Ann ArborCaroDetroitFlintGrand RapidsKalamazooLansingOwossoPontiacAnn Arbor, Michigan
Violation of Civil Rights (3 incidents)
In July 2002, in Plymouth Township, pro-lifers began to demonstrate against Michigan AttorneyGeneral and gubernatorial candidate, Jennifer Granholm, and her 'pro-choice' stance, on the publicsidewalk in front of the church she attends. The demonstrators displayed various signs, including signsthat depicted images of aborted babies. Plymouth Township Police Officers seized the aborted babysigns on the basis that they were tantamount to pornography.The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan,quickly filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of three of the pro-lifers. Within 24 hours after thelawsuit was filed, Federal Judge Roberts held a hearing and granted the emergency temporary restrainingorder and preliminary injunction in favor of the three pro-lifers, permitting them to display their aborted baby signs in public.In November 2002, Detroit Federal District Judge Victoria A. Roberts ordered Plymouth Township,Michigan, to pay monetary damages, attorneys' fees, and costs totaling $39,545.15, and has permanentlyenjoined the Township from interfering with the rights of pro-life demonstrators to display signs of aborted babies. The three pro-lifers received a total of $23,000 in monetary damages.Thomas More Law Center attorneys Edward L. White III and Robert J. Muise handled the case on behalf of the pro-lifers.
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References
: "Court Orders Municipality to Pay Over $39,000 in Michigan Pro-Life Case." December 3,2002 press release; "Court Orders Municipality to Pay Over $39k in Pro-Life Case: Prevents Interferingwith the Rights of Pro-Life Demonstrators to Display Abortion Signs."
LifeSite Daily News
, December 5, 2002; Thomas More Center for Law & Justice.
Caro, Michigan
Third-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct (5 counts) and Illegal Abortion
This is another of dozens of cases described in this database where child molesters find that abortionis their best friend, because it erases the evidence of their predatory sexual behavior. This case is onlydifferent because, instead of going to an abortion mill, the baby was aborted at home.During the time period August 2005 to March 2006, 22-year-old Owendale-Gagetown softball coachCory Fritz had a sexual relationship with a girl who was 14 and then 15 years old. She became pregnant,and Fritz helped her through the process of committing an abortion at home by repeatedly punching her in the stomach, and then disposing of the baby’s body.On August 30, 2010, a jury found Fritz guilty on five of the 20 counts of third-degree criminalsexual conduct that he had been facing. In October 2010, he was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Reference:
Stacy Langley. “Fritz Guilty on 5 Counts.”
Huron Daily Tribune
, August 31, 2010.
Detroit, Michigan
Attempted Murder, Assault with Intent to Murder, Home Invasion, Criminal Mischief (2 counts)and Unlawful Carrying of a Concealed Weapon
34-year-old Detroit man Ronnie Trevel Outley’s girlfriend Chrystal Forgays was about four months pregnant, but they were estranged. In 2004, Outley broke into Chrystal’s home and attacked her with ahammer in front of her three young children. The 250-pound Outley struck her in the head, face and leg,and deliberately targeted her abdomen, striking her there a number of times in an attempt to kill her preborn child.Outley attempted to withdraw his prior no-contest plea to the charges of attempted murder, assaultwith intent to murder, home invasion and two counts of criminal mischief, but Judge Richard Caretti of Macomb Circuit Court refused his request, sentencing him to twelve years in prison. Judge Caretti saidthat he rejected Outley’s attempt because Chrystal and her children "would be further traumatized" in atrial, and because the case had been delayed several times for "protracted plea discussions." He alsonoted that the case had already been set for trial twice.Assistant Macomb prosecutor Kathy Beard commented that "There was excessive brutality in thiscase. Hitting someone with a hammer is life-threatening."Victim advocate Kaye McGuire read a statement by Chrystal, which stated that "He has ruined meand my children forever. We'll never be able to trust anyone again. They [my children] are scared hewill come back to hurt us again. They cling to me like they will never see me again."Outley has one prior conviction, a concealed weapon charge in Detroit in the early 1990s.
Reference:
Jameson Cook. “Man Gets 12 Years for Hammer Attack on Pregnant Girlfriend: Judge
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Rejects His Attempt to Withdraw Plea.”
Macomb Daily
, February 25, 2006.
First-Degree Criminal Sexual Assault (2 counts) and Criminal Sexual Conduct (5 counts)
[Bloomfield Township]Rodolfo Finkelstein not only performed abortions, he sexually molested the women he did them on.As this database proves, this is a frequent occurrence among abortionists.Finkelstein performed abortions at the Women’s Advisory Center abortion mills in Livonia andBloomfield Township. He insisted upon seeing women alone for examinations, and he kissed, fondledand sexually assaulted them when other people were not present.Two women gave graphic testimony against Finkelstein. He did a second-trimester abortion on one21-year-old woman and then assaulted her. In January 2003, he kissed a 19-year-old woman after anabortion, then squeezed her buttocks.Investigators charged Finkelstein with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual assault, whichcould have landed him in prison for the rest of his life. He was also charged with five counts of criminalsexual conduct. Bloomfield Township Police Chief Jeffrey Werner said that "Patients should be able togo to their doctor and be assured of good care. It appears this doctor took advantage of his patients, andwe will do our part to hold him accountable."However, like so many other “pro-choice” leaders, Finkelstein did not have the courage to face theconsequences of his actions, abandoning his family and fleeing to his native Argentina on March 1, 2005.After he failed to appear in court later that month, District Judge Kimberly Small issued an arrest warrantfor him. Assistant Oakland County Prosecutor Barbara Morrison said that "We believe he has left thecountry. We’re not sure if he is here or in Argentina. We are actively seeking his whereabouts."Morrison also praised the witnesses, saying that "The complainants held up remarkably well. It took a lot of courage."
References:
Steven Ertelt. “Abortion Practitioner in Michigan Charged With Sexually AbusingPatients.”
LifeNews.com
, February 28, 2005; Abortion Doctor Accused of Sexual Assault by TwoWomen.”
LifeSite News
, March 1, 2005; Steven Ertelt. “Abortion Practitioner Accused of Sexual AbuseMay Have Left U.S.”
LifeNews.com
, March 15, 2005.
Gross Malpractice
On January 7, 2004, a 15-year-old African-American girl, Tamia Russell, made the fatal error of going to abortionist Alberto Hodari for a late second-trimester abortion at the Womancare abortion millin Southfield, a suburb of Detroit. It was the last decision she would ever make. He perforated her uterus so badly that she died the next day.Michigan law requires parental notification for abortions on minors under 18, but the abortion milland the abortionist ignored this law. Tamia had borrowed a 19-year-old woman’s photo identification, but the woman looked nothing like her. The abortion mill personnel did not notice this small detail.They also ignored the fact that Tamia was pregnant by her 24-year-old boyfriend Stacy Glenn, and thatthis constitutes statutory rape under Michigan law. Taisha Glenn, Stacy’s sister, was the person whodrove Tamia to the abortion mill.When she got home, Tamia started bleeding heavily, "so much so she soaked an entire mattress," her family said. In a panic, they called the Womancare abortion mill, and the people there told them thatsuch bleeding is “normal,” and not to call a hospital. Of course, they were thinking only of their ownskins, and could not care less about whether or not Tamia died ― which she did.
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