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Austin -- Aggravated Assault and Destruction of Property (2 incidents)

       In May 1993, Abortionist Peter Kropf carried a 12-gauge shotgun and an automatic handgun to a pro-life prayer vigil. He pointed the shotgun at the pro-lifers and police and refused to put it down when police ordered him to. During the same prayer vigil, a pro-abortion woman destroyed two pro-life signs.
       "Gun-Toting Abortionist Arrested," Life Advocate" May 1993, page 19; "Pro-Abortion Violence: A Growing National Phenomenon." Life Advocate, July 1993, pages 10 to 15.
Austin -- Assault with a Deadly Weapon (ADW)

       A pro-abortionist attacked sidewalk counselor George Wooley with a weed eater, holding it to his neck. A weed eater is capable of cutting down young trees having trunks of about one-half inch in diameter.
       August 1994. Operation Rescue National, Violence and Disruption Report, December 10, 1994.
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Brazoria -- Murder, Burglary and Tampering with Evidence

       DeShone Boler was married, but was committing adultery with 22-year-old Emily Garrison, who was pregnant with his child. His wife, Crystal Michele, was understandably unhappy with this cheating, so she decided to take action.
       So she went to Garrison's home, beat her up with a gun, bit her severely on the shoulder, stabbed her in the neck with a knife, and finally shot her five times.
       Emily Garrison's body was found March 17, 2003, after her 3-year-old daughter, locked out of the apartment, knocked on a neighbor's door. Police later learned the child spent the night in her mother's car.
       Both husband and wife were arrested shortly thereafter and both were charged with murder, burglary and tampering with evidence. They were held in lieu of $725,000 bond each.
       Later, Justice of the Peace Sharon Fox signed the order dropping charges of murder, burglary of a habitation and tampering with evidence against DeShone, after Brazoria County District Attorney Jeri Yenne said that there was not enough evidence against him to proceed. "At this point in time it's clear that Crystal is the primary actor," Yenne said. "The evidence that we collected goes directly to Crystal Boler."
       Crystal Michele Boler could face up to life in prison if convicted of killing Emily Garrison.
       Michael Wright. "Charges Dropped." The Facts, June 25, 2003. Downloaded from the Web site of The Facts at http://www.thefacts.com/story.lasso?wcd=8770 on October 27, 2003; "Couple Charged in Slaying." San Antonio Express-News, March 29, 2003.
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Brownsville -- Kidnapping, Rape (12 incidents), Assault (6 incidents) and Forced Abortion (2 incidents)

       We hear lots of lovely prattle from the pro-abortionists about how "reproductive rights" are the first rights for women; about how women simply cannot live their lives without abortion; and about how prenatal child lynching adds greatly to the dignity of women.
       This database includes many examples of how individual men use abortion to cover up their rapes and their patterns of incest with girls as young as ten years old.
       As bad as these cases are, they pale against the horrors of institutional and systematized forced abortion used against women right here in the United States -- by the "institution" of sexual slavery.
       To the best of our knowledge, no `pro-choice' individual or organization has ever spoken out against forced abortion used in the context of sexual slavery. However, we sometimes hear about forced abortion from activists who battle sexual slavery all around the world.
       For example, a speaker described one pitiful case at a Honolulu conference on trafficking in women and children in November 2002. Deputy Secretary Claude A. Allen of the Department of Health and Human Services told an audience of 300 activists the tale of a 13-year-old Mexican girl tricked into prostitution in the United States.
       This girl, waiting tables in a small Mexican town, was persuaded that she could make 10 times more in Texas. Two men told her that they would arrange immigration papers and transportation, promised to find her another job if she didn't like the first one, and would bring her back if she got homesick.
       She and several other girls walked for four days and nights through the desert and across the Rio Grande to Brownsville, Texas, and then men drove them to a trailer in a deserted area of Florida.
       Allen continued: "Only then was the little 13-year old girl told that she had been sold to a brothel and would have to work off her debt by sexually servicing men. She was a virgin, and she didn't know what they were talking about, but she knew it was bad, so she refused. She was then brutally gang-raped to induct her into the business."
       Allen said that, for the next six months, she was forced to service 10 to 15 men a day. "Twice she was impregnated, twice forced to have an abortion, and twice she was back in the brothel the next day," Allen told the hushed audience in the convention center. The traffickers circulated her through trailer brothels and private parties, where she was passed around. She was pistol-whipped and raped if she resisted.
       The girl was finally rescued when two girls ran to neighbors who called police.
       Allen said that "She had multiple sexually transmitted diseases, scar tissue from the forced abortions, and was addicted to drugs and alcohol. She had posttraumatic stress syndrome, including severe depression and suicidal thoughts. She was physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually broken. ... This is a modern-day form of slavery."
       Sexual slavery is a huge business, generating an estimated $7 billion for the traffickers. It would not be anywhere as near as lucrative without the very useful tool of abortion.
       Kevin Bales, a researcher and author, says that "There are more slaves today than at any time in history," with 27 million people in one form of slavery or another.
       Throughout Asia, women and children are forced not only into prostitution but marriage, domestic service and factory work. Because policy in China generally limits families to one child, and girls are often aborted or killed, there are about 115 men to every 100 women.
       Indian brothels use an estimated 200,000 women from Nepal. Guesses about prostitutes in Thailand range from 200,000 to 800,000, many imported from Burma, China, Laos and Cambodia.
       A South Korean activist, Young Sook Cho, alleged that the 37,000 U.S. troops there were the root of her country's prostitution. In response, Maj. Gen. Ronald Lowe, chief of staff of the Pacific Command here, said troops were being advised that soliciting a prostitute violated South Korean law and U.S. military regulations, and they can go to jail for it.
       You can imagine for yourself how effective this threat was. Soldiers from any nation on foreign soil traditionally use prostitutes, and could not care less whether they are in the `trade' voluntarily or not.
       The sexual traffickers range from organized-crime syndicates like the Mafia, Japan's yakuza and Chinese triads to "mom-and-pop" operations. Most prostitutes are tricked rather than forced into leaving home with promises of good jobs. Traffickers forge documents, arrange sea or air transport, have safe houses to hide the women, and sell them to bars, brothels and massage parlors.
       "It's the reverse of the underground railroad the Abolitionists used to free slaves in the American South," an anti-slavery activist explained. Once at their destinations, women are isolated because they don't know the language or customs, and are threatened with arrest if they leave brothels. Corrupt immigration officials, police and travel agents abet the trafficking.
       The misery of the 13-year-old girl described above is enough to make the knees of any decent person weak.
       But have we heard a single word of opposition to forced abortion in the context of sexual slavery from any `pro-choice' group?
       From the National Organization for Women, which has?
       From the National Abortion Federation, whose clinics presumably abort these slaves on a regular basis?
       Or from NARAL?
       No, we have not.
       And we are likely never to hear such condemnation.
       After all, there's a lot of money to be made aborting sex slaves.
       Richard Halloran. "The Rising East: Millions Victimized by Modern-Day Slavery." The Honolulu Advertiser, November 19, 2002.
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Dallas -- Murder and Statutory Rape

