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Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

"The Tide is Turning"

Checkout this encouraging video from Students for Life.  The next generation is stepping up and we are pro-life!

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Unplanned Chapter 10, 'The Hurricane'

This chapter was pretty short, but the two points that stand are:

1. Abortions are extremely profitable, especially later in the pregnancy.


2. Abby is horrified by late term abortions after the point of viability, around 21 weeks.


As I read further into this chapter, Planned Parenthood affiliate of Louisiana and Texas (totalling 12 clinics) were facing serious financial hardships in 2008 and they did all they could to cut costs.  Abby’s Planned Parenthood clinic ended up being the only profitable clinic in the affiliate due to the fact they were the only clinic that performed abortions.  An abortion procedure is extremely profitable and most abortions, earlier in the pregnancy, cost around $300-500. 

Site of Planned Parenthood Super Clinic

As the financial difficulties continued in 2008 leading into 2009, plans for the largest abortion clinic in the nation began (read more about this clinic).  This Houston abortion clinic would be seven stories tall and 78,000 square-feet.  An entire floor would be dedicated to abortion!  Plans to obtain a late term abortion license were put into place so that babies as late as 24 weeks in the womb could be aborted at this super clinic . . .  Abby explains her shock and uneasiness at the idea of late term abortions within her Planned Parenthood affiliate, especially knowing the beneficial income of each later term abortion, which range between $3,000 and $4,000 dollars.  Abby questioned if the new idea of performing late term abortions was to help make up for their financial loss.  


At this point, Abby’s pro-life view after age of viability and her desire to reduce the numbers of abortions was considerably shaken, and I think this was only the beginning of an even more serious struggle within Abby...

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If you’re reading Unplanned, and following along in  my blog, I encourage you to leave a comment sharing your thoughts or lessons learned thus far into the book.  What has stood out to you?

Order Abby’s book and join this discussion: http://www.unplannedthebook.com/

Checkout my reflectione from:

Chapter 1, ‘The Ultrasound’

Chapter 2, 'The Volunteer Fair'

Chapter 3, 'The Power of a Secret'

Chapter 4, 'The Cause'
Chapter 5, 'The Bond of Compassion'
Chapter 6, '40 Days and 40 Nights' 
Chapter 7, 'The Code of Conduct'
Chapter 8, 'My Enemy, My Friend'

Chapter 9, 'Irreconcilable Difference'

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

TAKE ACTION: Call to De-Fund Planned Parenthood

Pro-life organizations across the country, are pushing a grassroots effort to de-fund Planned Parenthood of their more than $363 million in annual funding with our tax dollars!

Beginning today until March 25, 2011 we are flooding congressional members with phone calls at their district offices.  All it takes is one voice of concern to change a mind, but we can reach our Unites States leaders with far more phone calls than that and ultimately de-fund Planned Parenthood!

See below for an update of what has happened thus far in the fight to de-fund Planned Parenthood.

We can make a difference!  

Here is what YOU need to do:

1.  Call your House and Senate officials at their district office and tell them you stand with millions of Americans across the country in asking them to de-fund Planned Parenthood in the continuing resolution budget.  Find your representative here.

2.  Forward this email and post on social networking sites multiple times throughout the week.

3.  Don’t stop after one call.  Continue calling and spreading the word!

Update:

A temporary budget was passed to give our Unites States leaders more time to settle on a new budget that will consist of serious budget cuts.  This temporary, three-week budget did not de-fund Planned Parenthood, but this isn’t the end.  When our officials come back together in the coming weeks they will pass a new budget.  We MUST tell our elected officials to cut all federal funding of Planned Parenthood through Title X because Planned Parenthood has illegally aided the sex-trafficking of girls as young as 14, covered up rape and statutory rape of young girls, and much more which you can learn about from these links:



Illegal late term abortions
Donations Accepted to Perform Abortions on Black Babies
Gives False Medical Information--Rosa Acuna Project
Mona Lisa Project
Sex Trafficking
Protecting Pedophiles
Racist Agenda
Infanticide

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Unplanned Chapter 9, 'Irreconcilable Difference'

For abortion or against abortion?   Abortion is okay at six weeks, but not at 22 weeks?  Throughout this chapter Abby shares about an inner and outer battle with her pro-abortion stance.  Whether aware at the time or not Abby would pick and choose when abortion was not okay, and when excuses were made to justify her pro-abortion position.

During a counseling session with a woman who was past 21 weeks along Abby was horrified that the woman insisted on having an abortion.  While she counseled the woman, Abby called the child in the womb a baby and not a fetus!  To her, the difference was that a child was at a viable age by about 21 week into a woman’s pregnancy.  Even though the abortion minded woman had the abortion procedure for the “viable” child in her womb explained to her, the woman didn’t care how it was done.  She just wanted the baby gone.  Reluctant and highly disturbed, Abby gave a referral to the woman for a clinic that performed late term abortions.  (I found it interesting that Abby used the same tactics as sidewalk counselors by talking about the horrific procedure and the development of the child in the womb.)

