Pro-Choice Violence and Illegal Activities in Missouri

Kansas City Lamar Lebanon Odessa Springfield St. Louis Kansas City, Missouri
Murder Abortionist Lynn D. Weller of Kansas City was shot to death in his home in September 1973 by two masked gunmen who were hired by rival abortionist William Carlos. Carlos was angry that Weller was having an affair with his ex-wife. References: Paul Likoudis. "Investigators Cast a Wide Net To Find Abortionist's Murderer." The Wanderer, December 10, 1998, pages 1 and 10. Gross Negligence and Malpractice (11 incidents) Abortionist Dennis W. Miller killed 18-year-old Erna Fisher, the mother of an 11-month old girl, during an abortion in his office on March 30, 1988. Fisher's mother, who was holding her hand, said Erna jerked upright and went rigid during the abortion. A medical assistant ran for smelling salts, and Miller continued with the abortion while Erna choked to death on her own vomit. Miller admitted prescribing a painkiller that could cause vomiting and failing to ascertain when Erna had last eaten. An ambulance paramedic reported that he found Miller holding Erna in his arms rather than performing CPR, checking her airway, or providing oxygen. A judge ordered a $475,000 settlement for Erna's survivors. During the time period 1980 to 1990, Miller settled no fewer than eleven malpractice lawsuits for more than four million dollars. Miller failed the Kansas medical licensing exams eight times, the

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Missouri medical licensing exam three times, and the OB/GYN board certification exam twice. References: Associated Press, May 10, 1988 and March 5, 1995; Kansas City Star, June 3, 1990. Burglary [Kansas City, Kansas] Volunteers at the Pregnancy Resource Center in Kansas City, Kansas, were excited at the prospect of opening up their center and helping women in crisis pregnancies. But pro-abortionists, who want only one choice to be available to women, delayed the opening with their vandalism and theft. The pro-aborts broke into the CPC and stole a phone system, televisions, and a VCR that would have been used to show educational videos to women facing unintended pregnancies. Deborah Schilling, the center's director, said "It's disappointing, but we've just got to move on and get past it." Schilling said she's been helping staff a smaller center in Kansas City for the past two years, but that the need for pregnancy counseling is so great in the area that she felt the need to expand. For months, Schilling and volunteers worked to open a new, larger center in 2003. Schilling noted that the crisis pregnancy center is located near an abortion mill, making it a convenient location for women who would like to explore alternatives to abortion. "We have three abortion clinics right here, but there's been nobody down here to give alternatives," Schilling said. The break-in actually led to some favorable coverage of the Pregnancy Resource Center by the news media. One television station, KCTV, ran a story on its Web site. The lead of the article read, "Bad guys dashed the plans of a group trying to do some good." As a result of the publicity, Schilling received a donation of three computers. "Hopefully, we'll be up and running by next week," Schilling said. References: "Thieves Steal from Pregnancy Center." KCTV Television 5 [Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas], July 24, 2003; Maria Gallagher. "Kansas City CPC Robbed of Technical Equipment." LifeNews, July 28, 2003; "Kansas City CPC Robbed, Tech Equipment Stolen." LifeNews, July 29, 2003. Death Threat and Malpractice On Saturday, January 13, 2001, about 25 pro-lifers had just finished quietly praying in front of the Planned Parenthood abortion mill at 4401 West 109th Street in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, when a man and a woman slowly drove by about 10 A.M. The man, who was driving, rolled down his window, made baby noises and swore at the demonstrators. Then he pulled out a pistol, pointed it at the group, and drove away. Two men followed the car long enough to give police a description, which was used in the subsequent investigation. In November 2000, a 27-year-old mother of four fell into a coma following a tubal ligation done at this Planned Parenthood clinic. References: Richard Espinoza. "Man With Gun Threatened Abortion Opponents, Witnesses Say." The Kansas City Star, January 15, 2001; Tony Gosgnach. "Planned Parenthood Exposed." The Interim, February 2003.

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Lamar, Missouri
Second-Degree Murder, First-Degree Assault and Second-Degree Assault According to police and prosecution documents and witness testimony, the following events occurred in and around Lamar, Missouri. Leah Hawkins testified that her husband Jason beat her with a log from a woodpile while she was pregnant and after she refused to have an abortion. Her son was born three months premature as a result of the beating and died December 26, 1999, at a Kansas City hospital. Jackson County Medical Examiner Thomas Young said the baby died from complications of placenta abruptio and prematurity due to injuries to his mother. Barton County Sheriff Bill Griffitt said the defendant told him he lost his temper and beat, hit and kicked Leah Hawkins for about an hour on December 11, 1999. Leah Hawkins said her husband beat her several times between September and December 11. On that date, she said, he hit her repeatedly with a heavy log as their 10-month-old daughter watched. Jason Hawkins was bound over on charges of second-degree murder and was arraigned April 17, 2000 in the trial division of Barton County Circuit Court. In addition to the second-degree murder count, Associate Judge Charles Curless ordered Jason Hawkins bound over for trial on one count each of first-degree assault, for the period between September and December 11, and second-degree assault specifically related to the December 11 incident. Leah Hawkins said the couple had a history of violence. "He would usually end up hitting me with a closed fist," she said. She testified that he had kicked her in the back, stomach and sometimes in the head. "I'd try to protect myself just by curling up in a ball," she said. She also said he had hit her several times with an arrow and a fishing pole. Leah Hawkins described a prison-like existence while the couple lived at her mother-in-law's home in Barton County. She said her husband isolated her from family and friends. She said she could not get away from Hawkins, and that he would not let her stay in the house alone. References: "Man Charged For Beating Wife Who Refused Abortion." Joplin Globe [Missouri], April 12, 2000; Pro-Life Infonet, April 13, 2000.

