Baraboo
Sexual Abuse of a Child
February 2001, a mother in Baraboo, Wisconsin took Planned Parenthood's advice to heart and purchased condoms for her 13-year-old son when she discovered he was having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl.
The mother was indicted on charges of sexually abusing a child by permitting her son to have sexual relations before he was of age.
Reference: Tony Gosgnach. "Planned Parenthood Exposed." The Interim, February 2003.
Eau Claire
Murder, First-Degree Intentional Homicide, First-Degree Intentional Homicide of an Unborn Child and Mutilation of a Corpse [Chippewa Falls]
In November 2005, Shaun Rudy murdered his wife Christine, who was six months pregnant. Then he chopped up her body, tried to burn some of it, and dumped the pieces in the Chippewa River near Jim Falls. Soon after, some of Christine's remains were found in a wooded area of Clark County near where her husband last reported seeing her.
On March 28, 2006, Chippewa County Sheriff's deputies found most of Christine's decomposed body near the Chippewa River. A tattoo on the remains matched one of hers. A woman who was riding in a car with Shaun Rudy and saw them arguing said that she saw him kill her and dump her body from a bridge into the Chippewa River. She led investigators to the area. The woman, 18-year-old Heather Teschler, was charged with helping a felon and obstructing an officer.
In April 2006, Shaun Rudy was charged with murder, first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child and mutilation of a corpse in the deaths of Christine and her preborn child.
Reference: Associated Press. "Investigators Believe They Found Missing Pregnant Woman's Body." March 29, 2006.
Madison
First-Degree Intentional Homicide and First-Degree Intentional Homicide of an Unborn Child
Twenty-year-old Nicole Blake was eight months pregnant and was joyfully expecting to give birth in just a few weeks. But Quenton Quortez Thompson had other ideas. He was upset that Nicole was "wasting money," so on February 24, 2004, he went with two other people to her apartment and told them to wait in the car while he went into the building to "pop" her.
During his trial, Nicole's four-year-old son testified by videotape that Thompson, or "Cueball," had killed his mother. District Attorney Mark S. Williams said "I've done a lot of homicide trials, and [the son's] voice rings out a lot of times in my thoughts, that 'Cueball killed my mommy.'"
On May 10, 2004, a jury found Thompson guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child. Thompson, still trying his best to be "cool," smiled and chuckled after the jury read its verdict.
On June 9, 2004, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Jean DiMotto sentenced Thompson to life in prison. She told him that "There is ice flowing in your veins, not blood. The two crimes that you committed are not only the worst that I have seen in my career, but they're the worst that I can imagine." Then Thompson laughed at her.
Susan Armacost, Legislative Director of Wisconsin Right to Life, said that "The reason Quenton Thompson was charged and sentenced for the killing of two separate individuals in this case is because of Wisconsin's Fetal Homicide Law enacted in 1998. Prior to 1998, families who lost unborn children under similar tragic circumstances were left to grieve without any legal recourse because Wisconsin law did not recognize unborn children as victims of crime. Yesterday, the horrible deaths of both Nicole Blake and her precious unborn son were legally recognized in law and the sentencing of the perpetrator reflected the fact that two individuals had been brutally murdered. We hope and pray this brings at least some measure of solace to Nicole's family."
References: Maria Gallagher. "Wisconsin Man Convicted of Two Murders Under Unborn Victims Law." LifeNews.com, May 10, 2004; Derrick Nunnally. "Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing Pregnant Woman, Fetus." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, June 10, 2004; Paul Nowak. "Wisconsin Man Jailed Under Unborn Victims Law for Killing Mother, Baby." LifeNews.com, June 16, 2004.
First-Degree Murder, Rape, Forced Abortion and Abuse of a Corpse
In 1997, Peter Kupaza raped his cousin, Mwenvano Mwambashi Kupaza, then forced her to have an abortion when she became pregnant.
Peter Kupaza claimed that Mwenvano had returned to her home in Tanzania, so that's where her friends thought she was, while her family in Tanzania thought that she was still living in Madison.
On July 31, 1999, a woman and her children found a female torso and several garbage bags filled with body parts. The face, head and neck had been skinned, and the feet were missing.
