Baton Rouge -- Attempted Murder and Assault        On October 6, 1994, Ernest Robertson Jr. was picking up his wife at the Delta Women's Clinic abortion mill. After shouting at Roger Mahoney, the father of eight children and the founder of a Holocaust Memorial in the city, and then shoving him, Robertson went to his truck and got a 9-mm pistol. He shot at Mahoney, who ran. Robinson chased him, firing twice more, but the gun jammed. Robinson was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder. Local abortion mill owners and workers not only refused to condemn this violence, they supported and justified it.        Leslie Zganjar. "Man Shoots at Abortion Protestor." The Oregonian [Portland, Oregon], October 10, 1994; Paul deParrie. "Father Shoots at Sidewalk Counselor." Life Advocate, November 1994, page 18; News Notes. "Clinic Violence On The Rise." The Wanderer, October 20, 1994, page 3. National Pro-Life Newsline, October 1994. Baton Rouge -- Fatal Botched Abortion, Illegal Abortions (5 incidents), and Battery        Abortionist Sidney C. Knight killed Janet Sara Lally Blaum, a mother of three with a botched abortion in New Orleans on March 6, 1974. Blaum died March 11 of cerebral and laryngeal edema and brain hemorrhage following administration of a drug for the abortion.        The abortionist was arrested and indicted in 1964, 1965, 1971, 1972 and 1973 for committing illegal abortions, and was indicted in 1965 on charges that he "committed a battery upon one Sgt. Tony Catalanello."        The Louisiana Department of Public Works reported that preborn children were disposed of by grinding them up and flushing them into the sanitary sewer system; a letter also indicated action being taken to investigate "the matter of the Doberman pincer being kept inside this clinic."        Department of Public Works letter dated December 29, 1989; 4th Judicial District Court, Jefferson Parish, Case #168162; postmortem report, Jefferson Parish cases #73439, #721403, #71218, #6593011, #6486207 and #1965693356. Baton Rouge -- Threats to Public Health and Safety        In 1998, Roxy Daniel had an operation at the Delta Women's Center abortion mill which forced her to wear a colostomy bag for eight months. Her story sparked a Channel Nine News investigation uncovering these instruments and conditions inside the clinic. Several other clinic workers came forward to confirm Roxy's story. In the Spring of 1999, the Louisiana Legislature voted to include abortion clinics in outpatient surgical centers' rules requiring sanitary conditions.        On February 5, 1999, Louisiana Governor Mike Foster declared a public health and safety emergency after a Baton Rouge television station released pictures showing rusted surgical tools and blood crusted on the floor and instruments inside the Delta Women's Clinic abortion mill. Abortion mills in Louisiana are completely unregulated, and abortionists take advantage of this fact to run assembly-line abortuaries. Governor Foster made an emergency proclamation ordering state health officials to inspect Louisiana abortion facilities in the same manner that all other medical facilities are examined. He ordered state health officials to inspect Delta and all other abortion facilities that had not been inspected by state sanitarians. However, several Louisiana abortuaries, including the Delta Womens Clinic, filed suit, and U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Foster's order. The Governor's lawyers examined Berrigan's ruling and stated that it did not block state health officials from inspecting abortion mills under the existing state sanitation code once a complaint was received. He said that he would order the State to examine an abortion mill only if there was cause to suspect that it was not meeting "appropriate health, safety and sanitation standards."        However, pro-abortionists said that, if any inspections are performed by the State health department -- even if they are prompted by threats to women's health -- they will go back to court to block the inspections. In other words, Louisiana pro-abortionists care so little about the health of women that they will refuse to allow any of their abortion mills to be inspected by health professionals.        "Judge Blocks Governor's Order to Investigate Abortion." Baton Rouge Advocate, March 25, 1999. "Federal Judge Blocks Inspection of Unsanitary Abortion Mills." The Wanderer, April 15, 1999, page 3. "Louisiana: Bill to Inspect Abortion Facilities Advances." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, April 23, 1999. back to top Lafayette -- Attempted Murder        Dr. Richard Schmidt had a good thing going. He had been carrying on an affair with nurse Janice Trahan Allen for more than ten years. She became pregnant by Schmidt several times, ending four pregnancies with abortion and one with a child. After they finally ended their affair, Schmidt told Allen that he was going to give her a vitamin shot, and instead injected her with blood from two of his patients -- a man who had AIDS, and a woman who had hepatitis C. Allen is now HIV-positive and has hepatitis C.        Schmidt repeatedly forced Allen to have sex, threatened to post nude pictures of her at the hospital where she worked, and reported that she cheated in nursing school.        After a long trial in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1998, Schmidt was convicted of attempted murder and was ordered to prison for a term of fifty years.        On March 1, 2002, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected Schmidt's final appeal. Schmidt had also lost his appeal in the Louisiana Supreme Court.        