Lebanon, Missouri
Attempted Murder, Torture (11 incidents), Felony Conspiracy (6 counts), Felony Sex Trafficking (6 counts), Rape (14 incidents), Forced Abortion (2 incidents), Felony Forced Labor Trafficking (2 counts), Felony Use of an Interstate Facility for Enticement, Sexual Abuse of a Minor (5 incidents), Felony Document Servitude (2 counts), Felony Enticement to Travel for Sexual Activity, Felony Transportation for Sexual Activity (2 counts), Felony Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance to a Person Under 21 Years Old, Felony Firearm Possession by a Drug User (2 counts), Death Threat, Animal Abuse (2 incidents), Felony Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence, Felony Receipt of Child Pornography, Felony Possession of Child Pornography, Felony Attempted Tampering with a Witness, Felony Attempted Tampering with a Victim, Felony Use of an Interstate Facility in Commission of Murder for Hire, Felony Attempted Witness Retaliation, Probation Violation and Felony Use of an Interstate Facility to Facilitate Unlawful

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Activity (6 counts) People who claim to be pro-choice are in mortal danger of descending into depths of depravity that are horrifying to ordinary people and which shock even the most lurid and secret corners of the human imagination. In fact, the pro-choice mentality sometimes enables people to not only heartlessly discard their own children, but to inflict excruciating horrors and torture on other people as well. This is one of the most extreme of such cases described in this pro-choice violence database. This is a serious warning if you do not want to be horrified and scandalized over a glimpse into the very depths of human degeneracy, do not read any further. On March 31, 2011, six people were served with a superseding (second) indictment by the State of Missouri, and were charged with the crimes shown above. According to this indictment, the following events took place in and around Lebanon, Missouri. These people were Edward Bagley, Sr. (also known as Master Ed); his wife Marilyn Bagley; Michael Stokes (also known as The Rodent); Bradley Cook (also known as PutHer2GoodUse); James Noel; and Dennis Henry. These people lured a 16-year-old mentally handicapped girl (identified only as F.V. to protect her identity) to their trailer home in a wooded area near Lebanon, Missouri, after she had run away from home in December 2002. They promised her a great life, and also promised to help her become a model and dancer. As we shall see, the reality was horribly different from all the lavish promises. We shall also see that, as with all other cases involving sexual slavery, abortion plays a key role in keeping the victims subservient. Bagley immediately gave F.V. marijuana and ecstasy, showed her images of pornography and sadomasochistic activities, and began sexually abusing her while she was still a minor. When she turned 18 years old, Bagley forced her to sign a sex slave contract, and convinced her that this legally bound her to him as his slave for the rest of her life. When she became pregnant, Bagley did not bother to take her to an abortion mill; he aborted her himself several times. He need not have worried; as this database also shows, abortion mill personnel very rarely inquire into cases of sexual abuse. All they are concerned with is making the abortion sale. The Bagleys forced F.V. to work as a stripper at local gentlemens clubs, and engaged in sexual intercourse and sexual torture activities with her in order to groom and coerce her into becoming a sex slave. Edward Bagley used every torture method his twisted mind could devise; according to the Federal indictment, he beat, whipped, flogged, suffocated, choked, electrocuted, caned, skewered, drowned, mutilated, hung and caged F.V. in order to coerce her into becoming a sex slave. When the suffering grew too great, F.V. would cry for help, but Bagley would just escalate the torture. Bagley threatened to kill her, and demonstrated that he could do so by keeping numerous guns in the home. He also shot several animals that F.V. cared for in front of her, and bragged about the bodies he had already buried in the woods behind the trailer home. Edward Bagley also threatened to bury F.V. alive, and showed her a video demonstrating how he intended to do it. Bagley even had F.V. tattooed to mark her as his property, including a bar code on her neck, a tribal tattoo on her back with the letters A.S. to mark her as his slave, and the Chinese symbol for slave on her ankle. Bagley went so far as to sew F.V.s "urinary opening and vagina shut" to demonstrate what was "expected of her," and nailed her labia and nipples to slabs of wood. After he had broken her will, Bagley advertised online that F.V. was his slave and could be sexually tortured by others during live online sessions or in person. Stokes and Cook participated as customers