Later that evening Abby shared with her husband: "I just couldn't believe how casual she was about it!  I feel sick about it.  Just sick.  How can she say it's the same whether the pregnancy is six weeks along or twenty-three?  That's just ludicrous!" (Abby Johnson, Unplanned, 97)

After this comment Abby’s husband, Mark challenged her by asking if the child’s worthiness of life is any different because the pregnancy is further along?  With little response to Mark, Abby continued to question late term abortion and her inconsistency.  Abby later noted her friendship with notorious late term abortionist George Tiller and what a “kind” person he was, but she often wondered how he could justify performing late term abortions.  Abby’s battle within continued one day in church during a period of silence for a “confession of sin” where she struggled with the thought of whether or not to confess her involvement in abortion.

For me it’s incredible to see how people make judgment calls as whethere or not the action of abortion is okay or not depending on the babies age, size or development.  Abby is not the only person who feels this way.  I know some extremely pro-life people who believe that abortion is okay as long as it’s in the first trimester.  These are people whose beliefs we must challenge, because they are more likely to acknowledge the reality of the unborn child’s life, no matter how young or small.  They are also more apt to morn the loss of a child to a late term abortion than those who support all abortion.  Many people are unaware of the fact that abortion is legal through ALL 9 months of a woman’s pregnancy not just when people consider the child ‘a blob of tissue’ but moments up until the child is born.  We must educate and continue to challenge the pro-abortion position!

Order Abby’s book and join this discussion: http://www.unplannedthebook.com/

Checkout my reflectione from:

Chapter 1, ‘The Ultrasound’

Chapter 2, 'The Volunteer Fair'

Chapter 3, 'The Power of a Secret'

Chapter 4, 'The Cause'
Chapter 5, 'The Bond of Compassion'
Chapter 6, '40 Days and 40 Nights' 
Chapter 7, 'The Code of Conduct'
Chapter 8, 'My Enemy, My Friend'

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Surrounded By Abortion Day to Day

Abortion is hardly a speck on most people’s radar. It’s no big deal and not my business, right?   But abortion is constantly surrounding us in our every day life: through our conversations, where we are at a given moment, and who we are with.  So here is an example of two consecutive days where my life was surrounded by abortion that was outside of my work and blog.

Sunday night I sat in the car with my mom on our way to El Torito for dinner when I looked to my right and saw Family Planning Associates (FPA) abortion clinic. As we drove by I thought about times when I’ve sidewalk counseled there and once saw a police officer bring an inmate from the local jail to the clinic for an abortion.

As we continued down this beautiful street with pretty green trees covered in lights, I commented to my mom about how sad it is to be so close in proximity to where we live our daily lives and there’s an abortion clinic right next to us. Just a block down the way from FPA my mom mentioned that there’s a Planned Parenthood on the corner next door to a strip club, and she recalled a time when she prayed outside of that Planned Parenthood with Father Pavone when one of my siblings was just a baby in a pack on her back...  Moments later we pulled up to El Torito and walked in to have dinner.

As I looked at this beautiful little area that was masked by pretty trees, clean cut buildings, and bright lights I felt uncomfortable knowing what takes place in those buildings within eye site. I could have sat there during my entire dinner heartbroken just thinking about it all, but if I did what good would that have done?

Southern California Surrounded by abortion clinics.

The next morning I was hurrying to finish some work before going to Disneyland with my family when it was brought to my attention that a friend on Facebook had checked in at Planned Parenthood and said “accidents happen”.   I was so angry but continued to read the comment where people said things like “You’re not keeping it!” or called the baby “cheese”.   Oh, I was so upset I didn’t know if I should scream or cry.   After a moment I understood it was a joke.   For the next couple hours I was highly disturbed by the “joke” and recalled all those times over the years when I would walk up on a group of friends who quickly quieted when spotting me.   Later when I inquired I’m told someone made an abortion joke and didn't want to offend me ‘cause I’m pro-life'.

Hours later I was in the car on my way to Disneyland and heard a song called Lucy by SKILLET and some of the main words of the song were "hey Lucy I remember your name".  When the song ended the radio host said the song was about a young man and his girlfriend in high school who got pregnant and made a choice to abort.  In the song the vocalist sings about how he would do things differently if he had the chance.   My heart ached for this couple and their regret in the name of ‘choice’.   Moments later I looked to my left and there was a Planned Parenthood clinic off the freeway where in 2009, within ten days of each other, two women were taken from the clinic by ambulance after an abortion.

Abortion surrounds our every day life whether we know it or not. There are abortions within our own families that we are surprised to find out about or will never know of, friends you never thought would have abortions. All of us are missing people from our lives in the name of ‘choice’.