       Teshibra Bell, who was just 15 years old, met a man at a convenience store in Southern Dallas. The man, pro-abortionist Shannon Meshack, was 25 years old and had a reputation as a "ladies man." Bell became infatuated with Meshack and eventually began skipping school and sneaking out of her house to meet him. She eventually began to have sex with him. Her family tried to discourage the relationship and contacted authorities about her truancy, but refrained from filing statutory rape charges with the police.
       In June 2003, Teshibra was five months pregnant with Meshack's baby. She was looking forward to having the child, but Meshack did not want a child. So he strangled Teshibra. He then dragged her body into his back yard, piled up some debris, and tried to burn her. He told firefighters who responded to an unconscious person call that he was burning material in his back yard to repel mosquitoes, said Sgt. Larry Lewis of the Police Department's homicide unit.
       "One of the firemen saw a body in a back room covered up" with a sheet, Sgt. Lewis said. "He apparently had taken her outside and, with some sort of accelerant, tried to set her on fire. We think that he was trying to burn her ... and maybe seeing the fire trucks or hearing them, he brought the body back inside the house. He was telling the firemen there was nothing in there."
       On June 23, police arrested Meshack and charged him with Bell's murder. The next day, the Dallas medical examiner's office ruled that Bell died from homicidal violence, including strangulation. Although Meshack can be charged in the death of Bell, prosecutors won't be able to charge him with the death of Bell's preborn child.
       Octavia Fields had raised Teshibra from the time she was in elementary school. Once Bell found herself pregnant, she hid the pregnancy. Fields said she continued to try to persuade Bell to leave Meshack, but she wouldn't. "He didn't want her to have the baby," Fields said.
       Mike Hannesschlager, director of the Texas Christian Coalition, told LifeNews.com that "The murderer of Teshibra Lysha Bell is in fact guilty of the murder of two people -- Ms. Bell and her unborn baby. Bell's life was taken in her youth, and her baby's life was taken before birth. Both lives are precious in God's sight, and are beyond price."
       Jason Trahan. "Man Suspected of Killing Girlfriend, Burning Body: Girl, 15, was Halfway Through Pregnancy, Authorities Say." The Dallas Morning News, June 24, 2003; Steven Ertelt. "Texas Man Kills 15-Year-Old Girlfriend After Getting Her Pregnant." LifeNews.com, June 25, 2003.
Dallas -- Fatal Botched Abortion

       Abortionist Frederick S. Shields botched an abortion on Junette Barnes on July 8, 1988, who hemorrhaged, was transported to a local hospital, and subsequently died. He voluntarily surrendered his Texas license on allegations of drug and alcohol abuse. He failed to stop drinking alcohol as he agreed to subsequent to the death of Barnes.
       Victoria County District Court Case #90-5-40,939-C.
Dallas -- First-Degree Assault (2 incidents) and Forced Abortion

       Pro-abortionist Sandra Kenney was convicted of two counts of first-degree assault for hiring two men to beat up Naomi Baum, who was pregnant by Kenney's husband, and injecting her with cocaine and antifreeze to make her miscarry. She received 30 years in prison.
       "Practicing Abortion Without a License." Life Activist News [Life Dynamics, Inc.], Fall 1997, page 13.
Dallas -- Assault

       In the Spring of 1992, pro-lifers were picketing the house of abortionist Norman Tompkins. Police were on the scene, and at one point the abortionist was talking with them while the abortionist's wife was sitting in her car at the location of the discussion with the police. Pro-lifer Rick Blinn walked up to the discussion to learn what was being said, and the abortionist's wife sprayed him with mace from inside her car. The police took Rick to a fire station for emergency eye irrigation. Rick pressed charges for assault.
       Rick Blinn, telephone conversation with Lynn K. Murphy, December 8, 1994.
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El Paso -- Murder, Manslaughter, Assault, Death Threats (3 incidents), Grossly Botched Abortions (6 incidents), Felony Record Altering, Insurance Fraud (2 incidents), Drug Abuse,

