater “mental health�? risk turns out to be having the abortion. ******* My hat is off to Dr. Fergusson. Despite the controversy, and despite the fact that his results disagreed with his own beliefs, Fergusson was determined to publish them anyway. And he told the Herald, “It verges on scandalous that a surgical procedure that is performed on over one in 10 women has been so poorly researched and evaluated, given the debates about the psychological consequences of abortion.�? ******* That, my friends, is a true professional and a true scientist speaking. It’s people like this who give science a good name. He’s not willing to ignore the elephant in the middle of the room just because no one else wants to talk about it. Instead, he insists on getting the truth out in the open. And that’s what science ought to be all about—not just in New Zealand, but here. ******************************************************************************** ******* item 15 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION RISES AFTER ABORTION ******* From: From: [email protected] via [email protected] ******* Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 ******* Reply-to: [email protected] ******* Risk of Psychiatric Hospitalization Rises After Abortion ******* New Study Riles Abortion Defenders ******* Springfield, Ill. Is abortion a benign experience for women? Or can it cause or contribute to emotional problems, even severe ones? ******* The American Psychological Association (APA), which has consistently lobbied in favor of abortion rights, has frequently insisted that abortion is a benign experience that predominately brings relief to most women. Some APA members, such as Nancy Adler and Brenda Major of the University of California, have even charged that those who say abortion can cause emotional problems are guilty of misleading the public. To support this view, Adler has argued that abortion is so common that if it did cause emotional problems, the nation's psychiatric wards would be filled with the evidence. ******* Now, a new study published in the latest issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) shows that such evidence does exist. ******* A review of the medical records of 56,741 California medicaid patients revealed that women who had abortions were 2.6 times more likely than delivering women to be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment in the first 90 days following abortion or delivery. ******* Depressive psychosis was the most common diagnosis. Rates of psychiatric treatment remained significantly higher for at least four years. A previously published study by the same authors revealed that women who had abortions were also more likely to require subsequent outpatient mental health care. ******* According to the CMAJ study's lead author, David Reardon, Ph.D., a common complaint among participants in post-abortion recovery programs is that when they raised the issue of their past abortions while seeking mental health care, their therapists dismissed abortion as irrelevant. ******* "Therapists who fixate on the "abortion is benign" theory, either out of ignorance or allegiance to defensive political views on abortion, are doing a great disservice to women who need understanding and support," said Reardon, who recently co-authored a book, Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion. "This study, based on objective medical records, validates the claims of tens of thousands of women in post-abortion recovery programs." ******* In an effort to offer an opposing view, CMAJ editors invited psychologist Brenda Major, an advocate for the view that abortion is therapeutic, to submit a commentary on the study appearing in the same issue of the CMAJ. In her commentary, Major charged that the study's implication that abortion can cause psychiatric problems is misleading. She argued other factors, such as marital status or prior psychological problems, may offer better explanations for the fact that psychiatric problems are more common among aborting women. ******* Reardon concedes that these other factors may also contribute to psychiatric illness but insists that abortion can both aggravate pre-existing problems and trigger new ones. He dismissed Major's commentary as a product of "the abortion distortion effect." ******* Reardon particularly questioned Major's choice to omit from her comments any mention her own study recently published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. That study revealed that 1.4 percent of the women interviewed two years after their abortions suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder solely attributable to their abortions. Even such a low percentage, projected on the 1.3 million American women undergoing abortions each year, would result in 18,200 cases of PTSD each year, or over a half million cases since 1973. Including other types of negative reactions, Reardon said, could easily increase the overall complication rate by twenty times or more. ******* This is the seventh study Reardon and his colleagues have published on abortion complications in the last eighteen months. Among the other studies, also published in major peer reviewed journals, one revealed that among women with an unintended first pregnancy, those who had abortions were at risk of clinical depression an average of eight years later compared to similar women who carried their unintended first pregnancies to term. Higher rates of suicide and substance abuse among women who had abortions were also revealed in the other studies published by the research team ******* More information and a link to the study is available at www.afterabortion.org/news ******* Learn more about post-abortion issues at our web site: http://www.afterabortion.org ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 16 RISK OF PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION RISES AFTER ABORTION ******* From Steven Ertelt ******* Source: Pro-Life Infonet; May 12, 2003 ******* Springfield, IL - Is abortion a benign experience for women? Or can it cause or contribute to emotional problems, even severe ones? ******* The American Psychological Association (APA), which has consistently lobbied in favor of abortion rights, has frequently insisted that abortion is a benign experience that predominately brings relief to most women. Some APA members, such as Nancy Adler and Brenda Major of the University of California, have even charged that those who say abortion can cause emotional problems are guilty of misleading the public. To support this view, Adler has argued that abortion is so common that if it did cause emotional problems, the nation's psychiatric wards would be filled with the evidence. ******* Now, a new study published in the latest issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) shows that such evidence does exist. A review of the medical records of 56,741 California medicaid patients revealed that women who had abortions were 160 percent more likely than delivering women to be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment in the first 90 days following abortion or delivery. Rates of psychiatric treatment remained significantly higher for at least four years. A previously published study by the same authors revealed that women who had abortions were also more likely to require subsequent outpatient mental health care. Depressive psychosis was the most common diagnosis. ******* According to the CMAJ study's lead author, David Reardon, Ph.D., a common complaint among participants in post-abortion recovery programs is that when they raised the issue of their past abortions