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Albany Attempted Murder, Assault and Second-Degree Abortion [Troy]        On July 1, 2003, Cashandwa Rowlett decided to tell her boyfriend, Sean Brown of Albany, that she was two months pregnant. He didn't like this news, so the pro-abortionist attacked her so viciously that she was permanently disfigured. He stabbed her at least ten times in the abdomen, hip, thighs and fingers in an attempt to make her miscarry, according to Rensselaer County District Attorney Patricia DeAngelis.        Brown was arrested on July 3 and was indicted on July 11 by a Rensselaer County grand jury on charges of attempted murder, assault and second-degree abortion. He was held in jail without bail pending arraignment.        On May 7, 2004, in, Rensselaer County Court, Brown pled guilty to one count each of second-degree abortion and assault, and on June 2 was sentenced to prison for a total of 14 years. References:  Associated Press. "Man Charged with Attempted Murder, Abortion in Attack on Pregnant Girlfriend." Newsday.com, July 11, 2003; "Albany Man Arraigned for Attack." Capital News 9 [Albany, New York], July 17, 2003; "Man Pleads to Stabbing Pregnant Girlfriend." Burlington County Times, May 8, 2004. Assault, Reckless Endangerment, Aggravated Criminal Contempt and Criminal Contempt [Troy]        In May 1997, pro-abortionist Darren Jones beat his six-month pregnant girlfriend, Marquita Evans, whose unborn child died after the attack. Rensselaer County District Attorney Ken Bruno says no murder charge was filed because he could not prove that the baby's death was due to the actions of Jones. Reference:  Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, May 29, 1997. Assault, Death Threat, Vandalism and Harassment        From an e-mail message from Brian Heitner to Brian Clowes dated November 4, 2000, subject: "Pro-Abortion Violence."        As a founder of a new pro-life non-violent group on the campus of the State University of New York at Albany back in the mid 90s, we were told of a death threat from a group called NWROC (National Women's Rights Organizing Coalition) aimed at the founders of the new pro-life group. My vice president, Marc, received a call from one of the college newspaper reporters saying that a guy from NWROC called up demanding information on who started the pro-life group so that he could kill us. As a result, we notified Concerned Citizens For Human Life (a pro-life group helping us), who in returned warned the college that our lives should be protected by the University, otherwise it could be held liable. A reporter from the Times Union, a local paper, took our pictures and later went to get NWROC's position on the incident. There was a small article in the Times Union about the incident.        Multiple times members of NWROC harassed members of Concerned Citizens For Life (there is an amateur video on this). This took place in front of Planned Parenthood in Albany, New York. One incident occurred when one of the members of Concerned Citizens For Life had to bring his or her son to the protest and a member of NWROC attacked the child, who had to be taken to a hospital as a result.        In Deer Park, New York, there is a pro-life center which tries to educate people about the issue of abortion as well as providing support for women who go through with their pregnancies. The first time I tried to find the place, I missed it because I was looking for some sign or evidence of a pro-life or abortion alternative center. After not being able to find it, I called up on a pay phone and got better directions. When I arrived at the place, I asked a receptionist why they didn't have a sign. She replied that there is a group of violent pro-abortion people who have thrown rocks through our windows, harassed volunteers and clients, and threatened to set the place on fire.        NWROC is a violent pro-abortion, pro-homosexual group whose members have been arrested numerous times for violent incidents. NWROC's logo is a female symbol with a fist through it, and their slogan is "NO FREE SPEECH FOR FASCISTS!" Buffalo Murder and Suicide [Amherst]        John Bull married his wife Sandra at Niagara Falls on February 17, 1998. On March 2, they argued, and Bull strangled Sandra to death in their Amherst home.        Then, he returned to the American side of Niagara Falls on March 10, 1998. In full view of horrified tourists, he put on swim goggles, climbed over a guard rail, and was swept over the Falls. His body was never found.        Police did find his pickup truck, however, and in it was a note directing them to his apartment, where they found the decomposing body of his pregnant wife. Police also found a rambling 30-page second note confessing to the crime.        Amherst Assistant Police Chief Frank Olesko said "In essence he was looking for forgiveness and a way to commit suicide, and in the end he decided he would go over the Falls." Reference:  "Suicide at Niagara Falls Follows a Slaying." The New York Times, March 10, 1998. Fatal Botched Abortions (2 incidents), Criminally Negligent Homicide, Negligence and Public Lewd Acts        When New York legalized abortion on demand in 1970, Abortionist Jesse Ketchum immediately set up shop in a Buffalo motel suite.        On May 28, 1971, Ketchum did a D&C abortion under general anesthesia on Ellen K. Lawler of New Baltimore, Michigan, in his Buffalo office. Only later, at an undisclosed time, did Mrs. Lawler discover that Ketchum had lacerated her uterus, anterior cul-de-sac, right broad ligament, and peritoneum. He had told her the abortion had been uncomplicated.        Ketchum was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after killing 25-year old Margaret Louise Smith on June 16, 1971. A pathologist determined that Margaret bled to death from "laceration of the entire length of the cervix, lower segment of the uterus, and the broad ligament."        Just a few months later, one of his abortions killed a woman who traveled from Ohio for a vaginal hysterotomy abortion in Ketchum's office. She was admitted to a hospital, in shock, the next day, and died of hemorrhage during a laparotomy on October 20, 1971. The coroner noted that "At autopsy, removal of sutures which completely closed the cervix revealed a laceration extending the length of the cervical canal into the uterus and the right uterine artery."        This latter case led to his conviction on charges of criminally negligent homicide on October 26, 1973. His petition to overturn conviction on constitutional grounds was denied. Abortionist Milan Vuitch testified in Ketchum's defense.        Of two doctors known to have been performing outpatient hysterotomy abortions in New York City in the early 1970s, Ketchum performed 18 of the 19 outpatient hysterotomies reported. Both reported deaths from outpatient hysterotomies (Margaret Smith and Carol Schaner) were Ketchum's patients, giving his outpatient hysterotomy practice an 11% mortality rate.        On April 12, 1974, Ketchum was found guilty and fined $50 for sitting in a porno theater, masturbating with his pants around his knees. (2227 - NY Medical board documents) References:  United States District Court for Western New York, Ketchum v. Ward; Journal of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, March 1974; New York State Journal of Medicine, October 1975; Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, March 1974; Western District, New York District Court #Civ-75-79; New York Supreme Court, County of Erie, Index #D88030; New York Supreme Court, County of Erie, Index No. 62821; "Jesse Ketchum: Back-Alley Butcher Gone Legit Join the Discussion." "Pro-Life Views," About.com, June 29, 2001. Attempted Murder, Attempted Suicide, First-Degree Assault, and Arson        David Elersic was a married man, and he had a problem. He was cheating on his wife and his girlfriend, Gloria Bush, was pregnant with his child.        So, on March 12, 2003, he went to her home, having told her that he was going to accompany her to a sonogram appointment. Instead, Elersic bound Bush to a chair in her kitchen using duct tape, sealed the room with plastic, and disconnected the stove's natural gas line from the wall. When he had finished tying Bush to the chair, he told her that they were both about to die. The resulting gas explosion destroyed the home and heavily damaged houses on both sides. Police found Elersic and Bush in the garage. Bush was in critical condition with burns over 25 percent of her body. Her preborn baby survived. Elersic suffered only minor injuries.        Investigators said Elersic was angry because Bush refused to have an abortion. He left a suicide note.        On May 30, 2003, Elersic pleaded guilty to attempted murder. References:  "Man Charged After Causing Girlfriend's House to Explode." NewsDay, March 12, 2003. Downloaded from http://www.Newsday.com on March 13, 2003; "Man Pleads Guilty in Explosion that Injured Girlfriend." Newsday.com, June 2, 2003; "Mom Badly Burned in Murder Attempt Gives Birth." Story dated August 20, 2003, downloaded from the Web site of Channel 2 News (WESH-TV), Buffalo, New York, at http://www.wesh.com/news/2419396/detail.htm, on August 21, 2003. Felony Assault and Criminal Mischief        On December 5, 1988, Buffalo abortionist Barnett Slepian went wild when several pro-lifers sang Christmas carols outside his home on a public sidewalk. Slepian grabbed a baseball bat and severely injured Ronald Breymeier, 48, by beating him on the head, back, and arms, before smashing out all of the windows on Breymeier's van. Slepian surrendered to Town of Amherst police at his home a short time afterwards, and was charged with felony assault and criminal mischief. Local pro-abortionists vocally supported this incredibly violent attack. Abortion mill owner Marilynn Buckham told the Buffalo News "I think it's [picketing] religious persecution. These 'good Christians' don't respect anyone else's religion." At Slepian's 'trial,' Amherst Town Justice Sherwood Bestry said to him, "The Court feels you have suffered a great deal on account of this." Following this mock 'trial,' the Amherst Town Board immediately banned the picketing of homes by pro-lifers. References:  Paul Likoudis, "Buffalo Abortionist Arrested on Sex-Abuse Charges." The Wanderer, January 5, 1988, page 1; Associated Press, December 6 and 7, 1988. Rape (2 incidents), Second-Degree Assault, First Degree Sexual Abuse, First Degree Unlawful Imprisonment, Bribery (2 incidents), Possession of Illegal Drugs/Hypodermics, Resisting Arrest, Obstruction of Governmental Administration, and Soliciting a Prostitute        Abortionist Tati Okereke was arrested after a Christmas Eve party in the Buffalo Hyatt Regency and charged with second-degree assault, first degree sexual abuse, first degree unlawful imprisonment, possession of illegal drugs and hypodermics, resisting arrest, and obstruction of governmental administration. The abortionist's former girlfriend was found handcuffed to a bed, with drugs and needles were scattered on the floor nearby. Police had to forcibly subdue Okereke when he was arrested. In 1982, he was charged with two counts of sexual abuse, but was acquitted by a State Supreme Court jury.        The New York State medical board investigated numerous allegations including fondling patient's breasts, and injecting patients with medication making them groggy, then engaging in sexual intercourse with them against their wills. One of these women testified that she could not move but kept crying "What are you doing?," and another patient testified that after examining her vagina, the abortionist licked his fingers. She said the doctor tried to pay her off to keep her quiet following the incident.        According to documents obtained by The Buffalo News under the Freedom of Information Act, Okereke was also charged by the State of New York with raping two patients and then trying to bribe them to buy their silence; drugging and then trying to have sex with his receptionist at an office Christmas party at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo Hotel on December 24, 1988; dispensed narcotics to himself and failed to account for very large quantities of controlled substances; prescribed Valium and diet pills to underweight women and women with a history of drug abuse; and lied on staff membership applications to Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo Children's Hospital, and a Maryland hospital; and continued to treat patients after his medical license was suspended in March 1988.        New York Health Department attorney Paul R. White said that "Dr. Okereke is a pathological liar. The guy is either incapable or unwilling to tell the truth."        