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REPORT: Illinois abortion clinics ignore sexual abuse [audio links included]
The Illinois Leader ^ | Thursday, October 03, 2002 | The Leader-Chicago Bureau

Posted on 10/03/2002 11:09:32 AM PDT by toenail

Young girls like this one are being told by Planned Parenthood staff that "no one needs to know" about their relationship with a 22-yr-old man.

CHICAGO-– Recordings of conversations between a minor girl and Planned Parenthood staffers were released to the public today, revealing that Planned Parenthood staff members tell their clients that they will keep information about alleged child sexual abuse and statutory rape from authorities.

In the recorded conversations, a female actress portrays a 13 year old girl speaking with staff members of 21 different Planned Parenthood clinics located throughout Illinois. In the tapes, the "13-year-old" discusses her relationship with a 22-year-old sexual partner. The recordings were made in a nationwide investigation conducted by Texas-based Life Dynamics.

A coalition of Illinois pro-family, pro-life organizations calling themselves the Committee to Protect Illinois Children, headed by Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Illinois in partnership with the Illinois Right to Life Committee, suggests that 21 Planned Parenthood (PP) and National Abortion Federation (NAF) abortion clinics in Illinois knowingly cooperate with minor girls under the age of consent who may be involved in sexual relationships with men over age 21, an illegal act in Illinois.

The caller in the recordings was seeking an abortion in an unmistakable effort to conceal illicit sex from her parents and authorities. Calls were made to over 800 abortion clinics nationwide during late February and early March this year. Illinois will be the fifth state to make the audiotapes and results public. (continued below table)

The calls to 21 Illinois PP and NAF abortion clinics, by a caller portraying herself as a 13-year-old girl with a 22-year-old boyfriend, were recorded this spring by Life Dynamics in Denton, Texas.

Transcripts of the recorded conversations are available at Illinois Leader -- Abortion Clinic Transcripts.


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"The caller wasn't 13, that's true," said Mark Crutcher, Director of Life Dynamics. "But the clinic workers are telling us what the organizational policy is. What they're saying is, if a legitimate 13-year-old came in pregnant by a 40-year-old, this is what they would do. What is shown by the tapes is an intent to break the law."

Crutcher went on to say, "All 50 states clearly mandate that healthcare workers report any possible cases of child sexual abuse, which includes statutory rape. Clinics and workers who fail to report, or worse, actively participate to conceal the sexual conduct of adult men having sex with an underage girl, may be guilty of concealing a felony."

While the young voice asks the Planned Parenthood clinic about the availability of a secret abortion, coalition spokeswoman Jill Stanek, CWA of Illinois' Pro-Life Coordinator, said today that the ramifications are far-reaching.

“This goes beyond abortion. It goes to the issues of dispensing birth control to minors and treating their sexually-transmitted diseases, as well. There are underage girls impregnated by adult men sitting in clinic waiting rooms today with no one helping them. The adults who know about it are turning their backs on them.” said Jill Stanek, CWA of Illinois Pro-Life Coordinator. “This is utterly indefensible.”

Mark Crutcher said from his Texas office, "We can't allow family planning facilities to become sanctuaries for men who sexually abuse children. To think that there would be adults who are in positions to know about this, and hear the conversations they've had with that child . . . They're talking to a child who is a victim of felony sexual assault, and they're giving her advice as to how to cover it up."

Audio and written transcripts are being sent to the Illinois Attorney General, all 102 States’ Attorneys, and 61 County Board Chairmen who have family planning clinics in their counties, with a request to immediately open investigations and take appropriate action concerning possible abortion clinic complicity in reporting law violations.




TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: abortion; childabuse; coverup; naf; plannedparenthood; statutoryrape; titlex

1 posted on 10/03/2002 11:09:33 AM PDT by toenail
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To: toenail
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2 posted on 10/03/2002 11:13:59 AM PDT by ffrancone
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To: Askel5; victim soul; NautiNurse; Steely Tom; Emily RN
ping (and the MP3's are rather large)
3 posted on 10/03/2002 11:14:40 AM PDT by toenail
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To: toenail
Listened to the first audio, and the actress was believable as a 13-year-old. It's obvious the person answering the phone could care less about the "girl" or her situation.
4 posted on 10/03/2002 11:24:20 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: toenail
Champaign Planned Parenthood

Wednesday, October 03, 2001

 - 302 East Stoughton Street, Champaign IL

Click here if you have RealPlayer [MP3] to listen to the actual recording.

(Dialing, phone ringing 2x)

CLINIC: Thank you for calling Planned Parenthood. This is Karen.

CALLER: Hi. I was wondering if you guys do abortions there.

CLINIC: Yes, we do. Do you want that department?

CALLER: Yeah, I guess.

CLINIC: Just a moment.

(Pause)

CLINIC: Good morning. Planned Parenthood. How may I help you, ma'am?

CALLER: Hi. Yeah. I was wondering how much an abortion would cost?

CLINIC: Okay. From four to eight weeks that would be $335.

CALLER: Well, how do you know how far along you are?

CLINIC: The first day of your last period?

CALLER: I think it was like maybe December 14th.

CLINIC: December 14th?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. Just a minute. December 14th. Tomorrow you will be 10 weeks.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: So that will be $425.

CALLER: My friend told me that since I'll be 14 in March that you guys have to tell my parents I'm getting an abortion. But my boyfriend's 22. Is he old enough to take care of it, and you won't have to tell anybody about anything?

CLINIC: Oh, no. Honey, no. We don't even tell your boyfriend that.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: It's between you and our facility.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: No, no, no. That's a no-no. Yeah. No, no, That's a no-no. Nobody's going to know. If your dad call and say, oh, I think my daughter has an appointment with you guys; can you please tell me what time is it? And I say, well, I don't know if she have an appointment with us. But if she has an appointment and she wants to know what time, she can call me back.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: No, honey. We don't do that. We have a lot of teens over here, 15, even 14 years old here, as the patients. And uh-uh, that's a no-no.

How old are you?

CALLER: I'll be 14 in March.

CLINIC: Fourteen?

CALLER: Yeah.

CLINIC: Okay. And do you have the money?

CALLER: Well, my boyfriend said he would take care of everything.

CLINIC: You have a medical card, sweetie?

CALLER: No.

CLINIC: You don't?

CALLER: Uh-uh.

CLINIC: So you want to set up an appointment for tomorrow?

CALLER: Well, I have to call him and see when he can get off work. But what time tomorrow?

CLINIC: Okay. Because the quickest you get out of that, honey, that's the best. I can give you one at 10:00. What's the best time for you?

CALLER: I don't know really. I'd have to call him and see when he can get off work because that's the only way I'd be able to get there. Could you pencil me in for 10:00, and if I can't be there, you could erase it?

CLINIC: Well, why you don't go ahead and call your boyfriend? And then you call me back. And then we set up appointment because I have to ask you a few questions.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: So tell him that it will probably be $425.

CALLER: But you sure you don't have to tell anybody?

CLINIC: No, honey, trust me (laughing). This is a serious facility.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay? I don't have to tell anybody.

CALLER: Do you guys do a pregnancy test there?

CLINIC: Yes.

CALLER: It's just my boyfriend doesn't want anybody to know.

CLINIC: No, nobody going to know. This is very, very confidential. You can even hide if you want in this facility.

CALLER: Oh, okay.

CLINIC: Okay?

CALLER: If you guys do a pregnancy test there and I wasn't pregnant, could I get on birth control right away?

CLINIC: Yes, sweetie. And after the procedure, we can give you the Depo shot. Have you ever heard about the depo, Depo-Provera?

CALLER: No.

