Abortion Practitioner Brian Finkel Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse

LifeNews.com ^ | December 2, 2003 | Steven Ertelt

[nickcarraway]

Phoenix, AZ (LifeNews.com) -- A jury on Tuesday found abortion practitioner Brian Finkel guilty of 24 counts of sexual abuse. More than 60 women complained Finkel inappropriately touched them and, in some cases, their sexual organs, during abortions and examinations.

Finkel was acquitted of 34 of the counts, including all of the sexual assault charges. Jurors were undecided on four of the charges.

However, more than 30 women testified that Finkel groped or touched them and that was enough for the jury to issue a verdict against Finkel after deliberating for fourteen days. Though they had never met each other, the victims told of similar patterns of harassment.

Cindi Nannetti, a deputy county attorney, told jurors before the deliberations began, "To find him not guilty would mean you didn't believe their stories."

During the trial, a woman who worked as one of his medical assistants says she quit her job at the abortion facility in large part because of Finkel's conduct.

Dawn Normoyle, 35, said she smacked Finkel on the arm once and told him to stop touching the private parts of a woman during an exam.

"It didn't seem like it was right," Normoyle told the jury, but "he told me that's how he does pelvic exams." Now living in Florida, she worked for Finkel in 1994 and 1995.

According to the Arizona Republic newspaper, Finkel sat stoically as the verdict was read. Some of the women whom Finkel had abused were sitting in the gallery and they applauded as the guilty charge was rendered.

Finkel claimed he did nothing wrong and that the touching of women's breasts and private parts were part of standard medical procedure. A South Dakota abortion practitioner disputed his claim.

Finkel's attorney Richard Gierloff also claimed that police had put ideas the heads of the victim by asking them questions with specifics when they did not remember exactly what had happened. Gierloff said testimony during the trial from several women didn't match the original description of the allegations given to police.

Finkel is expected to appeal the decision and a date for sentencing was not announced.

Pro-life groups were pleased with the ruling and said Finkel's conduct shows the abortion industry's view of women.

"It was his total lack of regard for the women that [was] his downfall," John Jakubczyk, president of Arizona Right to Life, told LifeNews.com.

Finkel performs approximately 20 percent of all abortions in Arizona and has done more than 20,000 over his career.

The trial in Maricopa County Superior Court lasted 12 weeks.

[nickcarraway]

Brian Finkel

[nickcarraway]

ping

[presidio9]

This may be a stupid question, but how does an abortionist perform his atrocity without touching his accomplice's "sexual organs."

[steplock]

THe "Proper" way to conduct a "pelvic"....

[At _War_With_Liberals]

I have often wondered if a certain percentage of abortionists get sick sexual pleasure from the idea of 'killing' fetuses.

Since some people (serial killers) do, it is certainly a possibility in some cases.

[thoughtomator]

So slaughtering babies was no problem, but violating the women who bring their children to be murdered is. You've got to love the priorities of this crowd.

"No your honor I never harass my patients as I murder their children... it's all lies, all 60 of them!"

[mcg1969]

Where's the story? There are sexual sickos in all walks of life. There are sexual predators for example in otherwise legitimate gynecological practices, too. We've heard of dentists abusing their patients under gas. And so forth. So it's just not surprising that one happens to turn up in a profession we hate, too.

[Paul Atreides]

More than 60 women complained Finkel inappropriately touched them and, in some cases, their sexual organs, during abortions and examinations.

If only he had been a Democrat President of The United States, he would still be in business!

[Kuksool]

I would not be surprised if the NOW gang supported this creep.

[mcg1969]

Now THAT would be a story...

[beckett]

Can you imagine killing healthy babies for a living? Whenever I am confronted with the image of a man who actually spends his life that way, I am simple blown away.

[LadyDoc]

The area of arousal is in the front. When you normally do a pelvic exam, you stretch the back to get in the speculum. Except to touch the side to "warn" the lady, you aren't supposed to touch/caress/stimulate any area on the outside...on the inside, it's pretty numb...

[presidio9]

Yes, but all parts of the reproductive tract are "sexual organs."

[PetroniusMaximus]

There is actually a newsgroup for people who have this sick fetish.

[Air Assault]

Can you imagine killing healthy babies for a living?

No, but then I'm not a democrat either.

[BobS]

Except for a few inches inside and along the frontal wall. Touching that area creates pelvic thrusts in a little while. But a NORMAL doctor wouldn't do that.

[desertcry]

I wonder how many babies the bent one and his partners terminated before their time.

[Agnes Heep]

The area of arousal is in the front. When you normally do a pelvic exam, you stretch the back to get in the speculum. Except to touch the side to "warn" the lady, you aren't supposed to touch/caress/stimulate any area on the outside...on the inside, it's pretty numb...

A good doctor would numb his patients ... num, num, num.

[FormerACLUmember]

Wow, an abortionist at the rock bottom of his profession and a serial sexual abuser pervert to boot. Who would have guessed this even possible?

One less democrat vote if they put this creep away.

[Salvation]

**However, more than 30 women testified that Finkel groped or touched them and that was enough for the jury to issue a verdict against Finkel after deliberating for fourteen days. Though they had never met each other, the victims told of similar patterns of harassment.**

First we harrass you sexually, then we kill your baby!