During his hearings, the abortionist trotted out the usual tired old excuses. He claimed that he was the victim of racial prejudice since he was from Nigeria. He claimed that other physicians were jealous of him. And he sniveled that the New York Health Department had teamed up with pro-lifers to get rid of him.        Like the typical abortionist he is, Okereke did everything but take responsibility for his own actions.        After more than seven years of legal maneuvering, Okereke's medical license was finally revoked in 1989.        Later, Okereke continued to demonstrate his [lack of] character when he pleaded guilty to soliciting a prostitute on May 3, 1991. References:  Paul Likoudis. "Buffalo Abortionist Arrested on Sex-Abuse Charges." The Wanderer, January 5, 1989, page 1; California Medical Board Investigation #11593; Michael Beebe. "Gynecologist Has History of Misconduct Charges." The Buffalo News, December 30, 1990, pages A1 and A11; Matt Gryta. "Doctor Admits Patronizing Prostitute." The Buffalo News, May 4, 1991. Felony Abortion, Burglary, Assault and Unlawful Endangerment        Jeremy Powell's ex-girlfriend was three months pregnant by him. She wanted to keep the baby, but he insisted that she get an abortion. She refused.        And so, on January 27, 2002, Powell forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's apartment through a kitchen window, then locked her in the basement and punched and kicked her, screaming "I'm going to beat that baby out of you!" During pauses in his attack, he called another girlfriend on the telephone.        Lisa Bloch Rodwin, chief of Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark's Domestic Violence Bureau, said the victim called police after she made her way to Sisters Hospital, where she miscarried. Rodwin said Powell was successfully prosecuted because of the "outstanding work" on the case by five officers of the Buffalo Police Department sex offense squad led by Detective Salvatore Valvo, who got Powell to admit his conduct.        City Judge David M. Manz ordered Powell to remain jailed pending grand jury proceedings. Powell was charged with criminal abortion, burglary, assault and unlawful endangerment, and he waived a felony hearing, remaining in jail in lieu of $80,000 bail. Powell could have been sentenced to 25 years in prison if he was convicted on all of the charges.        On March 15, 2002, before his case could be presented to an Erie County grand jury, Powell admitted that he deliberately beat his ex-girlfriend to abort his child. He pleaded guilty to felony abortion and second-degree assault. State Supreme Court Justice Ronald H. Tills refused to give him a sentencing commitment pending his May 31, 2002 sentencing, and revoked his bail.        Court officials said this was Western New York's first criminal-abortion case since the prosecution of abortionist Jesse L. Ketchum in the death of a Buffalo patient in 1971. He was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a Michigan woman who died after being aborted in his office. References:  "New York Man Charged With Beating Girlfriend Who Refused Abortion." Buffalo News, February 6, 2002; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, February 7, 2002; Matt Gryta. "Criminal Abortion Alleged in Assault." Buffalo News, February 6, 2002; Matt Gryta. "Man Guilty of Abortion in Ex-Girlfriend's Beating." Buffalo News, March 16, 2002. Assault        On April 18, 1992, pro-abortionists repeatedly attacked the Rev. Paul Schenck during a protest outside the Buffalo Gyn Womenservices abortion mill. Reference:  David Germain. "Abortion-Rights Advocates Attack, Taunt Minister." The Oregonian, April 19, 1992, page A19. Death Threat and Vandalism        Pro-life students erected 4,400 white crosses with the permission of the Amherst Campus of the University of Buffalo in October 1995, to represent the number of preborn babies killed by abortion every day. Pro-abortionists tore down and destroyed about 1,400 of the crosses at night.        In response to the display, in the student newspaper of the State University of New York at Buffalo, pro-abortionist Michelle Goldberg raved "If I couldn't have an abortion safely and legally, I would find another way. If I ended up dead from hemorrhaging with a coathanger up my cunt, the anti-choicers will have murdered me as surely as they murdered Dr. David Gunn, and as surely as they murdered the thousands who died from illegal abortions before 1973. Anti-choicers have declared war on women. Now it's up to us to fight back. If that means guarding the [abortion] clinic doors with Uzis, then that's what will have to be done. Just once, I'd like to see someone blow up one of those churches. ... This week is anti-choice week at UB [University of Buffalo]. If you see one of them showing their disgusting videos or playing with toy fetuses, do your part and spit at them. Kick them in the head. Give them the name of your therapist. They call it "Cemetery of the Innocents." I call it graveyard of the oppressed. Their God is worth nothing compared to my body. Abortion is a bit bloody. So is a root canal. It's a f—ing operation! If you think abortion is gruesome, you should see childbirth; an ordeal that is ten times more dangerous to a woman's health ... The anti-choice movement is like self-help for them. Too bad there's no "Fanatics Anonymous" to give them the help they need."        Despite the obviously dangerous nature of this death threat, and the damage done to the crosses, the university took no disciplinary action against any pro-abortionist. UB officials merely clucked their tongues about "tolerance" and "free speech." We can be assured, however, that if a pro-lifer had threatened abortionists in the same way, he or she would have been punished immediately and severely. References:  Michelle Goldberg, Feature Editor. "Rant for Choice." The Spectrum [State University of New York at Buffalo], quoted in "Student Editors Print Threats Against Pro-Lifers." HLI Update, November 1995, page 1; Operation Rescue Newsletter, November 25, 1995; Dave Condren. "UB Student Paper Won't Be Disciplined." The Buffalo News, October 21, 1995, pages C1 and C4; Dan Herbeck. "UB Agrees to Pay $38,000 to Pro-Life Student Group, Change Policy on Protests." The Buffalo News, March 4, 1998, page B-4. Involuntary Abortion (2 incidents), Bribery and Malpractice        Abortionist Rafael G. Cunanan was director of Planned Parenthood in Niagara County, New York (in Buffalo). In October 1997, the State of New York fined him $1,000 for committing two unasked-for abortions and a mistaken sterilization.        The abortionist was also placed on probation for four years. The State found that Cunanan failed to have pregnancy tests done on women before performing abortions. He had also, without consent, done a tubal sterilization on a young woman in 1984, and then paid her to keep silent. References:  "Doctor Fined Over Abortions, Mistakenly Sterilizing Women." Buffalo News, October 1, 1997, page A1; American Life League's Communiqu‚, October 31, 1997; Tony Gosgnach. "Cases Reveal a Path of Destruction Through Women, Children, and Society." The Interim, September 1998; Tony Gosgnach. "Planned Parenthood Exposed." The Interim, February 2003. Death Threat [Cheektowaga]        On November 6, 1998, pro-abortionists mailed letters to two Catholic churches and a pro-life group with threats that they contained anthrax bacteria. The victims were St. Matthew's Church and School in Indianapolis, Queen of Martyrs' Church in Cheektowaga, New York, and the Chicago office of Joe Scheidler's Pro-Life Action League. The letters said "You have been exposed to anthrax." Reference:  "Anthrax Threats Against Catholic Churches, Pro-Life Group." Catholic World News Briefs, November 10, 1998. Malpractice        In March 2001, Planned Parenthood Mohawk-Hudson paid a settlement of over $1 million to 24-year-old Lisa Joseph, whose breast cancer was misdiagnosed by a Planned Parenthood nurse-practitioner. The nurse had told Joseph that the lump in her breast was not cancerous and that she was too young to have cancer. Two months later, in seeking a second opinion, she was told that she did indeed have cancer. By that point, the disease had spread into her chest wall. Reference:  Tony Gosgnach. "Planned Parenthood Exposed." The Interim, February 2003. Covington Attempted Forced Abortion, Assault and Larceny        Pro-abortionist Danny Court, 24, of the Genesee County town of Pavilion, did not want a baby — but his girlfriend, an unidentified 19-year-old native of Perry, New York, did.        So he, being a farmhand, obtained a supply of a veterinary drug used to induce miscarriages in cattle, and laced her soft drink with it. Fortunately, she did not miscarry, but she suffered some ill effects from the drug.        Court was arrested on January 31, 2001 and charged with second-degree abortion, second-degree assault, and petty larceny. He was arraigned before Covington Town Justice Paul Dougherty and sent to Wyoming County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.        Court pleaded guilty in April to second-degree abortion and was sentenced to two to four years in prison        Court also was ordered to stay away from his girlfriend and a son they previously had together. "I think what you did was despicable and you're paying the price for it," said Wyoming County Court Judge Michael Griffith. References:  "Man Accused of Lacing Woman's Drink to Induce Abortion." Associated Press, February 1, 2001; "Man Gets Prison for Attempted Forced Abortion." Associated Press, June 6, 2001; Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, June 7, 2001. Ithaca Embezzlement        Patricia A. Harriger was indicted for stealing almost $60,000 over four years from her employer, Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County.        Harriger worked as a bookkeeper and allegedly embezzled $58,898.86 from March of 1998 to April of 2002. Planned Parenthood had to hire auditors who spent more than 1,000 hours determining the extent and methodology of the theft.        On June 24, 2004, athe Ithaca Police Department arrested Harriger. According to court documents, during police interviews, Harriger admitted stealing the money from Planned Parenthood in order to pay various bills. Reference:  Adam Wilson. "Woman Charged with Embezzlement: Ex-Planned Parenthood Worker Allegedly Stole $58,000." Ithaca Journal, August 12, 2004. Malone Assault, Second-Degree Abortion and Felony Probation Violation        Clayton R. Tucker Jr., of Malone, New York, did not want to be a father. So he punched and kicked his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach until she miscarried, all the time shouting that he wanted to kill the baby, according to Franklin County Chief Assistant District Attorney Derek Champagne. She miscarried the following day.        Bureau of Criminal Investigation Investigator Kelvis Melo said that "It was a strong-arm assault. It wasn't a medical procedure. It was an abortive act that caused the demise of a fetus."        Assistant District Attorney Glenn MacNeill, the prosecutor on the case, said that "This is a domestic-violence incident at its worst that resulted in something terrible. It's a case about power and control."        In April 2002, Tucker pleaded guilty to second-degree abortion in an agreement with the Franklin County District Attorney's Office.        In May 2002, he was sentenced to the maximum two to four years in state prison. At sentencing, Assistant District Attorney Glenn MacNeill said "This is one of the worst cases of domestic violence I've seen."        The presentence report and its addendums showed that Tucker is unable to accept responsibility for his own actions, has a bitter hatred toward women, and is a violent person who is now a second-felony offender. MacNeill added "A message needs to be sent to Mr. Tucker that his actions will not be tolerated. The PSI truly sums up this situation: "The defendant must be locked away for the safety of the community, if for no other reason"."        Judge Robert Main noted that Tucker has a 10-year record of criminal conduct and was on probation at the time of the attack. References:  Denise A. Raymo. "Abortion Charge Tied to Beating Miscarriage." The [Plattsburgh, New York] Press-Republican, September 20, 2001; Denise A. Raymo. "Plea in 'Abortion' Case: Malone Man to be Sentenced for Kicking Girlfriend." The [Plattsburgh, New York] Press-Republican, April 3, 2002; Sue Botsford. "Man Whose Attack Aborted Baby Sentenced to Maximum." Plattsburgh, New York Press-Republican, May 21, 2002. Downloaded from http://wwwpressrepublican.com on May 22, 2002. Middletown Gross Negligence (2 incidents), Felony Unauthorized Practice of Medicine, Felony Insurance Fraud, and Petty Larceny        In October 2002, the New York Board for Professional Misconduct revoked abortionist Paul Mayer's medical license for gross negligence in two cases, including the abortion of a viable 29-week preborn baby. Mayer continued to practice medicine as he appealed the revocation.        