Peter Kupaza was arrested and charged with Mwenvano's murder. He said that he had talked with her father in April, and claimed that her father had told him that Mwenvano had arrived home safely. But when police called her father, he said that he had not spoken to Peter Kupaza in more than two years, and had not seen his daughter since June 1998. When police searched Peter Kupaza's apartment, they found Mwenvano's Bible and purse.
Peter Kupaza's former wife testified about how he abused her, and about how people in Tanzania often butcher their own livestock, and are therefore skilled with the use of knives. Kupaza was convicted of first-degree murder.
Reference: Katherine Ramsland. "Killing Cousins." Court TV's Crime Library at http://www.crimelibrary.com.
Assault, First-Degree Reckless Injury, and False Imprisonment
Tracy Marciniak was just five days away from delivering a healthy baby boy she had already named Zachariah. On February 8, 1992, her estranged husband, Glenndale Black, appeared at her apartment, and the two argued. The argument soon turned violent, however, and Black grabbed Tracy by her hair and deliberately punched her in the stomach as hard as he could. Marciniak said "It felt like it had gone all the way through me."
Following his attack, he refused to call for help for his wife, who was in agony, and he even prevented her from calling for help.
After about 15 minutes of her screaming in pain, he finally went to a bar and from there called for help. Tracy was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, where Zachariah was delivered by emergency Caesarean section. He was dead. The physicians said he had bled to death inside Tracy because of blunt-force trauma.
Tracy's own injuries were life-threatening, and she nearly died. She had to spend three weeks in the hospital.
It took over three years for this case to go to trial. Because Zachariah was not considered a "born person," prosecutors could not charge Black with homicide. They prosecuted him under a 1955 abortion law, but failed to win a conviction on the abortion count, because that law required that they prove a specific intent to destroy the life of Tracy's preborn child.
However, a jury did convict Black of assault and reckless injury, and he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
A photograph taken at Zachariah's funeral shows a grieving mother holding what appears to be a healthy, sleeping baby. Seeing the picture, most people would see two victims of crime. But, not surprisingly, heartless pro-abortionists closed ranks against Tracy and Zachariah. Pro-aborts insisted that nobody died on the night of February 8, and that there was only one crime victim: Tracy.
Though Marciniak considered herself "strongly pro-choice," she was furious when she discovered that the law didn't protect her wanted unborn son, and was even more angry that so-called "women's groups" wouldn't back her quest for a state law punishing his killer.
Now she is pro-life and works with the National Right to Life Committee, appearing in an ad for the federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Marciniak says "There were two victims. He got away with murder."
And so, pro-abortion lawmakers and activists fanatically opposed all attempts by the Federal and state governments to pass any form of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (UVVA). As always, they turn against women when they are victims. Their only thoughts are to protect their precious 'right' to abortion.
As Tracy told Congress, "I know that some lawmakers insist that there is no such thing as an unborn victim — but that is callous, and it is wrong. Please don't tell me that my son was not a real victim of a real crime. We were both victims, but only I survived ... The man who killed Zachariah got away with murder. The family of Laci Peterson and her unborn child, Conner, also know what it's like to be told they lost only one family member to murder, as one feminist leader claimed. That's why the family wants this bill called the "Laci and Conner's Law." ... No surviving mother, father, or grandparent should ever again be told that their murdered loved one never even existed in the eyes of the law."
UVVA bills would not affect abortion laws, and yet the abortion lobby tried frantically to kill the Federal version.
Why?
It's because they know that a law protecting a Conner or Zachariah changes the entire abortion debate.
Up until now, abortion zealots have successfully portrayed abortion as a hard choice women make only in desperate circumstances. They say the fetus is not really a "person," that a woman's "choice" is nobody else's business.
But who could see pictures of Zachariah and still believe the fetus is less than a human person? Who could witness the agony of Conner Peterson's grandparents and still believe that the death of an unborn child affects no one but the mother?
Most dangerous of all, for the abortion lobby, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act portrays the baby as a victim, which sets up an unpleasant conflict in the hearts and minds of Americans. If the fetus is a person, how can we take his life indiscriminately? And if it's illegal for fathers to bludgeon unborn babies to death, why are we letting mothers hire an abortionist to do the same thing?