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who paid Bagley to sexually abuse and torture the girl. Bagley also forced F.V. to work as a stripper and kept approximately $112,000 from her work. Finally, Bagley went too far even for him. On February 27, 2009, he tortured F.V. so horribly that she had a heart attack, and she had to be hospitalized. After she returned home, Cook tried to kill her at some point between September 28 and December 9, 2010. Additionally, Stokes was charged with receiving child pornography over the Internet and for possessing child pornography. Pornographers are even more notoriously lax about investigating even the most obvious abuse than abortion mills. F.V. appeared on the cover of the July 2007 edition of Hustler magazine's Taboo, a title in Larry Flynt's porn empire. Bagleys photo also appeared in the magazine, and he boasted in its pages that F.V. was his sex slave. Apparently this meant little to the writers, editors and photographers for the porn magazine. Bagley bragged that My slave girl is in Taboo magazine, but it's the July issue, she is in and on the cover ... Also, the interview about the slave and myself is in the August issue of Taboo ... It was a very fun experience." Between February 2004 and February 2009, Bagley tortured F.V. on live Web casts. Cook downloaded these pictures to his computer, and sent images to Edward Bagley of women in his residence that he had beat, bound and tied up in order to share ideas of how to abuse F.V. Stokes traveled to the Bagleys residence and engaged in both sexually torturing F.V. and watching Edward Bagley torture her. Stokes gave Bagley steaks, cigarettes, coats, clothing, lighters and cash, and paid $1,000 for Bagley to transport F.V. to California in December 2006 for a photo shoot in which F.V. performed various deviant sexual acts. Stokes also paid Bagley $300 for a torture session, and gave him money to build a home-made device to sexually torture F.V. Noel and Henry have pleaded guilty to the charges against them, and the rest of the defendants remain imprisoned awaiting trial. References: Mark Morris. Indictment Alleges Years of Torture, Sexual Abuse. The Kansas City Star, September 10, 2010; Justin Kendall. Hustler Editor, Photographer Questioned in Missouri Sex Slave Case. The Pitch blogs, September 13, 2010; In the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. United States of America v. Edward Bagley Sr., Bradley Cook, Dennis Henry, Michael Stokes and James Noel. Superseding Indictment of March 30, 2011, No. 10-00244-01/05-CRW-DW; Beth Philips, Office of the United States Attorney, Western District of Missouri. News Release entitled Human Trafficking Rescue Project: Lebanon Woman Indicted, More Charges Filed in Sex Trafficking Scheme, Murder-for-Hire; Victim Tortured as Slave, Forced into Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor, March 30, 2011.

Odessa, Missouri
Sexual Abuse of a Child (15 counts), Forcible Sodomy of a Child (11 counts), Production of Child Pornography, Death Threats (4 counts), Forced Abortion, Using a Child in a Sexual Performance with an Animal (3 counts), and Using a Child in a Sexual Performance with Another Child According to official police documents and media reports, the following events occurred in and around Odessa, Missouri. This horrifying series of events illustrates the depths of depravity to which human beings are capable of descending. It is also natural that abortion was an essential part of the evil fabric of the Mohler case. Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., had four adult sons Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., David A. Mohler,

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Jared Leroy Mohler, and Roland Neil Mohler. Burrell Sr. also had a brother, Darrel Wayne Mohler, who was involved in a series of ghastly events that took place from 1988 to 1995. Essentially, all six Burrell men raped, sodomized, and terrorized their daughters for a decade. The men were of intimidating size; Burrell Jr. weighed 250 pounds, Jared was nearly 300 pounds, and Roland was a massive 350 pounds. One of the Burrell men had four daughters, and they were the targets of most of the abuse. When they were very young, Burrell Sr. "married" them off to his four sons in a mock wedding ceremony, then the brothers had sexual intercourse with the girls in order to "consummate" the "marriages." One of the female victims said that, from the time she was five to the time she was twelve years old, Burrell Sr. would sing the children's song "Itsy-Bitsy Spider" while moving his fingers into her genital area, and also recounted many other instances of sexual abuse. When the girls eventually ran away, they wrote down the crimes the Burrells had committed against them and put the notes in a jar. When they returned home, Burrell Jr., their father, punished them by making them watch him forcibly sodomize their brother. Both Burrell Sr. and Burrell Jr. tied up the girls on at least two occasions and forcibly sodomized them. When one of the girls was only five or six years of age, Burrell Sr. (her grandfather) took her into the basement of his residence in Bates County, Missouri, and forced her to perform oral sex on him. Burrell Sr. also threatened the girls if they talked, saying that "waterbeds have been known to pop and they might drown in their sleep." On another occasion, Burrell Sr., and Burrell Jr. and Jared made the four sisters kneel facing away from them, and then forced a pencil, a screwdriver and other objects into the girls' anuses. The girls were also forced to have sex with a horse and a German shepherd. One of the daughters of Burrell, Jr. recalled being raped eight times, and was forced to watch her brother being sodomized. She became pregnant at the age of 11, and the Burrells forced her to have an abortion. If the abortion mill had reported the obvious abuse of the little girl by an older man, the agonizing saga of the Burrells would have been brought to a stop fifteen years earlier. Eventually, Burrell E. Mohler Sr. was charged with six counts of having sex with a child, using a child in a sexual performance with an animal, and using a child in a sexual performance with another child. Jared L. Mohler was charged with using a child in a sexual performance with an animal. Burrell E. Mohler Jr. was charged with having sex with a child and using a child in a sexual performance with an animal. References: "Sixth Man Charged in Mohler Child Sex Case." Fox Channel 4 Television [Kansas City, Missouri], November 13, 2009; Probable Cause Statement for Darrell Mohler in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, Missouri, November 18, 2009; Probable Cause Statements for Burrell Edward Mohler, Sr., Burrell Edward Mohler, Jr., and Jared Leroy Mohler in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, Missouri, November 19, 2009.

