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Mother arrested for attempting to intervene in her 14-year old's decision to have abortion
The Illinois Leader ^ | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 | Joyce Morrison, Southern IL News Correspondent

Posted on 03/23/2005 10:01:06 AM PST by stylin_geek

For legal reasons, the names of the family and the 14-year old girl that are the subject of this story have been withheld at this time.

GRANITE CITY - A Sothern Illinois woman was arrested last week (March 17) after trying to intervene on behalf of her 14-year old daughter's effort to have an abortion. The girl was allegedly taken to an abortion clinic by the mother of the man allegedly to have impregnated the 14-year old.

According to the girl's mother, her 14-year old daughter was called off from school in Madison County by a woman posing as the girl's “grandmother.” The woman took the girl from her home only minutes before the girl’s mother returned home from work.

It was later determined that the woman who had posed as the "grandmother" to the school authorities was the mother of the male who had fathered the unborn child the 14-year old girl was carrying. The age of the male has not been released.

When the parents were notified their pregnant daughter was not at school, they suspected she had been taken to the Hope Abortion Clinic in Granite City. The parents and grandfather were the only persons authorized to request school absence for the fourteen year old female.

“My husband and I rushed to the abortion clinic where we saw our daughter’s name on the roster and the time she had checked in,” the mother said. She then went into the clinic and searched a room filled with young women awaiting abortions but did not see her daughter.

She took a seat near the main desk and said, “I was told I could not prove my daughter was there so I began calling her name. A medical tech at the clinic told me , ‘It’s your daughter’s rights, it’s her body. You have no rights.’”

After continuing to call out her daughter’s name and telling her “don’t do it,” authorities were called and the mother was arrested.

The 14-year old told her mother she could hear her but when she asked employees to give her mother a message, they came back to the room and told her that her mother had left.

Angela Michaels, of Small Victories Ministry, was tipped off as to what was happending at the Hope clinic. According to Michaels, she witnessed police placing the mother’s hands behind her back, taking her into custody. As the police were putting the mother in the squad car, she was crying out, “Please, please, help me...my daughter is in there.”

Michaels said, “Exactly one hour later at 10:35 a.m., the 14-year old emerged from the clinic looking disheveled. The 14-year old told us that employees kept her in a quiet room until the procedure was performed and she was told that her mother had left.”

Employees assured this girl on her departure, “No-one will ever know you were here, we’ll bury your records.”

In the meantime, the woman who had taken the girl for the abortion was slipped out the back door of the clinic.

The police in the community in which the family lives allegedly told the girl's mom that they couldn't intervene despite her making a charge that her daughter had been raped (by statute) because the charge was stale--7 weeks after the incident. They did tell the girl's mom that, while she had no right to stop the abortion, she did have a right to go into the clinic and speak to her daughter.

The parents are expected to file charges.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: abortion; minor; parentalnotification; rape
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To: malakhi
Probably not kidnapping, because presumably the girl went with her willingly

Still kidnapping.

161 posted on 03/23/2005 10:46:44 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: Antoninus

Great seal! Describes the Democrats to the tee!


162 posted on 03/23/2005 10:46:44 AM PST by Sister_T (Those who preach tolerance and love, practice it THE LEAST!!)
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To: Sgt_Schultze
It sounds like this minor girl was kidnapped by a person who was not her lawful guardian.

To me this sounds like a murder case.

163 posted on 03/23/2005 10:47:08 AM PST by oldbrowser (What really matters is culture, ethos, character, and morality)
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To: SlowBoat407
WND names names and has additional details.
164 posted on 03/23/2005 10:47:29 AM PST by gieriscm
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To: RushCrush
Since when can any child undergo any surgical procedure without a parent's notification?

Abortion is the exception in many cases. Really. Here in Massachusetts, children need parental permission for ear piercings, but not abortions.

