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Oppression in its barest form
Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinics Have Failed 14 Pennsylvania Health Inspections Since 2017
Planned Parenthood Abortionist Botches Abortion So Badly Most of Baby’s Body Left Inside Mother’s Womb
When a 21-year old Amanda Davis reported to the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 4, 2016, for a routine elective first trimester surgical abortion, she likely expected to receive a “safe” and easy abortion from the largest abortion business in the country.
What she got instead was a two-month long nightmare of debilitating pain and bleeding while her calls to Planned Parenthood for help were ignored and never returned, according to a lawsuit she filed against Planned Parenthood on January 14, 2019.
And that was only the beginning of the suffering she would endure.
According to Ms. Davis’ complaint, her abortion at 10 weeks of pregnancy did not go smoothly from the start. Planned Parenthood abortionist Alice Mark, conducted the abortion with the use of ultrasound guidance after she had difficulty dilating the opening of the womb.
After the abortion, Mark supposedly conducted a “gross examination” of the removed tissues and “declared the pregnancy ‘terminated.’”
Davis was discharged without being informed that prolonged bleeding and abdominal pain/cramping were signs of “retained products of conception.” Because of that, it never occurred to her that she might be still carrying parts of her aborted child.
If left untreated, an incomplete abortion such as the one Davis experienced can become serious, as it did in this case.
Davis was also told that Planned Parenthood would follow up with a phone call to see how she was doing within two weeks of the abortion. Not only did no one call to follow up, but four to five calls placed to Planned Parenthood by Ms. Davis concerning complications she was experiencing were never returned.
Two weeks after her abortion, her symptoms became worse. She began passing large blood clots, some the size of a baseball. By week three, she had become so weak that she experienced “debilitating fatigue and fainting spells to the extent that that she confined herself to her bed.
By week four, her mother became so concerned that she had her daughter transported to a Whidden Hospital. There, despite the physician there noting that Davis was “status post abortion at Planned Parenthood last month” and confirmed vaginal bleeding and blood clots, he never performed an ultrasound exam on her nor did he consult with an Ob/Gyn, as would have been indicated for a patient with Davis’ symptoms. She was misdiagnosed as having “dysfunctional uterine bleeding” and told that her symptoms were likely due to a “change in hormones” after the abortion.
She was sent home where her condition continued to worsen.
Finally, on April 4, 2016 – a full two months after her botched abortion at Planned Parenthood – Davis’ mother took her “curled up in a ball” to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
It was only then that an ultrasound was done and it was discovered that Alice Mark had left three-fourths of Amanda Davis’ dead baby inside her.
Davis was stunned to hear this news, which caused her “severe emotional shock” followed by “deep depression and mental anguish,” according to a report filed with her legal complaint.
She was treated with Misoprostol and released from the hospital the next day, but that was far from the end of her suffering.
For days, Davis experienced the strong cramping and bleeding that resulted from the use of Misoprostol, a drug that causes strong and sometimes unpredictable uterine contractions. During that time, she became so anemic that she required treatment at a local hospital.
It was only in May 2016 – three months after her Planned Parenthood abortion – that her bleeding finally subsided.
As of the lawsuit’s filing, Davis was seeing a therapist and continues to suffer exacerbated symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. She endures ongoing severe depression, anxiety and mental anguish when remembering her shock at the news she had been carrying parts of her dead baby for so long. She still suffers loss of appetite, nightmares, and suicidal thoughts along with stomach pain, headaches, and chest pain/shortness of breath “when the memory reappears.”
Before initiating legal action, Davis’ attorney sought settle with Planned Parenthood on behalf of his client for $200,000. Six months later, when that offer was still ignored, the lawsuit was filed. Its status remains pending as of this writing.
“What happened to Amanda Davis was a travesty,” said Newman. “Not only was her first trimester abortion completely botched, but there was no follow-up from Planned Parenthood. Calls for help were ignored. An examination that should have revealed that her abortion was incomplete was done negligently – or perhaps not at all. She wasn’t fully informed about the complications that ended up devastating her. You can bet if this shoddy treatment happened to one woman, it is routinely happening to others.”
Operation Rescue has documented several abortion emergencies at the Boston Planned Parenthood facility and posted accounts of them at Abortion911.com. Their abortionist, Alice Marks, has been involved in several other medical malpractice suits, as documented at AbortionDocs.org.
“I don’t care how many times the Abortion Cartel claims abortion is safe, I can attest that it is not. I have seen far too many ambulances at abortion clinics, listened to far too many 911 calls, seen far too many legal complaints involving horrifically botched abortions, and read far too many autopsy reports of women who suffered fatal complications to abortions,” said Newman. “In America today, abortion is about as dangerous as playing Russian Roulette. Every abortion facility should be shut down.”
