Posted on 11/27/2002 2:04:01 PM PST by Saundra Duffy
How would you like to go to your mail box and receive a legal document that says you owe Planned Parenthood $77,000? As some of you may recall, three of us plaintiffs sued Planned Parenthood with the hope we could force them to tell the truth about the link between abortion and breast cancer. Go to www.AbortionBreastCancer.com for more info about the ABC Link. The press release announcing the lawsuit is below. Legal expertise for our case was provided by Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The first round was lost by us and the Judge ordered us three poor women to pay PP legal fees, hence this disgusting "bill" from Planned Parenthood. Good news is that our attorneys are appealing. That's where we are now. Here's the news release about the lawsuit:
Women's Group Lauds Abortion-Breast Cancer Suit Against Planned Parenthood August 17, 2001
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer announced that a lawsuit was filed yesterday in a San Diego court by three California women against Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliate, Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties. The suit accuses Planned Parenthood of having mislead women about the safety of abortion. Research published over nearly a half of a century has linked the procedure with increased breast cancer risk. The incidence of breast cancer among American women has climbed 40% in the last quarter of a century since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. The incidence of all other cancers has declined in the U.S. over the same period.
The plaintiffs, Agnes Bernardo of Chula Vista, Pamela Colip of Loma Linda, and Sandra Duffy-Hawkins of Sacramento, are not demanding monetary damages, but they are demanding Planned Parenthood to provide women with accurate information about the overwhelming evidence that abortion raises breast cancer risk. The plaintiffs are represented by the Thomas More Law Center located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
A 1996 review and meta-analysis of the studies found that induced abortion raises a woman’s breast cancer risk by 30%. The leading author of that paper written in collaboration with scientists from Penn State College of Medicine, Professor Joel Brind of Baruch College of the City University of New York, has written extensively about an ongoing effort by scientists to cover-up the research. [Brind et al. (1996) J Epidemiol Community Health 50:481-96]
In the only study specifically commissioned by the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Janet Daling and her colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center reported that “Among women who had been pregnant at least once, the risk of breast cancer in those who had experienced an induced abortion was 50% higher than among other women.” [Daling et al. (1994) J Natl Cancer Inst 86:1584-92]
The only statistically significant prospective study (one based on medical records, not interviews and which, therefore, rules out any possibility of recall bias) was conducted in New York and found a 90% increased risk. [Howe et al. (1989) Int J Epidemiol 18:300-4]
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer provides a wealth of information about the research, public policy and women’s legal rights at www.abortionbreastcancer.com.
Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, reported that “Twenty-eight out of 37 studies published since 1957 have associated this elective surgical procedure with breast cancer. We applaud the efforts of the Thomas More Law Center to assist women. Women have a right to make fully informed decisions concerning their own health. If a women are denied crucial information about the risks of a procedure, can it really be said that a choice ever belonged to them? Accurate information about the research has been censored by Planned Parenthood and its supporters since abortion was legalized in the U.S. nearly three decades ago. It was censored by the same people who ardently professed that they cared about women’s health. Planned Parenthood’s greed will cost women their lives and devastate families. This is a travesty of justice.”
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is an international women’s organization founded to protect the health and save the lives of women by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer.
I can't speak for invariably but in this case it's because you and your friends chose to abuse our court system. A system that is already taxed too much by idiots gold diggers and whiners. So much that REAL crime goes unpunished.
Stop being a Sore Loserman. You're embarrassing.
You just did advocate violence...And you know it.
And then you have the nerve to state "your prayers are with her"?? I hate to guess what you pray too.
It's good that you have that attitude because you'll either go to jail or have your wages garnished. Both of which are more expense ON the Tax Payer. The ONLY real victim here.
Well...Unless you are able to sucker someone into paying the bill, that is. Thus, diverting even MORE funds that may have went towards legitimate methods of working against abortion. In which case the real loser list includes future aborted children as well as the Tax Payer.
Your gift just keeps on giving, doesn't it??!!
Saundra et al weren't asking for money, so they weren't "gold diggers." So what part of forcing a government-funded agency to acknowledge solid research puts her in the category of "idiots" or "whiners"? What "REAL crime" went unpunished because of her suit?
Do you have an answer, or just more insults?
Oh, you really DO care, don't you? (Sniff!)
What "legitimate methods" did you have in mind?
On the other hand, there's the tobacco suits that became a cause for those that felt the tobacco companies were lying (which they were) and selling a harmful product. Of course the flip side is those that felt those suits were (are) frivilous.
How many abortion clinic protests could $77,000.00 organize?
How many Pro-Life billboards could $77,000.00 purchase?
How many "Chose Adoption" flyers could $77,000.00 print?
And the $77,000.00 amount will ONLY go UP!
And let's not forget the court's WASTED time.
Nothing but losers here.
4 minutes. Could be a new world record.
In the same vein, I was wondering about this from Saundra's post:
The first round was lost by us and the Judge ordered us three poor women to pay PP legal fees, hence this disgusting "bill" from Planned Parenthood.
Weren't the plaintiffs aware of this going in to court? Surely this bill was not unexpected in light of the civil suit they filed.
We'll never know...Thus the reason why this country is filled with so many Harpies. Only the victim of some un-named and unpunished (Or more likely underpunished) criminal will know.
And what really sucks is that victim will more than likely not be a Harpie, like those who filed this suit...Just a hard working, innocent American.
Johnny Shear: We'll never know...Thus the reason why this country is filled with so many Harpies. Only the victim of some un-named and unpunished (Or more likely underpunished) criminal will know. And what really sucks is that victim will more than likely not be a Harpie, like those who filed this suit...Just a hard working, innocent American.
Ladies and gentlemen, just as I suspected...NO ANSWERS, AND MORE INSULTS!
Thank you!
Me:We'll never know...Thus the reason why this country is filled with so many Harpies. Only the victim of some un-named and unpunished (Or more likely underpunished) criminal will know.
What color is the sky in your world?
ME: "What "REAL crime" went unpunished because of her suit?"
YOU: We'll never know...
Check your clock, Sherlock -- "We'll never know" is NOT an answer. It's a response, but not an answer. You made an assertion, then backed up with an admittance of ignorance.
OK then...How about this Mr. Backpeddling Hair Splitter...
We'll never know THE NAME OF the person or persons who WILL get victimized because her foolish and selfish law suit tied up court time that could have been better used to fully prosecute the criminal who eventually WILL perpitrate said crime or crimes.
Of course we'll also never know the names of the aborted children who may have been saved through better use of SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FREAKING DOLLARS!
Your agument is pathetic. It is NOTHING but an attempt to defend these IDIOTS who WASTED our Tax Money...For whatever reason.
Personally, I wish the court would also make her pay court costs that WE PAID FOR! Not just the costs that Planned Parenthood incurred. Then maybe Harpies who CRIPPLE our justice system through moronic law suits would learn there are consequences to their actions.
Don't like facts and the truth? I don't care.
I DO like facts and truth.
That's what the suit was all about. Not stopping abortion, but facts and truth.
And unlike you, I DO care.
You could always convince them to sell and find yourselves living in a tropical island away from the madness...
Pookie & ME
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