Springfield, Missouri
Felony Drug Possession (2 incidents) and Threat of Harm Police found 30 pounds of marijuana in a storage bin leased by the Women's Community Health Center abortion mill. The former administrator of the abortuary, Kathie Murray, and her mother, Blanche Murray, were charged with felony marijuana possession. Kathie's brother, Ronnie Murray, was

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charged with threatening to hurt a clinic employee if she informed law enforcement officials of the facts surrounding the case. Reference: November 7, 1996. "Drug Ring." Life Activist News [Life Dynamics, Inc.], Fall 1997, page 13.

St. Louis, Missouri

Second-Degree Murder (2 counts), Attempted Murder and Armed Criminal Action (2 counts) 29-year-old pro-abortionist Mark Boyd hired Malik J. Nettles, 21, of Hillsdale, to do a little job for him. His 15-year-old girlfriend, Kyunia Taylor, was pregnant with his child, and he did not want the child because he had two other children and did not want a third. So Nettles killed Kyunia as she rode home on a school bus on February 29, 1996. He boarded the bus and began firing, killing Kyunia and her preborn baby, named Diamond, who was delivered by Caesarean section three months premature. The baby lived for 23 days but died. He also shot the bus driver, Richard Lanman, three times, but he survived. Boyd was arrested after being indicted on murder charges in both deaths. Boyd was tried by a jury, which found him guilty of two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action, and a judge sentenced him to 26 years in prison. References: "Man, 29, Hired Killer to Shoot Girl, 15, Pregnant with His Child, Police Say." The Detroit News, June 2, 1996; Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. State of Missouri v. Mark Boyd, Case #73807, handed down on March 9, 1999. First-Degree Murder, First-Degree Assault, and Armed Criminal Action (2 counts) According to police and prosecution documents and witness testimony, the following events occurred in and around St. Louis, Missouri. On September 26, 2007, Andre Stewart and his pregnant girlfriend Vernell Macon were arguing about who was the father of her unborn baby girl, whom she was just four weeks away from delivering. Stewart retrieved a sawed-off shotgun, placed it against her abdomen, and pulled the trigger, instantly killing her preborn child. She was hospitalized in critical condition. Steward later confessed to shooting Vernell. Their next-door neighbor, Diane McKay, said "He was telling me he was the father of the baby. He was excited, and when she found out it was a girl, he was really excited." Stewart was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and two counts of armed criminal action. References: "Man Faces First-Degree Murder Charges after Pregnant Girlfriend is Shot, Baby Dies." KMOV Television 4 [St. Louis, Missouri], September 26, 2007; "Man Shoots Pregnant Girlfriend in Stomach, Charged with Murder." KSDK Television 5 [St. Louis, Missouri], September 26, 2007. Attempted Murder (2 counts) In 1997, George Villarreal III was convicted of causing the death of his preborn twin daughters after