while seeking mental health care, their therapists dismissed abortion as irrelevant. ******* "Therapists who fixate on the 'abortion is benign' theory, either out of ignorance or allegiance to defensive political views on abortion, are doing a great disservice to women who need understanding and support," said Reardon, who recently co-authored a book, Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion. "This study, based on objective medical records, validates the claims of tens of thousands of women in post-abortion recovery programs." ******* In an invited commentary on the study appearing in the same issue of the CMAJ, Brenda Major, charged that the implication that abortion can cause psychiatric problems is misleading. She argued other factors, such as marital status or prior psychological problems, may offer better explanations for the fact that psychiatric problems are more common among aborting women. Reardon concedes that these other factors may also contribute to psychiatric illness but insists that abortion can both aggravate pre-existing problems and trigger new ones. ******* Reardon called Major's commentary a product of "the abortion distortion effect." He particularly questioned Major's choice to omit from her comments any mention her own study recently published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. That study revealed that 1.4 percent of the women interviewed two years after their abortions suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder solely attributable to their abortions. ******* Even such a low percentage, projected on the 1.3 million American women undergoing abortions each year, Reardon said, would result in 18,200 cases of PTSD each year, or over a half million cases since 1973. Including other types of negative reactions, he said, would increase the overall complication rate by twenty times or more. ******* This is the seventh study Reardon and his colleagues have published on abortion complications in the last eighteen months. Among the other studies, also published in major peer reviewed journals, one revealed that among women with an unintended first pregnancy, those who had abortions were at significantly higher risk of clinical depression an average of eight years later compared to similar women who carried their unintended first pregnancies to term. Higher rates of suicide and substance abuse among women who had abortions were also revealed in the other studies published by the research team. ******* Attention nursing students: The National Association of Pro-life Nurses is now offering their annual $500 scholarship to a pro-life student nurse. To qualify, a recipient must submit the application, be enrolled in a school of nursing, submit a pro-life essay, and have a letter of recommendation from a nursing instructor. The application and details can be obtained on the NAPN Website, http://www.nursesforlife.org. ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 17 ABORTION MAY DRAG US TO HISTORY'S GRAVE By Connie Lynne Carrillo ******* From: [email protected] ******* Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 ******* Beware of the History Channel on a rainy day. ******* While I sipped my tea and listened to the rain patter, the History Channel dug up a dead civilization and found a large sewer that held thousands of baby bones, victims of infanticide, a common practice of this ancient, forgotten society. ******* Anthropologists tell us two of the biggest indicators of a doomed civilization are the practice of infanticide and human sacrifice. In other words, cultures and species that kill their own young do not survive. If history really does repeat itself, then American society may also be doomed to extinction. ******* What will future archaeologists discover when they dig up America? We have a highly sophisticated form of disposal of our young, before birth rather than after. But is America, in reality, practicing a sanitized version of infanticide and human sacrifice? ******* Is America sacrificing its soul, and its young, on the altar of convenience? Does it bow down to the corrupt pagan god of moral expediency? Is anything really wrong anymore or only those things that disrupt people's lives and their plans? ******* Awash in a sea of moral turpitude, many Americans have become a sex-obsessed, sex-addicted society. They are hooked on pornography, perversion, promiscuity, adultery and depravity. And, in a total abandonment of human dignity, people proclaim themselves mindless animals, wanton slaves to hormones and incapable of self-control. They condone the Plan B over-the-counter "morning-after"? solution, never even considering giving up the night before. ******* They reject personal responsibility and force innocent third parties to pay for reckless sexual indiscretions. They lead promiscuous lives, and the blameless unborn pay the ultimate price, so they won't mess up their last semester of school, miss out on a job promotion or be forced to pay child support. And, in a complete act of lunacy, the U.S. Supreme Court puts its stamp of approval on the mass eradication of our offspring. ******* This isn't an issue of political or religious persuasion, the Left or the Right. This is an issue of being irresponsible members of the human family. Any time an innocent member of the human family, born or unborn, must sacrifice his or her life, safety, health or happiness to advance a sexual agenda, rid people of consequences and make life easier, that is an immoral act, no matter what one's political or religious affiliation. That is a crime against humanity. Such self-serving behavior violates one's family and deifies the culture of sexual hedonism. ******* And, in the saddest indictment of a twisted modern society, feminists, who have battled so mightily for so many decades for women's rights, sadly now crusade for the right of women to destroy their offspring. And the appalling, sickening hypocrisy, the excruciating irony of it all is that one half of the babies who succumb to this mass destruction are females. ******* And these same feminists, who struggle for and demand justice and equality in their own lives, now deny their unborn sisters that which they have already been afforded, the most fundamental of all human rights, to take their place, on this planet, with their sisterhood. ******* Does one really have an inherent "right to choose" to exterminate one's offspring? Or is the only rational choice to use one's sacred, life-giving capacity to perpetuate the human species in a reasonable, compassionate manner, so no third party must suffer the consequences? Any other choice cheapens, dehumanizes and corrupts society. Humanity ought to be able to rise above it. There are civilized, humane solutions to managing reproductive capability. Decimating future generations is not one of them. ******* A wrongly accused politician once said, "Where do I go to get back my good name?" Where does America go to get back its moral clarity? Where does one go to get back human dignity, decency, honor and self-respect? Where does one go to get back knowledge of, and belief in, the acceptance of personal responsibility for one's own actions, so no one else is forced to pay the ultimate price for decadence, debauchery, egotistical self-indulgence and irresponsibility? ******* Or will the light of America eventually be extinguished? Flushed away into the ancient sewer of mankind. Just another failed, forgotten civilization. Just another rerun on the History Channel of the future. ******* Connie Lynne Carrillo is a freelance writer who lives in Kansas City. You can write to the author c/o The Kansas City Star Editorial Dept. 1729 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO. 64108 or email [email protected]. ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 18 MOST MOTHERS REGRETTED ABORTIONS ******* Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 ******* From: "Ed" ******* London, England (LifeNews.com) -- A British pro-life group placed advertisements in six women's magazines there to gather the experiences of women who had abortions and find out their reaction to their decision years down the road. More than 82 percent of the women who responded indicated they deeply regretted their abortion decisions. ******* Some 248 women replied to the ads sponsored by the group LIFE between April and early July. ******* Just 26 said they had a few or no regrets about their abortions, including one 74 year-old woman who had three abortions in the 1960s and 70s and another who had aborted twins. ******* Of that small group of women, they indicated they had no other alternative than the abortion or said it was the "right thing" at that moment in their lives. Still, many said they would not want to do it again. Nine other women said they were undecided about their abortion experiences. ******* However, 204 of the 248 women said they deeply regretted their abortions. ******* LIFE asked 96 women in a follow-up survey whether they would have gone through with the abortion had they known the medical and emotional problems abortions can cause. Sixty-four of the women answered no and most very emphatically. ******* Virtually all of the women said that women considering abortions should be given more information on potential problems. Most said they were only told there would be an inordinate amount of bleeding but were given little or no counseling or information. ******* The survey found some of the women who had abortions had severe problems afterwards, including 14 who had seriously contemplated or attempted suicide, 15 who had developed alcohol addictions, and three who had severe eating disorders. ******* Five confessed to abusing drugs, several had emotional breakdowns and another four said they got pregnant again quickly to have "atonement" babies. ******* LIFE reported that most women reported the kind of post-abortion syndrome issues abortion advocates routinely deny, including anger, shame, guilt, self-hatred, loss of confidence, nightmares, flashbacks, and the pain of anniversaries. ******* Some of the comments from women who regretted their abortions included: "it completely ruined my life", "I felt crippled, crucified, stupid, insane," "I felt dirty and ashamed," "I'm totally grief-stricken, I want my baby and I feel like a monster," "it was the worst mistake of my life... I cry all the time," "every baby I see I yearn for the one I got rid of." ******* Most of the women surveyed said they were treated poorly by abortion facility staff. ******* They talked about being treated "like cattle," "conveyor-belted" and "pushed by bossy nurses." ******* "They described the bleak atmosphere of waiting rooms and abortion clinics, and how they were often crying when they came round from the anesthetic," LIFE reported. ******* One woman talked about having an abortion with the mifepristone abortion drug. She discussed how she gave birth to her dead baby at a gas station and flushed the baby's body down the toilet. ******* Women's abortion regrets did not seem to vary based on how long ago they had the abortion. ******* A 61-year-old had had her abortion in 1970 and still feels "very guilty and sad"; another 30 years on and [has] never stopped grieving." Some of the women had their abortion less than a year ago and already have strong negative emotional reactions. ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 19 STATEMENT OF CLAIM - ABORTIONIST ROMALIS SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE AFTER KILLING DOWN'S SYNDROME BABY - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 - Vancouver Registry ******* From: "Gordon S. Watson" ******* IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ******* BETWEEN : KARIN SMITH PLAINTIFF ******* AND : GARSON ROMALIS, PETER JAMES MacDONALD, BARRY JOHN MILLER, TRACY COLETTE POTTER, CHILDREN�S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, EAGLE RIDGE HOSPITAL, FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY and PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY DEFENDANTS ******* STATEMENT OF CLAIM ******* 1. The Plaintiff is a senior secretary, a wife, and the mother of a daughter born on March 3, 1999, and resides at 2936 Panorama Drive, in the City of Coquitlam, in the Province of British Columbia. ******* 2. The Defendant GARSON ROMALIS ( � the Defendant Romalis� ) is a Physician and Surgeon and was at all times duly licensed to practice medicine in the Province of British Columbia as a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with offices at 200 - 1177 West Broadway, in Vancouver, British Columbia. ******* 3. The Defendant, PETER JAMES MacDONALD ( � the Defendant MacDonald� ) is a Physician and Surgeon and was at all material times duly licensed to practice medicine in the Province of British Columbia as a specialist in Emergency Medicine, with offices at 2982 Rockridge Lane, in Coquitlam British Columbia. ******* 4. The Defendant, BARRY JOHN MILLER ( � the Defendant Miller � ) is a Physician and Surgeon and was at all material times duly licensed to practice medicine in the Province of British Columbia as a specialist in Emergency Medicine, with offices at 475 Guilford Way, in Port Moody, British Columbia. ******* 5. The Defendant, TRACY COLETTE POTTER ( � the Defendant Potter � ) whose current office is at 4901 48th Street, in Yellowknife North West Territories, is a Physician and Surgeon and was at all material times duly licensed to practice medicine in the Province of British Columbia as a family physician and had for some time before the events described in the Statement of Claim been the Plaintiff�s family physician. ******* 6. The Defendant, CHILDREN�S & WOMEN�S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ( �BC Women�s Hospital� ) is an entity owned and operated by the Provincial Health Services Authority, which is a corporation formed pursuant to the Health Authorities Act, RSBC 1996, c. 180, with its registered office located at 2700 - 700 West Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia. ******* 7. The Defendant, EAGLE RIDGE HOSPITAL (� Eagle Ridge Hospital� ) is an entity owned and operated by the Fraser Health Authority, which is a corporation formed pursuant to the Health Authorities Act, RSBC 1996, c. 180, with its registered office located at 475 Guilford Way, in Port Moody, British Columbia. ******* 8. The Defendant, PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY ( �the Defendant PHSA� ) is a corporation formed pursuant to the Health Authorities Act, RSBC 1996, c. 180, with its registered office at 2700 - West Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia. ******* 9. The Defendant PHSA is the owner or operator or both of BC Women�s Hospital, and all references in this Statement of Claim to BC Women�s Hospital are intended to be a reference to both the PHSA and BC Women�s Hospital. ******* 10. The Defendant FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY ( �the Defendant FHA� ) is a corporation formed pursuant to the Health Authorities Act, RSBC 1996, c. 180, with its registered office at 300 - 10334 152 A Street Surrey British Columbia ******* 11. The Defendant FHA is the owner or operator or both, of the Eagle Ridge Hospital, and all references in this