Lawsuit Filed for Baby Born Alive at Abortion Clinic then Killed and Hidden from Police

LifeSiteNews ^ | MIAMI, Fla., January 30, 2009

[GonzoII]

Friday January 30, 2009

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Lawsuit Filed for Baby Born Alive at Abortion Clinic then Killed and Hidden from Police

MIAMI, Fla., January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, suit was filed by the Thomas More Society in Miami on behalf of Shanice Denise Osbourne, an infant girl who was allegedly murdered in July, 2006.

The case claims that Shanice was born alive and then murdered by 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 abort the baby, 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.  Despite the fact that the doctor nor any other licensed health practitioners were present, the abortion center’s receptionist gave Williams Cytotec, which induces labor and also dilates the cervix. Williams, however, began to feel even worse with nausea and cramping. According to testimony, the staff had her sit in the clinic’s recovery room area where she waited for hours in severe and increasing abdominal pain without medical staff available.

At one point, 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 into a red biohazard bag and throw the bag into a garbage can.  Shortly thereafter, the doctor arrived at the clinic and sedated Williams.  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.  The 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.”

The 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 the Thomas More society says 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,” said 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!”

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[GonzoII]

Ping.

[netmilsmom]

How far along was the mother?

[Jacquerie]

This how “choice” descended into barbarism. Is there any question that such people would have no problem denying care to or euthanizing the elderly under Obamacare?

[PGalt]

beyond words

[Venturer]

Ok, so my take on this is a little weird.

If the mother hadn’t decided to kill her baby in the fist place, she wouldn’t have been there so i would deny and monetary gains to the mother.

This isn’t a case over money IMO,but a murder case and the mother is as guilty as anyone else.

[Darkwolf377]

I got a little static yesterday when I posted on another thread about the danger of climbing on the bashing of the couple who had the eight babies. That story, plus this story, plus the Pelosi comments about using “family planning” as an economic measure, are all part of the same storyline.

That storyline is the liberals’s fairy tale about how fetuses aren’t human, and are thus disposable, just as marriage between men is the same thing as regular marriage. Those two subjects might seem unconnected, but both are part of the most important part of the communications war we’ve been losing—setting the terminology and boundaries of debate.

This same kind of story was a major, major story back in the 70’s. Some of you may be too young to remember, but I urge you to do a search on Dr. Kenneth Edelin. His manslaughter conviction for “performing an abortion” was overturned. You will have to do some looking to find, in the many articles praising him on prochoice sites, the not-so-minor fact that he was not convicted for performing an abortion, but for taking a baby he’d failed to kill with saline and strangling him. (The conviction was overturned for improper instructions to the jury.)

Now here we are 25 years later, and this is a one-day story.

All of these stories are linked in the continuing degradation of the idea that the fetus is more than just a blob of tissue.

My hope is that the young people who are becoming involved in the pro-life movement re-energize it and can fight the communication battle using new technology to disseminate information and get the truth out there.

fyi...

http://www.physiciansforlife.org/content/view/1164/26/

[darkangel82]

Evil. Lock them up for good.

[TexasCajun]

Belkis Gonzalez! You are pure evil!

That's a pretty unique name, I wonder if this is her?

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[TexasCajun]

Too young, the article says she was the owner, the person looks too young.

[TexasCajun]

What Would President Obamah Have Done In That Situation?

....I think we all know!

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Does someone have a URL for a site that has photographs of abortions and descriptions of procedures?

[SatinDoll]

“...such people would have no problem denying care to or euthanizing the elderly under Obamacare?”

Exactly!!

[GonzoII]

"Does someone have a URL for a site that has photographs of abortions and descriptions of procedures?"

Help ping??

[thinking]

Reckless society; determined to self-destruct....

[kabumpo]

It’s the opposite of an unusual name. Gonzalez is one of the most common Spanish last names, like Jones or Wilson in English, and Belkis is probably at #75 of most common Spanish names for women.

[Ol' Sparky]

It would be interesting to get Barry’s take on this.

[Regulator]

I got a little static yesterday when I posted on another thread about the danger of climbing on the bashing of the couple who had the eight babies

I understand your attitudes and agree with them. We should be celebrating the entry of eight new children, regardless of their circumstances.

Christianity is based on the belief that the King of Kings could be born to the humblest of people.

But some of the bashers on that thread - me, for instance - did so because we also believe that adults who have children should do so with something resembling adult responsibility, and not expect the rest of us to pick up the tab. This is something that is utterly lacking in the Third World-ized portions of California now.

In the case of the Iraqi woman who had the octuplets, it's come out that she is rather single, lives with her parents, had 6 previous children that her father cannot support (supposedly went back to Iraq to make money), took fertility drugs on her own, and generally appears to be a nut driven to have children to appease her self image. Or something, hard to say what her brand of psychosis is.

In other words, it's all wonderful to see the kids come into the world, but uh...ever tried to raise a preemie? Now multiply by 8. Here's a little guarantee: the County of Los Angeles, the State of California, and eventually the United States of America will be writing rather large checks for her recklessness.

By contrast, research the Duggan family of Arkansas, with their 18 children. They have managed quite well. And we all know that American families used to have 10-15 children routinely in the 19th century. Even a small farm could support that.

It's probably not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. In the end, whatever weirdness comes out of her kids, and its expense, is far better than mass murdering them in the womb. But had she simply had lots of kids within the confines of marriage, in a serial fashion, one or two at a time, wouldn't that have been far better for everyone?

We all know that leftist "family planning" is simply gruesome murder so that infantilized freaks can indulge in continuing weird sex. Malignant narcissicists can't see themselves with kids.

But real family planning is just that - two adults, planning their family. That's all that's being advocated. Not the culture of death, not dehumanization of children. A slippery slope no doubt when the phrase "family planning" is used, but rational people can tell the difference.

The entire American society of 50 years ago used to be able to.

[Regulator]

PS - Current news on the kids

She's a bit of a twinkie, you know? I know that we shouldn't take CBS's word for anything - they think you're obsessed if you even have one kid - but Nadeya is a bit ummm....you know...messed up.

Guess they'll have to make do. Already been bankrupt once, and now they have tens of thousands of dollars in costs to come up with. Hope it doesn't end badly. They're going to need a LOT of help.

[Darkwolf377]

we also believe that adults who have children should do so with something resembling adult responsibility, and not expect the rest of us to pick up the tab. This is something that is utterly lacking in the Third World-ized portions of California now.

Of course. I can't think of anyone who thinks this is the way to do it.

But later in your post you write:

A slippery slope no doubt when the phrase "family planning" is used, but rational people can tell the difference.

That's the thing. A hundred years ago, rational people wouldn't think abortion would be treated as just another procedure by society. Fifty years ago, rational people wouldn't think abortion would be so common that society just accepts it. Twenty-five years ago rational people wouldn't think an entire generation would be so thoroughly gutted in the millions.

I can't stand the thought of what these folks did, but as much as I can't stand the situation, it's not my decision whether or not these people have kids.

It's not anyone else's decision, because once you say "They're on the dole, so..." we are turning procreation into just another financial situation the way we are turning marriage into just another agreement between consenting adults. Twenty years ago rational people would laugh at the idea of gay marriage, too. Yet here we are.