Cheryl Sullenger
Life News
What she got instead was a two-month long nightmare of debilitating pain and bleeding while her calls to Planned Parenthood for help were ignored and never returned, according to a lawsuit she filed against Planned Parenthood on January 14, 2019.
And that was only the beginning of the suffering she would endure.
According to Ms. Davis’ complaint, her abortion at 10 weeks of pregnancy did not go smoothly from the start. Planned Parenthood abortionist Alice Mark, conducted the abortion with the use of ultrasound guidance after she had difficulty dilating the opening of the womb.
After the abortion, Mark supposedly conducted a “gross examination” of the removed tissues and “declared the pregnancy ‘terminated.’”
Davis was discharged without being informed that prolonged bleeding and abdominal pain/cramping were signs of “retained products of conception.” Because of that, it never occurred to her that she might be still carrying parts of her aborted child.
If left untreated, an incomplete abortion such as the one Davis experienced can become serious, as it did in this case.
Davis was also told that Planned Parenthood would follow up with a phone call to see how she was doing within two weeks of the abortion. Not only did no one call to follow up, but four to five calls placed to Planned Parenthood by Ms. Davis concerning complications she was experiencing were never returned.
Two weeks after her abortion, her symptoms became worse. She began passing large blood clots, some the size of a baseball. By week three, she had become so weak that she experienced “debilitating fatigue and fainting spells to the extent that that she confined herself to her bed.
By week four, her mother became so concerned that she had her daughter transported to a Whidden Hospital. There, despite the physician there noting that Davis was “status post abortion at Planned Parenthood last month” and confirmed vaginal bleeding and blood clots, he never performed an ultrasound exam on her nor did he consult with an Ob/Gyn, as would have been indicated for a patient with Davis’ symptoms. She was misdiagnosed as having “dysfunctional uterine bleeding” and told that her symptoms were likely due to a “change in hormones” after the abortion.
She was sent home where her condition continued to worsen.
Finally, on April 4, 2016 – a full two months after her botched abortion at Planned Parenthood – Davis’ mother took her “curled up in a ball” to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
It was only then that an ultrasound was done and it was discovered that Alice Mark had left three-fourths of Amanda Davis’ dead baby inside her.
Davis was stunned to hear this news, which caused her “severe emotional shock” followed by “deep depression and mental anguish,” according to a report filed with her legal complaint.
She was treated with Misoprostol and released from the hospital the next day, but that was far from the end of her suffering.
For days, Davis experienced the strong cramping and bleeding that resulted from the use of Misoprostol, a drug that causes strong and sometimes unpredictable uterine contractions. During that time, she became so anemic that she required treatment at a local hospital.
It was only in May 2016 – three months after her Planned Parenthood abortion – that her bleeding finally subsided.
As of the lawsuit’s filing, Davis was seeing a therapist and continues to suffer exacerbated symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. She endures ongoing severe depression, anxiety and mental anguish when remembering her shock at the news she had been carrying parts of her dead baby for so long. She still suffers loss of appetite, nightmares, and suicidal thoughts along with stomach pain, headaches, and chest pain/shortness of breath “when the memory reappears.”
Before initiating legal action, Davis’ attorney sought settle with Planned Parenthood on behalf of his client for $200,000. Six months later, when that offer was still ignored, the lawsuit was filed. Its status remains pending as of this writing.
“What happened to Amanda Davis was a travesty,” said Newman. “Not only was her first trimester abortion completely botched, but there was no follow-up from Planned Parenthood. Calls for help were ignored. An examination that should have revealed that her abortion was incomplete was done negligently – or perhaps not at all. She wasn’t fully informed about the complications that ended up devastating her. You can bet if this shoddy treatment happened to one woman, it is routinely happening to others.”
Operation Rescue has documented several abortion emergencies at the Boston Planned Parenthood facility and posted accounts of them at Abortion911.com. Their abortionist, Alice Marks, has been involved in several other medical malpractice suits, as documented at AbortionDocs.org.
“I don’t care how many times the Abortion Cartel claims abortion is safe, I can attest that it is not. I have seen far too many ambulances at abortion clinics, listened to far too many 911 calls, seen far too many legal complaints involving horrifically botched abortions, and read far too many autopsy reports of women who suffered fatal complications to abortions,” said Newman. “In America today, abortion is about as dangerous as playing Russian Roulette. Every abortion facility should be shut down.”
Cheryl Sullenger
Life News
Dred Scott and Roe v. Wade: Two Supreme Court Decisions Claiming Some People Have No Human Rights
One hundred and sixty two years ago, the Supreme Court handed down its disastrous Dred Scott v. Sanford decision. Like Roe v. Wade, to which pro-lifers routinely compare it, the High Court’s vote was 7-2. Like Roe v. Wade, Dred Scott v. Sanford “solved” nothing because it was incompatible with justice.