Statement of Claim to Eagle Ridge Hospital are intended to be a reference to both the Defendant FHA and Eagle Ridge Hospital. ******* 12. On Tuesday November 2 2004, the Plaintiff, who was 18 weeks pregnant with a fetus that had been diagnosed with trisomy 13, a fatal genetic abnormality, attended at BC Women�s hospital, in Vancouver British Columbia, for the first part of a three-day therapeutic pregnancy termination procedure to be performed by the Defendant Romalis. ******* 13. On November 2 2004, the Defendant Romalis inserted four Laminaria into the Plaintiff�s cervix and then prescribed a four-day course of prophylactic Metronidazole. ******* 14. On Wednesday November 3 2004 the Defendant Romalis, having experienced difficulty with the procedure, which was thereby prolonged, inserted eight Laminaria into the Plaintiff�s cervix. ******* 15. On Thursday November 4 2004, the Defendant Romalis performed a dilation and curettage on the Plaintiff and removed the fetus from her uterus. ******* 16. On the morning of Friday November 5 2004, the Plaintiff was awakened by severe pain in her lower back and her night and bedclothes were wet from perspiration, and the Plaintiff was unable to get out of bed without assistance. ******* 17. On November 5 2004, after being telephoned by the Plaintiff�s husband concerning the Plaintiff�s condition, the Defendant Romalis prescribed Ampicillin and Clindamycin, to be taken after the course of Metronidazole medication was completed, and Tylenol 3 to alleviate the Plaintiff�s lower back pain. ******* 18. On the late evening of November 5 2004, the Plaintiff who was by then incapacitated by pain, was transported by ambulance to the Emergency Department at Eagle Ridge Hospital, where she was assess by the Defendant MacDonald. ******* 19. The Defendant MacDonald diagnosed the Plaintiff with mechanical low back pain, told the Plaintiff that her sweats were the result of exhaustion, administered a Morphine /Toradol injection, prescribed painkillers and an anti-inflammatory, ordered no blood tests, and instructed the Plaintiff not to take antibiotics that had been prescribed by the Defendant Romalis. ******* 20. On the morning of Saturday November 6 2004, having been telephoned by the Plaintiff�s husband and having been informed of the Plaintiff�s ongoing symptoms, ofher visit to the Emergency Department of Eagle Ridge Hospital, and of the Defendant MacDonald�s diagnosis, prescriptions and advice, the Defendant Romalis endorsed the instructions of the Defendant MacDonald that the Plaintiff not take the antibiotics prescribed by the Defendant Romalis and declined the Plaintiff�s husband�s request that the Defendant Romalis admit the Plaintiff to hospital for further investigation. ******* 21. On the early morning of Sunday November 7 2004, the Plaintiff, who continued to be incapacitated by pain, was transported by ambulance to the Emergency Department of Eagle Ridge Hospital, where she was assessed by the Defendant Miller. ******* 22. The Defendant Miller confirmed the Defendant MacDonald�s diagnosis of mechanical back pain, administered a Morphine injection, gave the Plaintiff Percocet to take home, ordered the taking of a urine sample, ordered no blood tests, and discharged the Plaintiff from the hospital. ******* 23. On November 7 2004, the Plaintiff�s husband telephoned the Defendant Romalis to inform him of the Plaintiff�s condition, and the Defendant Romalis directed the Plaintiff and her husband to contact the Defendant Potter regarding further management. ******* 24. The Plaintiff remained incapacitated in bed all day on Monday November 8 2004, and took the pain medication and analgesics prescribed by the Defendant MacDonald and given to her by the Defendant Miller. ******* 25. On Tuesday November 9 2004, the Plaintiff and her husband attended at the office of the Defendant Potter, who took a history, examined the Plaintiff, confirmed the diagnosis of mechanical back pain, prescribed further painkillers, anti-inflammatory, and muscle relaxants, sent the Plaintiff for an x-ray of her lumbar spine, and recommended that the Plaintiff stay in bed for the next week. ******* 26. The x-ray of the Plaintiff�s lumbar spine was performed on November 9 2004, and was read as normal. ******* 27. On the evening of Tuesday November 16 2004, the Plaintiff, who by then was becoming incoherent, was still sweating heavily, had an obvious fever, had lost sensation in her legs, and had a severe headache, was transported by ambulance to Royal Columbian Hospital. ******* 28. On November 16 2004, a spinal tap was performed at Royal Columbian Hospital, and the Plaintiff was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and delirium caused by the meningitis and the residual medication in her system. ******* 29. On Thursday November 18 2004, while still at Royal Columbian Hospital, the Plaintiff was found to have had Group G Streptococcus meningitis with Group B Streptococcus in her blood ( Septicaemia ) which had resulted in sub acute bacterial endocarditic and reactive arthritis in her back, left knee, and left wrist. ******* 30. On November 18 2004, a CT scan revealed that the Plaintiff had suffered a sub acute right posterior cerebral artery infarct, and on the same date an MRI confirmed the diagnosis of a sub acute right posterior cerebral artery infarct, as well as the diagnosis of meningitis, and raised the possibility of a small or distally-located aneurysm. ******* 31. The sub acute endocarditic became so severe that the Plaintiff required heart surgery either to repair the damaged heart valve or to replace it with a mechanical heart valve, but the surgery could not be undertaken until the infection was under control. ******* 32. On Friday November 19 2004, the Plaintiff was diagnosed with vegetation on the aortic valve, erosion of the heart valve, and fluid build-up around the lungs, which necessitated open heart surgery, the next day in order to save the Plaintiff�s life. ******* 33. On Saturday November 20 2004, the Plaintiff underwent surgery to replace her damaged heart valve with a mechanical heart valve. ******* 34. The Plaintiff was discharged from Royal Columbian Hospital on Thursday December 9 2004, with a three week course of intravenous antibiotics to combat the infection. ******* 35. At all material times, the Defendant Romalis owed a duty of care to the Plaintiff to exercise the reasonable care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of expertise in diagnosing, treating and caring for the Plaintiff. ******* 36. Alternatively, at all material times there was a contract between the Plaintiff and the Defendant Romalis for the provision to the Plaintiff of professional medical services, and it was an implied term and condition of the contract that the Defendant Romalis exercise the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of expertise in diagnosing, treating and caring for the Plaintiff. ******* 37. In breach of his duty to the Plaintiff or, alternatively, in breach of the contract between the Plaintiff and him, the Defendant Romalis negligently performed an abortion on the Plaintiff at BC Women�s Hospital and negligently failed to provide adequate pre- and post-operative treatment to the Plaintiff, thereby causing the Plaintiff to suffer injuries, damage and loss. ******* 38. Particulars of the negligence and breach of contract of the Defendant Romalis are as follows: ******* (a) failing to administer pre-operative antibiotics or to take adequate pre-operative measures to decrease infection and the risk thereof ; ******* ( b ) failing to follow standard procedures in performing an