Now I ask you, what kind of impact does abortion have on you and your every day life?

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Unplanned Chapter 8, ‘My Enemy, My Friend’

At this point in the book Abby has taken over as the Planned Parenthood director for a clinic in Texas and the first few weeks turn out to be very eventful . . .

As the new director of Planned Parenthood Abby had two goals she really worked to accomplish:

1. Reduce the numbers of abortions by pushing contraception.
2. Create a strong relationship between Coalition for Life and her Planned Parenthood.

Because of Abby’s horrible experience with the chemical abortion through a method known as RU-486, she strongly advocated against the use of this form of abortion, especially after the six week point in a woman’s pregnancy. Out of fear, Abby trained her employees to provide informed consent for chemical abortion RU-486. When clients insisted on aborting by RU-486 she emphasised that employees tell patients that, “it might be bad -- really bad.” Many women called the clinic after taking the pills because there were experiencing severe bleeding and cramping, and thought they were dying. Abby was especially concerned for patients who returned for a surgical abortion after a failed or incomplete chemical abortion.

One day a young woman came into the clinic asking for advice regarding a chemical abortion. She had no money but obtained four abortion pills. Abby wanted her to be safe and offered a free chemical abortion, which the woman obtained. A week after the woman’s abortion she came back and was still pregnant! The woman was 7 ½ weeks along in her pregnancy with a healthy baby, this woman took it as a “sign from God” and chose to keep her baby!

As is common in the pro-life movement, Abby speaks of overly zealous pro-lifers who are not very gentle in their approach, very different from the conduct of Coalition for Life. These people would show up now and again outside of the Texas Planned Parenthood and cause problems. “Even as a believer in women’s right to choose, I hated to see such actions strengthen the cause of abortion, and that is precisely what they did.” Abby Johnson, Unplanned (88).

The good actions of many can be quickly over looked when there are such horrible actions by others: In one week, Abby once received three death threats, one at home, one at work, and one stuck to the windshield of her car. One even mentioned Abby’s daughter Grace by name and said it’s “too bad” she will no longer have a mom. Abby’s peaceful demeanor with Coalition for Life volunteers was compromised by these notes. Something that really struck out to me is when Abby looses her temper over the situation. After witnessing a clinic protester taking photographs of clinic patient's license plate numbers, Abby called out to the peaceful Coalition for Life volunteers, “He solidifies your opposition against you.” Abby Johnson, Unplanned (89).

One day Elizabeth, a Coalition for Life volunteer, left a beautiful bouquet of lilies for Abby with a car reading:

The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with JOY. Psalm 126. 

I’m praying for you Abby!

This loving act from Abbey’s opposition touched Abby deeper than we can imagine! More is accomplished by treating others kindly than threatening them with hateful speech.

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

"Why do people hate babies?"

This is a question I started asking myself after I heard Baby Joseph's medical records in Canada still hadn't been released for a hospital in the United States to give Baby Joseph the care Canada has refused him (read Baby Joseph's Story). After I repeated this question in my head a few times I quickly stopped myself thinking 'this isn't true... What a horrible thought'. Then I thought about all the abortions that are performed, and I thought about the fact that a lot of people have abortions for selfish reasons, not out of hate for their baby. I also thought about people who KNOW it's a baby in the womb yet they talk about abortion as though it is no big deal and call it a "blob of tissue" while I call it a "baby". Then I reverted back to thinking 'Why does the Canadian government want to kill baby Joseph by pulling out his feeding tube and giving him a lethal dose of medicine? They have to hate babies if they won't care for him, and now they won't even give the necessary information to those who would care for Baby Joseph.

Baby Joseph and his Dad

As I spend time with family, friends, and observe other people, I see a lot of older people (about 30 and up) who don't care to hold and play with babies, and some even feel uncomfortable around babies and cringe at any noise they make. But then I look at my generation and we adore the precious little ones and can't get enough of holding, playing, or talking in funny voices to these beautiful little people. From the time I was very little it didn't matter who else was in the room, if there was a baby in the room, I wanted to hold that baby. I know this isn't just me! I've seen my friends, family, and now my younger siblings do the same things. We even become jealous of anyone else holding a baby! Is it because we long for our missing friends, cousins, siblings, aunts, and uncles who were never born?

As a young sidewalk counselor, I would honestly say that I would be willing to take and care for a woman’s baby or find a home for the baby if that was the only way she would choose life for her child, and I know many other sidewalk counselors feel the same way. Why is it that some do everything they can to defend the right to take the lives of these little ones, while at the very same time, others do anything they can to save the baby humans?

Please take a minute to send an email to Canadian officials requesting the release of Baby Joseph's medical records: here is the template email. Just fill in your name.

