Just goes to show ya that you right all along. Anyone who would perform an
abortion obviously can't be trusted.
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Top abortion doctor convicted of sex abuse
Researcher claims case not as rare as news coverage suggests
Posted: December 4, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Arizona's most prominent abortion doctor was convicted yesterday on 22
counts
of sexually abusing patients over the past 17 years.
Dr. Brian Finkel, 54, who has said he performed 20 percent of the state's
abortions annually, was found not guilty on 34 counts, including six of
the
more serious charges of sexual assault, the Arizona Republic reported.
Dr. Brian Finkel as verdicts are read yesterday (Photo: Arizona Republic)
The jury could not reach a verdict on four sex abuse charges.
Finkel, who performed more than 30,000 abortions over the past 20 years,
became
a familiar face on network talk shows in the 1990s, denouncing violence by
abortion protesters.
Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley commended the courage of the 32
accusers
who stepped forward to report they were abused at Finkel's abortion
clinic.
"A doctor who had abused the trust of his patients by sexually abusing
them
will no longer do that again," Romley told the Phoenix paper.
A parade of victims came forward during the three-month trial with claims
of
sexual abuse, including twisting their nipples, kissing them or fondling
them
inappropriately during exams. Finkel, however, was acquitted of charges
involving digital penetration.
He could be sentenced Jan. 2 to as long as 75 years in prison.
Janet Jorgensen of Phoenix, who accused Finkel of abusing her 15 years
ago,
told the Republic she was thrilled even though he was acquitted of some
counts,
and all counts involving her case came back not guilty.
"I think most victims went into this for one thing: That he never hurt
another
woman," said Jorgenson, who added she bears no malice toward him.
"I pray for his salvation," she said. "I pray he will find his way to
understand what he did because I don't think he does."
A pro-life activist insists Finkel's case is not as rare as news coverage
would
suggest.
The issue of sexual assault among abortion doctors remained virtually
unaddressed until Mark Crutcher's groundbreaking, carefully documented
probe
into the culture of abortion clinics, summarized in the 1996 book "Lime 5:
Exploited by Choice."
Crutcher used public records and first-hand accounts to uncover abortion's
toll, focusing not on unborn children but on women and abortion providers.
When
he began research for the book, however, he never envisioned a chapter on
rape
and sexual assault.
"Although we had often heard rumors that this sort of thing happened, we
had no
reason to believe it was widespread enough to deserve more than a passing
mention," he wrote in the book. "However, as more and more data came into
our
office, we began to see that rape and sexual assault in abortion clinics
is not
uncommon at all."
Crutcher believes the lack of statistics by the government or by any other
organization is not an oversight, charging that the powerful abortion
industry
uses "raw political power to cover its tracks."
In his chapter on the subject, Crutcher refers to documented accounts of
34
sexually abusive abortion doctors, about one-third of the cases that his
organization, Life Dynamics of Denton, Texas, has on file.
But Crutcher believes he is in possession of just a tiny fraction of
instances,
noting studies indicate only about 15 percent of rapes are reported.
Moreover,
in the case of abortion-related rape, women have even more reason to
remain
silent. To speak up, they would have to reveal they are sexually active,
they
became pregnant and they had an abortion, Crutcher notes.
A Senate committee on rape in America, led by Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said
84
percent of women raped by a stranger don't report it because of the stigma
attached to the crime.
"For women having an abortion, multiply the sigma factor by 10," Crutcher
told
WND in an interview last year.
Phoenix police said one of the chief obstacles to their investigation of
Finkel
was that 90 percent of the women who have now come forward since news of
his
arrest never filed a police report, according to the Arizona Republic.
"The secrecy of abortion clinics is what protects them," Crutcher said.
"If a
woman goes to a family practitioner, the chances are 90 percent that if
something happens she'll say something. In an abortion clinic, there's
about a
98 percent chance she won't, so it's real hard to come up with data."
He likens the situation to a man robbed by a prostitute, who knows he
can't say
anything about it for fear of his wife finding out.
But, as in Finkel's case, Crutcher said he found it very common that when
a
doctor "gets outed," hundreds of women come forward.
"It's not like a temporary lapse of judgment," he said. "We're talking
about
guys who do it hundreds and hundreds of times."
Crutcher offers examples of this kind in his book. [Names of abortionists
and
clinics were not used, he said, so the book would not appear to be a
vendetta
against individuals. He included footnotes with references to public
records,
however, so researchers could independently verify the reports]:
More than 160 women accused abortionist "John Roe 497" of sexual assault.
Allegations by patients included rape, sexual abuse of minors, attempted
sexual
stimulation and sexually abusive language. California Deputy Attorney
General
Randy Christison described the doctor as a predator in a white coat who
used
his position for his own perverse gratification.
More than 100 female patients came forward with complaints against "John
Roe
38" after he was investigated by the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners and
the
police. The abortion doctor was accused of trying to sexually stimulate
patients, using explicit sexual language and photographing genitals during
examinations.
A Los Angeles abortionist, accused of misconduct by more than 100 of his
clients, allegedly raped several of them on the examination table. The
doctor,
who eventually had his license revoked, aborted the child of one of his
rape
victims after normal hours without using standard equipment and
personnel.The
descriptions in Crutcher's book are graphic and disturbing, yet some of
the
worst examples were left out, he said, because he didn't want to be
accused of
peddling pornography.
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