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assaulting his then girlfriend and, after plea bargaining, was sentenced to five years in prison. After serving two years of the sentence he was released, and has now been charged with a second attempt to murder the same woman, now his wife, who was five or six months pregnant according to news reports. References: "Man Is Accused of Second Attack on Pregnant Wife." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 14, 1999; and American Life League's Communiqu, January 21, 2000. Gross Negligence, Gross Malpractice, Driving Under the Influence (2 counts), Improper Recordkeeping and Violation of Health and Safety Standards (3 counts) On February 20, 1988, Stacy Ruckman went to Scott Barrett for an abortion. She didn't know how he anesthetized his patients. According to Barrett's staff, Barrett would not have general anesthesia administered to his abortion patients for late-term abortions. Instead, he would inject them with excessive amounts of the local anesthetic Lidocaine. The overdose would cause the woman to lose consciousness. Sometimes, staff reported, a woman would stop breathing, and Barrett would simply resuscitate her. But when Stacy stopped breathing, Barrett and his staff were unable to revive her. An autopsy found lethal concentrations of Lidocaine in Stacy's blood. Her parents sued, and a jury awarded them $25.3 million for the wrongful death of their daughter. During its investigation, the medical board noted that Barrett would rapidly push the lidocaine into each side of the patient's cervical region, waiting no more than one to two seconds between injecting each side. ... approximately two patients per day would experience seizure activity where they would become nonresponsive, their respirations would cease and their body would shake. ... the patient would be disoriented, unresponsive and almost asleep. ... Barrett, during a conversation with another employee ... commented that when his patients have a toxic reaction to the lidocaine it made the procedure go more quickly because the patient was more relaxed. ... Barrett purposefully and deliberately injected these patients with more than the acceptable dosage ... to create a general anesthetic effect so he could more quickly and easily perform the abortion procedure. Other medical board documents indicate the following; Barrett's abortion mill, housed in the basement of a used-car sales building, had never been licensed as an abortion facility or ambulatory surgical center, despite the fact that Barrett performed a reported 2,103 abortions there; Barrett lacked privileges at any area hospital; His abortion mill was not equipped properly to treat adverse reactions to Lidocaine; Pre-signed prescription forms for use by office staff were kept in a fishing tackle box; Barrett kept controlled substances in an office accessible to his staff; and His abortion mill failed to retain necessary records.

Despite these appalling practices, and all of the evidence that piled up against him, Barrett took the usual road for abortionists in trouble and blamed everyone but himself for his troubles. He told a local reporter that the investigation of his abortuary constituted "just another tactic by the governor and the attorney general to further eliminate [abortion providers]." Barrett had also been arrested twice for drunk driving, in 1984 and in 1988.

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References: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 5, 1990 and August 2, 1992; Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission #90-000255HA; Greene County (Missouri) Circuit Court Case #CV188-675CC2; Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, January 29, 1991; Columbia Daily Tribune, January 29, 1991; Springfield News-Leader, June 9, 1991 and March 18, 1992; St. Louis County Circuit Court Cause #502545; Greene County Circuit Court Case #CV188-67SCC2; Kansas City Star, August 7, 1992; "Scott Barrett Wrap-Up." Pro-Life Views with Christina Dunigan on About.com, July 23, 2001. Vandalism, Attempted Bombing, and Death Threats (3 incidents) [LeClaire, Illinois] Rev. Timothy Groves intended to make a strong pro-life statement by displaying a sign in his yard showing the severed head of a third-trimester aborted baby with the message "Does this offend you? It should! Stop the killing! Vote George Bush and pro-life candidates." He put it up eleven days before the 2004 national elections and had promised to take it down the day after the elections. But, even though he had received permission to erect the sign, city officials thought that the sign was so graphic, they wanted to protect children from it. So they barricaded the street in front of the New Life Community Church parsonage, where Groves lives with his wife, Bethany, and their four young children. Immediately, pro-abortionists tried to destroy the sign, threw an explosive device onto Groves' yard, and threatened several of the members of his congregation. "They violated my Constitutional right and the Constitutional right of many others. Many people wanted to see the sign, but they couldn't see it. ... There are double standards there. Protecting the rights of children is a smoke screen. If they only wanted the children not to see it, they could have put up warning signs," said Groves, who noted that the City did not place any restrictions on gruesome Halloween displays. Reference: "Controversial Anti-Abortion Sign Raises LeClaire's Ire." Eldridge North Scott Press, November 8, 2004. Assault (2 incidents) and Menacing During a January 16, 1988 rescue mission at the Regency Park abortion mill, a security guard physically assaulted two pro-lifers and threatened others with his gun. Reference: "Rescuers Assaulted During Rescue," Direct Action News, March 1988, page 4. Felony Assault and Death Threat [O'Fallon] Michael Travis Bullock got his 19-year old girlfriend pregnant and didn't want the baby. So, when she was four months pregnant, he laced her Kool-Aid with ant killer in an effort to make her miscarry, and then boasted to several friends that he had poisoned her. Police are not sure how many times the woman was given the pesticide, but they said the poisonings probably occurred from mid-September until November of 2001. Bullock is believed to have mixed Spectracide Ant Shield with Kool-Aid that hid the poison's odor. Capt. Jerry Schulte of the O'Fallon police said the woman was taken to St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis for ultrasound and blood tests. "So far, everything has checked out OK," Schulte said. On November 25, 2001, Bullock was taken into custody on warrants charging him with felony assault. Police said he has threatened to harm at least one potential witness.

