620 ACTS OF PRO-ABORTION VIOLENCE IN NY STATE ALONE
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General Categories:
- Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide
- Attempted Murder and Solicitation or Conspiracy to Commit Murder
- Torture, Kidnapping, Rape and Stalking
- Arson and Firebombing
- Assault and Battery
- Death Threats and Bomb Threats
- Sex Crimes
- Conspiracy, Extortion, Blackmail, Bribery and Coercion
- Drug Crimes
- Property Crimes
- Medical Crimes
- Fraud-Related Crimes
City:
Albany. Assault/Battery (1)
Buffalo. Murder/Manslaughter/Infanticide (1) Assault/Battery (3) Death and
Bomb Threats (2) Sex Crimes (2) Drug Crimes (1) Medical Crimes (4)
New York City. Murder/Manslaughter/Infanticide (2) Attempted
Murder/Solicitation or Conspiracy to Commit Murder (1)
Torture/Kidnapping/Rape/Stalking (2) Assault/Battery (16) Death and Bomb
Threats (13) Sex Crimes (4) Drug Crimes (1) Property Crimes (2) Medical
Crimes (534) Fraud-Related Crimes (19)
Syracuse. Assault/Battery (8) Death and Bomb Threats (3)
Watertown. Assault/Battery (1)
Incident Summary by City:
Albany Area [Troy] -- Assault, Reckless Endangerment, Aggravated Criminal
Contempt and Criminal Contempt In May 1997, pro-abortionist Darren Jones beat
his six-month pregnant girlfriend, Marquita Evans, whose unborn child died
after the attack. Rensselaer County District Attorney Ken Bruno says no
murder charge was filed because he could not prove that the baby's death was
due to the actions of Jones.
Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html,
May 29, 1997.
Buffalo -- Fatal Botched Abortions (2 incidents), Criminally Negligent
Homicide and Public Lewd Acts Abortionist Jesse Ketchum was convicted of
criminally negligent homicide after killing 25-year old Margaret Louise Smith
on June 16, 1971. A pathologist determined that Margaret bled to death from
"laceration of the entire length of the cervix, lower segment of the uterus,
and the broad ligament."
Just a few months later, one of his abortions killed a woman who traveled
from Ohio for a vaginal hysterotomy abortion in Ketchum's office. She was
admitted to a hospital, in shock, the next day, and died of hemorrhage during
a laparotomy on October 20, 1971. The coroner noted that "At autopsy, removal
of sutures which completely closed the cervix revealed a laceration extending
the length of the cervical canal into the uterus and the right uterine
artery."
This latter case led to his conviction on charges of criminally negligent
homicide on October 26, 1973. His petition to overturn conviction on
constitutional grounds was denied. Abortionist Milan Vuitch testified in
Ketchum's defense.
Of two doctors known to have been performing outpatient hysterotomy abortions
in New York City in the early 1970s, Ketchum performed 18 of the 19
outpatient hysterotomies reported. Both reported deaths from outpatient
hysterotomies were Ketchum's patients, giving his outpatient hysterotomy
practice an 11% mortality rate. On April 12, 1974, Ketchum was found guilty
and fined $50 for sitting in a porno theater, masturbating with his pants
around his knees. (2227 - NY Medical board documents)
United States District Court for Western New York, Ketchum v. Ward; Journal
of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, March 1974;
NewYork State Journal of Medicine, October 1975; Obstetrics and Gynecology,
March 1974; Western District, New York District Court #Civ-75-79; New York
Supreme Court, County of Erie, Index #D88030.
Buffalo -- Felony Assault and Criminal Mischief On December 5, 1988, Buffalo
abortionist Barnett Slepian went wild when several pro-lifers sang Christmas
carols outside his home on a public sidewalk. Slepian grabbed a baseball bat
and severely injured Ronald Breymeier, 48, by beating him on the head, back,
and arms, before smashing out all of the windows on Breymeier's van. Slepian
surrendered to Town of Amherst police at his home a short time afterwards,
and was charged with felony assault and criminal mischief. Local
pro-abortionists vocally supported this incredibly violent attack. Abortion
mill owner Marilynn Buckham told the Buffalo News "I think it's [picketing]
religious persecution. These `good Christians' don't respect anyone else's
religion." At Slepian's `trial,' Amherst Town Justice Sherwood Bestry said to
him, "The Court feels you have suffered a great deal on account of this."