Schmidt v. Louisiana, case number 01-938; Gina Holland. "Court Rejects Appeal in AIDS Case." Associated Press, March 4, 2002. back to top New Orleans Area [Metairie] -- Attempted Murder and Aggravated Assault        On July 9, 1988, abortionist I.A. Okpalobi attempted to run over pro-life picketers, including Pastor Bill Shanks, several women, and two children.        Bill Shanks, written statement of August 26, 1988. New Orleans Area [Galliano] -- Attempted Murder and Attempted Feticide        Albert J. Danos' live-in girlfriend was four months pregnant, and he was not happy about the prospect. So pro-abortionist Danos thought that he would forcibly abort her himself.        Sheriff's office spokesman Larry Weidel said that police had received a call about a domestic disturbance at the couple's home. At the same time, Danos arrived at the South Lafourche substation in Galliano and told deputies there that his girlfriend had tried to shoot herself.        Meanwhile, deputies arrived at the West 149th Street address and spoke to neighbors, who said the victim had already been taken to the hospital, Weidel said. She reportedly had several bruises over her body and a broken nose. "Investigating detectives said she reportedly had a boot print on her side where he would have kicked her," Weidel said. "He beat her up pretty good."        At the hospital, the woman told detectives Danos had confronted her about some missing medication, Weidel said. When he said he was leaving and started packing a bag, she tried to stop him. "The victim stated that twice she tried to hug him and asked him not to leave," Weidel said. Danos pushed her away from him both times, the second time causing her arm to go through a glass window, Weidel said. The victim was knocked to the floor, where Danos continued to punch and kick her. "At one point, she said he told her that her baby did not deserve to live and he kicked her in the stomach," Weidel said.        Danos was also packing a pistol into his bag and he pointed it at the victim. Fearing for her life and that of her child, she grabbed the gun and it fired. The bullet went through her shirt but missed her body. Detectives searching the home found a bullet hole in a cabinet.        Danos told detectives the woman was purposefully running into walls and banging her head on the floor, Weidel said. Danos also drew a sketch of where they supposedly were when she grabbed the gun and caused it to fire.        "The sketch was completely opposite of what the evidence showed," Weidel said. "It would have put the bullet in another location." Danos also claimed his girlfriend stole his wallet and cell phone, but investigators found both in his vehicle, Weidel said.        Danos was arrested and booked into the Lafourche Parish Detention Center with a $500,000 bond. He was charged with attempted murder and attempted feticide.        Crystal Bonvillian. "Man Accused of Trying to Kill Girlfriend, Unborn Child." The Daily Comet [Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana], July 30, 2003. New Orleans -- Rape (20 incidents) and Death Threats (2 incidents)        A 41-year-old male pro-abortionist, whose name has been withheld to protect his victims, repeatedly raped the twin daughters of his ex-girlfriend, then then used abortions in an attempt to cover up his actions.        On April 11, 2003, the man was convicted of multiple charges of rape, and was sentenced to two mandatory life sentences by State Judge William Burris on May 7.        The victims, now 28, clasped hands with their mother and cried as the jury of seven men and five women returned the guilty verdicts after three hours of deliberation.        During the three-day trial, the twins testified the man, who they sometimes called "Dad," had sex with them "thousands" of times between 1984 and 1991 starting when the girls were 10 and he was living with them.        One of the girls said she had two abortions after she became pregnant from the man when she was 15 and 17. She said the man paid for one abortion, unbeknownst to the mother. Her mother, who was told that the girl was raped by a date, paid for the second abortion.        Serrin Foster, president of Feminists for Life of American, said that "This sexual predator might have been found guilty of raping two sisters repeatedly, but he got off scot-free on the abortion of this own flesh and blood. No doubt that he wanted to destroy the `evidence' -- his own son or daughter. Two life sentences for two counts of rape doesn't seem adequate for the destruction of four lives. ... One can only wonder how the twin's mother feels now, knowing that she, too, contributed to covering up the crime by paying her own daughter's second abortion -- her boyfriend's child."        The girls said they did not tell their mother about the rapes while they were ongoing because the man threatened them. The twins went to authorities in 1999. They said that the man often treated them nicely, bought them presents, and took them to places they liked. One victim said "I loved him when he was being a father. I hated it when he was being a molester." Her sister said "It was like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... I mean we asked this man if we could call him Dad."        The twins said their mother worked long hours as a saleswoman and often was away from home. The sexual assaults occurred daily, they said.        