Unplanned Chapter 7 'The Code of Conduct'

It saddens me that those who work for abortion clinics are often fearful for their safety and sometimes have threats on their life. During this chapter Abby writes about the peaceful presence outside of the Planned Parenthood she worked at in Texas. Despite the peaceful presence instituted by the efforts of Coalition for Life there was a big deal made about the safely of clinic workers and the rhetoric enforced when speaking about sidewalk counselors.

The transportation of some abortionists would be such a dramatic and big deal that they would: park at a secret location, were picked up away from the secret parking place by clinic staff, then driven with a sheet covering them in the back seat, and run in a side security entrance -- before dawn-- with the sheet covering their head. Why are such drastic measures made to disguise and protect some abortionists? If abortion is legal what is there to fear? Clearly some of these abortionists are doing things illegally and/or fear for their life because of the type of work they do. Why would you take a job that brings such fear and dramatic precautions to your life? This I cannot understand.

Planned Parenthood has taught their employees rhetoric for years and Abby shares that she was trained to call peaceful sidewalk counselors "anti-choice extremists" that would harass anyone going into Planned Parenthood to take away their “right to choose”. Pro-life advocates don't need fancy rhetoric that depicts the other side as something they aren't. This reminds me that we have truth and evidence on our side, but that's not all... We want women to be confident in their choices and not weep from effect of post abortion syndrome for years to come. We want the children in the womb to be looked at with dignity and not torn apart after being called a 'blog of tissue’. Stand with women today!

Happy International Women's Day! I stand for respecting women both inside and outside of the womb!
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What is something that stood out to you about this chapter? A lesson learned or something interesting?

Order Abby’s book and join this discussion: www.UnplannedTheBook.com

Checkout my reflection from:

Chapter 1, ‘The Ultrasound’

Chapter 2, 'The Volunteer Fair'

Chapter 3, 'The Power of a Secret'

Chapter 4, 'The Cause'
Chapter 5, 'The Bond of Compassion'
Chapter 6, '40 Days and 40 Nights' 

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

Reflection on Abby Johnson's Book 'Unplanned'

Over the last few months I've been reading Abby Johnson's book Unplanned where Abby shares about her experience of working at Planned Parenthood then converting to the pro-life side two years ago, after watching an ultrasound guided abortion.  Please join with me in reflecting upon Unplanned by commenting and sharing your thoughts about the book.

Read my reflections on chapters 1-6 and stay tuned tomorrow for chapter 7's reflection:

Chapter 1, ‘The Ultrasound’

Chapter 2, 'The Volunteer Fair'

Chapter 3, 'The Power of a Secret'

Chapter 4, 'The Cause'
Chapter 5, 'The Bond of Compassion'
Chapter 6, '40 Days and 40 Nights'

Order Abby’s book and join this discussion: www.UnplannedTheBook.com

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

A Testimony From Undercover Investigation of Texas Abortion Clinics

It broke my heart to read this article from a dear friend of mine, Ashley Colantuono, where she shares about her experiences from the last month while conducting an undercover investigation of twelve abortion clinics in Texas.   Please read this article and share this information with others about the horrific and illegal conduct of the twelve abortion clinics:

by Ashley Colantuono, age 22 

Campus Life Team Member

I was at the Walk for Life in San Francisco when I first learned of the opportunity to partner with Operation Rescue to go to Texas for a month and work undercover investigating abortion clinics. I was so excited, thinking about how cool it would be to go undercover and find out information that could potentially shut down abortion mills all over the state. I was pumped about exposing the lies, uncleanliness, and dark side of the abortion industry.

Those feelings began to fade as soon as we stepped off the plane in Dallas, Texas. As we were waiting for our bags, I began to think about how I was excited to expose the abortion industry to the country, but suddenly I wondered if I was ready to be exposed to that same reality. I began to feel overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility that I was taking on. After prayer and rooting myself in God’s Word, I took the first step.

Ashley talking to students about abortion during a 
2010 Campus Life Tour

After our first couple of days in Dallas, I began to realize that when you go up against the devil, your going to get hurt. Our state of the art equipment which we were using to document every visit, every phone call, and everything we did, started to become unreliable. On top of that, we ran into some issues with Planned Parenthood especially. One of our goals was to go after Planned Parenthood, but with the recent videos that were released just days before we left for Texas, Planned Parenthood was on high alert. We couldn’t get through by phone, or by visiting the clinic. At one clinic we were even warned by staff that when we come into the parking lot, before we enter the clinic, we would need to show I.D. and may risk a pat down. Which begs the question: If abortion providers have nothing to hide, shouldn’t their clients be treated the same as when a woman goes to the dentist, or gets her hair done? Continue Reading on Survivors Blog

Click here for a detailed report of the investigation.

Standing In Defence of the Voiceless,

Timmerie Millington

BREAKING NEWS: Widespread Abortion Abuses In Texas Exposed

Breaking news from Operation Rescue and Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust

Widespread Abortion Abuses in Texas Exposed from Operation Rescue on Vimeo.

