NEW! Late-Term Abortionist's Patient Exposes Coercion in Her Testimony About Her Abortion

Woman Sues Nebraska Planned Parenthood - Lost 80% of Blood in Botched Abortion

Study Shows New York City Teens Have High Pregnancy, Abortion Rates

Another NJ Abortion Business Sees More "Customers" After Atlantic City Abortion Site Again Shut Down

Aurora, Illinois Abortion Center Sees Hundreds of Pro-Life Teens Protest

Abortion RU 486 Pill not 'Safe' Despite Media Spin - Study Only Suggests Pill as 'Safe' As Surgical Abortion  

British Abortionist Who Botched Abortion Won't Get Medical License Back

International Planned Parenthood Releases Abortion Report for Latin America 

International Planned Parenthood Federation Launches New Abortion Campaign in Europe 

Oregon Will Get New Planned Parenthood Center, with Abortions Coming Soon 

KS Legislator Backs Down From More Late-Term Abortion Restrictions 

Sweden Cuts Aid to Countries that Oppose its Pro-Abortion Stance... 

LATE-TERM ABORTIONIST'S PATIENT EXPOSES COERCION IN  HER TESTIMONY ABOUT HER ABORTION. A former patient of abortionist George R. Tiller gave jaw-dropping testimony before a joint interim legislative committee Friday, telling the detailed story of her late-term abortion experience that, as described, violated the Kansas ban on such abortions at nearly every turn.

"This is perhaps the most explosive testimony that has every been heard at the Capitol. Based on this testimony alone, Tiller's medical license should not survive to the end of the day," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "We demand that the Board of Healing Arts take immediate action to stop Tiller from victimizing any more people as this young lady was victimized."

The woman, Michelle Arnesto-Berg, appeared with her attorney, and told the committee of her abortion that took place at Tiller's Women's Health Care Services in May, 2003, while she was 18 and about to graduate from High School. Michelle related how her parents were upset to discover that she was pregnant and immediately began to pressure her into an abortion that she didn't want at 26 weeks into her pregnancy. Michelle's boyfriend opposed the abortion and had planned with Michelle to marry and raise their child together.

The following account is a reconstruction of events from Michelle's testimony:

Michelle's mother discovered George R. Tiller on the Internet and arranged for Michelle to have an abortion there the following Tuesday. After several days of nearly constant pressure and coercion, and fearing the loss of her family's love, Michelle relented to their demands.

Michelle and her mother became lost on the way to the abortion clinic and arrived two hours late for her appointment. Upon arrival, she was placed immediately into a group with several other women also receiving late-term abortions who were in the process of watching a video about the Tiller abortion legacy.

From there, without having spoken to anyone or signed any paperwork, Michelle was taken to a room with an ultrasound machine. She was prevented from seeing the viewing screen by the clinic worker who did her ultrasound. At that time, abortionist Shelly Sella came in and administered the injection through her abdomen into her baby's heart that immediately killed her child. Sella is a California abortionist who travels to Wichita every third week to do abortions for Tiller at his late-term abortion mill.

After receiving the fatal injection, Michelle was sent to the receptionist to fill out her paperwork and consent forms. There was no effort before the injection to insure that Michelle was over 18, or that she suffered from any kind of condition that would meet the legal requirement of "substantial and irreversible impairment," either physically or mentally, for an abortion after 22 weeks. She told the committee that at no time was she asked medical questions, but was asked questions only of a social nature.

In the three to four minutes that she spent with Tiller during her three-day stay, he told her that if one of his children were in her situation, he would have them get an abortion as well. Another clinic worker told her that if she had the baby, her life would be over and that she would never be able to go to college.

Michelle delivered at the abortion clinic on the third day of the procedure. She refused to deliver her baby into a toilet bowl, as ordered by clinic workers. Instead she delivered her dead baby on the floor next to the commode, a sight that still haunts her to this day.

