Abortionist Ghali gets jail in sex abuse case
Cleveland, OH — On Decem-ber 12, abortionist Nabil Ghali pleaded no contest to six felonies and was sentenced to six months in prison.
Ghali had been indicted on 76 charges including 47 counts of felonious sexual penetration and 29 of gross sexual imposition involving 25 female patients. He pled no contest to six counts of gross sexual imposition and one misdemeanor of practicing medicine without a license.
At the time of his arrest (Life Advocate November 1996), Ghali had been running his abortuary and performing abortions despite having had his license stripped for lying on his application for medical license and concealing an earlier conviction for molesting a 14-year-old patient in another state.
No womens rights organizations would comment on Ghali. Bonnie Oleska, a local anti-abortion activist, noted the irony that rescuers could face years in jail under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, but that abortionists who molest patients receive light sentences.
"I guess it's okay to molest women as long as you're performing abortions on them at the same time," she said.
The 25 victims are considering a $200 million lawsuit against Ghali.