abortion ; ******* ( c ) performing the abortion in such a way that the Plaintiff developed a serious post-operative infection : ******* ( d ) failing to prescribe an adequate dosage of anti-biotic post-operatively to prevent post-operative infection ; ******* ( e ) failing to assess or to assess adequately the Plaintiff�s condition post-operatively ; ******* ( f ) failing to use adequate care, skill or attention during the post-operative care of the Plaintiff; ******* ( g ) failing to appreciate the Plaintiff�s post-operative condition and to recognize signs of infection and endocarditic ; ******* ( h ) ignoring post-operative signs and symptoms of infection that a reasonable obstetrician and gynaecologist would have recognized as requiring further and immediate treatments ; ******* ( i ) failing to detect and to treat a post-operative infection ; ******* ( j ) failing to prescribe continuous post-operative antibiotic medication ; ******* ( k ) endorsing the direction of the Defendant MacDonald that the Plaintiff not take antibiotic medication ; ******* ( l ) failing to order any or adequate post-operative investigation to determine the reason for the Plaintiff�s post-operative symptoms ; ******* ( m ) failing to order post-operative blood tests and to take appropriate steps to provide treatment to the Plaintiff based on such tests ; ******* ( n ) failing to treat the Plaintiff�s post-operative symptoms in a timely manner ; ******* ( o ) failing to refer the Plaintiff for, or to arrange for, alternative treatment, including treatment at an alternative facility, when he was aware or ought to have been aware that immediate treatment was essential ; ******* ( p ) failing in all of the circumstances to show the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of practice ; ******* ( q ) such further and other particulars as counsel may advise. ******* 39. At all material times BC Women�s Hospital, through its staff and employees, owed a duty to the Plaintiff to exercise the reasonable care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a major metropolitan hospital specializing, inter alia, in the treatment of pregnant women. ******* 40. At all material times there was a contract between the Plaintiff and BC Women�s Hospital, and it was an implied term and condition of the contract that BC Women�s Hospital provide to the Plaintiff hospital services required by a patient with the Plaintiff�s conditions and needs and, in so doing, would exercise care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment and grant privileges only to those doctors who themselves exercised care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment. ******* 41. In breach of its duty to the Plaintiff, or alternatively, in breach of the contract between the Plaintiff and it, BC Women�s Hospital negligently allowed an abortion to be performed on the Plaintiff in circumstances that resulted in the Plaintiff�s developing a life-threatening infection and consequent complications, thereby causing the Plaintiff to suffer injuries, damage and loss. ******* 42. Particulars of the negligence and breach of contract of BC Women�s Hospital and its agents and employees are as follows : ******* ( a ) failing to clean and disinfect or adequately clean and disinfect the operating room and surrounding area of the hospital where the Plaintiff underwent the abortion, in order to prevent infection ; ******* ( b ) allowing the abortion to be performed in circumstances which resulted in the Plaintiff�s developing a serious infection ; ******* ( c ) failing to monitor the ability of the Defendant Romalis to perform surgery generally and specifically to render appropriate and competent pre-operative and post-operative treatment to the Plaintiff ; ******* ( d ) failing to designate a physician to be responsible for the Plaintiff�s treatment while in the hospital and post-operatively ; ******* ( e ) failing to refer the Plaintiff immediately to an alternative hospital when BC Women�s Hospital was aware or ought to have been aware that the Plaintiff�s health was at risk ; ******* ( f ) failing in all of the circumstances to show the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment to which the Plaintiff was entitled ; ******* ( g ) such further and other particulars as counsel may advise. ******* 43. At all material times, the Defendant MacDonald owed a duty to the Plaintiff to exercise the reasonable care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of expertise in diagnosing, treating and caring for the Plaintiff. ******* 44. Alternatively, at all material times, there was a contract between the Plaintiff and the Defendant MacDonald for the provision to the Plaintiff of professional medical services, and it was an implied term and condition of the contract that the Defendant MacDonald exercise the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of expertise in diagnosing, treating and caring for the Plaintiff. ******* 45. In breach of his duty to the Plaintiff or, alternatively, in breach of the contract between the Plaintiff and him, the Defendant MacDonald negligently failed to provide appropriate care and treatment of the Plaintiff at Eagle Ridge Hospital, thereby causing the Plaintiff to suffer injuries, damage and loss. ******* 46. Particulars of the negligence and breach of contract of the Defendant MacDonald are as follows : ******* ( a ) failing to obtain an adequate history ; ******* ( b ) failing to order appropriate diagnostic tests, including, without limitation, blood tests ; ******* ( c ) failing to assess or to assess adequately the Plaintiff�s symptoms and signs ; ******* ( d ) failing to make a proper diagnosis ; ******* ( e ) failing to consider all appropriate differential diagnoses ; ******* ( f ) failing to recognize signs and symptoms of infection ; ******* ( g ) ignoring signs and symptoms of infection that a reasonable emergency physician would have recognized as requiring further investigation and treatment ; ******* ( h ) failing to provide proper treatment ; ******* ( I ) misdiagnosing the Plaintiff with mechanical back pain and advising the Plaintiff to discontinue the antibiotic medication prescribed by the Defendant Romalis ; ******* ( j ) failing to prescribe the appropriate antibiotic medication ; ******* ( k ) failing to admit the Plaintiff to the hospital for further investigation and observation ; ******* ( l ) failing to refer the Plaintiff to an alternative facility better equipped to deal with the Plaintiff�s condition ; ******* ( m ) failing in all of the circumstances to show the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of practice ; ******* ( n ) such further particulars as counsel may advise. ******* 47. At all material times, the Defendant Miller owed a duty of care to the Plaintiff to exercise the reasonable care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of expertise in diagnosing, treating and caring for the Plaintiff. ******* 48. Alternatively, at all material times, there was a contract between the Plaintiff and the Defendant Miller for the provision to the Plaintiff of professional medical services, and it was an implied term and condition of the contract that the Defendant Miller exercise the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of expertise in diagnosing, treating and caring for the Plaintiff. ******* 49. In breach of his duty to the Plaintiff, or, alternatively in breach of the contract between the Plaintiff and him, the Defendant Miller negligently failed to provide appropriate care and treatment of the Plaintiff at Eagle Ridge Hospital, thereby causing the Plaintiff to