In February 2002, an Orange County grand jury indicted the abortionist on charges of felony unauthorized practice of medicine, felony insurance fraud, and petty larceny. However, six months later, the indictment was thrown out because Mayer's license was in effect while he appealed the revocation.        In April 2003, the New York State Court of Appeals permanently revoked Mayer's medical license and, in November 2003, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled that the lower court had erred in dismissing the original indictment, and reinstated it.        If found guilty on the charges, abortionist Mayer could serve one to four years in prison. References:  Oliver Mackson. "Doctor Faces Felony Charges." The Times Herald-Record [New York's Hudson Valley and the Catskills], November 18, 2003; "Abortionist May Go to Jail." Life Dynamics News, December 2003, page 5. New York City Capital Murder, Murder and Attempted Murder [Orange, New Jersey]        On April 22, 1980, James Howard Vaughan shot his pregnant girlfriend to death in Orange, New Jersey after an argument. He was convicted of murder and, on September 8, 1980, a judge sentenced him to serve 30 years in prison. He only served twelve years, and walked free on May 12, 1992.        As of 2003, Vaughan was trying to entice a married woman, Ruth Bernadette "Bunny" Kennedy, to have an affair with him. On July 19, 2003, he shot Ruth several times, finishing by shooting her in the head. Incredibly, she survived. Vaughan murdered 72-year-old Maxine McCaden, Ruth's mother, by shooting her in the head.        After the murder, Vaughan fled the state to Whiteville, North Carolina and was arrested by police on July 26. Police found the murder weapon under the seat in his car, and one of the victim's blood on his trousers. References:  Peggy Wright. "Judge OKs Murder Suspect's Statements." Daily Record [Morris County, New Jersey], March 24, 2006. First-Degree Murder (2 counts) and Death Threats (3 incidents) [The Bronx]        According to police and prosecution documents and witness testimony, the following events occurred in and around The Bronx in New York City.        Robert Coakley had a real problem on his hands. He was married but had a girlfriend on the side who was nine months pregnant with his child. So he enlisted his wife Maria in his plot to murder Marilyn Ginel.        On March 31, 2006, they attacked Marilyn and murdered her without mercy. They ambushed her inside her own apartment. Robert Coakley taunted Marilyn, saying "Ha! I set you up."        They herded Marilyn's three children — 12-year-old Lisa, 11-year-old David and 9-year-old Vanessa — into a bedroom. Robert Coakley threatened the children's lives, saying "If you tell anybody I killed your mother, I'll kill you." He then emphasized the point by slashing at David with the same knife he used to murder his mother.        Then the children began to hear their mother screaming. While Maria held Marilyn down, Robert Coakley slashed her throat open with a butcher knife. Then, to make absolutely certain she was dead, he crushed her skull with a heavy object.        The murderers then fled the scene to leave Marilyn's three children to discover their mother's mutilated body.        One policeman said "They corral all the kids in one bedroom and the 12-year-old sees him dragging her mother into the other bedroom, and then Maria Coakley goes in and they close the door. They hear screaming. They hear a struggle and that's all they hear. Then after that, [the Coakleys] go to the bathroom to wash up and then they take the towels and throw them back into the bedroom."        One of Marilyn's daughters wept and said "I miss my mommy. My stepfather wouldn't let my mom come out of the house. She was saying, 'Just let me out.' He wanted money. She said she didn't have it."        Neighbor Desiree Ferguson said that "She was very excited about the baby," said "Everything was about Robert. She talked about how she wanted to marry him." References:  Bob Kappstatter, Kerry Burke and Alison Gendar. "Ma Dragged Off & Killed: 3 Kids Herded Into Bedroom Before Horror." New York Daily News, April 1, 2006; Mark Bulliet and Joe Mcgurk. "Pregnant Ma Shot Dead in Bx. Apt." The New York Post, April 1, 2006; John Doyle and Erika Martinez. "Pregnant Slay: Hubby Pleads not Guilty in Pistol-Whip." New York Daily News, April 1, 2006. First-Degree Murder (2 counts) [Brooklyn]        In June 2002, Larry Smith got into an argument with his girlfriend, Melesha Francis, who was eight months pregnant. First he tried to strangle her with his hands, then decided a belt would do much better. He cinched it hard around her neck until she stopped breathing.        Then he told her son, six-year-old Michael, that he was going to give him a swimming lesson. Smith filled the bathtub. When Michael turned on his stomach to practice, Smith pushed his head under the water and held him there until he died.        On May 27, 2005, a jury convicted Smith of two counts of first-degree murder. Since New York State assigns absolutely no worth to even a wanted viable full-term preborn baby, Smith was not charged in his murder. Smith will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. Reference:  Zach Haberman. "Evil 'Kin' Killer Gets Life." The New York Post, July 9, 2005, page 5. Second-Degree Murder [Spring Valley]        Karesse Ebron was a junior in high school. On June 13, 2006, she told her mother that she was going to go outside to sit in her car and listen to music and call her friends on her cell phone.        Instead, she met her much older boyfriend, 22-year-old Ryan Ross. Ross drove her to an isolated area near Levy Park, where she told him that she was pregnant with his child. He asked her to have an abortion, but she refused. He reacted to her refusal by beating her to death with a baseball bat. He hit her at least four times on the head and told police that he did not want her to have his baby. An autopsy showed that Karesse died from multiple fractures to her skull and face.        He confessed his crime to Spring Valley and Ramapo police and directed them to Karesse's body, which was buried under leaves in the woods near Eugene Levy Memorial Park.        On June 29, 2006, Ross was arraigned on a charge of second-degree murder. As he was led into the courtroom, Kenneth Ebron, Karesse's father, lunged at him and screamed "I'll kill him!"        Shar-ron McCullough, Karesse's uncle, said "He's a coward. He hit her with a rock or bat in the back of the head. Was it really worth that?"        Ross pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and, on March 1, 2007, Judge Catherine Bartlett sentenced Ross to 22 years to life in prison. Judge Bartlett told Ross that killing Ebron because she wouldn't have an abortion "makes no sense ... and was hard to believe. Your attitude, this court believes, is life is cheap. That makes you a dangerous human being." References:  Steve Lieberman and Jane Lerner. "Neighbor Charged in 16-Year-Old's Murder; Chaos in Court." The Journal News [Rockland, New York], June 30, 2006; Steve Ertelt. "New York Man Who Killed Pregnant Girlfriend for Refusing Abortion Sentenced." LifeNews.com, March 2, 2007. Second-Degree Murder        Roscoe Glinton had a problem. He was a married father of four whose wife had recently given birth, but he having an adulterous affair with Lisa Eatmon. She had refused his repeated demands to have an abortion, and she was now eight months pregnant with a healthy 6½-pound baby boy she had already named Jayden. Just two weeks previously, friends had thrown her a baby shower in her native Philadelphia. Glinton had five children by three different women other than his wife and was sinking deeper and deeper into debt.        Glinton wanted to avoid the complications and embarrassment that were sure to come if his baby were born. So he took care of the problem in the most direct way possible. At about 4 in the morning of April 3, 2005, he shot Lisa in the head and dumped her body in the Hudson River.        On October 25, 2006, a Manhattan jury deliberated less than two hours before convicting Glinton of second-degree murder.        During his trial, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon summed up the situation: "An unexpected pregnancy, an unborn child of 6 pounds and 8 ounces is the reason why we're here today. That unborn fetus was about to become a huge inconvenience to the defendant, financially and socially."        Lisa's sister, Darlene Jabir, said "I'm not going to say this brings closure, but at least we have the answer we've been looking for. ... Lisa will never be forgotten."        This was not the first time that Glinton had come under suspicion for murder. In 1998, his first wife, Deborah, vanished, and her remains were found three years later near the New York Thruway. In her diary, Deborah had mentioned that Glinton had tried to throw a running hair dryer into the bathtub while she was bathing. References:  Emanuella Grinberg. "Prosecutor: Married Man Killed Pregnant Girlfriend to Avoid Burden of Illegitimate Child." Court TV, October 23, 2006; Emanuella Grinberg. "Jury Convicts Sanitation Worker of Shooting Pregnant Mistress, Dumping Body in River." Court TV, October 25, 2006. Murder, Gross Incompetence (5 incidents), and Negligence (3 incidents)        Abortionist David Benjamin (also know as Elyas Bonrouhi) killed 33-year old Honduran native Guadalupe Negron, a mother of four at the Metro Women's Center abortion mill in Queens, New York, on July 9, 1993.        Benjamin's license had been revoked a month earlier for "gross incompetence and negligence" in rupturing the uteruses of five other women, but medical officials allowed him to continue his practice. But as early as 1980, after he was dismissed from a Utica hospital for substandard work, New York health officials already knew that he was a public health menace.        During Negron's abortion, Benjamin proceeded to extract pieces of a 20-week old preborn baby without first performing any kind of examination. He lacerated Negron's cervix and punctured her uterus, causing severe bleeding. The abortion began at 10 AM. The receptionist for the abortion mill testified that Negron was moved into recovery and was not monitored for over an hour. Benjamin's wife, who acted as an assistant, took her back into the exam room and came out screaming, "Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Call the ambulance! Call the ambulance!" Benjamin did not summon an ambulance until 1:40 PM. Paramedics found a breathing tube inserted into Negron's stomach instead of her trachea, causing stomach fluids to travel up the tube, into the mask, and down into her lungs. A paramedic said he found Negron naked and bloody, while a nurse was screaming and trying to revive her in a small, unventilated room with an inadequate oxygen tank and no necessary equipment such as blood pressure cuff. The paramedic stated Benjamin lied about nature of Negron's problem, hindering attempts to save her. Negron's autopsy report attributed her death to massive bleeding causing shock and cardiac arrest.        Benjamin was indicted on murder charges due to "depraved indifference to human life." A paramedic told a reporter "I wouldn't take my dog there (Benjamin's clinic)." Benjamin was charged with second-degree murder. A news article indicates that Benjamin's attorney found fault with the paramedic for presuming the information given to him by Benjamin was complete and accurate. Benjamin's license was revoked in 1993 over charges pending prior to Negron's death.        Even the National Abortion Federation (NAF) applauded Benjamin's murder conviction. "The evidence presented in the case makes clear that Dr. Benjamin's practices were absolutely unacceptable," said Vicki Saporta, Executive Director of NAF. "Shoddy and substandard doesn't even begin to describe his methods. He should not have been practicing medicine." Strangely, though the NAF had done nothing prior to Negron's death to stop Benjamin from practicing medicine.        