Following this mock `trial,' the Amherst Town Board immediately banned the
picketing of homes by pro-lifers.
Paul Likoudis, "Buffalo Abortionist Arrested on Sex-Abuse Charges." The
Wanderer, January 5, 1988, page 1; Associated Press, December 6 and 7, 1988.
Buffalo -- Second-Degree Assault, First Degree Sexual Abuse, First Degree
Unlawful Imprisonment, Possession of Illegal Drugs and Hypodermics, Resisting
Arrest, and Obstruction of Governmental Administration. Abortionist Tati
Okereke was arrested after a Christmas Eve party in the Buffalo Hyatt Regency
and charged with second-degree assault, first degree sexual abuse, first
degree unlawful imprisonment, possession of illegal drugs and hypodermics,
resisting arrest, and obstruction of governmental administration. His former
girlfriend was found handcuffed to a bed, with drugs and needles were
scattered on the floor nearby. Police had to forcibly subdue Okereke when he
was arrested. In 1982, he was charged with two counts of sexual abuse, but
was acquitted by a State Supreme Court jury.
The New York State medical board investigated numerous allegations including
fondling patient's breasts, and injecting patients with medication making
them groggy, then engaging in sexual intercourse with them against their
will. One of these women testified that she could not move but kept crying
"What are you doing?," and another patient testified that after examining her
vagina, the abortionist licked his fingers. His medical license was revoked
in 1989.
Paul Likoudis. "Buffalo Abortionist Arrested on Sex-Abuse Charges." The
Wanderer, January 5, 1989, page 1.
Buffalo -- Assault On April 18, 1992, pro-abortionists repeatedly attacked
the Rev. Paul Schenck during a protest outside the Buffalo Gyn Womenservices
abortion mill. David Germain.
"Abortion-Rights Advocates Attack, Taunt Minister." The Oregonian, April 19,
1992, page A19.
Buffalo -- Death Threat In the student newspaper of the State University of
New York at Buffalo, pro-abortionist Michelle Goldberg raved "If I couldn't
have an abortion safely and legally, I would find another way. If I ended up
dead from hemorrhaging with a coathanger up my cunt, the anti-choicers will
have murdered me as surely as they murdered Dr. David Gunn, and as surely as
they murdered the thousands who died from illegal abortions before 1973.
Anti-choicers have declared war on women. Now it's up to us to fight back. If
that means guarding the [abortion] clinic doors with Uzis, then that's what
will have to be done. Just once, I'd like to see someone blow up one of those
churches. ... This week is anti-choice week at UB [University of Buffalo]. If
you see one of them showing their disgusting videos or playing with toy
fetuses, do your part and spit at them. Kick them in the head. Give them the
name of your therapist. They call it "Cemetery of the Innocents." I call it
graveyard of the oppressed. Their God is worth nothing compared to my body.
Abortion is a bit bloody. So is a root canal. It's a fucking operation! If
you think abortion is gruesome, you should see childbirth; an ordeal that is
ten times more dangerous to a woman's health ... The anti-choice movement is
like self-help for them. Too bad there's no "Fanatics Anonymous" to give them
the help they need."
Michelle Goldberg, Feature Editor. "Rant for Choice." The Spectrum [State
University of New York at Buffalo], quoted in "Student Editors Print Threats
Against Pro-Lifers." HLI Update, November 1995, page 1; Operation Rescue
Newsletter, November 25, 1995.
Buffalo -- Involuntary Abortion (2 incidents) New York State fined
abortionist Rafael G. Cunanan, Jr., $10,000 after he aborted two women
without asking them if they wanted abortions, and for mistakenly sterilizing
a third woman.
"Doctor Fined Over Abortions, Mistakenly Sterilizing Women." Buffalo News,
October 1, 1997, page A1; Tony Gosgnach. "Cases Reveal a Path of Destruction
Through Women, Children, and Society." The Interim, September 1998.
Buffalo Area [Cheektowaga] -- Death Threat On November 6, 1998,
pro-abortionists mailed letters to two Catholic churches and a pro-life group
with threats that they contained anthrax bacteria. The victims were St.
Matthew's Church and School in Indianapolis, Queen of Martyrs' Church in
Cheektowaga, New York, and the Chicago office of Joe Scheidler's Pro-Life
Action League. The letters said "You have been exposed to anthrax."