suffer injuries, damage and loss. ******* 50. Particulars of the negligence and breach of contract of the Defendant Miller are as follows : ******* ( a ) failing to obtain an adequate history ; ******* ( b ) failing to order appropriate diagnostic tests, including, without limitation, blood tests ; ******* ( c ) failing to assess or to assess adequately the Plaintiff�s symptoms and signs ; ******* ( d ) failing to make a proper diagnosis ; ******* ( e ) failing to recognize all appropriate differential diagnoses ; ******* ( f ) failing to recognize signs and symptoms of infection ; ******* ( g ) ignoring signs and symptoms of infection that a reasonable emergency physician would have recognized as requiring further investigation and treatment ; ******* ( h ) failing to provide appropriate treatment ; ******* ( i ) misdiagnosing the Plaintiff with mechanical back pain and confirming the direction of the Defendant MacDonald that the Plaintiff not take the antibiotic medication prescribed by the Defendant Romalis ; ******* ( j ) failing to prescribe appropriate antibiotic medication ; ******* ( k ) failing to admit the Plaintiff to the hospital for further investigation and observation ; ******* ( l ) failing to refer the Plaintiff to an alternative facility better equipped to deal with the Plaintiff�s condition ; ******* ( m ) failing in all of the circumstances to show the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in his area of practice ; ******* ( n ) such further particulars as counsel may advise. ******* 51. At all material times Eagle Ridge Hospital owed a duty to the Plaintiff to exercise the reasonable care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a metropolitan hospital with an emergency department. ******* 52. At all material times there was a contract between the Plaintiff and Eagle Ridge Hospital, and it was an implied term and condition of the contract that the Eagle Ridge Hospital provide to the Plaintiff hospital services required by a patient with the Plaintiff�s condition and needs and, in so doing, exercise care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment and employ and grant privileges only to those doctors who themselves exercised care, skill, diligence competence and good judgment. ******* 53. In breach of its duty to the Plaintiff or, alternatively, in breach of the contract between the Plaintiff and it, Eagle Ridge Hospital negligently failed to diagnose and treat the Plaintiff�s infection and consequent complications, thereby causing the Plaintiff to suffer injuries, damage and loss. ******* 54. Particulars of the negligence and breach of Eagle Ridge Hospital, its agents and employees are as follows : ******* ( a ) failing to monitor the ability of the Defendants Macdonald and Miller to render appropriate treatment to the Plaintiff ; ******* ( b ) employing or granting privileges to the Defendants MacDonald and Miller as emergency physicians when neither was appropriately trained or competent to act as emergency physicians ; ******* ( c ) allowing the Defendants MacDonald and Miller to assess patients in the emergency room when the said Hospital knew or ought to have known that doing so was beyond each�s expertise and competence ; ******* ( d ) failing to provide an emergency physician competent to diagnose and treat the Plaintiff while she was in the Hospital ; ******* ( e ) failing to admit the Plaintiff for further observation and treatment ; ******* ( f ) failing to designate a physician to be responsible for the Plaintiff�s treatment following her discharge ; ******* ( g ) failing immediately to refer the Plaintiff to an alternative hospital when Eagle Ridge Hospital was aware or ought to have been aware that the Plaintiff�s health was at risk ; ******* ( h ) failing in all of the circumstances to show the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment to which the Plaintiff was entitled ; ******* ( i ) such further particulars as counsel may advise. ******* 55. Eagle Ridge Hospital is vicariously liable for the tortuous conduct of the Defendants MacDonald and Miller. ******* 56. At all material times the Defendant Potter owed a duty to the Plaintiff to exercise all reasonable care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a family physician in diagnosing, treating and caring for the Plaintiff. ******* 57. Alternatively, at all material times there was a contract between the Plaintiff and the Defendant Potter for the provision to the Plaintiff of professional medical services, and it was an implied term and condition of the contract that the Defendant Potter exercise the care, skill, diligence competence and good judgment of a family physician in diagnosing, treating and caring for the Plaintiff. ******* 58. In breach of her duty to the Plaintiff, or alternatively, in breach of the contract between the Plaintiff and her, the Defendant Potter negligently failed to provide appropriate care and treatment of the Plaintiff, thereby causing the Plaintiff to suffer injuries, damage and loss. ******* 59. Particulars of the negligence and breach of contract of the Defendant Potter are as follows : ******* ( a) failing to obtain an adequate history and failing adequately to take into account the Plaintiff�s known history ; ******* ( b ) failing to order appropriate diagnostic tests, including, without limitation, blood tests ; ******* ( c ) failing to assess or to assess adequately the Plaintiff�s symptoms and signs ; ******* ( d ) failing to make a proper diagnosis and misdiagnosing the Plaintiff with mechanical back pain ; ******* ( e ) failing to consider all appropriate differential diagnoses ; ******* ( f ) failing to recognize signs and symptoms of infection ; ******* ( g ) ignoring signs and symptoms of infection that a reasonable family physician would have recognized as requiring further investigation and treatment ; ******* ( h ) failing to provide appropriate treatment ; ******* ( i ) failing to refer the Plaintiff in a timely manner to appropriate specialists ; ******* ( j ) failing to have the Plaintiff admitted to a hospital for further investigation and treatment ; ******* ( k ) failing to prescribe appropriate antibiotic medication ; ******* ( l ) failing to follow up the Plaintiff ; ******* ( m ) failing in all the circumstances to show the care, skill, diligence, competence and good judgment of a medical practitioner in her area of practice ; ******* ( n ) such further particulars as counsel may advise. ******* 60. As a result of the negligence, breach of duty, and breach of contract of the Defendants, or one or more of them, the Plaintiff has suffered medical complications as follows : ******* ( a ) post-operative Group G Streptococcus in her blood ( Septicaemia ) ; ******* ( b ) acute bacterial endocarditic, causing a stroke and requiring open heart surgery to replace her damaged heart valve with a mechanical heart valve ; ******* ( c ) meningitis ; ******* ( d ) reactive arthritis in the back, left knee, and left wrist, ******* ( e ) severe pain and inflammation of the left knee and left wrist, ******* ( f ) severe back spasms, ******* ( g ) numbness and tingling in the left hand and fingers and left foot and toes, ******* ( h ) severe migraine headaches, ******* ( i ) permanent damage to the brain, resulting in loss of left peripheral vision in both eyes, including blind spots and floaters, ******* ( j ) pinched nerves in the back and pelvic joints, ******* ( k ) susceptibility to further heart damage and to life-threatening danger from any future infection, ******* ( l ) the need for lifelong anticoagulant therapy, ******* ( m ) other brain