Planned Parenthood found negligent in reporting [13 yr. old]girl's abortion

Associated Press ^ | 12.26.02

[victim soul]

A judge found Planned Parenthood negligent for failing to report to Child Protective Services an abortion performed on a 13-year-old girl in foster care - a case abortion opponents say is a key example of the importance of parental consent laws.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Aren't we so shocked that Planned unParenthood could possibly have self designed morals? Proverbs 12:15.

[victim soul]

Spread the word please

[victim soul]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30207

Friday, December 27, 2002

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Judge finds Planned Parenthood 'negligent'
Failed to report 13-year-old's abortion, case mirrors pro-life probe

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Posted: December 27, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern

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© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
Planned Parenthood was negligent in its failure to report a 13-year-old foster-care girl's abortion to Child Protective Services, a Phoenix judge ruled.

Pro-lifers tout the case as an example of the importance of parental consent laws, the Associated Press reported. A law enacted in 2000 requires girls under 18 in Arizona to get permission of a parent or guardian for an abortion unless they seek court approval.

The Phoenix case began in 1998 when the girl, whose name has been withheld by AP, had an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic accompanied by her 23-year-old foster brother, with whom she was having a sexual relationship.

Court records show that Planned Parenthood did not notify authorities until the girl returned six months later for a second abortion.

The case supports the findings of an in-depth probe of Planned Parenthood by a pro-life group earlier this year.

WorldNetDaily reported May 21 that researchers with Denton, Texas-based Life Dynamics, Inc. found "irrefutable evidence" that abortion-rights organizations such as Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation "knowingly conceal" the crimes of sexual abuse of minors "while aiding and abetting the sexual predators who commit them."


A Life Dynamics researcher – portraying a 13-year-old girl made pregnant by a 22-year-old boyfriend – called 800 Planned Parenthood and NAF facilities nationwide. The caller told the clinics that she wanted an abortion "because she and her boyfriend did not want her parents to find out about the sexual relationship," an eight-page summary of the report stated.


Among the findings, according to the summary, was that many clinic workers acknowledged the girl's situation was illegal and that they were required by law to report it, but an "overwhelming majority readily agreed" to keep secret the illegal sexual contact.

'Gross negligence'

According to lawsuits filed on behalf of the Phoenix-area teen, the abortion provider's failure to notify police or the CPS of her first abortion, Nov. 10, 1998, resulted in continued molestation and sexual exploitation, AP said. Planned Parenthood's gross negligence led to her second abortion six month's later, the girl's attorney argued.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Cathy Holt ruled last month that the abortion provider was negligent in failing to notify authorities when the girl first came in, said AP.

Medical providers must report all cases of suspected sexual abuse or sexual conduct with a minor, according to state law, except in cases in which two minors 14 or older have consensual sex.

Planned Parenthood would not discuss the case, citing continued litigation, but Arizona Right to Life attorney and President John Jakubczyk, who represented the girl's natural mother, called it "a real tragedy."

Planned Parenthood "knew what was going on," said Jakubczyk, according to AP. "It's heartbreaking, and none of it had to happen."

Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Beth Meyer-Lohse said last year the organization notified authorities of five to 10 cases of suspected sexual abuse every month, but she would not say whether those numbers have since changed. The girl was immature for her age and is emotionally scarred by the relationship with her 23-year-old foster brother, according to a psychological analysis performed in July.

In court papers, Planned Parenthood defended not reporting the abortion because "it does not follow that the negligence caused damages," and "no reporting would have been required if she had been eight months older."

In May, Planned Parenthood refused to give WND a response to Life Dynamics' claim, based on its investigation, that the abortion provider conceals the sexual abuse of minors.


Editor's note: WorldNetDaily will mark the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court's most controversial decision in history - Roe v. Wade (Jan. 22, 1973) - by dedicating the entire January 2003 edition of its acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine to the subject of abortion. WND's editors guarantee readers they will never think about abortion the same way after they read this powerful issue. Subscribe to Whistleblower before Jan. 1 and receive two free gifts from WND.

[Salvation]

**And Planned parenthood MUST BE CLOSED DOWN. The sooner the better - they have surpassed their quota of murder and meddling.**

And one sure way to do that is to insist that your United Way donation go to a specific charity of your choosing -- one where you know life will be supported. During the next United Way Campaign at your work, ask for the form and specify who receives your donation..................otherwise PP will get a part of it. Also ask that a letter be sent to the charity of your choice specifying your donation. They will do it.

[Salvation]

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[JMJ333]

Another 13 year old scarred for life. What a terribly sad story. My heart breaks for both children...the dead one and the one who was pregant. =(

Are we still funding these monsters with federal tax dollars?

[Desdemona]

This is so awful. There aren't words to describe how awful it is.

Donate to Birthright or some organization that helps expectant mothers in need.

[Desdemona]

Are we still funding these monsters with federal tax dollars?

Good question.

[victim soul]

Yes, to the tune of about 1/3 of their total income!!!

[RobbyS]

This is worst because Planned Parenthood is subsidized by the government. They should be required to report every case where the woman is a minor and the father an adult.

[fatima]

I know of a girl who was 13 years old and her boyfriend got her pregnant,her mother took her to have an abortion but she ran away when they got outside of the abortion chamber,she moved in with her Aunt and that is when I met her.Her baby was born,she made up with her mother and moved back in.She came to visit me and there was a man with her,she had the baby and she knew I wanted to see her.After they left I asked the Aunt who was the man,she said that was the father of the child.He was 22 yrs old.He also was not supporting her or the child.I said to the Aunt he should be in jail,guess PP just did not ask enough questions on this one but again lost revenue.

[hillsborofox]

In the mid-70's I went to PP for a pregnancy test. When it came back negative I asked the "nurse" about birth control. She enumerated all the things wrong with the pill, IUD, condom et al. and concluded that I should carry on as usual. If I got pregnant she said I could return and they would "take care of it."

That wasn't meant in a cooing, diapers and formula way... .

Through the murk of youthful ignorance I sensed the operation was a slick masquerade for advocacy. I was right and almost 30 years later nothing has changed. It's business as usual.

[nina0113]

...insist that your United Way donation go to a specific charity of your choosing -- one where you know life will be supported. During the next United Way Campaign at your work, ask for the form and specify who receives your donation..................otherwise PP will get a part of it.

If you give any money at all to United Way, it increases PP's funding, because the money you designate for Charity XYZ frees up other money to go to PP. I throw my UW envelope in the trash every year.

[EODGUY]

The pathos that is that hypocritical agency planned parenthood will hopefully be revealed more clearly throughout the next few months.

I have supported Life Dynamics for several years and knew of their plan to expose planned parenthood for it's illegal activities.

We are all implicitly supporting these infanticide mills via our tax dollars. The best way to put a halt to this funding is to have abortion declared illegal and not a constitutionally protected "right" as misinterpreted by our supreme court.

I am anxious to see if Frist takes the first step by bringing the ban on partial birth abortion (infanticide) to the senate floor for a vote as his first act as majority leader. I pray he does.

[victim soul]

33 comments on the sexual abue of a minor NOT REPORTED BY A MANDATED "HEALTH CARE" FACILITY yet how many more comments on Catholic priests.

What in the world are we coming to????

[gieriscm]

If you give any money at all to United Way, it increases PP's funding, because the money you designate for Charity XYZ frees up other money to go to PP. I throw my UW envelope in the trash every year.

This is worth repeating. I do not give to UW, but instead donate directly to the charities I believe are doing good work. UW supports pro-abort and anti-gun organizations, so I will never give them a dime.