       During an abortion at the Southside Medical Center in El Paso on April 11, 1984, Raymond Showery tore Mickey Apodaca's uterus and severed her uterine artery. She hemorrhaged for two hours before Showery would allow her transfer to a nearby hospital. She bled to death during emergency surgery to remove her uterus. The prosecution charged that Showery used inadequately trained staff, failed to properly treat the tear, delayed treatment, and delayed Apodaca's transfer to a hospital. The abortionist refused to provide records to the grand jury on the grounds that they might incriminate him. He was indicted for manslaughter.
       Amazingly, while Showery was in jail, six pro-abortion women protested in Showery's defense outside the courthouse, asserting that Showery "is a good man who helps the poor."
       He performed this abortion while still on bail pending appeal of his conviction for murder in the case of a late-term aborted baby (weighing five pounds) who survived his 1979 abortion attempt. Showery deliberately drowned the viable baby.
       The abortionist was found guilty in 1983 of the 1979 murder of a 7-month preborn child he aborted by hysterotomy. Employees testified that the infant girl had light brown hair, was about a foot long, and curled up in Showery's hand. An employee saw the infant apparently attempting to breathe as Showery held the placenta over her face. Showery then dropped her into a bucket of water. Employees testified that bubbles rose to the surface. Showery then put her in a plastic bag which was tied and put at the end of the operating room. The bag moved as though someone were breathing in it, then the bag stopped moving. One witness said he was holding the bag Showery put the infant in, and that he later put the bag in the freezer where fetuses were stored. Showery was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison, even though the body of the infant was never found and employees could not identify the patient upon whom the abortion was performed. Five former employees testified that they had seen Showery kill the infant. The jury chose to convict for murder even though they had the option of convicting for manslaughter. Despite all the witnesses, Showery denied all the allegations. He said "I never killed a baby, and if I'm not telling you the truth, may I die right now."
       Showery's license was revoked in the wake of the murder conviction, as well as a 1981 conviction for insurance fraud (keeping the patient's insurance refund for two abortions). He had been on a 10-year probation since 1981 for inadequate records of prescribed drugs.
       Showery had also been convicted of a felony charge of altering his hospital's records, which hindered state's attempts to locate the woman whose baby he had drowned. Former employees alleged that Showery falsified records on all patients over 20 weeks pregnant, saying they were all 20 weeks pregnant, and that such abortions were routine. One former employee, Gloria, said she assisted in abortions in which Showery would sedate the patient, dilate the cervix, and pull the fetus out with forceps. "He wanted them in pieces, but a lot of times they would come out whole," and that she saw signs of life in at least two fetuses aborted this way. Another former employee, Belinda, said she looked away as Showery removed a fetus through a hysterotomy incision, and that when she turned back Showery had placed the fetus in a plastic bag in a bucket "and just waited until it stopped moving." She said the fetus squirmed and wiggled for about 10 seconds. Former employee Anita alleged that for late abortions, "He walks in, closes the door, and locks it." She also said Showery instructed them "If you see any movement or anything, you don't see anything, you don't know anything," and that he asked employees to look away when the preborn child was extracted. A former employee said the fetuses would be put in plastic bags and frozen, that employees did not know what became them but that someone removed them from the freezer. An autopsy on a male fetus identified as Baby John Doe #81-01, found among other fetuses in the freezer at Showery's hospital, was inconclusive as to whether he was born live due to decomposition during thawing. The fetus was just over 2 pounds, just over 13 inches long, with sparse dark hair. The autopsy also found meconium, usually found in the intestine of full-term fetuses. Showery denied ever performing abortions after 20 weeks, and is quoted as saying, "If that baby takes a breath, that's life. Now the department of vital statistics comes into it and you fill out death certificates. It cried once. It took life. It took breath. It becomes a person. You cannot dispose of it with hospital wastage. It must go to the mortician and et cetera." The abortion mill where he worked never filed a single fetal death certificate.
       Showery claimed indigence and asked the State to pay for his defense in his manslaughter trial in Mickey Apodaca's death. The prosecution showed that Showery was adept at transferring assets to hide them. His Defense claimed that legal fees had so depleted Showery's assets he had given one attorney his car and another his boat to pay legal fees. He was said to have traded his shares on Family Hospital for stock in a bogus Mexican mining operation. His sons circulated a letter among doctors and lawyers soliciting contributions to a defense fund. A police report was filed alleging burglars broke into Showery's house and safe, taking five handguns worth $200-$400 each, two rings worth about $500 each, a charge card, and some keys; police investigating the alleged burglary were hindered by Showery's attorney's private investigator who would not allow them to move freely about the home; officers could not find the point of entry into the house, and the safe did not appear to have been forced open. Showery was ordered to pay for his own defense. Showery had also filed for bankruptcy in 1976, claiming debts of about $2 million
       In January 1978, Showery aborted patient "Ida." Soon after, she was told by her physician she was 19 weeks pregnant, so she returned to Showery to complain. He refused to complete the abortion for free as follow-up, telling Ida "he wasn't Sears. He didn't have to guarantee his work." The examination was so painful "Ida" described it as "like he just put his whole fist up there, just jammed it." Showery told "Ida" "You whores just get in trouble all the time." Showery performed the second abortion, and "Ida" awoke in a hospital bed in a pool of blood. One week later, she expelled 6 inches of umbilical cord and "a small, bloody four-fingered hand."
       Showery also aborted "Cora," who woke up several hours after the abortion and was sent home. After complications set in, another gynecologist rushed her to an emergency room, where it was found she had fragments of the placenta in her bladder. Surgery revealed air and over two pints of fluids in her abdominal cavity, a 3/4-inch puncture of her bladder, and a 4-inch laceration of uterus and cervix. The gynecologist described her injuries as "very, very bad. If she had not come to the hospital ... she may have suffered severe shock, or worse, irreversible shock, from which you don't return. Death or a vegetative state."
       The abortionist's patients were urged to abort immediately because the price of abortion increased $50 each week. Showery's staff report that he told them during "slow weeks" not to run pregnancy tests but to make them all positive. Patients who needed time to get the money were told to ignore any vaginal bleeding, "that the onset of a seemingly normal five-day menstrual period means nothing." The staff even fudged ultrasound tests to convince patients they were pregnant. One undercover agent reported alleged that, when her pregnancy test was negative, the ultrasound technician told her she was failing to menstruate due to a "mucous sac" which Showery could remove with a D&C.; Another reporter alleged that she was told she had mucous plugging her cervix and Showery must do a $265 D&C; to remove it. Another reporter was told the ultrasound showed a 10-12 week fetus, although an OB/GYN examined her and determined her later not to be pregnant. One reporter was menstruating at the time of her test and visit, and reported that Showery told her she was likely pregnant and to return in two weeks. Showery denied having anything to do with pregnancy testing, and when asked if he told employees to lie, said, "Well, that's absolutely naive even to ask such a question; to ask just like I've told you all up there, have I quit beating by wife. Did I put an ax to my mother's skull. If you intend to ask such an asinine question is to leave the situation with someone accused."
       Showery "criticized the extensive counseling given in other abortion programs, saying it is frightening and unnecessary, and that counseling at Family Hospital is minimal." He said that "I'd do it just like that. If you sit down with a woman and counsel her all day long about abortion, she will probably say, "I've had enough," and leave." A reporter posing as a patient alleged: "I was not told of any risks. I was advised only of the cost of the procedure and the necessity for an appointment." When she returned with an editor posing as her husband and requested counselling from Showery, he told them, "We just put that sucker [abortion suction machine] in there and bam."
       In an April 1981 news report, Showery said that "To my knowledge we have never had a serious problem or complication."
       The local Rape Crisis lines eventually stopped referring to Showery's abortion mill due to the many complaints against him.
       Reporters working on an investigation of Family Hospital alleged that, on March 3, 1981, "Showery followed them in his car and repeatedly veered toward their automobile, forcing them to the curb." They pressed charges and he was arrested. The District Attorney's office protested Showery's release on bond during trial for Mickey Apodaca's death because he'd threatened the prosecutor, a police detective, and a reporter covering Mickey's death. The detective said that "If I can make just one positive statement, it's that witnesses at the time showed that Dr. Showery was abusing drugs. And drugs can and will cause major changes in anybody."
       On March 10, 1981, the abortionist was charged with operating a child placement agency without a license. The charge stemmed from a woman's adoption of a baby born at Family Hospital in December. She paid Showery $3,000 according to receipts, and he claimed the money went toward the maternity fees of the biological mother."
       On March 6, 1979, Showery agreed to a permanent injunction, in essence admitting to such infractions as increasing his abortion prices after quoting a lesser total, refusing refunds, telling patients they required services actually not required, offering inferior maternity care as compared to the care he promised, and employing incompetent, unqualified and unlicensed persons to perform services which by law are required to be performed by licensed doctors and nurses. In May 1980, the Attorney General's office filed an amended petition alleging Showery had violated the final injunction.
       The state filed suit claiming Showery owed $167.42 in personal property taxes, and a jewelry store filed suit in 1976 for failure to pay a balance of $5,405 on two Rolex watches and some jewelry. The owners of a building where Showery had an office filed suit against him, claiming that "Showery owed $2,000 in rent ... and that the doctor had taken doors, cabinets, draperies and office fixtures that he did not own. The report noted that all doors had been removed from their hinges. One of the building owners said Showery even removed light switches. They said that Showery left the premises "in a shambles," but dropped the suit because Showery was "judgement-proof."
       A news story found that "His money is funneled into a growing art passion. He particularly loves the huge, sexually explicit surrealistic works of Raymond Douillet." Showery owned a number of works valued at from $40,000 to $50,000. "One of the Douillet paintings, which Showery said capture women "as they essentially are," depicts several nude women leaning forward with paint-brushes protruding from their rumps."
       According to another news story, Showery is "an Adolph Hitler aficionado" who owns "quite an arsenal" of guns and read voraciously about Hitler. Showery said that "Hitler was one of the most misunderstood men in history. He was really a great man."
       Showery said that the average employee of a local intensive care unit was "some filthy, degenerate, bearded weirdo smoking cigarettes ... hustling with the colored girl down the hall ... and reading a dirty book." He also said that "Sixty percent of the doctors in this town are foreign-educated, fresh off the banana boats," and said that the Ford Edsel failed because "it looks like a huge vagina rolling down the road" [El Paso Times, April 7, 1981].
       A prominent El Paso physician told reporters he recommended Showery for medical school. When contacted by reporters, the physician asked that he not be named. Showery didn't finish his residency at Latter Day Saints Hospital because he reportedly "was dismissed from the hospital for showing a disregard for nursing staff."
       To support his family, Showery became a professional wrestler called the "Chinese Bandit." He tried promoting professional wrestling, but both this venture and his karate school ended in financial insolvency. He was expelled from Southwestern General Hospital because he was unable to become board-eligible as a surgeon. He served as a part-time physician at the Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso during the mid-1970s.
       Associated Press, July 20, 1989; El Paso County Offense Report #00-380101; New York Times, April 29, 1984; Des Moines Register, May 5, 1984; El Paso Times, April 5, 6, 7, and 8, 1981, September 22 and 23, 1983, and April 7, 24 and 26, May 7 and June 5, 1984; Dallas Morning News, April 18 and 20 and May 3, 1984; Longview Morning Journal, May 6, 1984; Dallas Times-Herald, April 14, 1984 and September 29, 1983; Houston Chronicle, June 9, 1985; "Doctor Gets 15 Years in Infanticide Case." ALL About Issues, November 1983, page 35; At Deadline. "Convicted Abortionist Now Charged With Manslaughter in New Tragedy." ALL About Issues, June 1984, page 47; Debra Braun. "Abortionist Sentenced to 15 Years for Murdering Baby After Abortion." National Right to Life News, October 13, 1983, pages 1 and 13.
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Fort Worth -- Capital Murder (3 counts), Murder, Attempted Murder, Sexual Assault (5 counts) and Drug Dealing