Austin, Texas — Operation Rescue and Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust conducted an investigation of a dozen Texas abortion clinics, in which two female members of Survivors discovered horrifying violations of health, safety and privacy laws at nearly every abortion clinic they visited.  

"Through my work at colleges with the Campus Life Tour, I have met women who are convinced that abortion clinics are safe, law abiding, confidential, and clean.  As I discovered during our investigation, all of those claims are false," said CLT member Ashley Colantuono.  "I am horrified at the blatant disregard for the law and lack of care for women who are obtaining abortions.  Evidence gathered proves that abortion clinics throughout the state of Texas are unclean, unsafe, and their staff lack respect for women and their right to privacy."

“This investigation shows that violations of the law at abortion clinics are a widespread crisis of epidemic proportions,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “The evidence we uncovered of illegal activity reveals a systemic problem throughout Texas that is not confined to one particular clinic or group of clinics. These violations endanger the heath of women, violate the rights of women to be informed and have their medical records protected, and present health hazards to the general public.

We also found disturbing evidence of attempts to evade parental consent laws and child sex abuse reporting laws. This illegal activity endangers the safety and welfare of children throughout Texas.”

"Abortion may be the current law of the land; but abortion clinics should not be above the law.  It's scandalous enough that our tax dollars fund the killing of pre-born babies but these abortion clinics routinely protect child predators and sex traffickers. With our tax dollars these clinics endanger the lives of young women by brazenly violating health codes. Tax and medicare fraud runs rampant as the clinics avoid regulation and accountability. Laws are being broken, I hope Texas law enforcement will investigate thoroughly," states Jeff White, Founder and Executive Director of Survivors.



Introduction
Ashley Colantuono and Hannah Buckett, team members on the Survivors’ Campus Life Tour, were key participants in the investigation.  The abortion clinics that were subject of this investigation were randomly chosen.  Ashley and Hannah engaged in undercover telephone calls and visits to the clinics posing as the everyday woman seeking an abortion.  In addition, trash that had been discarded by the abortion clinics was collected, sorted, and documented. 





Colantuono and Buckett witnessed firsthand the practices of various abortion clinics where administration and medical staff routinely violated state and federal laws as well as health codes.  In each case laws were broken which placed women's health and privacy in danger.  They were also encouraged by staff members at several clinics to evade parental consent laws and child sex abuse reporting laws, while also being coached into lying to a judge about the boyfriend's age for a judicial bypass.

Most of the violations fell into five broad categories:

• The illegal disposal of hazardous bio-medical and infectious waste, including human urine, blood, and tissue that were recovered from open trash bins, along with the discovery of dirty and poorly maintained conditions inside the abortion clinics.

• Drug violations through the illegal disposal of vials still containing controlled substances that were found mixed in with bloody waste from the abortions.

• Massive violations of the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which is designed to protect the privacy of patients and their medical information. Hundreds of patient names, addresses, and other sensitive information was discovered and recovered that had been illegally dumped or discarded by the abortion clinics.

• Widespread abuses to the Texas mandated informed consent laws, where abortionists were recorded mocking the information or giving the information in such an inaudible manner that patients are heard on the recording complaining that they could not understand a word that was being said. This includes violations of the 24-hour waiting period.

• Undercover calls and visits to the abortion clinics revealed a pattern of willingness to help minors evade parental consent laws and ignore the mandatory reporting of child sex abuse.

“There is little doubt based on the evidence that crimes have been committed. We will be turning over all of the evidence we collected to the Attorney General’s office for his review,” said Newman.
There is little wonder that abortion abuses were found at every clinic that was investigated, considering the checkered backgrounds of the abortionists that operate them. At the twelve abortion clinics subject to this investigation, fifteen abortionists were identified as being associated with them. Of that fifteen, eight abortionists were found to have egregious records of illegal or unethical conduct including the following:

• Big-money malpractice lawsuits and/or settlements.
• Lost, revoked, suspended, or surrendered licenses in several states.
• Current personal injury lawsuits.
• Medical board actions and corrective orders for professional misconduct.
• Administrative penalties and fines for failure to comply with state regulations.
• No hospital privileges.
• Delinquencies in medical licensing.
• Federal conviction and ban from Medicaid, Medicare participation.
• Frequent use of unlicensed surgical assistants.
• Failure to have a licensed nurse or qualified employee present during. absence of administrator
• Death of female abortion patient.