damage, ******* ( n ) nausea, ******* ( o ) depression, ******* ( p ) anxiety, ******* ( q ) sleep disturbance, ******* ( r ) extreme pain and stiffness upon walking, ******* ( s ) fatigue, ******* ( t ) a permanent ten-inch scar on her chest. ******* 61. As a result of the negligence, breach of duty, and breach of contract of the Defendants, or of one or more of them, the Plaintiff has suffered and will continue to suffer : ******* ( a ) pain and suffering, ******* ( b ) loss of enjoyment of life, including the ability to have another child, ******* ( c ) loss of amenities of life, ******* ( d ) decreased life expectancy, ******* ( e ) permanent disfigurement, ******* ( f ) loss or impairment of physical and mental capacity to function, ******* ( g ) loss of income, past and prospective, ******* ( h ) loss of income earning capacity, ******* ( i ) loss of opportunity to earn income, ******* ( j ) loss of housekeeping capacity, ******* ( k) loss of parenting capacity. ******* 62. As a result of the negligence, breach of duty, and brach of contract of the Defendants, or one or more of them, the Plaintiff has suffered and will continue to suffer special damages, including an in-trust claim for the Plaintiff�s husband and other family members, particulars of which will be provided as available. ******* 63. As a result of the negligence, breach of duty, and breach of contract of the Defendants, or one or more of them, the Plaintiff will require ongoing medical treatment and care, including care by the Plaintiff�s husband and other family members, particulars of which will be provided as available. ******* The Plaintiff claims as follows : ******* ( a ) general damages, ******* ( b ) special damages, ******* ( c ) costs ******* ( d ) interest pursuant to the Court Order Interest Act RSBC 1996, c. 79 ******* ( e ) such further and other relief as to this Honourable Court may seem just. ******* Place of trial : Vancouver, British Columbia ******* DATED at Vancouver, BC, this 16th day of October, 2006. ******* [ Signed ] RH Swadden ------------- Solicitor for the Plaintiff ******* THIS STATEMENT OF CLAIM is filed by Richard H. Swadden, Barrister and Solicitor, whose place of business and address for delivery are 1107 - 808 Nelson Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H2 and whose fax number for delivery is ( 604 ) 687 - 4158 ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 20 UPDATE - LAWSUIT AGAINST ABORTIONIST ROMALIS ******* From: "Gordon S. Watson" ******* Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 ******* Update on civil lawsuit against abortionist Romalis ; claim for medical negligence ******* Last week I checked the file in the Registry. There were no �Appearance� notices, let alone Statements of Defence. Since the Rules require an �Appearance� to be filed within seven days of service of the Writ, the most likely explanation for the lack is that the Plaintiff had deliberately not served the Writ on the Defendants. ******* The incidents which are at issue in this lawsuit = the killing of an unborn child who had been diagnosed as having Down Syndrome, then the abortionist�s abandonment of the mother as she endured severe complications = happened November 2 2004. Obviously, this action was originated as the two-year time frame was about to elapse, in order to preserve the patient�s right to sue. ******* My hunch is that the Plaintiff and her lawyer did not appreciate how anything to do with the �A word� invokes the powers of hell. Because the noise and shouting had died down lately in the media, he may have thought that a malpractice suit against such an infamous abortionist would slip under the radar. If so they are going to find out otherwise. ******* The sickening details of the claim substantiate what the Pro-Life movement has been saying for three decades, and more. If allowed to come into the public eye, it bodes to become the leading precedent as to how both medical and legal professions treat the issue. The lawsuit is a device for coercing hush money from the officials whose hands are stained with the blood of children. They�re all in it up to their blood-drenched elbows. Which is why I bet that the suit will be settled behind closed doors, for very large dollars. Said damages to come from your taxes, yet you�ll never get an accounting. This is how it�s done, citizens. Rank bribery conveyed via �client confidentiality�. The worst of quacks = Romalis = licensed to continue carving-up women because he�s politically well-connected. And because those who practice his grisly trade make more money than they know what to do with. Which largess has to be divvied-up among the rest of the vultures. But first and last because the guild he belongs-to, the College of Surgeons, cannot locate the testicular wherewithal to call abortion for what it is : MURDER. They�re all guilty guilty guilty. ******* At the first level of appeal from conviction in my and Don Spratt�s challenge to the Access to Ab� Services Act, Judge Koenigsberg said �abortion is a topic no politician will touch�. Which why I was there that day. I am the exception : It is my job to confront citizens with the unpleasant question �do you want your taxes used to commit crimes against humanity?� It is my self-appointed role to communicate the facts and the import of this case [ . SO 66674 Supreme Court of BC at Vancouver] so British Columbians can be fully-informed when they cast their ballots. ******* Particularly on the issue of the government mis-using our taxes to pay for medical services which, rather than being genuinely therapeutic, are admitted to be for mere convenience. Executing handicapped children before birth is now business-as-usual � not the �rare exception� they�d like you to believe. As Garson Romalis killed Baby Smith because his life was deemed �not worth living�s he acted not a whit different than did the Nazi doctors. All those responsible - underscore the ALL - thought it was easier and cheaper to kill this child in utero, than to let nature take its course so he could be born naturally, then deal with his physical handicap. ******* It suits those on the pro-abort side for this case against their poster-boy, Romalis, to disappear. If there�s anything that would drive them �up the wall�, it would be for it to be removed from the clutches the cults of the black robe and of the white robe � lawyers and physicians, and forced-ahead in Court and so into public view. Moved by my disgust for those overeducated idiots, and by all the outrage I accumulated seeing Justice perverted time and again in my anti-abortion career - I did the thing they fear most. Today I delivered a copy of the Writ and Statement of Claim to the corporate office of each of the Defendants Provincial Health Services Authority and Fraser Health Authority. ******* One takes comic relief from this horrible business when he can. I anticipate a few moments of rich sarcasm as the high-priced legal gunslingers run to one of Her Majesty�s judges, kvetching that service was illegitimate because someone who is not a party did the serving. �Cry me a river�, say I. �It�s done. Get on with it. Let us see the Statements of Defence. Let�s see what are your excuses for conspiring to have a Person Unborn murdered because of his supposed genetic abnormality. Are they any different than what the Nazi doctors whined at Nuremberg? � ******* Gordon S. Watson, Justice critic for the Party of Citizens, Box 63009 RPO Highgate Burnaby British Columbia V5E 4J6 ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 21 WEBSITE LISTS 347 WOMEN KILLED BY LEGAL ABORTIONS The Overwhelming Majority of Abortion-Related