And Saporta, while applauding Benjamin's conviction, went so far as to blame pro-lifers for his deadly incompetence! This is classic pro-abortion thinking: They are never at fault. Whatever stupid or deadly actions they commit, the blame always lies somewhere else. They simply cannot take responsibility for their actions, and wind up instead making the most stupid statements imaginable. Saporta said that "The sad fact is that, because of the political controversy surrounding abortion, anti-choice policies exist that make it difficult for women to get basic information about the many safe, quality providers of abortion services ... A doctor like David Benjamin depends on the anti-choice extremists of this country who work to make women ashamed and fearful. We should not have back alleys in 1995, but sadly, we do — because anti-abortion forces work to take funding, access and information away from women."        Benjamin had previously been found guilty of, among other things, gross negligence, gross incompetence, and abandoning or neglecting a patient and failing to keep accurate medical records. His license had been suspended for three months and he had received a period of probation. He had also lost privileges in two hospitals in 1982 and 1983. He applied for hospital privileges in 1989, fraudulently concealed these disciplinary actions. News reports described his abortion mill as a "slaughterhouse" and "dark, filthy, poorly ventilated." News articles alleged Benjamin also did abortions in the basement of his house, and that he disappeared after an investigation into Negron's death was begun.        On March 16, 2000, a New York State Court of Appeals upheld Benjamin's 1995 murder conviction. He will continue serving his 25-year-to-life sentence following the decision by the Appellate Division.        "This is a solid victory for patients and their families who, through the gross and depraved indifference of their medical practitioners, lose their lives," said Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, whose office brought the case.        Harold Pokel, who handled Benjamin's appeal, said he was "very disappointed in the result." Pokel had argued that testimony about Benjamin's previous problematic medical history should have been excluded at trial; it was allowed, and prejudiced the jury, he said. He promised to take Benjamin's case to the Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. References:  Press release of the National Abortion Federation entitled "Abortion Providers Praise Verdict Against New York Doctor" dated August 8, 1995; PRI Newswire, August 8, 1995; Dave Andrusko. "Doctor Indicted in New York Woman's Abortion Death." The Wanderer, September 2, 1993, pages 1 and 6; Paul Likoudis. "Investigators Cast a Wide Net To Find Abortionist's Murderer." The Wanderer, December 10, 1998, pages 1 and 10; Dave Andrusko. "[David] Benjamin Indicted On Murder Charges." National Right to Life News, September 14, 1993, page 5; Dave Andrusko. "Indictment Pending In New York Woman's Abortion Death." National Right to Life News, August 11, 1993, pages 5 and 24; New York Daily News, July 11 and 13, 1992, and July 11, 13 and 14, 1993; New York Post, August 11, 1993; Medical Board Order Number BPMC-93-79; New York Times Metro Section, July 18 and 20, 1995; New York Newsday, August 23, 1993; Dave Andrusko. "Benjamin Convicted of Second-Degree Murder in Botched Abortion." National Right to Life News, August 22, 1995, page 4; "Appeals Court Upholds Abortion Practitioner's Murder Conviction." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, March 27, 2000; Associated Press, March 23, 2000. Second-Degree Murder and Credit Card Theft        Emmanuel Pierre's girlfriend, Sandra Bonaventure, was a 21-year-old sophomore at the State University of New York in New Paltz. She was also seven months pregnant. He did not want the baby, but she did. So, to resolve this disagreement in the most permanent way possible, on June 25, 2005, Pierre strangled Sandra and stuffed her body into a tightly knotted garbage bag.        During Pierre's trial, Joshua Cayenne, one of his fraternity brothers, said that he wanted Sandra to get an abortion, and that the baby was "gonna ruin his life." Cayenne had helped Pierre dispose of Sandra's body, and stole her credit cards after the deed was done.        In April, a jury convicted Pierre of second-degree murder and, on May 12, 2005, State Supreme Court Justice James Yates sentenced Pierre to 25 years to life in prison. Assistant District Attorney David Drucker said in his opening statement that "He wanted her to have an abortion. She thought about it and decided against it."        Pierre was not charged in the death of Sandra's near-term preborn baby because New York law has no provision for the killing of a preborn baby.        Sandra's mother, Mirlande Bonaventure, said that she had encouraged her daughter to have the baby; "I said, "Keep your child; might be God give you only one"." She shouted at Pierre, "Do you think you deserve to live? You showed no mercy to Sandra. You showed no mercy to your own unborn son, your own blood."        Justice Yates said to Pierre, "One thing I'm taking as a fact is that you did intentionally kill her. ... This is one of the most unforgivable crimes that have come before me in 13 years on the bench." References:  Karen Freifeld. "SUNY Stonybrook Student on Trial for Slaying." New York Newsday, March 30, 2005; Karen Freifeld. "Witness: Stony Brook Grad Chose Murder Over Abortion." New York Newsday, April 4, 2005; "Man Gets Life For Killing Pregnant Girlfriend." Radio 1010 WINS [New York City], May 12, 2005. Second-Degree Murder        26-year-old Susan Ambrosino was the mother of eight-year-old Taylor. Police found her body in the trunk of her car on February 22, 2005, in Queens, with a single gunshot wound to her head.        Police arrested Steven Schiovone the next day for driving without a license and other traffic violations, and he was arraigned on second-degree murder and gun possession charges. Police charged him after a friend told them that Schiovone confided to him that he had "a problem" and gave the friend a gun to hide.        On February 24, police announced a motive for the murder. Susan was Schiovone's brother's ex-wife and was four months pregnant with his child. Schiovone simply shot her one time in the side of the head to prevent her from revealing this fact. Susan's brother, Anthony Napolitano, and other relatives confirmed that Schiovone had repeatedly demanded that Susan abort their child. She had said that she was pro-life and refused, and so he murdered her. Napolitano said that "She had a love for life and even more love for children. We believe it was this love of life, of her refusal to get an abortion, that compelled her killer to shoot her."        Susan's uncle, Richard DiBartolo, said that "Steven was a wolf in sheep's clothing. As far as we are concerned, his name is Judas."        One official said "There was a family secret. He was afraid she was going to tell his brother."        On April 18, 2007, just before his trial was to begin, Schiovone confessed in court that he had murdered Susan. On May 11, he was sentenced to thirty years in prison for the crime. References:  "Slain Woman Was Pregnant With Ex-Brother-In-Law's Child." WNBC Television Channel 4 News [NBC, New York City Metropolitan Area], February 25, 2005; Bart Jones. "Kin: Killed Over 'Love for Life'." Newsday [Long Island, New York], February 28, 2005; John Sullivan. "Man Admits Killing Sister-in-Law." New York Times, April 18, 2007. Fatal Botched Abortion and Illegal Abortion (3 counts)        44-year-old Annie Allison of Brooklyn decided that she was too old to have a child after she found out that she was pregnant. On September 20, 1923 she went to the office of Henry Lee Mottard, a chiropractor who practiced under the name of Dr. Henry L. Green. He killed her during the abortion and then had another unscrupulous doctor sign a death certificate saying that she had died of chronic cardiac nephritis. When police began to investigate Mottard for his involvement in a kidnap scheme, he claimed that she had died from falling down an elevator shaft. He admitted committing three abortions in his Long Island farmhouse, but denied having killed Annie. Annie's body was exhumed and it was found that she had died of an illegal abortion. References:  New York Times, April 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 21, 24, 25, and 29, 1925; and May 5, 1925. Manslaughter        On July 19, 1925, 17-year-old Gertrude Wynants went to Mrs. Margaret Shott Hibbons, one of New York City's dozens of illegal abortionists, and died of abortion complications. Hibbons was charged with manslaughter in the case. Reference:  New York Times, July 30, 1925. Manslaughter        On February 16, 1929, Mrs. Ruth Weir, of East Orange, New Jersey, died at Orange Memorial Hospital of sepsis contracted through a criminal abortion. On her deathbed, she said that Dr. Maurice Sturm had committed the abortion. Sturm was arrested and admitted performing the abortion, but claimed that it was not an illegal abortion because it was required to save Ruth's life. Sturm gave the judge in his manslaughter trial $1,000 (a gigantic sum in those days) and claimed that it was a "gift," not a "bribe." Not surprisingly, he was acquitted of manslaughter. References:  New York Times, March 19, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30 and 31, 1930, and April 10, 1930. Homicide        At noon on December 19, 1934, 19-year-old Loretta Wilson told her landlady that she was going to see a doctor. She simply disappeared. Six days later, on Christmas Day, searchers found her nude body in a thicket South of New York City. An autopsy showed that she had been dead between 12 and 24 hours, and also that she had had an illegal abortion. Her husband of two years said that he did not even know that Loretta was pregnant. Dr. John H. Becker Jr. admitted having examined Loretta on December 17, was charged with homicide in the death. He denied performing the abortion. References:  New York Times, December 25, 26 and 27, 1934. Fatal Botched Abortion        19-year-old actress Annette Camorato had a stage name of Toni Morgan. In May 1934, she went to an illegal abortionist to get rid of her preborn child, but wound up dying herself. Her brother-in-law, Dr. Harry A. Felice, was charged with homicide in Annette's death, but was later released due to lack of evidence. Reference:  New York Times, July 19, 1935. Homicide (2 counts)        Katherine DiDonato was a 26-year-old mother of two young children, and was pregnant again. On October 13, 1936, she acted on a recommendation by drug clerk Hyman Kantor, who said that she should go to abortionist Aloysius Mulholland to solve her "problem."        Mulholland botched the abortion, and on October 16, Katherine was admitted to New York City's Roosevelt Hospital to be treated for complications. She died a week later, on October 23. Both Mulholland and Kantor were arrested and charged with homicide. Reference:  New York Times, October 23, 1936. Second-Degree Manslaughter        Rose Lipner was 32 years old and the mother of two young children. On January 29, 1936, she want to illegal abortionist Maxwell C. Katz at the Riverdale Maternity Hospital because she did not want a third child. Katz botched the abortion and killed her, then signed a death certificate claiming that he had operated on Rose for a tumor. However, an anonymous caller tipped off police that the death was suspicious, and Rose's body was exhumed. During his autopsy, the medical examiner determined that Rose had died from an illegal abortion, and Katz was charged with second-degree manslaughter. Reference:  New York Times, February 8, 1936. Manslaughter        On January 16, 1937, Dr. Samuel Roth performed an illegal abortion on an unnamed woman in his office while his medical license was suspended for prior offenses. On December 23, 1941, Roth pleaded guilty to manslaughter in her death and was sentenced to a year in prison. Reference:  New York Times, December 24, 1941. Fatal Botched Abortion        On October 6, 1937, 22-year-old Eleanor Haynes died at Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey. Shortly before she died, she claimed that Dr. P. Ralph McFeely had performed an abortion on her. McFeely, president of the local PTA, said that he had treated Eleanor for an unspecified "minor ailment," he had not committed the abortion that killer her. He was not indicted due to lack of evidence. References:  New York Times, October 7 and December 9, 1937. Manslaughter and Criminal Abortion        Mrs. Asunta La Rosa was a 29-year-old mother of three small children and was pregnant again. She made the fatal mistake of going to the home of a practical nurse, Mrs. Genevieve Horton, to end her pregnancy. Instead, Horton killed Asunta by botching the abortion. At the time, Horton was out on bail after facing charges for doing another illegal abortion. Reference:  New York Times, May 11, 1938 Manslaughter (2 counts)        On April 16, 1939, an unnamed Long Beach woman went to illegal abortionists Mrs. Josephine Williams and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Adele H. Sassen, to end her pregnancy and wound up dying instead, three days later. On April 17, 1940, Williams and Sassen were sentenced to prison for the fatal botched abortion. References:  New York Times, March 21 and April 17, 1940. Manslaughter        On October 18, 1939, 28-year-old Alice Corbett of Brooklyn went to illegal abortionist Dr. Allen F. Murphy to end her pregnancy. He botched the abortion and she died. Murphy was sentenced to two to ten years imprisonment at the famous Sing Sing prison. Reference:  New York Times, December 17, 1940. Manslaughter        In July 1941, Mrs. Agnes Pearson of White Plains, New York went to Drs. Nathan Schwartz and Samuel Schwartz for an illegal abortion. She wound up dying at Grasslands Hospital in New York City. Both doctors were charged with manslaughter in her death, but the charges were dismissed five years later due to lack of evidence. References:  New York Times, August 1, 1941 and May 9, 1946. Manslaughter        New York City was a haven for dozens of illegal abortionists before Roe v. Wade. It was the abortion capital of the world then, just as it is the abortion capital of the world today. Hundreds of women were butchered before 1970 by illegal abortionists in New York City, and they are still dying.        