Bloomington
Feticide, Illegal Abortion (2 incidents)
On October 7, 1988, abortionist James T. Howard performed an abortion on a viable six-month pregnant girl in violation of state law directing that another doctor be present during late-term abortions, and that measures be taken to try to assist viable babies to live. The state board of medical examiners did an emergency suspension of his license.
Reference: Frontline Updates. "Indiana Abortionist Charged With Feticide, Unlawful Abortion." National Right to Life News, April 6, 1989, pages 4 and 5.
Assault
In August 1989, while Joe Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League was making a speech, pro-abortionists screamed the whole time and spit and vomited on him. Police finally had to remove him from the platform for his safety.
Reference: "CALL Veteran Joins Pro-Life Action League." Pro-Life Action League, (312) 777-2900.
Columbus
Sexual Battery on a Child (7 incidents) and Lewd and Lascivious Acts on a Child (4 incidents)
This is yet another example of how easily available abortion is the best tool for covering up sexual abuse and incest.
Billy Banks Sr., 67 years old, and his son, Jimmy Lou Banks, 40, had molested several young girls over a long period of time.
Billy Banks was charged with five counts of sexual battery on a child and two counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child. He molested three different girls over a period of many years, beginning in 1965 with a woman who is now 42. She told police she was 5 years old when Billy Banks first forced her to have sex with him. She said she also witnessed him forcing another child to have sex, but that allegation is still under investigation. She said he assaulted her regularly and that she became pregnant with his child when she was 13, then had an abortion, according to arrest records.
Jimmy Lou Banks was jailed in Columbus, Indiana, where he was arrested in April 2003 on charges he molested two girls who are now 17 and 21. He will also face additional charges in Martin County when his case is finished in Indiana.
Reference: Jill Taylor. "Father, Son Face Sex-Abuse Charges." Palm Beach Post, September 17, 2003.
Crown Point
Murder
Ronnie Thomas, 27, was riding in his car with girlfriend Consuela "Candy" Williams, 22, of Merrillville, on November 11, 2002, when Thomas asked Williams if they could get back together and she told him she was six months pregnant by another man. Angry at her response, Thomas grabbed a steering wheel security locking device and beat Consuela with it, then drove to the Grant Street overpass that spans the Borman Expressway.
He pulled over, grabbed a screaming Williams, and threw her off the bridge and onto the expressway. She was immediately killed, either by the impact of dropping onto the pavement, or by one of several vehicles that struck her — including a semi truck.
Thomas then went to get gas in his car, and drove to the Lake County Sheriff's Police station in Crown Point where he turned himself in. Officers on duty said Thomas came in about 11:09 p.m. and said he wanted to tell them about a woman he was with who "fell onto the Interstate."
As the officers spoke with Thomas — who was not then in custody — Indiana State Police Investigator Timothy Isenberg asked Thomas how Williams fell onto the expressway and Isenberg said he replied, "I dropped her."
"He looked over the side of the bridge and saw a truck hit her body as she was laying in the roadway," Isenberg said. "He then turned away, got back into his car and left."
Thomas pleaded guilty to the murder. In a plea agreement, Thomas admitted he "took the victim and held her over the side of the bridge and dropped her into oncoming traffic" after which "Consuela Williams was struck repeatedly by a number of vehicles." Thomas will be sentenced to no more than 55 years.
Any pro-abortionist who objects that this murder should not be included in this database should remember: We "anti-choicers" only care about the fetus, not the woman, right? So a pro-lifer would not have killed her out of concern for the fetus, not the woman. Therefore, logically, the killer had to be a pro-abort.
Reference: Mark Kiesling. "Man Pleads Guilty to Overpass Murder: Dropped Pregnant Girlfriend Into Borman Traffic." Northwest Indiana News, July 30, 2003.
Darlington
Murder (3 counts) and Felony Feticide
On September 6, 1985, Arthur P. Baird strangled to death his pregnant wife Nadine in their mobile home near Darlington, Indiana. He then held her body and watched television for several hours. The next day, he traveled to the home of his parents, Arthur and Kathryn Baird, where he fed the chickens and received a haircut from his mother. Then he stabbed both his parents to death in their home, loaded up his belongings, and left the premises.