Of the remaining seven abortionists, for which no previous record could be found, each of them were identified with violations during this investigation.
The investigation found yielded the following evidence, now in the possession of Operation Rescue:

• Human flesh remains from abortion, illegally dumped in the trash.
• Non-flesh abortion procedure waste (blood and suction tubes and syringes), illegally dumped in the trash.
• Urine cups with names and birth dates of patients clearly marked, illegally dumped in the trash.
• Dozens of sonograms with parental names clearly identifiable, infringing on patient privacy and violating HIPAA.
• Numerous patient charts, receipts, ledgers, and other private medical paperwork with full names, birth dates, addresses and phone numbers, financial information, procedure details and more.
• Recorded audio of clinic worker at Whole Women’s Health in McAllen telling the boyfriend of an underage pregnant girl that she will not report him for rape. (In Spanish)
• Recorded conversations from Women’s Whole Health conference calls of abortionists West, Molson, Randal and Kini making statements mocking informed consent laws, the TX legislature and the TX Dept of Health website with abortion info.
• Recorded instructions from abortionist West saying it will be “fine” for a woman to come to the clinic for her abortion in less than 24 hours, clearly violating Women’s Right to Know Act which specifies, “After you get this information, your doctor must wait 24 hours before your abortion can be performed.”
• Recorded audio of supposed “24-hour” right to know conference calls in which the abortionist is unintelligible and does not respond to patients requests to repeat information or speak clearly, and where the abortionist never comes on the line, both of which violate the patients’ legal rights.
• Recorded conversation with clinic worker in San Antonio instructing a 15-year-old how to get a judicial bypass and avoid the parental consent requirement.

A Photo Gallery has been created with pictures that document the physical evidence. Click here to view.


Illegal dumping of biohazard/infectious medical waste
Found improperly discarded the trash outside Whole Women’s Health in McAllen, Texas, large packets of material wrapped in blue paper with labels that noted the date of the abortion and other notations. Inside the packets were bloody tubing, cannulas, and gauze pads wrapped in large blue paper closed with masking tape bearing the date of the abortion.
Some of the packets also contained human tissue that appeared to be partial remains of aborted babies left to putrefy in the open dumpster where animals or people could encounter it.


Drug violations

Medication vials of I.V. and injectable drugs were found in the dumpsters mixed with packets containing the bloody refuse from abortions. Some of those bottles were still partially full. Drugs included injectable versions of the following:

• Lidocaine, a numbing drug that has caused death in abortion patients.
• Methergine, which is applied to the uterus to control bleeding.
• Midazolam, (Versed), a drug that depresses the nervous system.
• Others.

There was a concern that children or others could have discovered the partially filled drug vials and suffered serious injury if they had ingested any of it. Also discovered were empty prescription slips that could have misused to illegally obtain prescription drugs. The dumping of these items shows a gross disregard for public health and safety.
HIPAA Violations/Illegal Medical Record Dumping

The Federal government has enacted the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which is designed to protect the privacy of patients and their medical information. Records that contain medical information and patient identification must be properly stored or disposed in such a way as to protect the privacy of patients.


Abortion promoters often make a public case that abortion records are particularly private. In Kansas, a three year politically motivated legal battle ensued over law enforcement subpoenas for abortion records for the purpose of investigating the sexual abuse of children. In the end, law enforcement had to drop its attempts to ensure the safety of underage girls who had abortions in Kansas because it was denied access to the children’s names in the interest of protecting their privacy.


Hypocritically, abortion clinics in Texas were shown to have lack of concern for patient privacy.
In at least nine cases, full documents were dumped containing such detailed information as patient name, the name of her escort to the abortion clinic, the date of her abortion, weather she was a return patient, the cost of her abortion and how it was being funded, gestational age of her pre-born baby, and the patient’s referral source. (Example 1, Example 2)


As a matter of routine, the abortion clinics that were investigated in Texas illegally dumped records and even cups of urine with the abortion patient’s name, birth date, and other information. Full and partially shredded ultrasound records were found with patient identifying information on them.


NAF Connection

On some of the abortion records illegally dumped by Whole Women’s Health indicate that the National Abortion Federation (NAF) paid portions of the cost of some abortions.


All five Whole Women’s Health abortion clinics in Texas, as well as one location in Baltimore, Maryland, are members of the NAF, according to both the WWH and the NAF websites. In fact out of the twelve abortion clinics that were subject of this investigation, half of them belong to the NAF, while at least one other non-affiliated clinic employed an NAF abortionist.
Because of their involvement with the majority of abortion clinics that were found to have violations during this investigation, it is recommended that the NAF be held criminally responsible along with the offending abortionists and clinics for these illegal and unethical acts.