As PBS put it:
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (argued 1856 — decided 1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. Finally, the Court declared that the rights of slaveowners were constitutionally protected by the Fifth Amendment because slaves were categorized as property.
Each time the anniversary of Dred Scott comes around, I think of President Ronald Reagan’s analogy in his book, “Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation”:
Despite the formidable obstacles before us, we must not lose heart. This is not the first time our country has been divided by a Supreme Court decision that denied the value of certain human lives. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 was not overturned in a day, or a year, or even a decade. At first, only a minority of Americans recognized and deplored the moral crisis brought about by denying the full humanity of our black brothers and sisters; but that minority persisted in their vision and finally prevailed. They did it by appealing to the hearts and minds of their countrymen, to the truth of human dignity under God.
From their example, we know that respect for the sacred value of human life is too deeply engrained in the hearts of our people to remain forever suppressed. But the great majority of the American people have not yet made their voices heard, and we cannot expect them to—any more than the public voice arose against slavery—until the issue is clearly framed and presented.
It was one of the signature triumphs of his two terms in office that President Reagan help to clearly frame and present the issue: “to reaffirm the sanctity of human life, even the smallest and the youngest and the most defenseless.”
As I was looking for a particular quote, instead I ran across a law review article written by an eloquent pro-abortion advocate (eloquent in this piece at least). Dahlia Lithwick writes:
To read the daily pro-life press [she cites a story in NRL News Today] is to experience Roe as an ongoing visceral assault on basic morality, a living, breathing judicial sin as grievous today as it was in 1973.
Yes, we oppose Roe because it was/is a judicial monstrosity, spun out of penumbras and emanations and held together by Justice Harry Blackmun’s overweening chutzpah.
And yes, we most assuredly agree that killing helpless unborn children is a sin, both in a strictly religious sense but also a secular sense.
We also agree with the late Malcolm Muggeridge, who succinctly summarized the equality-of-life ethic that undergirds our Movement: “Either life is always and in all circumstances sacred, or intrinsically of no account; it is inconceivable that it should be in some cases the one, and in some the other.”
Pro-abortionists believe that human life is measured on a sliding scale. We don’t.
To return to President Reagan’s marvelous book, let me conclude this reflection on the anniversary of Dred Scott with the President’s final paragraph:
Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide. My Administration is dedicated to the preservation of America as a free land, and there is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning.
Dave Andrusko
Life News
As PBS put it:
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (argued 1856 — decided 1857), the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories. Finally, the Court declared that the rights of slaveowners were constitutionally protected by the Fifth Amendment because slaves were categorized as property.
Each time the anniversary of Dred Scott comes around, I think of President Ronald Reagan’s analogy in his book, “Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation”:
Despite the formidable obstacles before us, we must not lose heart. This is not the first time our country has been divided by a Supreme Court decision that denied the value of certain human lives. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 was not overturned in a day, or a year, or even a decade. At first, only a minority of Americans recognized and deplored the moral crisis brought about by denying the full humanity of our black brothers and sisters; but that minority persisted in their vision and finally prevailed. They did it by appealing to the hearts and minds of their countrymen, to the truth of human dignity under God.
From their example, we know that respect for the sacred value of human life is too deeply engrained in the hearts of our people to remain forever suppressed. But the great majority of the American people have not yet made their voices heard, and we cannot expect them to—any more than the public voice arose against slavery—until the issue is clearly framed and presented.
It was one of the signature triumphs of his two terms in office that President Reagan help to clearly frame and present the issue: “to reaffirm the sanctity of human life, even the smallest and the youngest and the most defenseless.”
As I was looking for a particular quote, instead I ran across a law review article written by an eloquent pro-abortion advocate (eloquent in this piece at least). Dahlia Lithwick writes:
To read the daily pro-life press [she cites a story in NRL News Today] is to experience Roe as an ongoing visceral assault on basic morality, a living, breathing judicial sin as grievous today as it was in 1973.
Yes, we oppose Roe because it was/is a judicial monstrosity, spun out of penumbras and emanations and held together by Justice Harry Blackmun’s overweening chutzpah.
And yes, we most assuredly agree that killing helpless unborn children is a sin, both in a strictly religious sense but also a secular sense.
We also agree with the late Malcolm Muggeridge, who succinctly summarized the equality-of-life ethic that undergirds our Movement: “Either life is always and in all circumstances sacred, or intrinsically of no account; it is inconceivable that it should be in some cases the one, and in some the other.”
Pro-abortionists believe that human life is measured on a sliding scale. We don’t.
To return to President Reagan’s marvelous book, let me conclude this reflection on the anniversary of Dred Scott with the President’s final paragraph:
Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide. My Administration is dedicated to the preservation of America as a free land, and there is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning.
