[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Twice Convicted abortionist is now....a Principal!

Wed Mar 19 11:18:48 MDT 2008

*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 19 Mar 2008 AD #2

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http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/03/convicted_felon.html#more

March 18, 2008
*Convicted felon abortionist is Chicago Public School principal*

I received this email yesterday from an 8th grader at *Lavizzo 
Elementary School <http://lavizzo.cps.k12.il.us/>* in *Chicago*:

    Abortionist Dr. *Arnold Bickham* is our PRINCIPAL....

    I read your article
    <http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/02/so_whats_new.html> on
    Dr. Bickham. Well our students including teachers aren't comfortable
    with being around him and we want help. If he has this kind of back
    ground he shouldn't be able to work in this type of organization
    because you'll never know what he will try to do.....

    We want to go on strike and have the news up at our school because
    this is very disturbing news.

I followed up by speaking by phone with the student.

Long story short: It's true. Abortionist and principal Arnold Bickham 
(pictured right from school website 
<http://lavizzo.cps.k12.il.us/administration.htm>) are one and the same.

Having "abortionist" on one's resumé isn't necessarily grounds for not 
hiring.

But Bickham is also a twice convicted felon.

In 1979 Bickham spent 2 years in prison for "defrauding the government 
of job training money to subsidize the payroll of his Michigan Avenue 
clinic," according to the /*Chicago Sun-Times*/.

And in 1989, according to /*RealChoice.com*/ 
<http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/deaths/bl86smoore.htm>, Bickham 
was arrested for practicing medicine without a license and sentenced to 
30 months probation, 2,600 hours community service, and a $10k fine in 
lieu of 6 months in jail. Police found 3 handguns on the scene as well 
as drugs Bickham was obviously not licensed to dispense.

I spoke with *Chicago Public Schools *spokesperson *Mike Vaughn* today. 
He told me the Lavizzo school council, comprised of 6 elected parents, 2 
elected community representatives, and 1 teacher, awarded Bickham a 
4-year contract on July 1, 2005. "We did supply them with the full 
background search on Dr. Bickham," said Vaughn.

Added Vaughn, "I did confirm with the law department that the crimes he 
was convicted of were not enumerated offenses that state school code 
lists as prohibiting someone from working for the school district."

Bickham's IL medical license has been revoked 3 times: in 1970 for 
committing abortions on nonpregnant women, in 1979 following revelations 
about him in the /*Chicago Sun-Times*/ *Abortion Profiteer* 
<http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/02/so_whats_new.html> series, 
and in 1988 for good after he killed aborting patient *Sylvia Moore* 
<http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/deaths/bl86smoore.htm>.

Bickham also had his IN license revoked in 1979 and never reinstated.

Bickham still goes by "Dr." on the school website 
<http://lavizzo.cps.k12.il.us/administration.htm>. Perhaps he got a PhD. 
I called him this morning to ask about that among other things, but he 
never returned my call.

Bickham ran or aborted at 3 *Chicago* area abortion mills and owned an 
unlicensed *Indianapolis *mill until it was closed in 1979.

*Pro-Life Action League* and *Monica Miller *(now involved in the 
*Hodari* case) found boxes and bags of 600 aborted babies in 1987 in the 
trash behind a mill Bickham either presently or formerly owned, the 
*Michigan Avenue Medical Center*.

I spoke with *Ann Scheidler* of PLAL today about Bickham and she scanned 
some photos they took and released at a press conference at the time. 
These have never before posted on the Internet. The rows of ziplocks 
below (click to enlarge) are preborn body bags.

Aside from killing Moore, Bickham was sued several other times for 
malpractice for infection, internal injuries, perforated uterus, and 
hemorrhage.

Why would parents choose a man with this history to oversee their 
children, faculty, and school finances?

Vaughn said there is a school council election in April. Members are 
elected for a 2-year term, so the current crew was elected in April '06, 
almost a year after Bickham was hired. Vaughn didn't know if any current 
members were members when Bickham was hired. He sent me their names and 
addresses. I will only post their names, letting parents and students at 
Lavizzo take it from here.

*Katherine Charley
Sirenna Courts-Woodard
Betty Decou
Annette Dorsey
Charmaine Dorsey
Isaiah Flakes
Darlene Sauders
Barbara Wheeler*

Perhaps Bickham has reformed again. He became a born again *Christian* 
in 1982 and volunteered for a prison ministry for a time before 
relapsing and aborting, killing a mother, and committing various new 
crimes.

Nevertheless, a convicted repeat offender should not be overseeing a 
junior high school. Bad judgment call on the school council's part. At 
least 1 student is rightfully creeped out, likely more.

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