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June 18, 2001

"Peaceful protest held at home of Christ Hospital abortion doctor"

HINSDALE, ILLINOIS, June 17, 2001 (RFM NEWS) On Saturday, a protest took
place at the home of a doctor who performs live-birth abortions at Advocate
Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois.  Dr. Leonard Feinkind is, most
often, the attending physician on duty when this controversial abortion
procedure is performed.

Approximately 30 demonstrators took part in the protest.  Dr. Feinkind
performs a procedure which prompted federal and state legislation designed to
bring a halt to the abortion method that occasionally results in the birth of
live babies who are allegedly allowed to die without any medical assistance
or intervention.

The procedure, which abortion providers refer to as "induced labor abortion"
or the Canadian method, is used throughout North America.  The abortion
technique first came to public light when it was learned Christ Hospital,
owned by Advocate Health Care System, based in Oak Brook, was utilizing the
live-birth abortion method.

Event organizers told RFM NEWS the protest was meant to accomplish three
major goals.  1) to call physicians involved with abortions to personal
responsibility  2) help influence other doctors not to be involved with
abortion  3) to make people more aware of what is going on at Christ Hospital

"I should add that this picket was a witness to the sanctity of human life,"
said Monica Miller, an official of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society.  "We pray
for Dr. Feinkind and hope that he will find the courage and convictions to
disassociate himself from these killing procedures."

Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill
that would protect newborn babies who survive abortion.  The Senate never
considered the bill.  However, the identical Born-Alive bill was reintroduced
on June 14, 2001 in both the House and Senate.

There was a heavy police presence at the Hinsdale protest which lasted a
little over an hour.  Tensions ran high at the start of the protest until
police and demonstrators laid down ground rules that would guide the conduct
of those present.  A U.S. Supreme Court ruling restricts demonstrators from
targeting specific homes.  But the case ruled the demonstrations can take
place in a neighborhood which includes the general vicinity of the targeted
dwelling.  Since the passing of Roe v. Wade in 1973, less than ten protests
in Illinois have singled out the private homes of the doctors who perform
abortions.  Two pro-abortion picketers held a counter demonstration in
Feinkind's neighborhood.

"If I was a doctor deciding whether to involve myself in terminating
pregnancies, I might first stop to consider the embarrassment of my
professional activities being made public, among my peers as well as on a
personal level," said Tom Logue, a member of the Illinois Right to Life
Committee.  "They can hide behind the skirts of a large institution, but at
the end of the day, they have to go to their neighborhoods, their country
clubs.  Facing public scrutiny is a natural consequence of our actions,"
added Logue.

The demonstration, organized by Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, is an
indication pro-life activists may be implementing a new strategy in their
fight to outlaw the live-birth abortion method.  "We are going to go up the
chain of command at Christ Hospital," said a spokesman for the group.  "They
will no longer be able to hide behind the cold, gray walls of these hospitals
where they perform infanticide."

RFM NEWS has learned more protests are scheduled, if future dialogue with
doctors performing abortions at Christ Hospital are not productive.

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