A minister from the Unity Church met with Michelle and told her that God would forgive her for her abortion, but he never asked her questions or even inquired about how she was doing.

Because Michelle's mother was set to graduate from college the following day, Michelle was released a day earlier than she normally would have been released, with the verbal promise that she would seek follow-up care in one week. However, because of turmoil in her family and embarrassment over her abortion, she did not get follow-up care. She stated that Tiller's office never called her to even ask how she was or if she had indeed made the follow-up appointment.

Earlier this year, Michelle requested her medical records from Women's Health Care Services and was shocked to learn that her healthy 26-week baby had been diagnosed as "not viable" by Sella. This designation allowed Tiller and his staff to circumvent the Kansas ban on abortions of viable babies after 21 weeks, a gestational milestone that is considered the earliest a baby can survive outside the womb if born.

Michelle did not receive a second opinion as required by law for post 21-week abortions, and she was never diagnosed with any condition that would have met the "substantial and irreversible impairment" standard in the law.

Michelle agreed to make her medical records available to the committee.

Rep. Jene Vickery commented that it seemed her abortion was done without any consideration of the laws of Kansas.

Michelle indicated that after reading the law that bans late-term abortions, she believes that the law failed to protect her and her baby from an unwanted abortion that has caused her painful consequences. She expressed that she is equally upset at her parents for pressuring her to abort and Tiller for allowing the abortion to take place.

"Michelle's emotional testimony is perhaps the most compelling evidence to date that Tiller has committed illegal abortions while the authorities have refused to enforce the law," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Her testimony was a powerful indictment against those in Kansas that have the authority to enforce the law and protect people like Michelle, but instead look the other way. If this isn't the end of George Tiller, then there is no justice in Kansas."

Click here to listen to unedited file of Michelle’s actual testimony: http://operationrescue.org/audio/Michelle.WMA[TOPEKA, KS, September 10, 2007 LifeSiteNews.com]

WOMAN SUES NE PLANNED PARENTHOOD: Botched Abortion Nearly Killed Her.  A Nebraska woman is suing Planned Parenthood after an abortion at its facility resulted in the perforating of her uterus and a severe loss of blood. The abortion perforated the woman's uterus and, according to doctors who treated her later, could have killed her.

The unnamed woman filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood of Nebraska and Council Bluffs on 1Sept07 with the help of Lincoln attorney Jefferson Downing.

The suit was filed in Lancaster County District Court and the woman has issued a complaint to the Nebraska Health and Human Services Department.

"Our client has filed these complaints to bring to light the negligent actions of Planned Parenthood and Dr. (Meryl) Severson," Downing said in a statement.

The woman had the abortion at the Lincoln facility last month and the abortion perforated her uterus. She was ultimately taken to a local hospital where she lost 80 percent of her blood and experienced severe pain.

An ultrasound done prior to the abortion found the woman was eight weeks pregnant and had a tilted uterus.

After waiting several hours, the woman was taken into an exam room, according to the Lincoln newspaper, and given a shot in her cervix. She then heard a suction sound and "immediately complained of excruciating pain," according to the lawsuit. She told the abortion practitioner and his assistants to stop, but Severson allegedly replied, "We can't stop."

According to the lawsuit, three Planned Parenthood employees held the woman down while Severson completed the abortion. The woman experienced severe pain and bleeding afterwards and ultimately experienced three seizures by the time she was rushed to BryanLGH Medical Center East.

A hospital report said her uterus was perforated in the abortion and doctors there had to perform an emergency hysterectomy because of the severe damage to her body.

"Had she not received emergency care when she did, it is my professional opinion that the patient could have hemorrhaged to death," the doctor said, according to a sign statement Downing obtained.

Downing said the woman felt violated by the abortion and her treatment at Planned Parenthood and was not named in the lawsuit to protect her privacy.

Chris Funk, president of Planned Parenthood's local affiliate, told the Lincoln Journal Star that he hasn't seen the lawsuit and couldn't comment on it.