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On May 20, 2002, Bullock pleaded guilty to first-degree assault charges, and St. Charles County Circuit Court Judge Nancy Schneider handed him a five-year prison sentence. References: Susan Weich. "Man Tried to Poison Girlfriend to Kill Fetus, Police Say." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 27, 2001; "Man Drugs Girlfriend's Drink In Forced Abortion Attempt." Pro-Life Infonet, November 29, 2001; "Missouri Man Gets 5 Years for Attempted Forced Abortion." St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 22, 2002; Pro-Life Infonet, May 23, 2002. Assault and Destruction of Property [University City] In August 1983, Ingrid Smith, director of the Ladies Center for Abortion, struck pro-lifer John Ryan and knocked his movie camera to the ground. The pro-abortionist was convicted of assault and destruction of property. Reference: Mary Meehan, "Abortionist Found Guilty of Assault." National Catholic Register, page 6. Theft (2 incidents) and Vandalism (2 incidents) Sometime during the night on October 16, 2001, pro-abortionists stole a display of 180 crosses, meant to memorialize aborted babies, from the lawn of Christ Memorial Lutheran Church in South St. Louis County. The 2-foot-tall white plastic crosses represented the number of abortions performed each hour in the United States, said Diane Albers, president of Lutherans for Life Missouri, which owns the display. "I just couldn't believe it," Albers said. "It's kind of low to steal crosses from a church." Albers noticed them missing when she drove by the church Monday night. Groundskeepers said the display was gone when they mowed the church lawn that morning. "I assume it is someone who doesn't agree with our stand on abortion," Albers said. Two signs posted with the display were also taken. They read: "180 crosses = 180 abortions an hour in the United States" and "In Jesus there is healing and forgiveness." This is the second set of crosses stolen from the organization since 1996. The other set, which was stolen in rural Missouri several years ago, was never recovered. References: "Pro-Life Display Stolen From St. Louis Church." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 17, 2001; Pro-Life Infonet, October 18, 2001. Child Abandonment, Assault (17 incidents), Cruelty to Animals, Destruction of Property, and Filing a False Police Report [Granite City] Pro-abortionists have been committing violence against pro-lifers for many years at the ironically-named Hope Clinic for Women abortion mill in Granite City. This high-volume $2 million abortion mill kills between 10,000 and 13,000 preborn babies every year, many of them by the brutal and inhumane partial-birth abortion procedure. On May 31, 2002, one female sidewalk counselor was speaking to a young mother and her boyfriend, who were sitting in their car with the door open. The car was located on public property, not property belonging to the abortion mill. One of the clinic escorts became agitated and slammed the car door against the counselor and elbowed another female sidewalk counselor in the stomach. The young mother began to cry and say that she did not want to have the abortion, but her boyfriend commanded

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her to "get inside" the abortuary. The boyfriend and clinic escort pulled her out of the car and led her into the abortion mill, but she exited 10 minutes later, saying that she could not go through with the abortion. Police filed a report on the assaults. On August 22, 2002, on a torridly-hot day, a man took his girlfriend into the abortion mill to have his child brutally murdered. Meanwhile, he left his dog, named Marcus, in the car, endangering its life. Someone called the Granite City police, who responded instantly, and efficiently freed the dog. Pro-lifers were keenly aware of the irony of police mobilizing all of their resources to save the life of a dog while, just a few feet away, more than fifty human babies were dying brutal and unnecessary deaths. When the owner of the dog came out of the abortion mill, he cursed at the pro-lifers and called them names. On September 3, 2002, a driver pulled onto the abortion clinic parking lot, and the female passenger immediately got out and lunged at one of the pro-lifers, trying to grab her throat. However, the pro-lifer put her microphone right in the attacker's face and said "You're live on air. If you grab me that's assault and battery." Naturally, the enraged attacker calmed down very quickly. The week prior to Thanksgiving 2002, a praying pro-lifer was physically attacked by a pro-abortionist while an abortion mill guard stood by and did nothing to intervene. Then the guard filed a false police report stating that he came to the aid of the pro-lifer. Fortunately, the entire incident was caught on tape. On October 5, 2002, two young parents left their baby inside their car for hours while they went into the abortion mill. They left the car engine running and the doors locked. Eventually, the car shifted into reverse and ran through the abortion mill's fence. Pro-lifers found a crying baby in the back seat. Meanwhile, abortion clinic guards and escorts and a Granite City police officer all stood around the car, laughing and joking, while the crying infant was still trapped inside the crashed car. Police refused to press any charges against these parents, who obviously killed one of their children while leaving the other in a situation of extreme danger. On November 20, 2002, a young man tried to browbeat his girlfriend into having an abortion. The couple went into the abortion mill, then came back out, and the girl announced to the pro-lifers present on the sidewalk that she did not want to go through with the abortion. One of the pro-lifers told the young couple that "Jesus loves the little babies," and the man turned and charged towards him, knocking him hard onto the pavement. The attacker then began chasing the women pro-lifers, trying to tear up their signs. The signs were well-made and would not tear, so the cowardly pro-abortionist began to chase and threaten the most helpless person he could find, an ill 78-year-old pro-life woman. Meanwhile, an abortion clinic guard watched the entire scene unfold and did absolutely nothing to intervene, even when the boyfriend was chasing the elderly woman. All this was caught on video. The Granite City police filled out a report, and said they would have their detective investigate the claims. The witnesses got the man's car plate and description. The pro-lifer who was knocked to the pavement was treated at a nearby hospital for his injuries. On February 8, 2003, two abortion mill escorts viciously attacked four pro-lifers, including a five-year-old girl. None of the pro-lifers were blocking access to the clinic or were on its property; the escorts simply did not like what they were saying. Both were arrested. On July 26, 2003, a huge pro-abortionist weighing at least 500 pounds tackled pro-life prayer warrior Angela Michaels and tried to choke her by attempting to stuff a Bible down her throat. A short time later, abortion mill guard Nathaniel Lang threatened to physically attack another pro-lifer for placing a Christian tract on his car, which was deliberately parked in front of the abortuary to block the Small Victories ultrasound van from being accessible to abortion-minded mothers entering the abortuary. It appeared that Lang was going to try to beat up the pro-lifer, so another pro-lifer snapped his picture. Lang then attacked the second pro-lifer, grabbed the camera out of his hand, then threw it as hard as he could at his leg. The camera was completely destroyed. Several Granite City police arrived on the scene