"Anthrax Threats Against Catholic Churches, Pro-Life Group." Catholic World
News Briefs, November 10, 1998.
New York City -- Murder, Gross Incompetence (5 incidents), and Negligence (3
incidents) Abortionist David Benjamin (also know as Elyas Bonrouhi) killed
33-year old Honduran native Guadalupe Negron, a mother of four at the Metro
Women's Center abortion mill in Queens, New York, on July 9, 1993.
Benjamin's license had been revoked a month earlier for "gross incompetence
and negligence" in rupturing the uteruses of five other women, but medical
officials allowed him to continue his practice. But as early as 1980, after
he was dismissed from a Utica hospital for substandard work, New York health
officials already knew that he was a public health menace.
During Negron's abortion, Benjamin proceeded to extract pieces of a 20-week
old preborn baby without first performing any kind of examination. He
lacerated Negron's cervix and punctured her uterus, causing severe bleeding.
The abortion began at 10 AM. The receptionist for the abortion mill testified
that Negron was moved into recovery and was not monitored for over an hour.
Benjamin's wife, who acted as an assistant, took her back into the exam room
and came out screaming, "Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Call the ambulance!
Call the ambulance!" Benjamin did not summon an ambulance until 1:40 PM.
Paramedics found a breathing tube inserted into Negron's stomach instead of
her trachea, causing stomach fluids to travel up the tube, into the mask, and
down into her lungs. A paramedic said he found Negron naked and bloody, while
a nurse was screaming and trying to revive her in a small, unventilated room
with an inadequate oxygen tank and no necessary equipment such as blood
pressure cuff. The paramedic stated Benjamin lied about nature of Negron's
problem, hindering attempts to save her. Negron's autopsy report attributed
her death to massive bleeding causing shock and cardiac arrest.
Benjamin was indicted on murder charges due to "depraved indifference to
human life." A paramedic told a reporter "I wouldn't take my dog there
(Benjamin's clinic)." Benjamin was charged with second-degree murder. A news
article indicates that Benjamin's attorney found fault with the paramedic for
presuming the information given to him by Benjamin was complete and accurate.
Benjamin's license was revoked in 1993 over charges pending prior to Negron's
death.
Even the National Abortion Federation (NAF) applauded Benjamin's murder
conviction. "The evidence presented in the case makes clear that Dr.
Benjamin's practices were absolutely unacceptable," said Vicki Saporta,
Executive Director of NAF. "Shoddy and substandard doesn't even begin to
describe his methods. He should not have been practicing medicine."
Strangely, though the NAF had done nothing prior to Negron's death to stop
Benjamin from practicing medicine.
Benjamin had previously been found guilty of, among other things, gross
negligence, gross incompetence, and abandoning or neglecting a patient and
failing to keep accurate medical records. His license had been suspended for
three months and he had received a period of probation. He had also lost
privileges in two hospitals in 1982 and 1983. He applied for hospital
priviliges in 1989, fraudulently concealed these disclipliary actions. News
reports described his abortion mill as a "slaughterhouse" and "dark, filthy,
poorly ventilated." News articles alleged Benjamin also did abortions in the
the basement of his house, and that he disappeared after an investigation
into Negron's death was begun.
PRI Newswire, August 8, 1995; Dave Andrusko. "Doctor Indicted in New York
Woman's Abortion Death." The Wanderer, September 2, 1993, pages 1 and 6; Paul
Likoudis. "Investigators Cast a Wide Net To Find Abortionist's Murderer." The
Wanderer, December 10, 1998, pages 1 and 10; Dave Andrusko. "[David] Benjamin
Indicted On Murder Charges." National Right to Life News, September 14, 1993,
page 5; Dave Andrusko. "Indictment Pending In New York Woman's Abortion
Death." National Right to Life News, August 11, 1993, pages 5 and 24; New
York Daily News, July 11 and 13, 1992, and July 11, 13 and 14, 1993; New York
Post, August 11, 1993; Medical Board Order Number BPMC-93-79; New York Times
Metro Section, July 18 and 20, 1995; and New York Newsday, August 23, 1993.
New York City Area [Jericho] -- Attempted Murder, Fraud and Malpractice (8
incidents) On June 6, 1993, abortionist Stanley Brown tried to run down
79-year old Mrs. Margaret Cowell with his car. Brown had his medical license
suspended for two years by the by the State Board of Health in 1988 for
leaving preborn body parts in women's uteruses; perforating uteruses; acting
as both anesthesiologist and surgeon; administering the wrong anesthesia;
performing tubal ligations without the consent of the patients; for having
gaps and blanks in his medical records; for falsifying diagnoses to insure
payment; misjudging a 17 week preborn baby for a 10 week baby, and other
violations.