CLINIC: Depo-Provera is a shot that you take every three months so your parents don't have to know that you're taking pills. Because you know sometimes mom check the doors and everything, and kid is school, they look around. You can go for the shot every three months.

CALLER: Oh, okay. So my boyfriend and I could keep having sex with that and not have to worry about anything?

CLINIC: Yes. But you have to come the day -- the due date for your next shot. What we can do is --

CALLER: But it's all right he drives me and he's there with me?

CLINIC: I'm sorry, sweetie?

CALLER: It's all right if he drives me and he's there with me?

CLINIC: Oh, yeah. He's gonna stay with you in the waiting room but not in the surgical room.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: So I'm just going to wait for your phone call back. But talk to him, and I will set up a spot for you at 10:00. But you have to tell me and set up an appointment. I'm just going to hold this spot for you.

CALLER: Okay. So what's your name? So I can call you back.

CLINIC: Mary.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay, sweetie?

CALLER: Thank you.

CLINIC: Don't worry about the confidential because it's 100 percent.

CALLER: Okay.

CLINIC: Okay, sweetheart?

CALLER: Thanks.

CLINIC: Okay. You're welcome.

***END***

5 posted on 10/03/2002 12:01:44 PM PDT by toenail
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To: toenail
This is a fantastic tack on the part of the Good Guys ... somebody's thinking!
6 posted on 10/03/2002 12:06:01 PM PDT by Askel5
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To: Tired of Taxes
It takes forever to load.
7 posted on 10/03/2002 12:07:09 PM PDT by shiva
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To: toenail
One thing that bothered me about the Texas Legislative Director (who'd just confirmed they were letting the Dallas Morning News LIE to the useful idiot pro-life Texans), was his disdain for Crutcher.

I'd read LIME 5 a long time ago and couldn't help but wonder where the hell the National Right to Life Committee had been all this time.

You've got Leeza and Oprah, et al. weeping away between the soaps over women who lost their lives to liposuction but nary a peep about the botched abortions of "licensed" murderers that end up in death, intense pain and suffering or permanent deformation (outside the usual raft of psychological and physical side effect) to the woman.

8 posted on 10/03/2002 12:10:28 PM PDT by Askel5
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To: toenail
"But the clinic workers are telling us what the organizational policy is. What they're saying is, if a legitimate 13-year-old came in pregnant by a 40-year-old, this is what they would do. What is shown by the tapes is an intent to break the law."

WOOOOEEEE!!! Can't wait to see this on the front page of the Boston Globe tomorrow.

OK, maybe not

9 posted on 10/03/2002 12:11:25 PM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: toenail
CLINIC: No, honey, trust me (laughing). This is a serious facility.

Spoken like a true Deathist.

10 posted on 10/03/2002 12:12:38 PM PDT by Askel5
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To: toenail
CALLER: Well, my boyfriend said he would take care of everything.

True love. It's really quite amazing how compassionate, understanding and generous a guy can be.

11 posted on 10/03/2002 12:14:24 PM PDT by Askel5
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To: Askel5
This is a fantastic tack on the part of the Good Guys ... somebody's thinking!

Oh, definitely! Next, it should be hidden camera footage (though I seem to recall that that was already done).

12 posted on 10/03/2002 12:17:33 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: toenail
CLINIC: Okay. And do you have the money?

Glad these folks are invited into the schools to teach "sex ed." I really feel like I can trust them with my children. Nothing to see here. Move along.

13 posted on 10/03/2002 12:17:33 PM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: ER_in_OC,CA
Ping!
14 posted on 10/03/2002 12:33:25 PM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: Askel5
Spoken like a true Deathist.

Strange that these people who make money from killing babies have no respect for the law.

15 posted on 10/03/2002 12:35:26 PM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: toenail
Excellent, thanks.
16 posted on 10/03/2002 12:58:55 PM PDT by 2timothy3.16
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To: toenail
bump for later read/listen.
17 posted on 11/11/2002 1:10:58 PM PST by agrace
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