On March 13, 1987, a jury found him guilty of three counts of murder and one count of feticide. He received a 60-year sentence for killing his wife and eight years for killing the preborn child his wife was carrying. Baird confessed to the killings but insisted that a "big, burly man" controlled his actions during the murders.
On August 24, 2005, the Indiana Supreme Court cleared the way for Baird's execution, holding that he might have been mentally ill but he was legally insane.
On August 29, 2005, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels commuted Baird's death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
References: Kevin Corcoran. "Indiana Justices Approve Execution." The Indianapolis Star, August 25, 2005; Arthur Paul Baird vs. State of Indiana, Supreme Court Case No. 54S00-0505-SD-240; The Associated Press. "Daniels Commutes Baird's Execution: Convicted Murderer was Set to Die for Montgomery County Murder." Journal and Courier [Lafayette and West Lafayette, Indiana], August 29, 2005.
Indianapolis
First-Degree Murder (2 counts)
In May 2003, Robert Johnson used two guns to kill his pregnant girlfriend, 22-year-old Tamnika Powell. He told investigators that he fired the guns because he thought there was an intruder in their home. Their full-term baby boy was delivered by Cesarian section, but died a day later.
On September 24, 2003, a Marion County jury convicted Johnson on two counts of first-degree murder.
Reference: "Johnson Found Guilty of Killing Pregnant Girlfriend." WISH-TV 8 [Indianapolis, Indiana], September 25, 2003.
Attempted Murder, Attempted Feticide, Torture, Rape and Battery
On November 20, 2003, Michael Harney was enjoying the services of a prostitute when his pregnant girlfriend, 32-year-old Terina Gonzalez. walked in on them. Harney wanted to cover up his solicitation of prostitutes, so he tried several times to kill Terina.
Harney forced Terina to drink industrial strength cleaner, raped her, and, after she tried to escape, he dragged her back into the apartment, bound her and beat her. Witnesses who had been in a library across the street heard the commotion and called police. The witnesses saw Terina run outside naked and heard Harney tell her "Now you're going to die."
Harney was arrested over the weekend and charged with attempted murder, attempted feticide, torture and rape. He also has a long history of arrests dating back to 1975, most recently serving time for battery.
On July 21, 2004, Harney was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his crimes.
References: "Man Accused of Torturing Girlfriend Due in Court." WISH Television 8 [Oklahoma City, Oklahoma], November 25, 2003; Vic Ryckaert. "Boyfriend to Receive 25 Years in Assault." The Indianapolis Star, June 29, 2004; Rob Schneider. "Man Gets 25 Years in Attack on His Pregnant Girlfriend." The Indianapolis Star, July 22, 2004.
Rape, Forced Abortion (3 counts), Death Threat, Battery (2 incidents), Criminal Recklessness (2 incidents) and Income Tax Evasion
Abortionist Pravin Thakkar seduced and impregnated Bonnie Coffey-Myers. During a July 1987 medical examination, he forced medical instruments into her uterus. She suspected she was pregnant, but had not considered abortion. She jumped from the examining table and wouldn't let him proceed due to the extreme pain. She later allowed him to complete the abortion which he had initiated without her knowledge or consent. He was convicted.
The abortionist also seduced and impregnated Kathy Collins. Later he aborted her preborn child without her consent and over her protests during an examination on January 9, 1988. She sued for emotional distress, assault and battery, and wrongful death of a fetus. He was convicted.
He also seduced and impregnated Carmen Hertzinger (also known as Carmen Singer). She was eight months pregnant when she went into a drug-induced sleep in Thakkar's house in 1983. She briefly awoke to hear the muffled sound of a baby's cry, and Thakkar told her the baby was still-born; she did not consent to terminate the pregnancy. Thakkar disposed of the viable baby, refusing to tell her what he had done with it, and threatened her life if she dared tell anyone of the incident. No death certificate was filed for the unborn child because the body had vanished. He was convicted.
Thakkar was also found guilty of numerous episodes of sexually inappropriate or criminal behavior. A patient having an IUD inserted requested the presence of nurse. He told her that the nurse was busy elsewhere. She felt Thakkar's penis inserted into her vagina. She pulled away and found Thakkar with his erect penis exposed. Another patient said that he tried during an office visit to give her his home phone number, and requested that she call him at home. Later that day he came to her house asking to use her phone to answer a pager call. He wandered off in her house and she sought him and found him standing nude in her bedroom, at which point he raped her.