The House of Representatives has twice passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. But in the Senate, pro-abortion groups have, so far, blocked its passage.
References: Debra Rosenberg. "The War Over Fetal Rights." Newsweek Magazine, June 9, 2003; Testimony of Tracy Marciniak before the House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee, on the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2003 (H.R. 1997), July 8, 2003; Charles Colson. "One Victim or Two?: The Unborn Victims of Violence Act." BreakPoint with Charles Colson, September 10, 2003.
Assault and Battery, False Imprisonment and Negligence
In December 2001, Will Goodman delivered a letter to abortionist Dennis Christensen and his staff at the Madison Abortion Clinic. The letter was not threatening in the least. Instead, it affirmed the dignity of their lives as well as the lives of the unborn babies in the womb and their mothers. He believed that there were women present at the abortion clinic who were under duress and had not given their voluntary and informed consent to have an abortion.
As he was leaving the abortion mill, Goodman quietly handed out information on crisis pregnancy resources to women in the waiting room. Then a member of the abortuary staff tackled him and held him in a headlock. He got to his knees and began to pray, and a security officer pulled him to the ground and forcefully placed him in handcuffs.
The Thomas More Law Center, a national pro-life, public-interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, represented Goodman in his lawsuit against the abortion mill. In December 2002, judgment was entered in favor of Goodman for his claims of assault and battery, false imprisonment, and negligent hiring, training and supervision. Goodman won an unspecified monetary award from the abortion mill, which he said "will be donated to a young impoverished mother from Africa who is struggling with a crisis pregnancy and to an organization helping young un-wed mothers to raise their families."
References: "Abortion Facility Pays Damages to Pro-life Advocate." Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, November 7, 2002; "Abortion Facility Pays Damages to Pro-Life Advocate." The Wanderer, December 5, 2002, page 3; "Appeal Seeks To Establish Right to Trespass on Clinic Property to Stop Involuntary Abortions." Thomas More Center For Law & Justice, February 12, 2003. Downloaded from http://www.thomasmore.org on February 14, 2003.
Assault
On December 8, 2000, William Goodman performed a one-man rescue mission at the Madison abortion mill.
Nine pro-lifers were gathered at the abortion mill at about 9:30 AM. A couple approached the mill. While the sidewalk counselor offered them literature, Will calmly and openly walked into the Meriter Hospital building, which houses the abortion facility, undetected. He even walked directly past the security guard, who did not notice him.
Will got on the elevator and, on the ride up, was able to counsel a father in crisis. He arrived at the locked door to the waiting room, and stood outside talking to a young woman about adoption for several minutes. He also delivered a letter to the secretary for abortionist Denis Christensen. The letter said in part, "My wish is to bear witness to the reality that love is possible, no matter how challenging the situation ... . Through non-violent means I hope to testify to the goodness of the truth, defend the integrity of every human person no matter how small, and enter into solidarity with those human persons most forgotten and most in need .."
After Will delivered the letter, Kimberly Christensen, daughter of the abortionist and employee at the abortuary, passed by him and proceeded to open the locked door to the waiting room. Will followed right behind her and was able to get into the waiting room itself. Will began to talk to Kimberly about the sanctity of life. She was so irate that she put him in a headlock with one arm and tried to shut his jaw with the other, actually suffocating him. Because Will was obviously unable to breathe, the other clinic workers even began to object to her violence, for fear that she was going to kill him. Meanwhile he sank down to his knees, remaining completely limp and unresisting. When further pressed by her co-workers to let him go, Kimberly shouted out in complete frustration, "But he won't shut up!"
At the urging of her co-workers, she eventually let Will go. The police were called, but Will was still able to remain in the waiting room for almost an hour, counseling couples, handing out miraculous medals, using Holy Water, praying, and witnessing to the police, who seemed somewhat unwilling to arrest him.
However, after an hour they did arrest him and take him in a wheelchair (because he went limp, refusing to comply with the unjust arrest) out to a loading dock to put him in the police car.