Rev. John T. Murphy, "Violence and Disruption Report," December 15, 1994;
Rev. John T. Murphy, Save the Babies Foundation newsletter, November 1994,
page 2.
New York City -- Infanticide Abortionist Boyd Cooper performed a July 1979
abortion at 23 weeks at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The 2-pound, 2-ounce
infant boy gasped and attempted to breathe, but no efforts made to revive or
help the little one, because he was so small and the parents wanted him dead.
So the little baby was placed in a utility room used as infant morgue. Cooper
insturcted a nurse, "Leave the baby there it will die." The nurse testified
that the infant was still gasping in the closet when she returned to work 12
hours later. Cooper then agreed to allow transfer to intesive care, where
infant died 4 days later.
To show the depths of denial the medical community will go to in order to
protect abortionists, the infant's death was ruled "accidental!"
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1981.
New York City -- Kidnapping, Child Rape, Lewd Behavior, and Fatal Botched
Abortion Abortionist Ronald Tauber was convicted in 1982 of first degree
criminal sexual assault and second degree criminal sexual misconduct. On July
14, 1980, he kidnapped a six year old girl "and did engage in sexual
penetration with said victim." He was charged November 10, filed a motion of
insanity March 15, 1982, was ordered to underto a psychiatric examination
relating to the insanity claim on March 30, and was arrested again April 22,
1982 on charge of "indecent exposure, assault with intent to commit
kidmapping, and assault with intent to commit sexual penetration of a female
minor in Birmingham, Michigan." He spent seven years in prison on these
charges. He also admitted that, on December 7, 1981, he engaged in
masturbation in his car while children were exiting Cody High School. The
Board dropped the revocation proceedings because Tauber was expected to be
incarcerated beyond the expiration of his medical license.
He had previously killed 34-year old Gloria Small in a botched abortion in
Florida, and admitted to exposing himself to more than 700 women and young
girls. Amazingly, despite his sordid record, he is still currently licensed
to commit abortions in New York State. This shows how the medical profession
will protect abortionists, no matter how incompetent or depraved, at any
cost.
Miami Herald, July 20, 1979; Orlando Sentinel Star, April 20, 1978; Chris
McKenna. "Convicted Molester Gets OK to Resume Med Practice." New York Post,
October 28, 1992, page 4.
New York City -- Fatal Botched Abortions (2 incidents) Abortionist Edward
Rubin fatally botched second-trimester abortions on Lynn McNair, a
24-year-old mother of two, on March 24, 1979, and Dawn Mendoza, also a mother
of two, on June 29, 1988.
In the latter case, Mendoza's brother, had accompanied her, and was
instructed to wait in a grassy park across the street and come back to get
her at 4 PM. He returned and was told to wait two more times, and when he
returned at 5:30, his sister was dead. She "started gasping for breath, and
then she yelled out." Her blood pressure fell, and the abortion mill staff
attempted resuscitation, but they did not bother to call an ambulance.
Autopsy report #88-1488; and New York Post, July 4, 1989.
New York City -- Fatal Botched Abortion On January 24, 1985, abortionist Alan
Kline aborted and killed 13-year old Dawn Ravenell at the Eastern Women's
Center abortion mill. Dawn's 15-year-old boyfriend paid the $450 abortion fee
with a family member's credit card. Osteopathic nurse Robert Augent gave Dawn
only half the dose necessary for the operation. Dawn awoke five minutes into
the abortion procedure and began to vomit and choke. Kline put a breathing
tube into her throat and failed to extract the remainder of the preborn
child. Despite her obviously serious difficulties, Kline left her unattended
in the abortion mill's recovery room, where she suffered a heart attack and
slipped into a coma.
Her parents were notified only when she was brought to St. Luke's Hospital.
She was comatose for three weeks and died on February 11, 1985. In an
interview, her mother said, "They told me I had to come in [to St. Luke's]
right away, that Dawn is here at that hospital fighting for her life ... How
could she be fighting for her life? She left this morning, going to school,
looking healthy, never been sick ... While I was in the hospital sitting
there, I had to keep my hand over my mouth to keep from screaming in horror.