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and appeared as if they would do nothing about this attack. Only after the crowd of about forty Christians threatened a citizen's arrest of Lang was he arrested by the Granite City police. They let him drive himself to the police station to be booked. Two hospital guards outside the Gateway Regional Hospital, across the street from the Hope[less] abortuary, came across the street to tell the pro-lifers they saw what happened and they had it on video. When the pro-lifers arrived at the police station within minutes, the police had already released Nathaniel Lang and had only charged him with damage to property. After the video taken by the Gateway Regional Hospital was submitted to the police department, they promptly lost the evidence. This is typical, as pro-lifers well know; police all over the country seem to simply "lose" or "unfortunately misplace" evidence against pro-abortionists at an alarming rate, but guard evidence against pro-lifers with great diligence. On May 24, 2003, abortuary staff refused to allow one patient to see the ultrasound pictures of her baby. Disgusted, she got up off the table. She got dressed and went outside to speak to sidewalk counselors Donna and Angela. The escorts tried to block the conversation with their bodies, and one hard-core pro-abortionist deliberately slammed into Angela and then shouted at her (Angela) not to hit her, a tactic right out of the BACAOR manual. This manual, by the Bay Area Coalition against Operation Rescue (BACAOR), shows pro-aborts how to physically assault pro-lifers, all the time screaming "Don't you dare touch me!" On February 10, 2003, one escort, recruited from Washington University, was handcuffed and arrested outside the Hope abortion mill for hitting and shoving sidewalk counselors. One the same day, Natalie Pettus, the president of the Missouri chapter of NARAL Pro-Choice America, was handcuffed and arrested for pushing a little 5-year-old girl down, and for shoulder-blocking the mother of the little girl. References: Operation Save America (OSA) quarterly reports entitled Small Victories: Reporting from the Streets of Granite City, second quarter 2002 (April-June 2002); third quarter 2002 (July-September 2002); fourth quarter 2002 (October-December 2002); first quarter 2003 (January-March 2003), second quarter 2003 (April-June 2003), and third quarter 2003 (July-September 2003); Angela Michaels. "Two Saints Assaulted in Granite City, IL." Operation Save America. Gross Negligence [Granite City] On March 26, 1998, abortionist Yogendra Shah performed an abortion on Melanie Mills of St. Charles County at the Hope Clinic for Women abortion mill in Granite City. He failed to confirm that she was pregnant. Shah said he relied on Mills' statements that she had tested positive on a home pregnancy test and again at her physician's office. He also claims he confirmed her pregnancy with an ultrasound. Mills said she later discovered from pathology reports that she was not pregnant but had a 'blighted ovum,' a fertilized egg that attaches to the uterine wall but doesn't develop. The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation filed a complaint against the abortionist on March 25, 2003, seeking a reprimand or suspension or revocation of his medical license. The complaint alleged gross negligence on Shah's part. Mills is also pursuing a civil case against Shah pending in Madison County Circuit Court. After the abortion, she said, she suffered flashbacks, nightmares and severe depression. She also claimed that an abortion shouldn't have been an option for her, because she informed the clinic she had a history of endometriosis, a leading cause of infertility in which tissue from the womb lining grows elsewhere in the body. Shah was the object of an ongoing protest by Catholic pro-lifers in Granite City Illinois where he operated an abortuary across the street from a Catholic Hospital, Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center, in which he was employed as head of the OB-GYN Department. Shah had owned and operated the