Reference: Extracts from an e-mail letter by Suzanne Abdalla and Chris and Trish McKenna.
Milwaukee
Reckless Homicide (2 counts)
Donte Griffin had affairs going on with at least two women. He had fathered a child with Tamikia L. Beamon, and Antoinette Vanlandingham was six months pregnant with his child.
At about 4:30 on the morning of February 5, 2005, Beamon began to pound on Antoinette's front door. Antoinette told her to leave, and Beamon did indeed leave, but returned with Griffin's handgun at about 6:30 AM. Griffin left Antoinette's house, saw Beamon with the gun, and left the area. Beamon saw Antoinette peeking out a second-floor window. Beamon shot once at Antoinette, then looked into the house and saw her lying on the ground. Beamon fled the scene, and Griffin returned about an hour later. He immediately called police.
Beamon was scheduled to go to trial on June 20, 2005, but, on May 27, she pled guilty to two counts of first-degree reckless homicide. On July 15, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Hansher sentenced her to fifty years in prison.
References: Rachel McCormick. "Woman Charged in Death of Pregnant Rival." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 8, 2005; "Regional News Briefs: Woman Found Guilty in Death of Woman, Fetus." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 28, 2005.
Reckless Homicide of an Unborn Child, Aggravated Battery on an Unborn Child, Substantial Battery, False Imprisonment, Theft, Bail Jumping (2 incidents), and Crack Cocaine Trafficking
Jake Perry and his girlfriend, Patricia Smith, were expecting a child. Smith was two months pregnant, but was having health problems and had gone to a hospital for bleeding at least once during her pregnancy.
On November 1, 2002, Smith wanted to go to a party and Perry walked over to a pay phone. She started walking away from Perry. He grabbed her by the hair and arm and dragged her several blocks to his sister's house. During the next four hours, Perry slapped her, punched her and jabbed her in the stomach, head, arms and legs. He threw her into a box of plates, and both her legs began to bleed from cuts she received. Perry finally agreed to take her to the hospital to treat her injuries, but first he demonstrated his touching concern for her by forcing her to drive him to his mother's house, where he stole an amplifier. Then he had her drive him across town so he could sell it and buy crack cocaine.
Smith miscarried on November 6, and the next day Perry was charged with the reckless homicide of an unborn child, aggravated battery to an unborn child, substantial battery, false imprisonment, theft and two counts of bail jumping. He was also charged with crack cocaine trafficking.
On November 14, 2002, Perry was ordered to stand trial in Rock County Circuit Court on the beating charges. He faces a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison if convicted on all the charges.
Reference: Kathleen Ostrander. "Man Accused in Death of Unborn Child." Wisconsin State Journal, November 15, 2002.
Attempted First-Degree Intentional Homicide, Kidnapping (3 counts), Interstate Domestic Violence, Interfering with the Custody of a Minor (2 counts) and Assault with a Deadly Weapon (ADW) [Racine]
On January 30, 2004, David Michael Larsen kidnapped his pregnant ex-wife, Teri Jendusa-Nicolai, along with their two daughters, six-year-old Amanda Marie and four-year-old Holly Ann. He savagely beat Teri with a baseball bat, tied her up, and put her in the back of his pickup truck. After dropping the girls off with a babysitter in Elmwood Park, Illinois, Larsen drove Teri to a secluded area, wrapped her up with masking tape, stuffed her unconscious body in a trash container, and left her to die in a freezing storage facility in Illinois.
When she regained consciousness, Teri used her cell phone three times to call for help, but police could not find her because she did now know where she was. Finally, an employee at the storage facility heard her whimpering and called police who freed her after she had been bound this way for 18 hours. She was taken to Advocate General Lutheran Hospital and listed in critical condition, and miscarried as a result of her ordeal. At the time police found her, her body temperature was a near-fatal 84 degrees and her head had swollen to three times its normal size.
She had to have all of her toes amputated due to frostbite. The frostbite was third- and fourth-degree, which meant that the injuries would have burned like fire.
Larson was apprehended in Wheeling, Illinois on January 31, 2004, when he appeared for work at his job as an air traffic controller at Palwaukee Airport.