The newspaper reports that Severson resigned form the University of Nebraska Medical Center in March 2001 after doing an abortion there outside college policy. He subsequently joined Planned Parenthood as an abortion practitioner.  [3Sept07, Ertelt, LifeNews.com Lincoln, NE]

After Abortion She Nearly Died, Lost 80% of Blood -- Said to be "just the tip of the iceberg".  As pro-lifers protested on Saturday at the Omaha home of Planned Parenthood abortionist Meryl Severson, news broke that Severson is being sued by a 40-year old woman whose abortion he botched.

The woman, who filed the suit 1September07 under the pseudonym "Jane Roe," alleges that Severson so severely botched her abortion that she lost 80% of her total blood volume and required an emergency hysterectomy to save her life.

According to the complaint, the woman reported to the Lincoln Planned Parenthood office on August 17, 2007, for an abortion in the 8th week of pregnancy. In the recovery area, a friend who accompanied her to the abortion clinic attempted to help her to the bathroom, but the woman, who was in intense pain and bleeding, passed out and suffered the first of three seizures.
The woman was transported by ambulance to the local hospital where doctors treated her for "catastrophic perforation" of the uterus, which would have resulted in her death if treatment had been delayed any longer.

Severson lives in Omaha, but splits his time between three abortion mills in Lincoln, Nebraska, Council Bluffs and Souix City, Iowa.
[OMAHA, September 4, 2007 LifeSiteNews.com]

STUDY SHOWS NYC TEENAGERS HAVE HIGH PREGNANCY, ABORTION RATES. A presidential candidate likes to talk about how he lowered teen pregnancy rates and abortions by promoting adoption when he was mayor of New York. However, a new report finds teens in the nation's largest city have alarmingly high rates and over half of all teen pregnancies end in abortion.

The city government released the full report "Teen Sexual Activity and Birth Control Use in New York City," which contains a new survey of public high school students.

It finds that 69 percent of sexually active New York City teens use condoms, compared to 63% nationwide.

In 2005, the New York City teen pregnancy rate (including live births, abortions and miscarriages) was 94 per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19. Nationally, the rate was just 76 per 1,000 in 2002 (the most recent year on record).

The vast majority of teen pregnancies (86 percent) are unintended, and more than half (62 percent) end in abortion.

Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, New York City Health Commissioner, admitted that abstinence education could help lower these rates, but still promoted contraception.

"Postponing sex has many benefits for teens," Frieden said. "It's the only sure way to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Teenagers who choose to have sex should know that condoms and long-acting contraceptives are both important."

The survey also asked teenagers about the morning after pill and found only 47 percent had heard of it with 54 percent of girls and 39 percent of boys knowing about Plan B.

Despite the results of the study, the city's health department said it will continue a school condom distribution program. The city also said it would to encourage teens to delay sexual intercourse as well. [3Sept07, Ertelt, LifeNews.com New York City, NY]

 

ANOTHER ABORTION SITE SEES MORE CUSTOMERS AFTER NJ ABORTION BUSINESS REMAINS SHUT DOWN. New Jersey women in the Atlantic City area are traveling to Cherry Hill to get abortions after the state's health department shut down an abortion center for violations. Officials closed the Alternatives abortion center in June after they found multiple "profound" health code violations:  infection control issues, poor documentation and record-keeping, and problems with the facility itself.

Since the closing, there has been a "spike" in women making the trip north to Cherry Hill Women's Center, near Philadelphia.

Elizabeth Barnes [v-p, Cherry Hill abortion business] told the Press that she was worried New Jersey residents would worry that all abortions centers in the state had health code problems because the Alternatives business and another in Englewood have been closed.

Like Alternatives, the Cherry Hill Women's Center is one of several abortion facilities state health inspectors have not probed despite a state requirement to do so. Health officials say they don't have enough inspectors for cover all of the medical center in the state. As a result, Cherry Hill Women's Center has not had a proper state health inspection since December 2004, and other abortion cente