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Coverup (Sex Abuse)
Priests for Life | June 10, 2002 | Father Frank Pavone

Posted on 06/11/2002 9:42:02 AM PDT by ex-snook

Coverup

Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life

The abortion industry is in trouble, and it's time to capitalize on that trouble.

In every state, sexual activity with underage children is illegal. Moreover, if a health care worker suspects that a minor is being sexually abused, or is the victim of statutory rape, that worker is required by law to report the information to the authorities designated by the law. (Remember, statutory rape does not mean an "attack." It refers to the age of the parties.)

For many months, my friends and colleagues at Life Dynamics in Denton, Texas have been gathering more information about what an abortion clinic is likely to do if an underage girl who has been impregnated by an adult asks for an abortion. The fact that the abortion or birth control that the clinic sells is "legal" does not take away the clinic workers' responsibility to report. The requirement under the law, furthermore, for the health care worker is simply to report, not to investigate. In other words, the very fact that an underage girl is pregnant indicates that there may have been criminal activity or abuse. The health care worker does not have to investigate whether there was or not, but simply report that there might be.

What Life Dynamics did is described in their own words on their website, www.childpredators.com: "Life Dynamics conducted a covert investigation in which we called over 800 Planned Parenthood and National Abortion Federation facilities across the country. Our caller portrayed a 13-year-old girl who was pregnant by her 22-year-old boyfriend. Her story was that she wanted an abortion because she and her boyfriend did not want her parents to find out about the sexual relationship. In every call the ages of the girl and her boyfriend were made perfectly clear. It was also unmistakable that the motivation for the abortion was to conceal this illicit sexual activity from the girl's parents and the authorities. The results were appalling. Even though many of these clinic workers openly acknowledged to our caller that this situation was illegal and that they were required to report it to the state, the overwhelming majority readily agreed to conceal this illegal sexual activity. Some employees of these organizations even coached our caller on how to avoid detection, how to circumvent parental involvement laws and what to say or not say when she came to the clinic."

So what should be done next?

First of all, spread the word. People, especially those who are parents, have a right to know about the risks their children and grandchildren face in legal abortion clinics.

Secondly, legislation can be introduced to stop these clinics and their supporting organizations from receiving state and federal funding. After all, recipients of these funds are required to use the money only in accordance with all state and federal laws.

Thirdly, massive litigation should be launched against the abortion industry for engaging in this illegal activity.

Along with changing laws and hearts, we simply need to put abortionists out of business.

Priests for Life
PO Box 141172
Staten Island, NY 10314
Tel. 888-PFL-3448, (718) 980-4400
Fax 718-980-6515
Email mail@priestsforlife.org

Subscribe to Fr. Frank's bi-weekly prolife column (free): subscribe@priestsforlife.org 


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; crime; frpavone; legal; media; plannedparenthood; sexabuse
This needs to be widely publicized. Bump if you agree.
1 posted on 06/11/2002 9:42:03 AM PDT by ex-snook
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To: ex-snook
I think the state DA's and trail lawyers should get together and sue them (just like tobacco). Maybe they will agree to "voluntary restrictions."
2 posted on 06/11/2002 9:48:09 AM PDT by 2banana
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To: ex-snook
Bump to agree.

The real sexual predators are in the abortion clinics...

3 posted on 06/11/2002 9:48:26 AM PDT by topher
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To: ex-snook
Bump to agree.

The real sexual predators are in the abortion clinics...

4 posted on 06/11/2002 9:48:33 AM PDT by topher
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To: ex-snook
"Thirdly, massive litigation should be launched against the abortion industry for engaging in this illegal activity."

Well, it looks as if there may be a pattern of criminal activity here. And since there may be a PATTERN of CRIMINAL INTENTIONS AND ACTIVITY, how about hitting them with criminal and civil RICO actions? HA HA HA! Iffin its good enough for the protesters, its good enough for the abortionists!

5 posted on 06/11/2002 9:49:41 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: ex-snook
Fr. Pavone BTTT!
6 posted on 06/11/2002 9:50:27 AM PDT by NYer
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To: topher
Time for a legal suit to use 'discovery' at every abortion center. Dig out the records and see if every case of abuse of minors was reported. And if so, was there action taken or covered up.

This is much bigger than priest abuse. After all there were some 40,000,000 abortions. Newspapers get on it, unless you only target priests.

7 posted on 06/11/2002 10:02:22 AM PDT by ex-snook
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To: ex-snook
Father Frank needs to start sending out his newsletter on a weekly basis.

Planned Parenthood concealing crimes? Investigation says sex by men with underage girls 'epidemic'

8 posted on 06/11/2002 10:28:51 AM PDT by SMEDLEYBUTLER
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To: topher
Greedy, money hungery doctors, and it's all legal.

Let me understand this now, Doctors and Women have a choioce to decide/perform abortions as to not offend possible voters.

Babies have no choice, they are not able to vote so there is no reason to care about them.

9 posted on 06/11/2002 10:31:13 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: ex-snook
bdya-bdya-bu-bu-bumpity!
10 posted on 06/11/2002 10:32:24 AM PDT by Constantine XIII
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To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
"Father Frank needs to start sending out his newsletter on a weekly basis. "

It is pretty regular. I imagine he covered this topic at this time because abortion clinic sexual abuse seems to suffer media 'benign neglect'. It needs repeating to keep it alive.

11 posted on 06/11/2002 11:00:08 AM PDT by ex-snook
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To: ex-snook
Were the conversations recorded? Thanks for standing up for young girls who are being abused.
12 posted on 07/03/2002 5:03:50 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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