Deaths Remain Undiscovered ******* From: Internet Report - March 8/02 via "Donald Jellison" ******* LIFE DYNAMICS, February 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) - Life Dynamics, a Texas-based pro-life group has created a website listing women killed by legal abortions, along with information regarding the circumstances of their deaths. "The Blackmun Wall" project is named after Harry Blackmun, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the Roe v. Wade decision and launched America's abortion holocaust. ******* Life Dynamics reports that it has statistics from both state and federal reporting agencies documenting many more abortion-related deaths than are listed on the Blackmun wall. However, because there were no further details on them, the group was not able to include them. Additionally, Life Dynamics notes that their research clearly indicates that, for a variety of reasons, the overwhelming majority of abortion-related deaths remain undiscovered. Abortion related deaths and post abortion complications are frequently not reported by medical staff and institutions as having resulted from an abortion. ******* Life Dynamics will continue to investigate and catalogue the deaths of women that are due to legalized abortion. The Blackmun Wall will be updated, as new information is received. The wall is comprised of 29 panels, listing 347 women, along with the available details of each one's death. ******* See the Blackmun Wall at: http://www.lifedynamics.net/AboutLDI/dsp_WomenKilled.cfm ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 22 MAJOR STUDY ON ABORTION FINDS RISKS MUCH HIGHER THAN EXPECTED ******* From: "LifeSite News" via John Hof ******* TORONTO, April 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) - Abortion complications are seriously under reported, leaving women who undergo abortion largely unaware of the range of physical and psychological risks they face, according to a new study by a Canadian bioethics institute. The deVeber Institute, a nonprofit bioethics and social research group based in Toronto, has released its comprehensive review of the world medical literature on abortion in a new book entitled "Women's Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence." The investigation is based on over 500 studies that have appeared in medical and other journals, chiefly during the past twenty years. ******* Breast cancer, pelvic infection, infertility, life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, and subsequent premature births - with higher rates of children born with cerebral palsy - were found to be associated with abortion. ******* Abortion complications were not limited to physical health. While abortion is often regarded as a cure for the depression and stress of a crisis pregnancy, the study found that women are more likely to commit suicide after abortion than after giving birth to a child. ******* "In the absence of this knowledge, how can a woman give her informed consent to an abortion?" asks Ian Gentles, history professor at York University in Toronto, and one of the authors of the study. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Emory University professor of humanities and women's studies, calls the findings "compelling", and says the study "makes overwhelmingly clear [that] women who seek abortions in the United States and Canada are not even told of the risks they are running." ******* The current high level of 114,000 reported abortions in Canada and 1.4 million in the U.S. underscore the magnitude of this suppressed public health issue. The study calls for a more accountable system of risk assessment where research data accurately reflect the true risks of abortion to their future health and fertility. ******* To order the study from the deVeber Institute ($24.95 (Cdn), $19.95 (US)) ******* visit the website: http://deveber.org/publications2.html#launch ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 23 CALIFORNIA WOMAN DEAD AFTER ABORTION ATTEMPT - MOTHER SUES By Hilary White ******* From: "LifeSiteNews" ��View Contact Details ******* date Thursday June 21, 2007 ******* RIVERSIDE, California, June 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Erica Goode died of toxic shock syndrome at the age of 21 after an abortion at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Riverside, California. Her mother, Aletheia Meloncon, has filed a wrongful death and medical malpractice suit against the abortionist group. ******* "I'm hoping to shed light and expose the negligent and improper care my daughter received," Meloncon said Wednesday at Schuler's Riverside office. "I hope this sends a message to Planned Parenthood." ******* Goode had gone for an abortion on January 31, 2007 but was taken to hospital after developing a fever. A laminaria and gauze had been inserted and Goode was expected back at Planned Parenthood the next day. But because Meloncon was not informed of her daughter's intention to have an abortion, she was not able to inform hospital staff, so treatment was delayed. ******* The suit names the laminaria, a medical product meant to stretch the cervix preliminary to some types of abortion, as the conduit for the infection that killed Goode. She was taken to Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley on Feb. 4 and found to be 14 weeks pregnant. Goode miscarried her unborn child on February 13 and died the next day. ******* Attorney Jack M. Schuler stated, "If it wasn't for the negligent medical care that Erica Goode received, she would be alive today." ******* "My daughter made a choice, but she didn't choose to die," Meloncon said. ******* Planned Parenthood, the largest and best funded abortion agency in the world, is subject to regular lawsuits from families of women who have died as a result of seeking abortions. ******* LifeSiteNews.com asked Mark Crutcher, president of Life Dynamics Inc., the Texas-based pro-life group, how many of these types of lawsuits are currently pending against Planned Parenthood in the US. Life Dynamics focuses on gathering new data on abortion facilities and pro-abortion lobbying organizations. ******* "There's absolutely no way of knowing that," Crutcher said. "It's not a matter of there being too many to track, it's that you can't find out; they're so good at covering their tracks." ******* Crutcher explained that lawsuits of this kind will keep coming. "Deaths and injuries, sexual assaults, all of these things are indicative of the fact that they can only attract the lowest calibre practitioners to go work at an abortion clinic." ******* "Some are ideological zealots, but most are the moral degenerates, washouts and losers of medicine. No one goes into medicine to work at Planned Parenthood." ******* Crutcher predicted that this suit against the Riverside Planned Parenthood will end in a settlement that includes a confidentiality agreement. ******* "The settlement will include a confidentiality agreement binding the lawyers never to talk in public about this. It's universal." *********************************************************************************************************

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The following warning is a prophetic message given to me, Frank Wagner, in November of 1974. ******* LISTEN TO THE CRY OF THE ABORTED CHILDREN. THEIR CRY IS NO. THEIR CRY IS A CRY OF TERROR. HEED THEIR CRY. ******* This prophecy is now being fulfilled. ******* For details about the source, meaning and fulfillment of this prophetic message go to ******* http://ca.geocities.com/fwagner4/index.html ******* email me at *** [email protected] ***