       Pro-abortionist Edward Lewis LaGrone had repeatedly molested ten-year-old Shakeisha Lloyd, and she learned that she was 17 weeks pregnant. He offered to pay $1,500 for her to get an abortion, because he wanted to cover up his sexual abuse.
       Shakeisha's mother, Pamela Lloyd, noticed that her daughter's stomach had expanded. A May 26, 2003 hospital examination confirmed that the girl was pregnant. Lloyd notified police that LaGrone had assaulted her daughter.
       LaGrone had been dating Shakeisha's mother while he was on parole from 1977 murder and drug dealing convictions. During that time, he had been molesting and assaulting Shakeisha.
       Before dawn on May 30, 1991, the day after Shakeisha completed the fourth grade, LaGrone and three companions went to her house in East Fort Worth. Their intent was to kill everyone in the house to stop the filing of sexual assault charges against LaGrone. One of Lagrone's other girlfriends had bought the murder weapon for him. Shakeisha's uncle, Dempsey Lloyd, greeted them at the door, and LaGrone fired at him with a shotgun, hitting him in the arm.
       LaGrone then opened fire on two elderly women, Zenobia Anderson, 83, and Caola Lloyd, 76, who was blind and bedridden with cancer, killing them both.
       Shakeisha paused to pick up her 19-month-old sister and shield her behind some boxes. She was shouting to her mother to hide when LaGrone walked up to her and shot her in the head, killing her instantly.
       Steve Conder, a Tarrant County assistant district attorney, said the murders are among the most chilling in Fort Worth history. He said "If I hadn't worked on the case, it would be hard to imagine anything like this ever happening."
       LaGrone was sentenced to die February 11, 2004, in Huntsville, Texas.
       In June 1993, Pamela Lloyd married Gene Anthony Tutt and murdered him in July 1999. She was convicted of murder and is serving a five-year prison sentence.
       John Moritz. "Man Who Killed the 10-Year-Old He Impregnated Scheduled to Die." Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 11, 2003; Edward Lewis LaGrone v. Douglas Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, No. 02-10976, filed September 2, 2003.
Fort Worth -- Assault