Dave Andrusko
Life News
Petition: Protect Babies from Planned Parenthood Trafficking of Body Parts
After the release of ten videos revealing Planned Parenthood leaders casually discussing harvesting body parts of babies aborted at their facilities for financial compensation, we ask all our New York members of Congress to prioritize ending public funding of the abortion industry and to enact the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Since most requests for baby parts are for those from older babies, protecting these pain-capable children from abortion would also halt trafficking of their organs.
Protect the children now.
Please, share this petition with friends, family, and your social media networks.
Click here to sign the petition
After the release of ten videos revealing Planned Parenthood leaders casually discussing harvesting body parts of babies aborted at their facilities for financial compensation, we ask all our New York members of Congress to prioritize ending public funding of the abortion industry and to enact the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Since most requests for baby parts are for those from older babies, protecting these pain-capable children from abortion would also halt trafficking of their organs.
Protect the children now.
Please, share this petition with friends, family, and your social media networks.
Click here to sign the petition
Welcome! The Right to Life - the very first Right
LOBBY FOR LIFE DAY 2019 - Plan Now to Attend!
NEW YORK STATE RIGHT TO LIFE
LOBBY FOR LIFE DAY 2019
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
New York State Right to Life (NYSRTL) is saddened that New York now has what Governor Andrew Cuomo ironically but rightly referred to as “the most aggressive” abortion law in the country. The Reproductive Health Act (RHA) was sold to the public saying it merely “updates” the law by codifying Roe vs. Wade into our statute, which is not true. RHA has made abortion a “fundamental right” and prohibits all limits on abortion, which Roe vs Wade did not do. Roe referred to a trimester view toward protecting life, whereas RHA has expanded abortion-on-demand in New York past 24 weeks - well past when unborn children feel pain, are viable, and suffer during the course of an abortion – and up to birth. This is inhumane. While we look forward to the time when Roe vs Wade is overturned, under Roe various limits on abortion have repeatedly been upheld as constitutional and are favored by the majority of the public, including in New York. The Governor routinely calls people of good will concerned with how we treat human life extreme, whereas it’s this new law that is truly extreme. NYSRTL will continue to work to expose the misinformation put forth about RHA, protect children and their mothers, protect the rights of pro-life persons to engage in life-saving activities and express their views, and to build a culture of Life in New York. Join us.
Annual event at the Capitol to inspire and equip you to take action and impact your State Senators and Members of Assembly.
Stay tuned for information on speakers as they are confirmed.
This is your opportunity to address lawmakers and make a substantive difference in our state, and oppose more attempts to further spread the culture of death.
REGISTER NOW – Call the NYSRTL office at 518-434-1293
or email admin@nysrighttolife.org with your full contact info
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Time: 10:00 am to approximately noon followed by lobby appointments with your legislators
Location: “The Well”
Legislative Office Building,
198 State St., Albany, NY
I Met President Trump and Represented Almost 270 People Who Have Survived Abortions
“On behalf of the 269 survivors that I’ve connected with through my work, I just want to thank you for all you do for life.”
These are the words that I spoke to President Trump as I shook his hand in the Oval Office on February 14th, 2019.
Although our time with President Trump was limited, I had the great opportunity to share with him that I survived a late-term abortion, and then sit in on his phone call to pro-life and faith leaders from across the nation.
If you were part of that call, you know that President Trump voiced his ongoing commitment to life, condemned the legislation being passed across the nation that’s aggressively anti-life, and he also denounced Virginia Governor Northam’s comments on infanticide.
I can tell you that in our private time with him, he was warm, so very funny, genuine, and yes, fired up about a few things, including the protection of life.
It was a historical moment, to have the survivor of a failed abortion in the West Wing, and although I wish other survivors could have been there with me, I can honestly tell you I thought of them throughout my time there, and I have the utmost hope that this is just the first step in having survivors acknowledged, included, and supported by the Trump administration and maybe even our greater culture.
Melissa Ohden
Life News
These are the words that I spoke to President Trump as I shook his hand in the Oval Office on February 14th, 2019.
Although our time with President Trump was limited, I had the great opportunity to share with him that I survived a late-term abortion, and then sit in on his phone call to pro-life and faith leaders from across the nation.
If you were part of that call, you know that President Trump voiced his ongoing commitment to life, condemned the legislation being passed across the nation that’s aggressively anti-life, and he also denounced Virginia Governor Northam’s comments on infanticide.
I can tell you that in our private time with him, he was warm, so very funny, genuine, and yes, fired up about a few things, including the protection of life.
It was a historical moment, to have the survivor of a failed abortion in the West Wing, and although I wish other survivors could have been there with me, I can honestly tell you I thought of them throughout my time there, and I have the utmost hope that this is just the first step in having survivors acknowledged, included, and supported by the Trump administration and maybe even our greater culture.
Melissa Ohden
Life News