If prosecutors can prove that Teri's miscarriage was a result of the attack and that Larsen intended to kill his ex-wife, he can be charged with "fetal homicide" regardless of whether or not he knew she was pregnant.
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are two of 29 states that have similar laws allowing for an additional homicide charge in the death of an unborn child. Sixteen of those states, including Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and most recently Kentucky, protect the unborn from the moment of conception.
References: "Racine County Father Tells His Side of Story: Investigators Found Blood in Larsen's House." Channel3000.com News, February 2, 2004; "A 'Miraculous' Recovery." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, February 12, 2004; Paul Novak. "Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Men Charged Under Unborn Victims Laws." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, March 22, 2004, February 26, 2004.
Attempted Murder
In August 1998, prosecutors charged Moses Tate with attempted murder for allegedly punching a pregnant woman in the stomach. District Attorney Robert Jambois said that Tate faces up to 40 years in prison.
References: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 21, 1998; "First Charge Filed Under 'Feticide' Law." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, August 30, 1998.
Negligence [Fatal Botched Abortion]
35-year-old Linda Boom, a Cedarburg High School teacher, wanted an abortion because her preborn child had Down's Syndrome.
Her lawyer said that "in Linda's mind, Down Syndrome meant no life." So she went to Milwaukee's Sinai Samaritan Medical Center on September 21, 1995 to have her child killed, but wound up dying herself.
Abortionists Daniel Gilman and Karen S. Watson tried to perform an amniofusion abortion, injecting chemicals into her baby to kill it, but injected the poison into her bloodstream instead, causing Boom to have a fatal heart attack 36 hours later — the very fate intended for her preborn child.
Watson injected the first chemicals into Boom and she began to suffer pain and complained she was "burning up all over." Gilman then took over. He was supervising Watson, 36, a fourth-year resident at the time who is now an obstetrician/gynecologist in Milwaukee. Gilman then injected a second set of chemicals into Boom and both sets caused the fatal heart damage.
The Milwaukee County Medical examiner's office determined that the chemicals caused Boom's death.
51-year-old Dennis Boom of Bayside, who has taught at Cedarburg High for 23 years, filed a lawsuit against Sinai and the two abortionists.
In the end, though, all concerned got off scot-free, which is usually the case. Another woman dies, and the abortionists walk away, to kill and kill again.
On April 20, 2001, a jury in Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Stanley Miller's courtroom found that Gilman's negligence caused Boom's death. However, because the estate of Linda Boom was late in filing its lawsuit against Gilman and Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Gilman was dismissed as a defendant in the suit in August 1999 and was found not liable for any of the $2.3 million the jury felt would fairly compensate Boom's family.
The jury determined that Gilman was negligent with respect to the lack of care and treatment he provided Boom and that his negligence was the cause of her death. The jury said that $500,000 would "fairly and reasonably" compensate Boom's estate for pain, suffering and disability and $1.85 million would fairly and reasonably compensate her husband for loss of companionship and "pecuniary loss of value and loss of household services."
The jury also found that Sinai Samaritan was not negligent.
Randal Arnold, a lawyer for Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, said "That's the way the law works. If I'm employed by someone and I'm acting as their agent and injure someone through negligence, that person can sue my employer because I'm acting as agent for my employer. Doctor Gilman is an independent physician, not an employee of the hospital. Therefore, the hospital is not responsible for his conduct."
Watson was not named personally in the lawsuit but attended the trial. The injection Watson gave is not generally believed to be enough to be fatal (to an adult) because it is a "test" injection. His lawyer said Watson was not negligent because the supervising physician took over and gave the second injection.
References: Tom Kertscher. "Malpractice Caused Woman's Death, Lawyer Says: Teacher Went to Sinai Samaritan for Abortion." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 25, 2001; "Doctor's Negligence Caused Legal Abortion Death in Wisconsin." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 4, 2001.
Death Threats (4 incidents) and Vandalism
In May 1993, several pro-lifers received threatening phone calls, and Ekaternia Engelke's father had nails pounded into three tires of his car.
References: Glenn Ellen Duncan. "The Shocking Violence Against Prolifers." Catholic Twin Circle, September 11, 1994, page 11; "Pro-Abortion Violence: A Growing National Phenomenon." Life Advocate, July 1993, pages 10 to 15.