Filthy and Unsafe Clinic Conditions



The abortion clinics themselves were in various stages of uncleanness and disrepair. Bathroom conditions were particularly appalling. Some clinics had one bathroom that was shared by men and women, including post-surgical abortion patients. Bloody smears could be seen on the toilet and other areas of the McAllen Whole Women’s Health clinic. Faucets were corroded and leaking.
Poor lighting in the waiting and examination areas was the result of numerous burned out bulbs. A leaky roof had damaged the ceiling and created the possibility of an unhealthful mold infestation. (More photos)


Gross Disregard for Informed Consent laws
Informed consent was another area where Whole Women’s Health and other abortion clinics displayed excessive problems. Women scheduled for abortions were given phone numbers and access codes for participation in a conference call the day before their abortions where a licensed physician was supposed to be live, on the line to give them the information mandated by State Law and answer questions.
The abortionists generally showed resentment toward the law and a complete disrespect for women and their right to know the risks of abortion. Some abortionists openly refuted the state mandated information, particularly concerning abortion’s breast cancer connection and risk of future infertility. Others left out some information completely, such as the fact that Texas law states that if a woman decides to keep her baby, the father must pay child support even if he has offered to pay for the abortion. In some cases, the abortionists did not allow questions, as required by law. Others simply played recordings and were not live on the call at all. Patients of second trimester abortions were given the same information as first trimester abortion patients, even though the procedures are vastly different.



During one conference call recorded on January 10, 2011, abortionist William West of Whole Women’s Health can be heard mocking the information he is required by law to tell women. After he says that he is required to say that abortion presents a risk for breast cancer, he launches into a mocking rebuttal of the information he just told them.

The anti-abortion folks have waged this fear campaign for years now, um, making numerous false charges about the quote dangers of abortion, and uh, one completely fictitious this is drummed up spread all around is that there is an increased risk of breast cancer and interfernce with future childbearing and so forth. None of these are true. It’s their attempt to scare you out of having an abortion.

“If this does not violate the letter of the law, it certainly undermines the intent of the legislature, which determined that women should have certain information on which to make an informed decision,” said Newman. “It is his remarks that are grossly untrue, and he should be held accountable for misleading women about abortion risks.”


Later in that same call, one woman expresses concern that her appointment is not 24 hours from the time of the conference call, as required by law.

Caller: Hello?
West: Yes.
Caller: My appointment is tomorrow morning and if I called now, is this enough time? It’s less than 24 hours.
West: Yes.
Caller: And that’ll be okay?
West: Um-hm.
Caller: Thank you.

In addition, West did not give the web address to the Texas Department of Health website as required by law.
Listen to excerpts from this call. (2 min. 37 sec.)





Other calls required by informed consent legislation were so unintelligible that patients expressed concerns that they could understand anything that was being said.

Caller 1: We can’t understand you!
Another voice: Hello! The conference is over.
Caller 1: We don’t understand anything he’s saying.
[Other patients agree]
Caller 1: How can we ask questions about anything? We can’t understand what he’s saying.
Caller 1: Nobody can understand what he’s saying. They should get someone who can speak better. We can’t understand what he’s telling us. He’s telling us so many things and we don’t know what he’s saying. He’s speaking Pakistan and we’re in America, right?
Another voice: Is the conference over?
A different voice: That was Spanish.
Another woman: Yeah the conference is over.
Caller 1: This is really not funny. I mean I don’t, no one, we can’t understand what he’s–the information…
Clinic Worker: Okay, if you didn’t understand anything the physician said, you’re more than welcome to listen to a recording available at 5:30 in the afternoon. You have already complied with the Texas Department of Health.
Someone else: And when you call back MUTE your phones so that there’s no background noise.
Caller 1: It’s not the background noise. I can’t understand him.
…
Caller 1: But at 5:30 I’m gonna call back to hear the same recording, so whatever.
Clinic Worker: It’s your decision…You’ve already complied. So I mean, basically, that’s all you need.

Listen to excerpts from this call. (3 min. 35 sec.)



Coaching Minors to Evade the Law

One undercover conversation with a receptionist named “Lupa” at Franz Theard’s clinic, Hill Top Reproductive, in El Paso was particularly disturbing. The caller posed as a 17-year old minor who wanted an abortion. The receptionist quickly scheduled an abortion for her for the following Saturday at 9:00 am and told her to bring and I.D. and $460. That is when the call to a disconcerting turn.

Caller: Can I get a note for the doctor? Um…
Lupa: Why?
Caller: For school?
Lupa: [Unintelligible]—school?
Caller: ‘Cuz I’m still in high school.
Lupa: How old are you?
Caller: Seventeen.
Lupa: If you’re 17, your parent needs to come with you.
Caller: Oh, uh, I don’t want the–
Lupa: Do they know you’re pregnant?
Caller: No. No.
Lupa: We have another clinic. It’s in Sunland Park in Santa Teresa–
Caller: Santa Theresa where?
Lupa: Uh-huh. There you don’t need an appointment and you don’t need your parents. You could go on Tuesday.
Caller: On Tuesday? Oh.
Lupa: Yes, and it will be at 1:30.
Caller: 1:30? With the same doctor?
Lupa: Yes, ma’am.
Caller: Okay. So on Tuesday, in Santa Teresa I can go–?
Lupa: –address?
Caller: I need the address.
Lupa: It’s 5290 McNutt Road.

Lupa then assures the caller that she will see Dr. Theard and that she does not need to tell her parents.