       Pro-lifer Chris Karamitros attempted to talk to Trey McMinn on the public sidewalk outside a Fort Worth abortion mill. Without warning, McMinn deliberately pushed Karamitros into traffic, where he fell onto his back in front of passing cars. McMinn pleaded "no contest" to the charges.
       Anti-Life Report. "Anti-Life Judge Raises Furor in Fort Worth." ALL About Issues, September-October 1987, pages 13 and 14.
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Houston Area [Richmond] -- Murder

       On January 18, 2004, Dan Leach murdered his 19-year-old girlfriend, Ashley Nicole Wilson, who was pregnant with his child. He strangled her and hung her body in her apartment. Her mother discovered her body, and the medical examiner ruled her death a suicide. Leach left a letter written by Ashley near her body, which said that she was despondent because she was pregnant and the father did not want to help raise the child. This was intended to make people think she had killed herself.
       After seeing Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" on March 7, 2004, Leach felt severe remorse for his murder, and confessed to it. He said that he killed Ashley because she was pregnant with his child and he did not want to be involved with her anymore or care for their child. Leach said "And so, after watching that movie, I was very emotional, and so I thought about the things I had done."
       Leach was released after his confession while police investigated and was arrested after a grand jury indicted him.
       Leach told police he learned how to disguise the killing from the television crime show CSI.
       "Christ Movie Moves Man to Confess Murder." Yahoo! News, March 26, 2004; "Viewing "The Passion of the Christ" Motivates Man to Confess to Murder of Mother and Unborn Child." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, March 26, 2004; Ron Nissimov and Eric Hanson. "`Passion' Case May Test New Law: Murder Suspect Could be State's 1st Prosecution in Death of Fetus." Houston Chronicle, March 27, 2004.
Houston -- Aggravated Assault and Death Threat