But some tragic stories simply stand out more than others.        Mrs. Sarah Howe was an illegal abortionist with a difference.        She was blind.        But this minor handicap didn't stop her from taking advantage of the abortion money machine. Police had had her under surveillance for some time as a suspected abortionist, and, on September 16, 1941, 23-year-old Mrs. Helen Clark went to her for an illegal abortion and was butchered and died. Howe was sentenced to prison for the crime. References:  New York Times, March 3, 6, and 14, 1942. Manslaughter and Criminal Abortion (6 counts)        On November 18, 1942, 26-year-old Madeline McGeehan died at Prospect Hospital in New York City after undergoing an illegal abortion at the hands of Dr. Joseph Nisonoff. Nisonoff was subsequently arrested, along with his nurse, Camille Ewald; his receptionist, Pearl Tense; and Dr. Max J. Weinstein, who probably referred Madeline to Nisonoff. Nisonoff was already out on bail after being charged with performing another botched abortion, which the woman survived.        Nisonoff was sentenced to 5 years in prison, and Weinstein was jailed in the city penitentiary. References:  New York Times, November 11 and December 1, 2, and 3, 1942; and March 11, and April 1 and 9, 1943; and January 21, 1945. Manslaughter        On October 18, 1942, 23-year-old Harriet Lichtenberg of Brooklyn went to illegal abortionist Dr. Henry Katz to end her pregnancy, and wound up ending her own life as well. She died in the Royal Hospital in the Bronx, from criminal abortion complications. Katz was indicted for first degree manslaughter in Harriet's death. Reference:  New York Times, October 28, 1942. Fatal Botched Abortion        This is yet another case of a rich woman dying at the hands of an incompetent hack. Pro-abortionists are always claiming that, if abortion is illegal, the rich will always be able to get safe abortions. As with everything else they say, they are dead wrong. This case, and the cases of many other well-off and famous women dying of illegal abortions documented in this database, prove otherwise (for example, see the Ward and Watson cases in New York State).        24-year-old Florence Nimick Schnoor was a grand-niece of billionaire Andrew Carnegie and had been raised in luxury since birth. She was also heiress to a huge Pittsburgh steel fortune.        None of this saved her from an illegal abortionist.        She had eloped with Richard H. Schnoor, the sergeant-at-arms of the New York State Assembly. On February 5, 1942, her new husband took her to White Plains so she could catch a train to New York City for a day's shopping.        She did more in the City than shopping.        Later that morning, Florence's husband picked her up at the train station, and noticed that she was terribly ill. He took her straight to St. Joseph's Hospital in New York City, where she died three hours later.        Despite her husband's pleas, she remained loyal to her killer, and refused to name the person who had botched her abortion. The coroner said that she had died of a "brutal and inept" illegal abortion. References:  New York Times, February 15, 16 and 17, 1942. Fatal Botched Abortion        On March 9, 1942, 19-year-old Cleo Florence Moore went to the home office of Dr. Frank F. Marino for an illegal abortion. He botched the job terribly.        On March 11, Cleo checked in to New Rochelle Hospital in New York City with instructions from Marino that she must not tell anyone that he had operated on her. Her initial claim was that someone had given her some abortion pills, but before she died, she named Marino as her abortionist.        On March 28, 1942, Cleo died at of peritonitis.        It is interesting to note than Marino was charged in the case. But, as always, both illegal and legal abortionists are corrupt to the bone and have many social connections. Marino was a member of the County Board of Supervisors, and sat on the boards of the New Rochelle Board of Education and the New Rochelle Zoning Board of Appeals, and happened to be a golfing buddy of the prosecutor of his case.        Not surprisingly, Marino was acquitted at trial despite Cleo's deathbed confession. References:  New York Times, March 31, April 2 and 9, August 11, September 10, and October 16, 20, 21 and 22, 1942. Manslaughter        Amelia Cardito was 34 years old, the mother of four small children, and was pregnant again. On February 14, 1944, she visited the office of illegal abortionist Dr. Anthony Renda, who botched her abortion so badly that she died nine days later in a New York City hospital.        Abortionists were just as stupid then as they are now. Renda had authored three books on obstetrics, so you would think that he would not pull a "dumb crook" stunt like this — but he called police to complain that Amelia's husband was shaking him down for funeral expenses.        He was sentenced to seven years in Sing-Sing prison for manslaughter. References:  New York Times, April 1, 21 and 22 and May 12, 1944. Fatal Botched Abortion, Criminal Abortion (2 counts), Accessory to Felony and Suicide        This is yet another case of a rich woman dying at the hands of an incompetent hack. Pro-abortionists are always claiming that, if abortion is illegal, the rich will always be able to get safe abortions. As with everything else they say, they are dead wrong. This case, and the cases of many other well-off and famous women dying of illegal abortions documented in this database, prove otherwise (for example, see the Schnoor and Watson cases in New York State).        Jane Ward, 22-year-old heiress to the Drake Bakeries fortune, had it all — and then lost it all at the hands of an illegal abortionist.        On October 17, 1947, she appeared at the office of gynecologist Dr. Paul Singer, suffering from the effects of an incomplete botched illegal abortion. Singer took her to Park East Hospital, where he and plastic surgeon Dr. Oswald Glasberg completed the abortion. Jane died eleven days later, on October 28, and her autopsy confirmed the cause of death as criminal abortion.        Both Drs. Singer and Glasberg were sentenced to prison along with X-ray technician Alejandro Ovalle, who pleaded guilty as an accessory, having profited from abortion referrals. Glasberg committed suicide by poisoning in prison. References:  New York Times, November 11, 15 and 29, 1947; March 26, July 15, November 5 and 30, 1948; December 30, 1949; and January 10, 1950. Fatal Botched Abortion and Criminal Abortion (30 incidents)        On December 1, 1948, Doris Becker went to the office of Dr. Cyril B. Babb for an illegal abortion. He botched the job, and Doris died twenty hours later at the apartment of a friend.        Justice worked swiftly in those days and, just five days after he had killed Doris, Babb pleaded guilty to performing the fatal abortion. He also confessed to performing thirty other criminal abortions. Reference:  New York Times, December 5, 1948. Fatal Botched Abortion and Criminal Abortion        On November 18, 1953, 25-year-old Joyce Chorney went to illegal abortionist Alfred Joseph and died as a result of his botched abortion. An autopsy performed at Bellevue Hospital in New York City showed that she had died of an induced abortion. Joseph was charged with criminal abortion in her death. Reference:  New York Times, November 22. 1953. First-Degree Manslaughter (2 counts) and Kickbacks (4 counts)        On April 4, 1954, police broke into a private home at 2753 Sexton Place in the Bronx. They found the body of 35-year-old Gertrude Pinsky, dead from septic poisoning from an illegal abortion. Police arrested Florence Cavalluzzo, who lived there, and Hugo Frances. Later, police arrested Jack M. Werner, owner of a surgical supply shop, and Ignatius Cavalluzzo, Florence Cavalluzzo's son. Police also charged Dr. Samuel E. Witt with referring women to the abortion ring, which was evidently run by Dr. Herbert S. Wolfe.        Four other doctors were charged with referring women for illegal abortions for a kickback of $30 apiece. These were Joseph F. Pacelli, Abraham Cohen, Kalman Molnar, and Poon Lim.        Francese and Florence Cavalluzzo were convicted of first-degree manslaughter in Gertrude's death. References:  New York Times, April 5, 6 and 8, and June 18, 1954, May 10 and 11, 1955 and December 12, 1956. Fatal Botched Abortion        This is yet another case of a rich woman dying at the hands of an incompetent hack. Pro-abortionists are always claiming that, if abortion is illegal, the rich will always be able to get safe abortions. As with everything else they say, they are dead wrong. This case, and the cases of many other well-off and famous women dying of illegal abortions documented in this database, prove otherwise (for example, see the Schnoor and Ward cases in New York State).        32-year-old Virginia Hopkins Watson had it all. She had been on the record-setting relay swimming team with Ester Williams in 1939, and had set the world's fifty-meter record in 1938. Her fame allowed her to pursue a Hollywood career, but became pregnant in 1954. She decided that a baby would hurt her career, and so decided to have an abortion on November 18. Her husband only learned of the pregnancy and the abortion just a few hours before Virginia's death from peritonitis at General Hospital in Los Angeles. Reference:  New York Times, December 1, 1954. Manslaughter (2 counts)        This hideous case shows that "pro-choicers" are cowards and are always trying to take the easy way out, not only by killing their preborn children, but by killing women as well.        Jacqueline Smith was a 20-year-old fashion designer from Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She moved to New York City and found an apartment with two other young women. She began spending more and more time with her boyfriend Thomas G. Daniels, and in December 1955 became pregnant by him. Daniels told Jacqueline that he did not want to marry her, and arranged for a scrub nurse, Leobaldo Pejuan, to perform an abortion on her at his apartment on Christmas Eve. Pejuan grossly botched the abortion and called Dr. Ramiro Morales, who arrived and told Pejuan that Jackie was dead.        So Daniels and Pejuan cut Jackie's body into about fifty pieces and took it to Pejuan's home. They wrapped the pieces in cheerful and colorful Christmas wrapping paper and disposed of them in trash cans along side streets off Broadway Avenue.        On December 30, Jackie's father arrived to visit her, and Daniels reported her missing. So both of them went to the police to report her disappearance.        Daniels spun a tale to the police, saying that Jackie had gone into the bathroom and stabbed herself to death due to his refusal to marry her, and that he had dumped her body in the Hudson River. Police found medical instruments in Pejuan's apartment.        Pejuan pleaded guilty and testified against Daniels. Pejuan was sentenced to 7½ years in prison, and Daniels was sentenced to eight years. References:  New York Times, January 12, 13, 14 and 28, May 30, and June 27 and 28, 1956. Homicide (2 counts) and Falsifying a Death Certificate        On January 21, 1961, abortionist Mandel M. Friedman killed 23-year-old Vivian Grant of New York City during one of his frequent botched abortions. He tried to cover up his crime by contacting a Queens undertaker and asking him to arrange for her burial. Friedman told the undertaker that Vivian had died of a heart ailment. The undertaker immediately notified the police, and a medical examiner found that Vivian had not been pregnant, but that Friedman had performed an abortion on her anyway in order to make some easy money (this is a practice that is not uncommon today).        