[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Ding-dong, Slobo's gone!; VA law targeting pro-life pharmacies shelved; Lawsuit filed for baby born alive in Death Mill, then killed and covered up...more...

Sat Jan 31 05:41:05 MST 2009

*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 31 Jan 2009 AD

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<http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1403328,CST-NWS-quinn29.article>/_*
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/_*PHARMACIST DISCRIMINATION BILL SHELVED IN VA; TARGETS PRO-LIFE, 
CATHOLIC PHARMACIES SPECIFICALLY...*_/ 
<http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14925>/_*
*_// *_FOCA and PFA will close hospitals with a conscience, officials 
warn... 
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/27/politics/main4757890.shtml?source=mostpop_story> 
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*/_Lawsuit Filed for Baby Born Alive at Abortion Clinic then Killed and 
Hidden from Police

Wrongful Death, Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Alleged

MIAMI, Jan. 30 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 
suit was filed in Miami on behalf of Shanice Denise Osbourne, an infant 
girl who was murdered in July, 2006. Thomas More Society retained the 
prominent Miami personal injury attorney, Tom Pennekamp, to prepare and 
prosecute the case, which alleges that Shanice was born alive and then 
murdered by defendant, abortion clinic owner, Belkis Gonzalez. Thirteen 
defendants (including Gonzalez, abortionist Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacques 
Renelique and their conglomerate of four South Florida abortion clinics) 
have been sued for unlicensed and unauthorized medical practice, botched 
abortions, evasive tactics, false medical records and the killing, 
hiding and disposing of the baby.

Shanice's mother, Sycloria Williams, learned she was pregnant early in 
July of 2006 when she went to the hospital complaining of abdominal pain 
and bleeding. She decided to terminate the pregnancy, and visited the 
Miramar Woman Center in Miramar, Fla., where she was referred to 
abortionist Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique. Dr. Renelique inserted 
laminaria sticks to dilate the cervix and prescribed additional 
medication to be taken that night in preparation for the procedure the 
next morning at a Hialeah clinic.

Williams arrived at the Hialeah clinic on the morning of July 20, 2006, 
feeling ill and in severe pain from the medication the night before. Dr. 
Renelique was not present at the clinic nor did anyone else at the 
clinic have any form of medical license. Nevertheless, the clinic's 
receptionist gave Williams Cytotec, which induces labor and also dilates 
the cervix. Williams began to feel even worse with nausea and cramping, 
so the staff gave her a gown and had her sit in the clinic's recovery 
room area. There she waited for hours in severe and increasing abdominal 
pain without medical staff available. Instinctively, Williams began to 
position herself as the chemically-induced labor progressed. Rather than 
call 911 or get medical help, the staff instructed her to "keep your 
legs together and sit down."

Unable to remain seated, Williams braced herself with the arms of the 
recliner chair she was sitting on. As she lifted herself, her water 
broke and she delivered a live baby girl onto the seat of the recliner. 
The baby writhed and gasped for air, still connected to Williams by the 
umbilical cord. Immobilized by shock, Williams watched Gonzalez run into 
the room, cut the umbilical cord with a pair of orange-handled shears, 
stuff the baby and afterbirth into a red biohazard bag and throw the bag 
into a garbage can. Shortly thereafter, the doctor arrived at the clinic 
and sedated Williams, who remained in total confusion and shock. The 
doctor's medical records failed to indicate that Williams had delivered 
a live baby that was killed by the clinic.

Anonymous callers notified police at least three times about the live 
birth and murder, and when police executed a search warrant on July 22, 
2006, they found medical records but couldn't locate the baby's remains. 
Six days later, another anonymous caller told police the baby's body had 
been hidden on the roof. Police responded but didn't find the baby's 
body on the roof. After another anonymous tip police got another search 
warrant and found the decomposing baby in a cardboard box in a closet at 
the clinic. DNA linked the baby's remains to Williams.

The Miami-Dade County medical examiner performed an autopsy which showed 
that the baby's lungs had been filled with air before her killing, 
proving it was a live birth. But the examiner blamed the death on 
"extreme prematurity," ignoring eyewitness testimony that the baby had 
been murdered. Thomas More Society took an interest in the case when a 
local law school professor was quoted in The Miami Herald to the effect 
that if the baby wasn't "viable," then it "couldn't be a case of homicide."

"That opinion is dead wrong," says Tom Brejcha, president and chief 
counsel of the Thomas More Society. "A disabled or dying patient may not 
be 'viable' in the sense of being able to live very long or without 
help, but if you kill them, it's murder. This was a case of infanticide, 
and we're not going to let it go ignored or unpunished."

Thomas More Society tried to secure a second autopsy but prosecutors 
wouldn't release the baby's body, or take any action to begin criminal 
proceedings. An investigator and expert pathologist were retained by the 
Society, and the expert concluded - after examination of the autopsy 
slides and investigation of all the facts - that the acts and omissions 
of the abortionist and clinic staff were causative factors in Shanice's 
untimely death. The state attorneys' office has had this matter "under 
investigation" for more than two years with regard to filing what should 
be a clear case of criminal murder, or at least manslaughter.

"This case will trumpet to the world that abortion clinics are places of 
barbarism where mothers as well as their babies are at serious risk," 
says Brejcha. "Moreover, this case should put some sharp teeth into the 
Born Alive Infant Protection Act. As we struggle to end the scourge of 
legal abortion in this country, we must hold the line against infanticide!"

FULL COPY OF COMPLAINT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Christian Newswire 
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*NB: EWTN TV will be carrying the ad in question during the halftime 
portion of the Super Bowl. Please check your local listings for the 
station or go to www.ewtn.org.*

NBC REJECTS PRO-LIFE SUPERBOWL AD

*Washington, D.C. (30 January 2009)* -- via ALL -- PETA can run a Super 
Bowl ad with women in their underwear if they make certain edits, NBC 
suggests, but a pro-life organization is refused a spot because the 
network does "not allow political or issue advocacy advertisements."

The powerful and inspiring video by CatholicVote.org depicts an 
ultrasound of a preborn baby. The child's future, the commercial states, 
will include a broken home, abandonment by his father, and a single 
mother struggling to raise him alone.

Despite these hardships, this child will become the first African 
American president.

"Life," the video says, "Imagine the Potential."

But as uncontroversial and positive a message as this is, NBC found it 
too heated and objectionable to be aired during the Superbowl.

"This is truly a tragedy," said Judie Brown, president of American Life 
League, "CatholicVote.org has done a phenomenal job putting together an 
eloquent appeal for life with the potential to impact millions. To have 
this project shot down shows us the depth of the vitriol NBC has for 
innocent human beings."

Please e-mail Victoria Morgan, NBC's Vice President of Advertising 
Standards, victoria.morgan at nbc.com to express your concern and disdain 
for NBC's hypocritical refusal to air a positive message of life and hope.

The ad aired on BET in Chicago on Inauguration day and was quickly one 
of the top 10 most 'most viewed' videos on YouTube. The rejection is 
made even more insulting by NBC suggesting that as long as certain edits 
were made they would consider running the PETA ad.

"Clearly this isn't about staying away from political or social issues," 
Brown said. "This is a continuation of the media gag order on the 
pro-life movement."

*FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Catholic Vote:* Imagine the Potential http://www.catholicvote.com/
<http://nvs.all.org/sendstudio/link.php?M=30893&N=688&L=1254&F=H>

*LifeSiteNews:* NBC Rejects Pro-Life Superbowl Ad Featuring Unborn Baby 
Obama (29 January 2009) 
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jan/09012905.html

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