Ohio Supreme Court Hears Planned Parenthood Secret Teen Abortion Case
Columbus, OH (LifeNews.com) -- The Ohio Supreme Court is holding a hearing today on a case involving a secret abortion on a 14-year-old girl who was a victim of rape. A Cincinnati couple is upset their daughter had an abortion at a local Planned Parenthood facility without their knowledge or consent as required by state law. The girl's parents filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio for violating the state's parental notification law by not telling them of her abortion, which may have been coerced. The girl in the case provided an incorrect phone number to Planned Parenthood officials for notification. Instead of giving the abortion center her parents' phone, she gave the number for her 22-year-old boyfriend -- her soccer coach John Haller. Haller started having sexual relations with the teenager when she was 13 and he was eventually convicted in 2004 of sexual battery and spent three years in prison. He signed off on the abortion instead of the teen's father. The parents filed a lawsuit that began the series of court actions and alleged Planned Parenthood violated state law, failed to get proper informed consent, and failed to report a suspected case of child abuse to authorities. Full story at LifeNews.com
Nebraska Abortion Business CEO's Husband Seeks State Legislative Seat
Lincoln, NE (LifeNews.com) -- Abortion advocates across the country are running for elected offices on the national, state and local level. It's not every day that pro-life advocates face the husband of the woman who is the CEO of a Planned Parenthood abortion business -- yet that's what's happening in Nebraska. Ken Haar not only has a close association with Planned Parenthood, but his wife is Chris Funk, who heads the Planned Parenthood association in Nebraska and western Iowa. Haar is a candidate for Legislative District number 21 in the Nebraska unicameral legislature and the race has now become a targeted one for the Nebraska Right to Life Political Action Committee because of his relationship with Funk. Denise Ashby, the NRL PAC director, talked with LifeNews.com about the race. "Haar is married to Chris Funk, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Nebraska/Council Bluffs," she said. "Since 1995, Planned Parenthood has had an abortion facility at 3705 South St. in Lincoln where more than 7,000 unborn children have been aborted." Full story at LifeNews.com
Florida Baby Killed in Unlicensed Abortion, Hidden on Roof, Gets Proper Burial
Miami, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A Florida unborn child who was killed in an attempted abortion that triggered a large investigation of abortion businesses in southern Florida is getting a proper burial. The incident involving baby Shanice Denise Osbourne resulted in the closure of the GYN Diagnostic Center abortion facility in Hialeah. According to witnesses, a young woman went to GYN for an abortion. Police say the 18 year-old returned the next day complaining of severe stomach pains. Abortion facility staff told her the abortion practitioner was not available and that she would have to wait. After being taken to a waiting area, the woman allegedly gave birth to the baby that she thought had been aborted the day before. Abortion center owner Belkis Gonzalez, a woman with no medical background, delivered the African-American baby girl. An autopsy indicated that the baby's lungs contained gas bubbles and floated, proving that Shanice was alive and breathing at birth. Full story at LifeNews.com
Florida Officials Seek Man Who Attacked Girlfriend After She Refused Abortion
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Police in Fort Myers, Florida are seeking a man who allegedly assaulted his pregnant girlfriend after she refused his request to get an abortion. Officials at the Lee County sheriff’s office believe there is enough evidence to arrest the assailant, a 22-year-old man from the area. According to authorities, the suspect kidnapped his pregnant ex-girlfriend, pressured her to have an abortion, and beat her after she refused. Deputy Charmaine Smith told the local News-Press newspaper the 18-year-old victim drove herself to Gulf Coast Hospital after the suspect finally let her go. The incident was eventually reported to police. The paper indicates the victim and suspect dated for about six months and she lived with him at two different places for two additional months. The young woman is 16-weeks pregnant with the suspect's child. Officials say the suspect drove with the victim to a remote part of town and then began a conversation telling her to get an abortion. The victim refused, saying she was too far along and that abortion went against her beliefs. Full story at LifeNews.com
Columbus, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Two Georgia women received community service and probation in a case involving their attempt to force a young woman to have an abortion. Police arrested the mother and two cousins of a 16-year-old girl in September 2006 after they tried to force her to drink turpentine to kill her baby. In the case, 44 year-old Rozelletta B. Blackshire was charged with cruelty to a child and criminal abortion Columbus Police Sgt. Debra Bohannon indicated. The teenager's cousins, 26 year-old Shonda Y. Blackshire of Columbus and 28 year-old Monica M. Johnson of Eufaula, Alabama, were also arrested and charged with attempting to cause a criminal abortion. Blackshire and Johnson pleaded guilty to the criminal abortion charge on Tuesday and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer indicated they both will receive two years probation and 40 hours of community service. Rozelletta Blackshire, the girl's mother, is still in prison on unrelated charges. Full story at LifeNews.com