Authorities charged Friedman with homicide and falsifying a death certificate.        This, of course, was not the end of the story, because Friedman was not immediately jailed. He was set free on bail to butcher other women. On September 11, 1962, he fatally botched another abortion on 35-year-old Florida socialite Barbara C. Covington. Being an abortionist with very little imagination, Friedman did exactly the same thing he did before. He claimed that Barbara died of heart disease and tried to get an undertaker to bury her without an inquiry. Again, the undertaker notified police, and again Friedman was arrested and charged with homicide. References:  New York Times, January 24, 1961, September 13, 1962, and September 14, 1962. Second-Degree Manslaughter        Barbara Lofrumento was a 19-year-old college student who had gotten pregnant by her boyfriend. When she informed her parents, they made use of their connections and found Princeton graduate Dr. Harvey Lothringer.        On June 2, 1962, the abortionist examined Barbara and found that she was five months pregnant. He took Barbara and her mother to his office in his home in a wealthy section of Queens on June 3 and gave her an abortifacient injection.        Mrs. Lofrumento left her daughter at Lothringer's office and went home. Hours later, she returned with her husband but found no sign of Lothringer or Barbara.        On June 4, they returned to returned to Lothringer's home, where they found several patients, none of which had seen him. Finally, Barbara's parents notified police that Barbara was missing.        It turned out that Lothringer was not only a fiend, he was abysmally stupid even by abortionist standards.        Later the same day, Lothringer called a policeman friend, telling him that he was away on business and asking him to call Roto-Rooter about the stopped-up toilet and to let them into the house. The Roto-Rooter man found the toilet backed up, partially flooding the bathroom, and he also found more water in the basement.        Eventually, the Roto-Rooter man found the source of the problem — pieces of bone and flesh flushed down the toilet . Investigators took the remains and soon began digging up the sewer lines leading from the abortionist's house. Lothringer had chopped Barbara up into small pieces and flushed her entire body down the toilet, and workers found pieces of Barbara, her clothing, and her baby, none of which were more than a few inches long.        Barbara's orthodontist identified a section of her jaw with the teeth still in it. Lothringer, who had already been under police surveillance for suspected abortion activities, fled the country, with his receptionist, a Cuban-born former stewardess.        Police conducted an international manhunt, and finally arrested Lothringer in France. He pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter at trial and was sentenced to two years in prison.        When Barbara's mother heard of the light sentence, she screamed and fainted, and Barbara's father called it "discount justice."        This is just another of many examples of rich New York City abortionists murdering women and getting off with a slap on the wrist. References:  New York Times, June 8, 11, 12, 13 and 14, October 31, and December 6, 1962, and May 22 and July 23, 1964. Manslaughter        Howard Bailey was a man of many talents. He was a married Queens patrolman, practiced adulterer, and, when he had to be — a procurer of illegal abortionists.        His affair with 33-year-old Rita Shea of Long Island yielded predictable results. She became pregnant. So, on December 4, 1965, Bailey met Rita in a motel room near Kennedy Airport and a Texas medical student, Benjamin Lockhart, performed an abortion on her. He botched the job, and she died, so Bailey took Rita's body and put it in a car outside her home.        Lockhart and morgue attendant Victor Genz were arrested and Lockhart was charged with manslaughter. References:  New York Times, December 19 and 26, 1965. Attempted Murder, Fraud and Malpractice (8 incidents)        On June 6, 1993, abortionist Stanley Brown tried to run down 79-year old Mrs. Margaret Cowell with his car. Brown had his medical license suspended for two years by the by the State Board of Health in 1988 for leaving preborn body parts in women's uteruses; perforating uteruses; acting as both anesthesiologist and surgeon; administering the wrong anesthesia; performing tubal ligations without the consent of the patients; for having gaps and blanks in his medical records; for falsifying diagnoses to insure payment; misjudging a 17 week preborn baby for a 10 week baby, and other violations. References:  Rev. John T. Murphy, "Violence and Disruption Report," December 15, 1994; Rev. John T. Murphy, Save the Babies Foundation newsletter, November 1994, page 2. Infanticide        Abortionist Boyd Cooper performed a July 1979 abortion at 23 weeks at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The 2-pound, 2-ounce infant boy gasped and attempted to breathe, but no efforts made to revive or help the little one, because he was so small and the parents wanted him dead. So the little baby was placed in a utility room used as an infant morgue. Cooper instructed a nurse, "Leave the baby there — it will die." The nurse testified that the infant was still gasping in the closet when she returned to work 12 hours later. Cooper then agreed to allow transfer to intensive care, where the infant died 4 days later.        To show the depths of denial the medical community will go to in order to protect abortionists, the infant's death was ruled "accidental!" Reference:  Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1981. Rape (20 incidents), Assault (12 incidents), Forced Abortions (3 incidents), Forced Prostitution (12 counts), Conspiracy to Commit Forced Labor Offenses (6 counts), Forced Labor (6 counts), Alien Smuggling (6 counts) and Harboring Illegal Aliens (6 counts) [Hudson County, New Jersey area]        There are several very prominent cases in the United States where mostly Hispanic illegal immigrants have been trapped into sexual slavery and other types of slavery on a wide scale. In these cases, the slavers always use abortion to help keep their women slaves under control.        Recently, about thirty young girls and women from Honduras were smuggled from Honduras to Hudson County, New Jersey (the New York City area). The women and girls were promised good jobs if they would pay a smuggling fee of between $10,000 and $20,000. Then they were forced to work in New Jersey for $240 a week until this huge cost was paid off. The women and girls lived five or six to a tiny room, worked seven days a week, and were expected to put all their money toward food, their smuggling debt and $250 monthly in rent. This arrangement assured that they could never escape their slavery.        In July 2005, a federal grand jury handed down an extensive indictment against Luisa Medrano of Cliffside Park and nine of her partners in an extensive human trafficking operation that took place primarily in three bars in Union City and Guttenberg. The women and girls were forced to drink with patrons and dance with them. If they objected, they were beaten and sexually assaulted. One 15-year-old girl was so severely beaten that they blood vessels in one of her eyes burst. Most of the women and girls were raped by their smugglers. If the girls became pregnant, they were forced to have abortions. In January 2005, when a 21-year-old Honduran woman was found to be pregnant, one of the slavers forced her to take pills to induce an abortion. The next day, the slavers hid the fact that she gave birth to a live baby girl who died shortly after.        United States Attorney Christopher J. Christie said that "There can be no greater disregard for life than the way these women were treated and what they were forced to do to their own bodies. In essence, these women were kept as slaves."        On July 20, 2005, Medrano, who owns the three bars in question, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor offenses, forced labor, alien smuggling and harboring illegal aliens. Earlier, Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested alleged ring member Rosalba Ortiz of Union City and six other people and charged them as well. The indictments charged that Rosalba Ortiz Union City was a money collector and enforcer; that Xochil Nectalina [Lourdes] Rosales Martinez of Tejeras, Honduras, Zenia Zunilda Martinez, of Tejeras, Honduras, and Nancy Floridalma Rosales Martinez, of Olanchito, Honduras, were recruiters; that Elsa Consuelo Isuala-Mesa of Houston and Jose Arnaldo Isuala-Meza of Sonaguera, Honduras were transporters; and that Noris Elvira Rosales Martinez, Ana Luz Rosales Martinez, and Jose Diman Magana, all of Union City, were enforcers responsible for much of the abuse.        Medrano's slavery ring apparently paid very well. She owns a beautiful home in Cliffside Park, featuring landscaped shrubs, a stone sculpture on the front lawn, a satellite dish, and a Manhattan skyline view from an upstairs deck. Reference:  Amy Klein. "10 Charged as Human Smugglers: N.J. Ring Lured Girls Into Servitude, U.S. Says." The Record [Bergen County, New Jersey], July 22, 2005, page A01. Sex Trafficking (3 counts), Forced Prostitution (8 counts), Death Threats (8 counts), Assault (8 counts) and Forced Abortion (5 incidents)        Abortion is the ideal tool to keep underage girls from revealing the molestation committed by their fathers, uncles and other family members.        If you are a pimp, abortion is also the ideal tool to keep your "girls" unpregnant so they can make you lots of money — even if the "girls" happen to be your own wives.        The Carreto-Alonso prostitution ring is one of several that have been exposed over the past several years which use physical abuse and forced abortion to keep the "girls" in line. Not once have any of the abortion mills been responsible for exposing these prostitution rings. After all, they can make money off the women too, so why bother?        Three Mexican men — Josue Carreto, his brother Gerardo Carreto, their friend Daniel Perez Alonso — gave police all of the details on the forced prostitution ring they had operated in Queens and Brooklyn since 1991. They avoided life imprisonment by pleading guilty to sex-trafficking and other charges in Brooklyn federal court on April 5, 2005. They also avoided having to face eight of the women they had "employed" in court.        The ringleader of the forced prostitution operation, Josue Carreto, told Judge Frederic Block through an interpreter "We smuggled those women into the United States of America from Mexico with the intention of forcing them to engage in prostitution. I forced those women to engage in commercial sexual acts through threats of causing them injury and physical restriction."        The men told how they forced the women to work every day of the week, and then took every dime of their money. Half the money went to pay for the various apartments the pimps rented to use as brothels, and half went to the pimps themselves. The pimps had "recruited" the women by seducing them and even marrying them. The men also admitted that, when the women disobeyed orders or tried to escape, they were beaten. Several of the women were forced to get abortions when they got pregnant. The pimps also admitted that at three of the victims were underage.        Several other members of the Carreto family have been arrested on similar charges, including Josue and Gerardo's mother and other relatives. Reference:  Kati Cornell Smith. "Hubby Pimps Guilty." New York Post, April 6, 2005. Fatal Botched Abortion, Kidnapping, Child Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Misconduct, Lewd Behavior, and Indecent Exposure (700 incidents)        Abortionist Ronald Tauber was convicted in 1982 of first degree criminal sexual assault and second degree criminal sexual misconduct. On July 14, 1980, he kidnapped a six year old girl "and did engage in sexual penetration with said victim." Tauber was convicted after the state proved he had forcibly transported the girl in his car against her will. Tauber admitted exposing himself to the girl and placing her hand on his penis. He also lifted the child's undergarment to expose her vulva. Tauber released the girl when she began to cry. He was charged November 10, filed a motion of insanity March 15, 1982, was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination relating to the insanity claim on March 30, and was arrested again April 22, 1982 on a charge of "indecent exposure, assault with intent to commit kidnapping, and assault with intent to commit sexual penetration of a female minor in Birmingham, Michigan." He spent seven years in prison on these charges.        