       On February 21, 1994, a uniformed security guard at the Planned Parenthood abortion mill pulled a pistol on a sidewalk counselor and threatened his life. The guard also acted as an escort at the mill. Police arrested him.
       Report to Rescue America-National, February 28, 1994.
Houston -- Assault and Torture

       On December 12, 1994, William Burban was brutally assaulted by a police officer. The following is Burban's account of what happened: "I went to the death camp of Planned Parenthood at approximately 7 AM to protest the killing of innocent human lives by abortion and RU-486. I set up my signs as usual and began to pray, counsel mothers, and picket. At approximately 8 AM I noticed that the baby shoes were missing from a cross that I usually drape on to symbolize the killing of unborn children ... I was asking residents to sign a petition against the FACE law and against abortion] an off duty COH [City of Houston] Police Officer driving a Southampton Subdivision Security vehicle got out of his vehicle and approached me again and asked the question if I had permission to go door to door. I stated that my permission comes from the First Amendment, and held up the petition for the officer to observe. ... he stated his name was John E. Zitzman. I thanked the off duty officer for his time and turned to go to the home to have them sign the petition when officer Zitzman tackled me from behind and started hitting me with his baton. I went limp and said "What are you doing?" The off-duty officer continued to beat me with his baton. I begged him to stop the beating! It was at this point that he mentioned that he was arresting me. It is important to note that he never mention[ed] anything about me being arrested [earlier]. I received 30 baton blows before I was notified that I was being arrested. It is important to note that not a single hint that I was going to be arrested up to this exact point. The officer called in for back up at this point and I was in handcuffs when the other officers arrived. They started cussing at me and using the Lord's name in vain ... I told them that I wanted a report to be made of the Police Brutality that I have received and they did not answer me and dragged me out and were prodding me with cattle iron rods that burned my flesh. They slammed me against the wall and pulled my hair ... The handcuffs were squeezed so tightly that it burned ... During the pretrial they stated that I attacked Officer Zitzman." A medical report and pictures in the possession of Life Research Institute verifies many injuries. The victim was charged with resisting arrest.
       William Burban, "Violence and Disruption Report," December 9, 1994.
Houston -- Malpractice (145 incidents) and Unlawful Practice of Medicine (8 incidents)

       The State of Texas was so lax at enforcing its own laws pertaining to the governing of abortion clinics that the abortion mills injured hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of women in their wild rush to rake in as much money as possible.
       Finally, 145 women who had been injured by Texas abortion mills filed suit against the State, demanding that it make abortion mills safer.
       In April 2003, District Court Judge John Coselli, Jr. heard testimony from four women alleging a variety of physical and emotional injuries, including a ruptured uterus, a ruptured colon and sterility, as well as guilt and depression, from abortion procedures at private abortuaries regulated by the state.
       He ordered mediation to resolve the class-action lawsuit. During mediation, the parties will attempt to reach an agreement before an unbiased third party designated by the court -- usually a former district court judge.
       Allen Parker, Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Legal Foundation, which is representing the plaintiffs, said that "We're alleging that they do not adequately give women enough information about the nature and consequences of abortion for them to make fully informed and voluntary decisions."
       The suit also alleges that the state failed to adequately investigate unlicensed abortion mills; failed to adequately inspect and examine licensed abortuaries; failed to cooperate with other state agencies attempting to prosecute illegal activity in abortion mills; failed to prevent the unauthorized practice of medicine by unlicensed individuals in abortion mills; and failed to require abortion clinics to report child abuse that resulted in pregnancy.
       Of course, pro-abortionists, as they always do, ignored the injured women as if they did not exist. Peter Durkin, CEO of Texas Planned Parenthood, called the case "disingenuous," saying the Texas Department of Health "does a good job with available resources of inspecting on a regular scheduled basis, as well as unannounced inspections of abortion providers of Texas. I think if you look at the motives of these suits, they are intended to increase the barriers to women accessing this service, and their other goal is to increase the cost."
       Attorneys for the State of Texas are asserting that individuals cannot sue a state to make the state enforce its own laws and regulations. In attempting to refute that argument, Parker pointed to a 1989 Texas case in which farmers successfully sued the state Department of Health for failing to enforce regulations designed to protect farm workers. Parker said "Instead of protecting women, the state wants to protect itself by having this lawsuit dismissed. The state's attitude has been `We don't care' or `It's not my job.' ... If a person was speeding in your neighborhood every day, going 90 miles per hour in front of your house, and you called the police and they didn't do anything, eventually, a judge would order them to enforce the law. We're also asking that the state inform women of the emotional and physical consequences of abortion. It is the taking of the life of a human organism under Texas law, and it has long-term emotional consequences."
       Parker added that the suit seeks enforcement of the Texas parental notification statute. Two of the plaintiffs, a minor and her mother, say the state never informed the parents that the girl, who was 16 years old at the time, was getting an abortion.
       According to Parker, the minor said she would never have gone through with the abortion had her parents been notified and is suffering "severe emotional trauma as a result."
       "I was very upset about what happened to my daughter," said the mother, who wished only to be identified by her initials, L.S. "I found out afterwards, and I was very angry that I wasn't notified."
       L.S. said the state stonewalled her when she sought specific information on its abortion laws and regulations, particularly parental notification. A private guidance counselor referred her to the Texas Legal Foundation.
       Her daughter made the decision to have an abortion based on information given to her at the abortion clinic, L.S. said. "They told her that the child could be born with some kind of disorder or retardation and that she would have to take care of it for the rest of her life. She was frightened about what they told her could happen." L.S. said her daughter was "very distraught," complaining that she had "rushed" into the decision and that the clinic had failed to inform her of alternatives to abortion such as child placement or adoption. Her daughter became more withdrawn, L.S. said, until the girl had to be hospitalized for emotional distress. The mother said that "She was crying all the time. I'm very upset that it happened at all. I wish I would have been notified, and I wish they would have given her different options when she went in to get her pregnancy test."
       Several of the women were injured by abortions performed in abortion clinics by non-licensed personnel, including non-doctors.
       "Texas Women's Botched Abortion Lawsuit Begins Friday." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, April 11, 2003; "Class Action Lawsuit Launched Against Texas for not Enforcing Abortuary Regulations." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, April 11, 2003; Steve Brown. "Texas Abortion Lawsuit Headed for Mediation." CNSNews.com, April 14, 2003; "Texas Lawsuit Over Abortion Damage Goes to Mediation." Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet, April 14, 2003; "Judge Orders Mediation in Texas Abortion Suit." LifeSite Daily News, April 14, 2003.
Houston -- Death Threats (2 incidents) and Vandalism (2 incidents)