Death Threats (3 incidents) and Indecent Exposure
Brenda Duncan, wife of abortionist Neville Duncan, exposed herself to pro-lifers picketing her home and threatened their lives. She said that she dropped her pants to show the protestors that they were "asses," but denied making any threats. Unfortunately for her, District Attorney Paul Bucher said that a videotape made by one of the pro-lifers clearly shows Duncan threatening to shoot them.
Duncan did not have a particularly good reputation as a neighbor. Police were called to the home 17 times within 15 months. She admitted to police officers that she owns an illegal sawed-off shotgun, which they confiscated while visiting her home on a domestic disturbance call on December 28, 1997. She had also threatened to shoot her neighbor's dog, was cited for disorderly conduct in December 1996 when she threatened a sixth-grade boy, and allowed her Rottweiler to run wild in the neighborhood.
References: Lisa Sink. "Woman Who 'Mooned' Protestors Has History With Police." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, January 23, 1998; "Abortionist's Wife "Moons" Protesters." The Wanderer, January 29, 1998, page 3.
Death Threat
On November 13, 1993, a pro-abortionist threatened sidewalk counselors Gene Orchardt and Joan Altman with a gun after they offered literature to a man leaving a Milwaukee clinic. Despite the vehicle's license plate, a statement by the woman the gunman dropped off, witnesses, and a person who knows the gunman, police did not arrest him.
References: "Counselor Threatened at Gunpoint." Life Advocate" December 1993, page 29; Operation Rescue National. Violence and Disruption Report, December 10, 1994; Milwaukee Police Report, Incident Report #93 317 0073, page 1.
Assault and Battery, Possession of Illegal Drugs and Contempt
Abortionist Neville Duncan was arrested on September 21, 1998 and charged with battery and possession of cocaine. The December 10, 1998 Milwaukee Sentinel reported that "Duncan was arrested after allegedly punching his wife in his car, then pinning her to the ground, and slapping her after she climbed out of the window of the vehicle, according to the criminal complaint. When he was arrested, according to the complaint, officers found crack cocaine in his pocket in a vial and a plastic bag." He was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days in jail, and also served a 90-day prison sentence for civil contempt for refusing to pay child support to his previous wife. Duncan's current wife had been previously charged with indecent exposure and threatening the lives of pro-lifers.
References: "News Notes." The Wanderer, December 24, 1998, page 7; "Abortionist Jailed for Wife Battery and Drug Possession." Lifesite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, January 15, 1999; "Wisconsin Abortion Practitioner Faces Battery, Drug Charges." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 10, 1998; Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html,December 11, 1998.
Assault (2 incidents)
On May 6, 1993, at the Summit Women's Health Care Organization abortion mill, pro-abortionist Trina Haas of the Milwaukee Clinic Protection Coalition (MCPC) bit pro-lifer Bryan Longworth on the arm and pushed him. The following month, at the Affiliated Medical Services abortion mill, Hass bit pro-lifer Tom Nowack on the arm and pushed him. Soon after, the MCPC phone message line played a message that boasted "We take them out with our choppers."
References: Glenn Ellen Duncan. "The Shocking Violence Against Prolifers." Catholic Twin Circle," September 11, 1994, page 11; Operation Rescue National, Violence and Disruption Report, December 12, 1994. Operation Rescue National, Violence and Disruption Report, December 12, 1994; "Pro-Abortion Violence: A Growing National Phenomenon." Life Advocate, July 1993, pages 10 to 15.