I could not believe this was happening. I said this is a bad dream, I'm going
to wake up and this would not have happened.")
When a judge asked Kline if his patient's young age had captured his
attention, he responded, "Oh, no. I've done 13-year-olds before. When they're
10, maybe I'll notice." Court testimony showed that Kline and facility
fabricated medical records in attempt to conceal their mistakes. The Court
awarded $1.2 million to the plaintiffs, and the jury labeled his indifference
to human life "an abomination." Kline testified in defense of fellow
abortionist Harold Tictin, who aborted a 7-month fetus he had estimated as 3
months, stating that he himself had mistaken gestational ages by as much as
10 weeks.
Ray Kerrison. "A Child Died in the Care of this `Hero' Abortion Doc." New
York Post, August 15, 1994, pages 2 and 18. St. Petersburg Times, May 12,
1988; New York Post, December 11, 1990 and August 7, 1991 and August 15,
1994; New York Daily News, December 1, 1990; New York County Supreme Court
Index #22504/85;
New York City Area [Bridgewater, New Jersey] -- Aggravated Assault On
September 21, 1998, pro-abortionist Drew Stauffenberg was charged with
aggravated assault for having physically attacked his wife resulting in the
death of their preborn child. Stauffenberg's wife told police that her
husband had "expressed a wish for her to have an abortion" after finding out
that she was pregnant. Police note that the attack, which occurred after an
argument on August 30th, involved Stauffenberg bear-hugging her and
repeatedly squeezing her stomach. After pulling away and warning her husband
that he would hurt the baby, his wife reports that he punched her in the
stomach and physically forced her out of the house. After an examination,
doctors at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville determined that her 10 week
old preborn child had died as a result of her injuries which caused damage to
her amniotic sac and uterus.
"Abortion Crazed Man Kills Child in Womb: Courts Unable to Lay Murder
Charges." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, September 24, 1998
and New Jersey Star Ledger, September 22, 1998.
New York City -- Forced Abortion, Assault and Unauthorized Practice of
Medicine Mark Redeker, a second-year resident in obstetrics and gynecology at
Jamaica Hospital, was charged with assault and unauthorized practice of
medicine with regards to an August 31, 1998 incident in which he tied up his
girlfriend, blindfolded her and injected her with a depressant drug with the
intention of causing her to have a miscarriage. Redeker was freed on $10,000
bail and suspended from the hospital.
"Doctor Charged with Assault of Pregnant Friend." The Knoxville
News-Sentinel, September 3, 1998, page A11; "Doctor Performs Unwanted
Abortion." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at
http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, September 3, 1998.
New York City -- Assault (5 incidents), Death Threat and Harassment Anne
Maloney, a pro-life feminist and a pro-life delegate to the 1992 Democratic
Convention, received a "death threat and other harassment" after declining to
vote for Bill Clinton at the Convention. Anne said "I thought this was a
party where everybody could have a voice. Instead, however, I was screamed
at, shoved, pushed, and verbally harassed. I have 21 black-and-blue marks on
my legs from the shoving. One large heavyset man attempted to rip my sign
from my hand, wrenching my shoulder in the process. In the row in front of us
while all of this was going on, there was Walter Mondale. He didn't say or do
anything." Pro-life observer Angel Bennett said, "I was told to get out of
the Democratic Party. ... I watched, horrified, as a gentle woman was hit in
the face with signs, kicked and shoved without any security bothering to
remove the perpetrators. ..." Another Minnesota pro-life delegate, Grant
Colstrom, of the United Auto Workers, said: "A pro-abortion Minnesota
delegate pushed and shoved me until he succeeded in getting me partially out
of the spot I had been in for seven hoursin order to keep me from holding any
"STOP ABORTION NOW" signs before the cameras. He threatened to punch me if I
attempted to regain my prime spot. He bragged to his cohorts that they did
not have to worrythat he had me `under control.'" Another woman pro-life
delegate, only a few feet away, was being continually body-pressed by a woman
trying to force her out of her chair for almost one-half hour. Later, a large
aggressive male delegate karate chopped at her arms about six times.
Abortion Report, October 19, 1993, quoted in All About Issues,
November-December 1993, page 9, and Nat Hentoff. "Freedom of Speech Under
President Clinton," Village Voice.
...THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE, THOUSANDS IF YOU COUNT THE REST OF THE STATES.
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