The abortionist left a medical residency program in Texas in 1981, after a patient complained that he made sexual remarks to women and was known as a doctor who would "conduct a pelvic exam for a head cold."
He was indicted in 1989 of evading IRS reporting laws and reported a gross annual income of $500,000, according to news story.
His Indiana medical license was suspended by emergency order on February 23, 1989 because he was a "clear and immediate danger to the public health and safety," and his license was revoked on allegations of having sex with numerous patients, including the three he was known to have impregnated and aborted. He was diagnosed by board-ordered evaluation as having Anti-Social Personality Disorder.
Thakker was also investigated by the Indiana Medical board for lewd and immoral conduct toward female patients under his care. On June 11, 1991, a jury found Thakker guilty of two counts of battery, two counts of illegal abortion and two counts of criminal recklessness. Thakker was sentenced on July 31, 1991 to prison in the Indiana Department of Corrections.
After being convicted of the three forced abortions, prosecutors feared that Thakkar would flee the country, having received a tip that Thakkar had applied for hospital jobs in Canada and Africa under an assumed name.
Thakkar was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
References: "Physician Indicted for Illegal Abortions." Washington Times, November 3, 1989; Tyler Morning Telegraph, June 12 and 13, 1991; Associated Press, February 9, 1989; Ken Kusmer. "Abortions Cost Doctor 16 Years." The Oregonian, August 1, 1991; and Frontline Updates. "Indiana Abortionist Gets 16-Year Prison Term." National Right to Life News, August 13, 1991, page 12; The Indiana Health Profession Bureau Case #89 MLB 003.
Death Threat
On November 6, 1998, pro-abortionists mailed letters to two Catholic churches and a pro-life group with threats that they contained anthrax bacteria. The victims were St. Matthew's Church and School in Indianapolis, Queen of Martyrs' Church in Cheektowaga, New York, and the Chicago office of Joe Scheidler's Pro-Life Action League. The letters said "You have been exposed to anthrax."
Reference: "Anthrax Threats Against Catholic Churches, Pro-Life Group." Catholic World News Briefs, November 10, 1998.
Malpractice (3 counts)
Indiana Attorney General Jeffrey Modisett filed civil charges against abortionist Robert J. Morgan, who works at the "Clinic for Women" abortuary, on February 18, 1999. Morgan was accused of nine counts of failing to exercise reasonable care and diligence in the treatment of his pregnant patients or their newborns during delivery. Morgan has had 23 medical malpractice complaints filed against him at the Indiana Department of Insurance during his career. The attorney general's office reports that in at least 3 instances, a medical review panel determined Morgan committed malpractice. The focal point of the hearings had been the death of Rober James Rollins III, the newborn son of Lori Rollins. Rober James was born comatose, deaf and blind and died a little over two months after birth. The Indiana Attorney General's office investigated and found the baby's death was a direct result of Morgan's negligence in responding to Lori Rollins' botched abortion during which her uterus ruptured.
Finally, in February 2000, the Indiana Medical Licensing Board stripped the abortionist of his Indiana medical license, and barred him from reapplying to practice medicine in the state for a period of seven years. Despite all of this, Morgan would not be prevented from committing abortions in other states.
Reference: "Abortion Practitioner Faces Malpractice Charges." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, February 26, 1999; February 23, 1999; February 25, 2000 press releases issued by Indiana Citizens for Life; Indianapolis Star, February 20, 1999; "Dangerous Indiana Abortion Practitioner Stripped of License." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, February 26, 2000.
Richmond
Murder
Ceeatta Stewart-McKinnie was striving hard to overcome a difficult childhood — and seemed to be making it. She was a college junior and planned on being a journalist. She was working as a nurse's aide to help pay her way.
Ceeatta had had abortions before, but now she was pregnant with her long-time married boyfriend's baby and was determined not to abort again. She was looking forward very much to having this baby, so much so that, when her name was called in a college class, she announced proudly to everyone there "I'm pregnant!"
She had already named her little girl Amarea Kimae. She sang her preborn baby lullabies and had already bought little dresses, sleepers and diapers.
Her professor said "I've never seen anybody that wanted something as much."