165 posted on 03/23/2005 10:47:51 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: stylin_geek

I wonder if Illinois is one of the states that holds parents criminally liable for their children's truancy.


166 posted on 03/23/2005 10:48:40 AM PST by Ghengis (Alexander was a wuss!)
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To: stylin_geek

You and me both.

Reminds me of all those Rome specials I'been watching on the Hitler Channel lately.


168 posted on 03/23/2005 10:49:22 AM PST by wardaddy (I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
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To: stylin_geek

Sounds like a lot of laws were broken by the "pro-choice" crowd.


169 posted on 03/23/2005 10:50:05 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: gieriscm

Oh, great, just knock the wind out of my righteous indignation!

Thanks for the update, seriously.


170 posted on 03/23/2005 10:51:34 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (ANWR would look great in pumps.)
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To: brazzaville

I think it's been more of a Crock Pot of death. It's been simmering for a couple decades. And now soup's on.


171 posted on 03/23/2005 10:51:37 AM PST by Rutles4Ever (Warning: may eat own)
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To: Motherbear
"How can statutory rape be an "old charge?"

Where is the evidence that she was raped (statutory) seven weeks ago by a particular John Doe?

No semen, no stains, no vaginal trauma, no baby, no DNA, no police report.

To satisfy you, I suppose she could pick some poor schmuck, say he did it, and that guy could go to jail for 20 years, but where's the fun in that?

172 posted on 03/23/2005 10:51:56 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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173 posted on 03/23/2005 10:52:01 AM PST by Sister_T (Those who preach tolerance and love, practice it THE LEAST!!)
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To: sportutegrl
More and more I am hearing about females, especially young girls, being forced or pressured into an abortion by the boyfriend/father of the child.

Don't forget the girls' mothers. I used to do Saturday sidewalk vigils, and most often the girls were deathscorted in by either their boy-enemies or mothers. The stats back this up. Imagine living with the knowledge that your mother wanted your baby dead.

174 posted on 03/23/2005 10:52:09 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: tatsmom

Amen!

I know you and I would have plowed them right over!

I am so darn mad that I could scream!


175 posted on 03/23/2005 10:53:18 AM PST by Mrs.Nooseman
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To: robertpaulsen

There had to be some sort of indication that this could happen. A diary missive, an overheard phone conversation, maybe a threat by the daughter - "if you don't let me get one, I'll find a way..."

Who knows at this point?


176 posted on 03/23/2005 10:53:20 AM PST by Rutles4Ever (Warning: may eat own)
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To: stylin_geek

Don't be shocked. This was being arranged in the public school system 30 years ago - abortion referral without the knowledge or consent of the parents. There must be many more than this case, perhaps not so blatant.

Does the age shock anyone? About 10 years ago when I was doing pro-life counseling, I asked a Caucasian girl (about 15) how many girls in her upper class suburban school were facing a pregnancy crisis from time to time. She said most of them.

That was before the Golden Age of Clinton. Things are much worse now. I have been sickened over this for 30 years. Reagan was the only one who took any steps to change this.


177 posted on 03/23/2005 10:53:26 AM PST by sine_nomine (Protect the weakest of the weak - the unborn babies.)
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To: Antoninus
Arbeit macht Frei.

"Work makes free"?

Mmmmm-kay.

That's nice but, I'm left wondering how it's relevant. Maybe I need a nap.

178 posted on 03/23/2005 10:53:45 AM PST by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: stylin_geek
[police] couldn't intervene despite her making a charge that her daughter had been raped (by statute) because the charge was stale--7 weeks after the incident

Statute of limitations on statutory rape in Illinois runs after 7 weeks !?

179 posted on 03/23/2005 10:53:56 AM PST by shhrubbery!
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To: Norman Bates

It's sadly going to hell and in a flaming hurry! Sort of. I do think people are waking up to the problems that are present and are prepared to do something about it, so some good is emerging from it.


180 posted on 03/23/2005 10:54:02 AM PST by xander
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