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abortuary some 20 years while simultaneously working for the St. Elizabeth Medical Center. After the issue of Shah's double practice reached the media, the Catholic hospital was forced to remove him. As always, pro-abortionists forgot all about the woman in trouble and instead supported the abortion 'right' and the abortionist. While Shah was being tried, pro-aborts working at his clinic wore yellow and green T-shirts that proclaimed "WE LOVE DR. SHAH" and "DR. SHAH IS OUR HERO." The Hope abortion mill, located on the Illinois side of the Illinois-Missouri border, and just minutes from St. Louis, has often been criticized for luring Missouri teens for abortions without their parent's notification. Illinois has no law requiring parents to be notified when an abortion is done on a teenage girl, while Missouri's law mandates parental involvement. References: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 1, 2003; Brian Brueggemann. "Woman Had Abortion But Says She Wasn't Pregnant." Belleville News-Democrat, May 2, 2003; "Abortionist Under Fire for Abortion on Woman Not Pregnant." Pro-Life Infonet, May 4, 2003; Operation Save America's 2nd Quarter 2003 (April-June) picketing report, week of May 5-10, 2003; "Doctor Formerly Associated with Catholic Hospital in Trouble Over Fake Abortion." LifeSite Daily News, May 6, 2003; "Doctor Allegedly Performed Unnecessary Abortion." WQAD-TV Channel 8 [Granite City, Illinois], May 7, 2003; Trisha L. Howard. "Doctor Appeals Board's Abortion Censure." St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 2, 2003; "Abortion Practitioner Appeals State Board's Censure." Pro-Life Infonet, June 4, 2003. Assault (2 incidents) and Battery [Granite City] On November 25, 2000, police arrested abortion clinic guard Selma Owens Jr., 65, after he assaulted Daniel Michael at the Hope Clinic for Women abortion mill. Authorities said the incident was recorded on a surveillance video camera across the street. Michael, his wife, Angela, and their 11 children lead an area pro-life organization. They have been offering abortion alternatives to women going to the abortion mill for almost seven years. "I've never witnessed anything that violent," Angela said. The abortion mill executive director claimed that Michael was leveling racial insults at Owens, an African-American, and that his assault was justified. There was no proof of this charge, and nobody else had heard any such insults. The abortion mill director could not explain why she had not mentioned these slurs before, if they had been going on for months as she claimed. The incident began after several abortuary employees walked a woman to her car. Daniel Michael's 10-year-old daughter walked up to the woman to give her some literature about adoption. The abortion mill workers physically pushed the girl away, said Granite City Police Chief Dave Ruebhausen. Daniel Michael approached the employees and Owens to talk about his daughter. When Michael turned to walk away, Owens hit him over the head several times, all parties in the incident agree. Owens declined to comment on the incident. He will remain a guard at the abortion mill, its manager said. Owens was released from custody Saturday after mill workers posted the bond for him on the misdemeanor battery charge. References: "Abortion Facility Guard Charged With Assault of Pro-Life Advocate." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 22, 2000; Pro-Life Infonet, November 25, 2000; Heather Ratcliffe. "Abortion Clinic Guard Faces Charges After Striking Man." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 29, 2000. Fraud, Practicing Medicine Without a License, Gross Negligence, Negligence, Misconduct and Violation of Health and Safety Standards (2 counts)

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Abortionist Bolivar M. Escobedo has had at least a dozen major malpractice suits filed against him. Substantiated allegations included; Negligently performing abortions; Misuse and mishandling of controlled drugs; Ingesting controlled substances from his supplies without a prescription; Operating an abortion clinic without a license; Performing surgery without adequate equipment or blood supplies to handle potential complications such as seizures, bleeding, anaphylactic shock, respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest' Fraud; and Signing insurance forms when he did not perform surgical procedures.

Escobedo was investigated by the State regarding allegations of "negligence, gross neglect, misconduct and violation of state laws that require abortion clinics to be licensed and physicians who perform abortions to secure hospital privileges in case complications occur." State inspections found pre-signed prescription forms, four containing patient names, evidently intended to allow staff to write prescriptions including prescriptions for controlled substances in Escobedo's absence. References: Springfield News Leader, October 14, 1992; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 22, 1986 and March 5, 1992; Springfield Post-Dispatch, March 5, 1990; Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission Case #90-00256HA; St. Louis County Circuit Court Cases Numbers 477348, 479694, 490433, 500339, 542086, 581390, 593718 and 599876; and St. Louis City Circuit Court Case #77-104. Vandalism [Brentwood] On September 7, 1997, pro-abortionists vandalized the regional headquarters for Missouri Right to Life. They smashed windows with bricks, glued the door locks and sprayed "Abortion on Demand" on the building. This was probably an attempt to bully MRTL into not participating in its attempts to persuade the Missouri legislature to override Governor Mel Carnahan's veto of a bill banning gruesome and inhumane partial-birth abortions. Reference: Kristina Sauerwain. "Vandals Hit Right to Life Office Here: Police to Step Up Patrols; Attack May Be Tied to Vote." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 9, 1997.

End of Missouri Listing

(updated April 11, 2011)

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