A neighbor said she saw the man kissing one girl's neck and fondling her thigh. A former friend and classmate of the twins said they confided to her in 1992 that the man had molested them. The friend said she convinced the girls to tell their mother. The friend said the defendant had made inappropriate advances to her and had peeked at her while she showered or changed clothes at her friends' home. The twins said they reported the man to police after seeing him at a restaurant when they were eating with their 5-year-old daughters.        "My sister and I had thought we had put this behind us -- out of sight, out of mind," one sister said. She said she thought about the man looking at their daughters "and we went to the police that night."        The man was arrested a month later and has been in jail awaiting trial since then.        Charlie Chapple. "Man Guilty of Raping Twin Sisters: Women Describe Years of Abuse as Children." The Times-Picayune [Northern Louisiana], April 12, 2003; New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 13, 2003; "Man Uses Abortion to Cover Up Sister's Rapes." Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, April 15, 2003. New Orleans -- Incompetence, Malpractice (2 incidents) and Drug Pushing        Abortionist Victor Brown has had a long and very questionable medical career. He has had 25 malpractice suits filed against him in Orleans Civil District Court alone, including cases involving the death of two minor children.        The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners has charged Brown with medical incompetency, recurring medical practice failing to satisfy prevailing and usually accepted standards, and prescribing controlled substances without legitimate medical justification. For this last offense, the abortionist was fined $1,000 and given a lifetime prohibition on Schedule II drugs.        "A Physician Profile: Victor Brown, MD." The Abortion Injury Report [American Rights Coalition], May 1993, page 2. New Orleans -- Malpractice (2 incidents) and Fraud (6 incidents)        The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners revoked the medical license of abortionist David Golden, who once operated abortion mills in New Orleans. Golden's license was suspended in 1995 after abortions he performed on two women left them unable to have children. Golden was also charged with six counts of Medicaid fraud.        United Press International (UPI), April 23, 1998. New Orleans -- Malpractice        Abortionist A. James Whitmore III, who worked at the Delta Women's Clinic abortion mill, had his medical license put on indefinite probation by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners after it found that he disregarded basic sanitation, was rude to patients and failed to recognize the seriousness of one woman's condition after a failed abortion.        According to the Board's report, the abortionist used improperly sterilized equipment, let tissue float in sterilizing solution, and reused devices that were supposed to be used only once. Whitmore's license is on indefinite probation while experts determine whether he is fit to practice. Until that decision is made, the agency ordered that his work be monitored by another doctor to be selected by the board.        "I think it's long overdue and doesn't go far enough," said Attorney Mike Johnson, who is representing women in abortion malpractice claims against Delta. Johnson said problems about Whitmore's work were revealed while gathering information for the lawsuits almost three years ago. Johnson said ten of the Delta workers also came forward and made sworn statements about problems they saw. "We were just astounded at the things they told us," he said.        In one case, a clinic employee testified, Whitmore could not stop a patient's hemorrhaging after an abortion. An ambulance had to be called, the witness said, and hospital doctors found she had a perforated uterus, which required a hysterectomy.        Witnesses at the hearing testified that Whitmore was rude to patients and refused to answer their questions. In one case, an abortion mill employee testified, Whitmore could not stop a patient's hemorrhaging after an abortion. An ambulance had to be called, the witness said, and hospital doctors found she had a perforated uterus, which required a hysterectomy.        The board's action was based on allegations about Whitmore's part-time work as an abortion provider at Delta Women's Clinic in Baton Rouge. According to a report on his case, Whitmore used improperly sterilized equipment, reused devices that were supposed to be used only once and let tissue float in the sterilizing solution.        Whitmore also had trouble with the state board in 1992 when concerns about his competence led the agency to put his license on three years of probation.        John Pope. "La. Medical Board Disciplines Doctors: 1 License Suspended; 1 Put on Probation." New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 6, 2002; "Medical Board Investigating Former Abortion Provider" and "Louisiana Puts Abortion Practitioner on Probation." Baton Rouge Advocate, March 6, 2002; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, March 7, 2002; John Pope. "Doctor's License Yanked: Board Says He Can't Practice in State." New Orleans Times-Picayune, August 31, 2002; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet, August 31, 2002. New Orleans Area [Metairie] -- Vandalism        On January 21, 1992, pro-abortionists vandalized the Women's Day Clinic (a crisis pregnancy center), spraying black paint on its sign and scrawling "LIARS! ABORTION IS O.K.!" on its front in red paint.        "Pregnancy Center is Vandalized." Life Advocate, May 1992. back to top Return To State By State Documentation © 2003 Abortion Violence