       On October 12, 1994, at the American Women's Center abortuary, a father ran his pickup truck over 15 crosses that pro-lifers had planted in the ground on a public way, and then threatened to kill them all. The next day, an identical incident occurred when another man destroyed the same crosses with his pickup truck and then threatened the lives of nearby pro-lifers. Police arrested the man involved in the second incident and charged him.
       National Pro-Life Newsline, October 1994, #17.
Houston -- Assault

       Pro-life rescuers conducted a "lock-and-block" at the Houston Women's Clinic abortion mill on October 29, 1988. Rescuers at the clinic were locked at their necks or ankles to 55-gallon drums filled with steel and concrete, which weighed over 800 pounds each. A security guard at the abortion mill turned over one barrel and rolled it over Scott Amerson's foot, crushing his ankle. Amerson, who is blind, won a $41,000 judgment from the abortion mill.
       National Pro-Life Newsline, June 1994; June 2, 1994 report to Rescue America.
Houston -- Stalking

       On October 10, 1994, pro-lifer Mary Daley was stalked and nearly sideswiped by a woman who had her license plate covered. This person then parked in Mildred Hanson's abortion clinic parking lot, which was off-limits to pro-lifers.
       Mary Daley, letter to Lynn K. Murphy, December 20, 1994.
Houston -- Death Threats (2 incidents) and Destruction of Property (2 incidents)

       On February 21, 1994, at the city's Planned Parenthood abortuary, a uniformed security guard threatened a sidewalk counselor with a gun. The counselor was on the public sidewalk at the time. The security guard was not licensed to carry a gun, and police subsequently arrested him.
       National Pro-Life Newsline, February and March 1994.
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Lubbock -- Assault

       On April 30, 1998, Leisa Hall, manager of the Planned Family Clinic abortion mill, physically attacked sidewalk counselor Dorothy Boyett.
       E-mail communications of April 30, 1998.
Lubbock -- Violation of Civil Rights and Assault

       On August 15, 1997, pro-lifer Judy Kreller was demonstrating at a Lubbock Planned Parenthood clinic. A pro-abortionist called police and claimed that she was suicidal. Without investigating the call in any way, police immediately handcuffed her and took her to a hospital for psychiatric exam. Her subsequent lawsuit stated that "At all times Kreller was obviously in her right mind; displayed no suicidal or homicidal tendencies; was appropriately clothed; and spoke and acted in an appropriate manner." Planned Parenthood denied involvement, and of course, the police had conveniently "forgotten" who made the original claim.
       In an earlier incident, on April 30, 1998, sidewalk counselor Dorothy Boyett was assaulted by Lisa Hall, manager of the Planned Family Clinic abortion mill in Lubbock. Dorothy had to place a 911 call for police assistance when officer Glen Stallings, who moonlights as a security guard at the abortuary, and an on-duty police sergeant who was visiting with officer Stallings, refused to write up a report.
       Earlier Dorothy and Judy Kreller had counseled several members of a family who had gathered in hopes of convincing a young family member to change her mind about having an abortion. Judy offered help to the abortion-bound woman. As the family stood across the street from the clinic in conversation with the young woman, Clinic Manager Lisa Hall and officer Stallings crossed the street. Hall grabbed the expectant mom by the arm and said "You don't have to listen to them, come with us." Judy followed the group pleading with the mom to change her mind.
       Dorothy was kneeling in prayer on the sidewalk in front of the clinic. As the group approached, she walked toward them and said "Jesus loves you." Lisa Hall responded, "If you don't shut up I'm going to slap you on the head." She then reached out, struck Dorothy on the shoulder, and pushed her off the sidewalk.
       Rather than file an incident report as Dorothy immediately requested, Officer Stallings told her she was blocking the sidewalk. He and the sergeant stood laughing as she walked to a corner bank to place a 911 call. Officer Lopez and Sgt. Gregg arrived a few minutes later. They did not interview Lisa Hall. Most of their time was spent in conversation with Officer Stallings.
       Several witnesses verified Dorothy Boyett and Judy Kreller's account of what happened. One couple who had brought their daughter for an abortion told police, "That woman in the white coat had no right to hit that lady wearing the glasses." Had the situation been reversed, had Dorothy Boyett struck Lisa Hall, Dorothy would be sitting in a jail cell at this very moment with FACE charges being drawn up against her.
       Amazingly, on Tuesday, May 12th, Dorothy was read her rights and informed that criminal charges had been filed against her, despite the fact that she was the person who was assaulted.
       "Peaceful Pro-Lifer Assaulted by Clinic Manager." Downloaded from the Web site of Eagle's Nest Homeschool at http://eaglesnesthome.com/assault.htm on May 16, 2002; Leigh Bellinger. "Anti-Abortion Protester Sues City, Officers." Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, May 27, 1998; "Abortion Protestor Sues in Exam: Acting on Tip, Police Took Her to Hospital for Mental Check." The Dallas Morning News, May 29, 1998, page 28A; "Pro-Lifer Files Suit Against Police, Clinic." Lifesite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, May 29, 1998.
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Odessa -- Grossly Botched Abortion, Drug Abuse, Medicare Fraud and Tax Fraud