He also admitted that, on December 7, 1981, he engaged in masturbation in his car while children were exiting Cody High School. The Board dropped the revocation proceedings because Tauber was expected to be incarcerated beyond the expiration of his medical license.        He had previously killed 34-year old Gloria Small in a botched abortion in Florida, and admitted to exposing himself to more than 700 women and young girls. Amazingly, despite his sordid record, he is still currently licensed to commit abortions in New York State. This shows how the medical profession will protect abortionists, no matter how incompetent or depraved, at any cost.        As a side note, some pro-aborts will object that it is unfair to count 700 incidents of "violence" attributed to just one person. This is hypocritical, since they are gleefully counting the 500 fake anthrax mailings by one person to abortion mills — Clayton Lee Waagner — as 500 separate incidents of violence in their lists of "anti-choice violence." References:  Miami Herald, July 20, 1979; Orlando Sentinel Star, April 20, 1978; Chris McKenna. "Convicted Molester Gets OK to Resume Med Practice." New York Post, October 28, 1992, page 4; People vs. Ronald Tauber (Michigan Case #80-46749-FY); Michigan Medical Board case #82-202; and California Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners case #90-6 and OAH #N-37351. Fatal Botched Abortions (2 incidents)        Abortionist Edward Rubin fatally botched second-trimester abortions on Lynn McNair, a 24-year-old mother of two, on March 24, 1979, and Dawn Mendoza, also a mother of two, on June 29, 1988.        In the latter case, Mendoza's brother, had accompanied her, and was instructed to wait in a grassy park across the street and come back to get her at 4 PM. He returned and was told to wait two more times, and when he returned at 5:30, his sister was dead. She "started gasping for breath, and then she yelled out." Her blood pressure fell, and the abortion mill staff attempted resuscitation, but they did not bother to call an ambulance. References:  Autopsy report #88-1488; and New York Post, July 4, 1989. Fatal Botched Abortion and Falisification of Medical Records        On January 24, 1985, abortionist Alan Kline aborted and killed 13-year old Dawn Ravenell at the Eastern Women's Center abortion mill. Dawn's 15-year-old boyfriend paid the $450 abortion fee with a family member's credit card. Osteopathic nurse Robert Augent gave Dawn only half the dose necessary for the operation. Dawn awoke five minutes into the abortion procedure and began to vomit and choke. Kline put a breathing tube into her throat and failed to extract the remainder of the preborn child. Despite her obviously serious difficulties, Kline left her unattended in the abortion mill's recovery room, where she suffered a heart attack and slipped into a coma.        Her parents were notified only when she was brought to St. Luke's Hospital. She was comatose for three weeks and died on February 11, 1985. In an interview, her mother said, "They told me I had to come in [to St. Luke's] right away, that Dawn is here at that hospital fighting for her life ... How could she be fighting for her life? She left this morning, going to school, looking healthy, never been sick ... While I was in the hospital sitting there, I had to keep my hand over my mouth to keep from screaming in horror. I could not believe this was happening. I said this is a bad dream, I'm going to wake up and this would not have happened."        When a judge asked Kline if his patient's young age had captured his attention, he responded, "Oh, no. I've done 13-year-olds before. When they're 10, maybe I'll notice." Court testimony showed that Kline and the abortion mill fabricated medical records in attempt to conceal their mistakes. The Court awarded $1.2 million to the plaintiffs, and the jury labeled his indifference to human life "an abomination."        Kline testified in defense of fellow abortionist Harold Tictin, who aborted a 7-month fetus he had estimated as 3 months, stating that he himself had mistaken gestational ages by as much as 10 weeks. References:  Ray Kerrison. "A Child Died in the Care of this 'Hero' Abortion Doc." New York Post, August 15, 1994, pages 2 and 18. St. Petersburg Times, May 12, 1988; New York Post, December 11, 1990 and August 7, 1991 and August 15, 1994; New York Daily News, December 1, 1990; New York County Supreme Court Index #22504/85. Fatal Botched Abortion        On January 15, 1989, Ghanaian native Eunice Agabgaa entered Y&P Medical Clinic in New York City for an abortion at the hands of Abram Zelikman. After the abortion, Zelikman left the clinic while Eunice was in recovery from the abortion. Unfortunately, Zelikman had botched the abortion so badly, she died. A friend who was present at the clinic testified that she pleaded with the clinic staff to call paramedics once she noticed Eunice's bloodied body and poor vital signs. Her friend stated "I felt if I hadn't been there, they would have wrapped her dead body and thrown it in the garbage." References:  New York Daily News, January 16, 1989; Associated Press, January 16 and February 3, 1989; New York Newsday, July 9, 1989. Rape (2 counts), Sodomy (2 counts) and Death Threat [Yonkers]        Theodore Hendrickson raped a 16-year old girl in April 1999 and again in December of that year after she had turned 17. Hendrickson threatened to "make her disappear" if she told anyone about the rapes. He had previously driven her to an abortion mill to have her preborn child exterminated when she was only 15.        He also sodomized a little 11-year-old girl in the Summer and around Halloween of that year. This little girl said she couldn't understand how Hendrickson had shown no remorse for causing her pain she will have for the rest of her life. She wrote "I will make sure that my daughter never has to go through what I went through and feel the hurt and pain that I have felt and still go through."        In July 2004, a jury convicted Hendrickson of first- and third-degree rape and first- and second-degree sodomy for four separate incidents of sexual abuse he committed in 1999.        On September 13, 2004, Westchester County Judge Lester Adler sentenced Hendrickson to 30 years in state prison, two consecutive 15-year terms, one for each victim. The judge called his sexual abuse of the girls "deplorable" and said "It is inexcusable. It is deviant. It is sick. It is demented. And it is sadistic." References:  Jonathan Bandler. "30-Year Sentence for Child Rapist." The Journal News [Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties, New York State], September 14, 2004. Rape, Sexual Abuse, Illegal Abortion and Practicing Medicine Without a License        Appukkutta Narayanan advertised himself as a homeopathic doctor in New York City. On June 2, 2002, a woman went to his 12th-floor apartment answering an ad for a housekeeping job. He grabbed her and tried to rape her, police and prosecutors said. She managed to free herself and call 911.        Narayanan was arrested and charged with rape and sexual abuse. After he was arrested, the woman told investigators she saw medical equipment throughout his apartment, including a suction machine used to perform abortions, prosecutors said. Police got a search warrant and discovered a clinic's stock of equipment such as syringe needles, surgical trays, an examination table and several bottles of pills.        Neighbors said they saw men and women frequently coming and going at Narayanan's apartment, where a sign on his door showed a picture of him wearing a stethoscope and billed him as a "homeopathy doctor."        Alonzo Lugo, the building superintendent, was suspicious when he saw the sign go up in April 2002. He said "He said he's a doctor, but I didn't know if he's a doctor."        Narayanan advertised his services in fliers and newspapers. A tiny ad in the Indian Times said he is capable of treating psychiatric, skin-related, venereal, asthma and children's illnesses.        Narayanan does not have a license to practice medicine in New York. He was charged with unauthorized practice of a profession in addition to the rape charges, which carried a bail of $50,000. Reference:  Melanie Lefkowitz and Joshua Robin. "Cops: Man Without License Played Doc." Newsday.com, June 7, 2002. Illegal Abortions (4 incidents), Assault (5 incidents) and Tax Evasion (4 Counts)        New York capo Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola ran large narcotics and numbers rackets in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s. When his wife Ann became pregnant, Coppola told her in no uncertain terms that he did not want any more children, since he had two sons by his previous wife Doris. One day, without telling her, he invited an illegal abortionist to the house after the children had gone to school. The abortionist spread a sheet over the kitchen and aborter Ann while a smiling Coppola watched the entire procedure, obviously enjoying it.        The same abortionist performed three more illegal abortions on Ann, with "Trigger Mike" watching and enjoying the spectacle each time. Ann finally realized that the only reason her husband had sex with her was to get her pregnant so he could watch his wife suffer through repeated abortions.        Coppola often beat and physically abused Ann. One time he blackened both her eyes by poking them with his fingers Three Stooges-style. After five years of hideous abuse, Ann finally filed for divorce, and "Trigger Mike" pled guilty to four counts of tax evasion. He was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. He retired from the "business" after being released from prison, and died in 1965. Reference:  Anthony Bruno. "Married to the Mob: Mafia Wives and Mistresses: The Wives of "Trigger Mike"." Court TV's Crime Library at http://www.crimelibrary.com. Second-Degree Assault and First-Degree Abortion        On June 28, 2003, Anthony Puglia assaulted his pregnant live-in girlfriend, Julia Harris, who was 29 years younger than him, beating her so severely that she miscarried her near-term healthy twins. He deliberately and repeatedly kicked and punched her in the stomach during the attack.        Junior Espada, the apartment building's superintendent, said "I don't know what happened in the apartment, but she came down by me and said that "Tony just kicked me out"." Espada called 911 when he saw that Harris was in pain.        Harris was taken to North Central Bronx Hospital, where she delivered the twins, who were stillborn, police said. Police also said Harris was 34 to 36 weeks pregnant and the babies were in healthy condition prior to the assault.        Puglia was originally was charged only with third-degree assault on Harris. But that charge was upgraded to second-degree assault and first-degree criminal abortion in connection with the twins' deaths. These were the only charges that could be brought in the city that has been the abortion capital of the United States since long before Roe v. Wade. References:  Roosevelt Joseph and Larry Celona. "Slay Charge in Stillborn Twin Deaths." New York Post, June 30, 2003; Steven Ertelt. "NY Woman Gives Birth to Stillborn Twins After Assault." LifeNews.com, June 30, 2003; "Bronx Man Charged with Beating His Pregnant Girlfriend." ABC Eyewitness News Channel 7 at 7Online.com, June 30, 2003. Aggravated Assault [Bridgewater, New Jersey]        On September 21, 1998, pro-abortionist Drew Stauffenberg was charged with aggravated assault for having physically attacked his wife resulting in the death of their preborn child. Stauffenberg's wife told police that her husband had "expressed a wish for her to have an abortion" after finding out that she was pregnant. Police note that the attack, which occurred after an argument on August 30th, involved Stauffenberg bear-hugging her and repeatedly squeezing her stomach. After pulling away and warning her husband that he would hurt the baby, his wife reports that he punched her in the stomach and physically forced her out of the house. After an examination, doctors at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville determined that her 10 week old preborn child had died as a result of her injuries which caused damage to her amniotic sac and uterus. References:  "Abortion Crazed Man Kills Child in Womb: Courts Unable to Lay Murder Charges." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, September 24, 1998 and New Jersey Star Ledger, September 22, 1998. Assault (2 incidents), Attempted Forced Abortion and Criminal Possession of a Weapon        Abortionist Stephen Pack, 44, of the posh Westchester County community of Chappaqua, New York (where Bill and Hillary Clinton have purchased a huge house) was arrested by police after attempting to involuntarily abort his mistress, Joy Schepis, a 31-year-old nurse, by repeatedly stabbing her in the leg with a syringe filled with the abortifacient drug methotrexate on April 14, 2000. He had asked her to have an abortion, but she had refused, and said that she would take care of her baby without his support. But this was not good enough for Pack.        Witnesses said that Pack shouted "I'm giving you an abortion ... You are such a bitch!" as he struggled with her and forced her to the ground near a hospital's parking garage. He was arrested minutes later and was arraigned on April 16 on charges of assault, criminal abortion, and criminal possession of a weapon.        Joy suffered five stab wounds to her leg and one to her buttocks in the attack outside Montefiore Hospital, in the Bronx, where she was admitted in stable condition. She underwent a leucovorin rescue, a procedure recommended by New York City Poison Control to counteract the drugs shot into her. Two days after the brutal attack, Joy gave a news interview on the steps of her home and said "I'm in shock. I'm scared. I'm terrified. This is the worst time of my life. ... Pray for me and pray for the baby I'm carrying."        Andrew Rubin, Pack's attorney, said that after the attack, Pack did not try to flee or discard the needle. Instead, he walked into North Bronx Central Hospital, next door to Montefiore, where he deposited the syringe in a receptacle that is used for that purpose, and told people what he'd done. Pack is married and the syringe attack apparently was his attempt to abort the 6- to 8-week-old unborn child. Hospital employees told investigators that Pack and the nurse had been romantically involved for more than a year, and that he believed she was six weeks pregnant.        Pack said he learned about methotrexate, a labor-inducing drug that works as part of the RU-486 abortion pill process, in an article in The New England Journal of Medicine. He ordered the drug, filled two syringes with it and attacked Schepis in the hospital's parking lot.        Pack's wife, who answered the phone, expressed shock when she was told of the incident by a reporter.        On January 11, 2001, Pack pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and a single count of unlawful abortion.        On April 20, 2001, Pack was sentenced to two years in prison. He could have faced up to seven years if convicted at trial, based on a state law banning abortions performed without a woman's consent. But Pack had reached a plea bargain that said he could not get more than three years for the attack on Joy Schepis.        Before he was sentenced in State Supreme Court in the Bronx, Pack told Justice Ira Globerman that he never meant to hurt Schepis. He said, "After 100 hours of therapy with doctors and priests, I fully understand that my judgment was wrong and that what I did was wrong. I'm very sorry."        Schepis said that she was pleased Pack would serve time in prison, but she did not believe his apology. She said "I don't think he's very sorry for anything except that he's going to jail."        Schepis gave birth to a healthy boy on November 28, 2000. The plea deal was finalized after it was clear that the child was healthy. State Supreme Court Justice Ira Globerman sentenced Pack to 3 years of supervision following his release from prison. References:  Erika Martinez, Angela Allen, Eric Lenkowitz and Allen Salkin. "Fight to Save Needle-Attack Nurse's Unborn Infant." New York Post, April 16, 2000; Associated Press, April 15, 2000; New York Times, April 15, 2000; "Murder Attempt Shows Danger of Abortion Drugs." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, April 17, 2000; "New York Abortion Practitioner Arraigned in Forced Abortion Attempt." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, April 17, 2000; "Doctor in Forced Abortion Case Not Able to Testify." Pro-Life Infonet, April 25, 2000; "Doctor Charged With Assault, Attempted Forced Abortion." Catholic World News Service. News Briefs for April 17, 2000; Kirsten Danis, Laura Italiano, Erika Martinez and Andy Geller. "Needle Nurse Asks For City's Prayers." New York Post, April 20, 2000; "Are There Any Feminists Left?" Catalyst [Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights], June 2000, page 5; "Doctor Who Attempted Forced Abortion Indicted." Catholic World News Briefs at http://www.cwnews.com, May 25, 2000; "Doctor Indicted in Forced Abortion Attempt." Pro-Life Infonet, May 25, 2000; "Doctor's Abortion Assault Prompts New Protection for Unborn Children." Pro-Life Infonet, June 13, 2000; "Mother Who Endured Abortion Injection Has Baby Boy." Pro-Life Infonet, December 4, 2000; "Doc Pleads Guilty in Abortion Syringe Attack." Associated Press, January 11, 2000; "Doc Pleads Guilty in Abortion Syringe Attack." Pro-Life Infonet, January 12, 2001; "LifeSite NewsBytes." LifeSite Daily News, January 12, 2001; N.Y. Doctor Pleads Guilty to Abortion Charges for Syringe Attack." Associated Press, January 12, 2001; "Doctor Pleads Guilty in Abortion Syringe Attack." Catholic World News Briefs, January 12, 2001; Associated Press. "Doctor Gets 2 Years In Abortion-Related Attack." April 21, 2001; "Doctor Gets Two Years for Attempted Forced Abortion." The New York Times, April 22, 2001; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet, April 24, 2001. Forced Abortion, Assault and Unauthorized Practice of Medicine        Mark Redeker, a second-year resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Jamaica Hospital, was charged with assault and unauthorized practice of medicine with regards to an August 31, 1998 incident in which he tied up his girlfriend, blindfolded her and injected her with a depressant drug with the intention of causing her to have a miscarriage. Redeker was freed on $10,000 bail and suspended from the hospital. References:  "Doctor Charged with Assault of Pregnant Friend." The Knoxville News-Sentinel, September 3, 1998, page A11; "Doctor Performs Unwanted Abortion." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, September 3, 1998; Post-Abortion Review, January-March 2000. Assault (5 incidents), Death Threat and Harassment        Anne Maloney, a pro-life feminist and a pro-life delegate to the 1992 Democratic Convention, received a "death threat and other harassment" after declining to vote for Bill Clinton at the Convention. Anne said "I thought this was a party where everybody could have a voice. Instead, however, I was screamed at, shoved, pushed, and verbally harassed. I have 21 black-and-blue marks on my legs from the shoving. One large heavyset man attempted to rip my sign from my hand, wrenching my shoulder in the process. In the row in front of us while all of this was going on, there was Walter Mondale. He didn't say or do anything." Pro-life observer Angel Bennett said, "I was told to get out of the Democratic Party. ... I watched, horrified, as a gentle woman was hit in the face with signs, kicked and shoved without any security bothering to remove the perpetrators. ..." Another Minnesota pro-life delegate, Grant Colstrom, of the United Auto Workers, said: "A pro-abortion Minnesota delegate pushed and shoved me until he succeeded in getting me partially out of the spot I had been in for seven hours—in order to keep me from holding any "STOP ABORTION NOW" signs before the cameras. He threatened to punch me if I attempted to regain my prime spot. He bragged to his cohorts that they did not have to worry—that he had me 'under control.'" Another woman pro-life delegate, only a few feet away, was being continually body-pressed by a woman trying to force her out of her chair for almost one-half hour. Later, a large aggressive male delegate karate chopped at her arms about six times. References:  Abortion Report, October 19, 1993, quoted in All About Issues, November-December 1993, page 9, and Nat Hentoff. "Freedom of Speech Under President Clinton," Village Voice. Assault (4 incidents) [Dobbs Ferry]        On March 2, 1991, abortionist Stephen Kaali assaulted several pro-lifers during a rescue mission at his abortion mill. He threw an unidentified solution on Debra Smaloore, who stated "It was demonic to see the venom in that man as he went wild. He spit in my face, too." Kaali punched another rescuer in the back. She said "He knocked the wind out of me, and it hurt." Kaali also spat upon several other pro-lifers. He then kicked Richard Ciaoli in the groin, stomach, and legs. References:  "Abortionist Kaali Assaults Four Rescuers." Life Advocate, May 1991; "Pavilion Abortionist Sued in Assault." Life Advocate, November 1993, page 15. Assault, Gross Misconduct and Sexual Harassment (2 incidents)        Abortionist Allan Zarkin had a long history of sexually harassing his women patients at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. But he went too far when he carved his initials into Liana Gedz' abdomen after operating on her. When asked why he committed this atrocious act, Zarkin airily responded that "he thought he did such a beautiful job, he thought he should sign it."        Zarkin (now called "Zorro" in the medical community) was hired on as medical director of the Choices Women's Medical Center, a Queens abortion mill, on November 1, 1999, shortly after being fired from Beth Israel on September 17. He had been committing abortions at this chamber since 1983. When the director of the abortion mill learned of the Beth Israel incident, she dismissed him the same day.        Gedz sued the Beth Israel Medical Center and Zarkin for $5.5 million, charging that the incident left her physically and emotionally scarred. Zarkin's lawyer, Kenneth J. Platzer, said that "Our legal response to the lawsuit was that what was done was not a willful or intentional act," leading pro-lifers to wonder what on earth would constitute a "willful or intentional act."        Zarkin eventually settled for $1.75 million in exchange for Gedz dropping her claim against the Beth Israel Medical Center, where Zarkin assaulted her. Gedz said that what Zarkin did to her made her feel "like a branded animal."        Zarkin has had his medical license suspended, and the Manhattan district attorney's office is also investigating him. The abortion mill did not bother to check Zarkin's credentials before hiring him, a violation of state law, and is now under investigation by the New York State Department of Health.        The Department of Health is also investigating at least two allegations of sexual harassment against Zarkin. In one instance, a patient filed a complaint stating that Zarkin made increasingly lewd remarks to her over a period three years. He finally told her that he was taking Viagra three times per day and masturbating in the shower.        Shortly afterwards, on February 11, 2000, the Choices Women's Medical Center was closed after authorities discovered that the abortion mill performed "hasty" abortions, lacked the required equipment and infection control, failed to properly screen and monitor employees and did not have enough nurses. The abortuary was fined $20,000 and closed until it could rectify the situation.        But, in a move that would make George Orwell choke, the abortuary continued to refer its patients to other abortion mills (which were unlicensed) by taking them there in its "Happiness Bus!" References:  Jennifer Steinhauer and Edward Wong. "How System Let Doctor Work After Carving Incident." The New York Times, January 27, 2000; "Chronology: A Doctor's Past Outpaces the Safety System." The New York Times, January 27, 2000; "Abortionist Carved Initials Into Woman's Stomach." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, February 4, 2000; "Abortionist Carver Settles Out of Court." LifeSite Daily News, February 14, 2000; "New York Abortuary Closed for Breach of Regulations." LifeSite Daily News, February 18, 2000; Steve Dunbleavy. "Closed Abortion Facility Refers Women to Others." New York Post Editorial, February 23, 2000; "Doctor Who Left Initials on Patient Quits Medicine." Reuters, April 25, 2000; "Initial Carving Abortion Practitioner Gets Probation." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, April 27, 2000. "Are There Any Feminists Left?" Catalyst [Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights], June 2000, page 5; "Abortionist 'Dr. Zorro' Gets Probation Only." LifeSite Daily News