Her married boyfriend, Willis E. Anderson, was not as pleased, especially when Ceeatta told him that she would expect child support for the baby. He was worried that his wife would find out and that his comfortable middle-class existence as a state government accountant might be disrupted.
On April 10, 2002, Anderson met Ceeatta about a mile from her apartment. She got into his car, and they drove to a secluded wooded area. She realized she was in danger, and jumped out of the car and tried to run. But she stumbled and lost her shoes and glasses in the pitch black woods. Anderson caught up with her easily and beat her to death by striking her at least 25 times with a heavy hammer or other tool. Turkey hunters found her body three days later.
Prosecutor Michael V. Gerrard said "He was worried [the pregnancy] was going to interfere with his lifestyle. She was going to have this baby. She was going to hit him for child support. It was definitely going to interrupt his way of life."
A jury convicted Anderson of murder, and he is currently serving a fifty-year sentence.
Ceeatta's aunt, who was stabbed seven times when she was pregnant, opened five homes to assist battered and needy women. She calls them "Ceeatta's Houses."
Reference: Donna St. George. "Violence Intersects Lives of Promise: Relatives and Friends Evoke the Women and Their Paths Toward Death." Washington Post, December 20, 2004, page A01.
Murder, Attempted Murder and Burglary
Richard Bishop's ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Watkins, was nearly seven months pregnant with his baby.
Early on the morning of March 30, 2004, he awakened Tiffany, saying that he wanted to talk to her about her pregnancy. She said that she did not want to discuss it. He then repeatedly stabbed her in the chest, back and arms. Tiffany fled, then Bishop himself called 911. Richmond police found Bishop, covered in blood, outside the house with his hands up.
Tiffany was rushed to a hospital, where she lost her viable preborn baby.
Richmond police charged Bishop with murder, attempted murder and burglary. Indiana is one of many states that allow the filing of murder charges against someone who deliberately causes the death of a viable preborn child.
Wayne County prosecutors filed a request to seek life in prison without parole.
References: The Associated Press. "Man Charged With Killing Unborn Baby." The Indianapolis Star, March 31, 2004; Terry Horne. "Murder Charge Filed in Death of Fetus." The Indianapolis Star, April 2, 2004, page B01.
Terre Haute
Vandalism (5 incidents)
There are more than 300 so-called "women's studies" programs in universities across the United States. Unsuspecting students have reported that, with few exceptions, they are little more than propaganda organs for radical feminism. They extol abortion, ruthlessly ridicule dissent, and condition students to mindlessly accept the politically correct philosophy.
The "women's studies" program at Iowa State University is no exception to this rule.
The pro-life group Feminists for Life received permission to post its flyers all over the ISU campus in January 2003. Pro-abortionists, who cannot stand free speech when it disagrees with them, immediately tore most of them down.
Blair Polhamus, a freshman in political science and women's studies, proudly proclaimed in a January 31, 2003 letter to the student newspaper, the Iowa State Daily, that "Lately, a hypocritical group deeming themselves "Feminists for Life" have been putting up their shock-factor propaganda. Myself, along with several other people who know what feminism really is, have been dutifully tearing this trash down."
The following week, in the same paper, Dan Nguyen, a senior majoring in computer engineering and journalism and mass communication, wrote a letter that read, in part, "I can't say for sure what caused her to go and tear down "Feminists for Life" flyers and then to proudly announce her actions in the Daily last week. Was it just another example of typical freshman stupidity? Is the political science department so strapped for funds that it skipped teaching the First Amendment? Or is there a massive case of amnesia in the women's studies department? My own experience with Women's Studies 201 leads me to pick the last choice because of an incident when a student, for her class project on activism, made a shirt celebrating pro-life feminists. The class gawked at her the same way Bush gawks when Colin Powell defends affirmative action. Of course we were startled, because though we had spent plenty of class time learning about the feminist struggle for abortion rights, we had never once learned that the women, the ones who founded the American feminist movement and gave WS201 a reason for existing, were in fact, passionately pro-life. ..."
References: Blair Polhamus. "Pro-Life Group Ignores Feminism." Iowa State Daily, January 31, 2003; Dan Nguyen. "Tearing Down Pro-Life Posters is Anti-Woman, Anti-Free Speech." Iowa State Daily February 7, 2003; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, February 10, 2003.
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