Listen to the entire conversation. (3 min. 47 sec. Requires Quicktime)


Santa Teresa is a community across state lines from El Paso in New Mexico, where abortion laws are essentially non-existent. It has become obvious that Theard keeps this clinic open for the purpose of circumventing Texas abortion laws that require minors must have the consent of their parents before abortions can be done.


“If encouraging a minor to cross state lines to evade the laws of her home state isn’t illegal, it ought to be,” said Newman. “Those laws were enacted to protect young girls and to protect the integrity of the family and parental rights. Theard is openly defying the intent of the Texas legislature and trampling the rights of parents while profiting off the vulnerability of their underage daughters. It’s really quite despicable.”


Mum’s the Word on Child Rape

In one undercover conversation, a Spanish speaking man called the Whole Women’s Health abortion clinic in McAllen and inquired about an abortion for his underage girlfriend. A staffer tells him that his girlfriend needs a judicial bypass, and gives him detailed instructions on how to obtain one so her parents will not find out. The court process for judicial bypass takes 2-3 days. At the end of the call, the staffer assures the male caller that she will NOT report him to anyone.


Listen to the call. (8 min. 29 sec. in Spanish)


In another call, an investigator posing as a 15-year old girl spoke with a clinic employee named Melissa at Whole Women’s Health in San Antonio reveals the ease with which an underage girl can get a judicial bypass for just about any reason. Below is a partial transcript of relevant portions of the call.

Caller: …so, like it doesn’t matter if my boyfriend’s over 21 or anything?
Melissa: No
Caller: It’s confidential, you won’t report anything?
Melissa: Even if you get a judicial bypass, everything is confidential. We don’t release any of your information to anybody.

[Later in the call, the worker slightly modifies her story, but the conversation remains confusing on this point.]


Listen to excerpt of this call. (8 min. 7 sec. Requires Quicktime)


Clinic worker Melissa had never seen a judge deny a judicial bypass. From this, it appears that judges are abusing the judicial bypass option and are not digging deep enough into what is really going on with underage girls in order to make a determination if she is being coerced or is covering up for an adult boyfriend. This idea of looking the other way and simply rubber-stamping abortions leaves minor girls in continued risk of sexual abuse and exploitation by older men – all to be kept secret from their parents, the people who likely care about the girls the most.


Conclusion


From evidence found during this three-month investigation of a random sampling of twelve Texas abortion clinics it is clear that there is a widespread problem with abortion clinics failing to comply with state and federal law and with state and local health codes.


Texas has many good laws that were enacted to protect women from abortion abuses. Unfortunately, there has been a gross lack of oversight and enforcement on the part of state authorities that has created an atmosphere where abortionists can openly flout the law with impunity and with no consequences.
Such a regulatory collapse in the State of Pennsylvania led to conditions where someone like abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who was recently arrested and charged with eight counts of murder, after a grand jury discovered that he was running what they described as a squalid “charnel house.” Texas comes very close to regulatory failure uncovered in Pennsylvania.


As of this writing, Operation Rescue is in the process of filing complaints with the Texas Medical Board against each abortionist involved in violations. A complaint has already been filed with the Texas State Department of Health. An investigation is underway. All evidence of crimes collected during this investigation is currently scheduled to be turned over to the custody of the Texas Attorney General’s office on March 2, 2011.


We make the following recommendations:

• Increased oversight: Abortion clinics must be routinely subject to surprise inspections. The Texas Medical Board and Department of Health needs to do better in ensuring that abortionists and their clinics meet legal and safety requirements. Those that are unable or unwilling to come into full compliance should be shut down.
• Strict enforcement of existing laws: When criminal conduct is discovered, charges should be filed. If the law has no teeth, there will never be compliance, and women will continue to be subjected to filthy and shoddy treatment that not only disrespects them as human beings, but endangers their health and safety.
• Additional legislation with stronger penalties for noncompliance: Texas needs to tighten up regulations to eliminate the abuses discovered in this investigation, especially concerning the coaching of minors and their adult abusers how to avoid being reported for child sex abuse. Also, laws should be enacted to halt the referral of minors over state lines to avoid parental consent laws in Texas in order to protect minor girls from exploitation, protect parental rights, and protect the integrity of the family.
• Inform the Judges: Those involved in judicial bypasses must be made aware that minor girls are being coached to abuse the system and protect overage sexual relationships. Judges must guard against the process being misused to keep underage child sex and the possibility that a child is being sexually exploited secret from caring parents.
• Investigate the National Abortion Federation: The NAF is a national association of abortion clinics that is purported to adhere to strict abortion standards. However, we have found from this and other investigations in other states that NAF clinics appear to be among the worst violators in the nation. While claiming to self-police, then instead are more likely to excuse and cover up abortion abuses that endanger the public safety. This disturbing trend of NAF clinic abuses should be investigated at the state and federal levels.