Death Threat [Racine]
On January 9, 2000, a Racine crisis pregnancy center received an anthrax threat. A volunteer opened a letter which contained a powder along with a note threatening that the substance was anthrax. The CPC called police, and those who came in contact with the powder were decontaminated and checked at local hospitals. The incident would have been contained to one office and only two people, but a worker at a dental office in the building walked into Affiliated Pregnancy Counseling Service after the envelope had been opened. The dental office employee then returned to the dental office, potentially contaminating the other five people in that office, said Racine Police Sgt. Jerry Baldukas. "The recent anthrax scare at the Affiliated Pregnancy Counseling Center in Racine reflects a careless disregard for human life," commented Rev. Robert Fleischmann, National Director of WELS Lutherans for Life. "Such acts of terrorism reflect poorly on any side of the on-going debate on abortion. We are concerned that this action has endangered the lives of our staff and the many women who visit the center for help and direction. We appreciate the efforts of law enforcement agencies who now must follow up on this case and hold accountable those who would stoop to such a level to intimidate women. We call upon all sides of the abortion debate to denounce this action and to distance themselves from those people and organizations who would endorse or promote this kind of activity." Predictably, the same pro-abortionists who so loudly demand that pro-lifers denounce all acts of "anti-choice" terrorism refused to make any comment on the Racine incident.
Reference: "Wisconsin Crisis Pregnancy Center Receives Anthrax Threats." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, January 13, 2000
Vehicular Assault [Racine]
On November 6, 1993, Pro-abortionist Maureen Taylor, driving her white Jaguar, attempted to drive into a clinic driveway while pro-life picketer Brad Lescher was crossing it. She stopped her car before hitting Lescher, but then as pro-abortionists began chanting, "Run him over! Run him over!," she pulled forward more and more. The car broke his picket sign and then the car lunged quickly forward, hitting Lescher in the knees and throwing him onto the hood of the car.
Reference: The Christian Interpreter, December 1993, page 11.
Assault
In the Fall of 1993, at the back door of Metropolitan Medical Services, a now-closed abortion mill, pro-abortion activist Katie Doyle deliberately stomped twice on the leg of pro-lifer Kathy Klagg when she was laying on the pavement.
Reference: Operation Rescue National, Violence and Disruption Report, December 10, 1994.
Assault
On February 19, 1994, abortion mill workers physically attacked picketer Laurie Swan on the public sidewalk. This incident was captured on videotape. Even though Mrs. Swan received several severe blows to the head, the District Attorney did not press charges even though Mrs. Swan was not on clinic property.
Reference: "Christians Interpose at 64th and Capitol Abortuary." MTP Mission Update, July 3, 1993, page 94.
Assault
On June 4, 1993, a worker at the Imperial Health Services abortion mill kicked pro-lifer John Zecca in the head. Zecca, who was seated in front of the abortuary door, required medical attention at a local hospital.
Reference: Missionaries to the Preborn, letter to Operation Rescue National, November 22, 1994.
Assault with Intent to Paint
On September 21, 1991, a pro-abortionist was arrested at a rescue for trying to spray-paint a pro-lifer.
Reference: Rescue Update, Missionaries to the Preborn, Milwaukee, undated.
Breaking and Entering and Burglary
On October 3, 1993, a pro-abortion thief broke into the Pregnancy Help Center and stole all of the VCR machines as well as a computer which contained all the records of the center's clients.
Reference: Operation Rescue National. Violence and Disruption Report, December 10, 1994.
Forgery and Theft
On April 3, 2002, Katherine M. Heringlake, the former President of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARRAL, now NARAL Pro-Choice America), was charged with theft in a business setting and forgery for allegedly stealing $12,938 from her organization during the period June to October 2001.
Heringlake didn't deny taking the money, and said she didn't realize she had taken so much.
References: "President of Wisconsin NARAL Embezzles 13K from Organization." Associated Press, April 4, 2002; Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at prolifeinfo.org, April 5, 2002.
Sheboygan
Murder, Suicide, Armed Robbery, Furnishing a Firearm to a Felon and Harboring or Aiding a Felon
On March 22, 2006, James D. Butler Jr. shot his pregnant girlfriend Trisha L. Bergemann in the head, and then fled with the help of another of his girlfriends, Heather A. Markwardt, who had also supplied him with the gun he had used to murder Trisha. About one hour later, Butler shot and killed himself as police officers closed in on him. The next day, Trisha and her preborn child both died.
On April 10, 2006, Markwardt was charged with felony counts of furnishing a firearm to a felon and harboring or aiding a felon. Butler had a previous conviction for armed robbery.
References: "Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Helping Man Who Shot Girlfriend." The Janesville Gazette, April 12, 2006.
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