       Abortionist John Alderman botched an abortion on Lena A. Renfro. The abortionist told her that she was only 2 weeks pregnant, so she agreed to a D&C; abortion. During the procedure, she experienced severe pain, so she went to a nearby hospital and was diagnosed as being 5 months (22 weeks) pregnant. Her preborn baby was born later, and subsequently died due to injuries sustained during the botched abortion attempt.
       A Texas Medical Board document found that Alderman "self-administered pain medications including Talwin, nitrous oxide, and Buprenex, taken on a regular basis until November 1985 ... Alderman acknowledged his dependency on Talwin and admitted himself for substance abuse treatment at Clearview Hospital," and was discharged December 22, 1985, diagnosed with "Drug abuse, in remission;" Alderman "self-administered, without a prescription, the medication Valium" around the end of November 1986; "Alderman has engaged in intemperate use of drugs, that in the opinion of the Board, could endanger the lives of patients ... Alderman has engaged in unprofessional or dishonorable conduct that is likely to deceive or defraud the public or injure the public by writing prescriptions or dispensing to himself, as a known habitual user, narcotic drugs, controlled substances or dangerous drugs ... Alderman has shown an inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients ..." The abortionist's medical license was suspended for five years on July 1, 1987.
       Alderman was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for tax evasion and filing false Medicare claims for abortions, for which women had already paid. U.S. District Judge Royal Furgeson also sentenced him to two years of supervised release time and a $200 fine. Alderman paid $125,999 in restitution before his sentencing. As lead abortionist for the Petroplex Gynecological Clinic, Alderman charged clients $300 in cash and then sent false claims to Medicaid for reimbursement. In all, he filed $25,169 in false claims from 1994 through 1997 and underreported about $119,003 in 1995 and $115,160 in 1996 in income reported to the IRS.
       "Abortion Practitioner Sentenced for Tax Evasion, Medicare Fraud." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, February 13, 1999; "Abortuary Scandal File ..." Lifesite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, February 15, 1999; Texas Medical Board document # E-3639; "Abortionist Sentenced for Tax Evasion, Fraud." Downloaded from the Web site of The Post-Abortion Review at http://www.afterabortion.org/PAR/V&/ns/newsbriefs.htm on March 3, 2003.
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San Antonio -- Practicing Medicine Without a License (7 incidents) and Botched Abortions (7 incidents)

       A news article in the San Antonio Express revealed that the Alamo Women's Clinic abortion mill was investigated by the State of Texas after an employee said at least 7 women had their abortions performed by "a marketing specialist and an associate" posing as doctors. Seven women suffered injuries, including a lacerated colon and a perforated uterus.
       San Antonio Express, June 14, 1991.
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Stephenville -- Malpractice (4 incidents)

       Abortionist Jasbir Ahluwalia has a long history of botching various surgical procedures;
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He was sued by a husband and wife who alleged that he caused severe and permanent brain damage to their child during delivery. At six years of age, the boy was determined to have the mental functioning of a 4-week-old. Ahluwalia settled the suit in 1989 for more than $1.3 million. In the course of the suit, lawyers for the couple raised questions about the quality of Dr. Ahluwalia's medical training, much of which he received in Uganda.
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In March 1991, a Dallas woman sued him, accusing him of perforating her uterus during an abortion. As a result, surgeons had to remove her uterus. Also in 1991, another Dallas woman sued him. She, too, said he perforated her uterus during an abortion. Ahluwalia settled both suits in 1993.
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In 1995, he was sued by an Erath County woman on whom he had performed a hysterectomy. She alleged that he mistakenly blocked a ureter with stitches. So severe were the complications that, four months later, another surgeon had to remove her kidney. Had she known of Dr. Ahluwalia's prior problems, patient Linda Runnels said recently, "I wouldn't have used him for sure." Her suit was settled.
       Finally, in 1996, the Medical Board of Texas took action. It acted because Ahluwalia had lost his privileges at Harris Methodist Erath County Hospital. His privileges had been pulled because he "failed to adequately manage various high-risk pregnancies." No mention was made of his previous lawsuits, and the discipline was minimal. Board members voted to require him to take 50 hours of continuing medical education and keep adequate patient records. And he was ordered to subscribe to the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
       Also, the board said, he must actually read it.
       Ahluwalia still practices gynecology in Stephenville.
       Doug J. Swanson. "Patients' Deaths Haven't Moved State Board to Act: Panel That Can Strip Doctors' Licenses Pledges More Inquiries." The Dallas Morning News, July 28, 2002.
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