Incest and abortion

http://www.lifenews.com/state3469.html

Santa Clara, CA (LifeNews.com) -- Details have emerged from documents in a California appeals court case that a Planned Parenthood abortion business referred for an abortion on a sexually-abused teenager without telling authorities about the abuse. The case prompts pro-life advocates to say parental notification is needed.

According to court documents, a Santa Clara County sexual predator impregnated his 13-year-old stepdaughter and forced her to have a late-term abortion.

The man then continued to molest her for another seven months until the child's mother discovered the abuse and contacted police.

Despite two visits to Planned Parenthood and a surgical abortion at San Francisco General Hospital, no healthcare provider bothered to inform law enforcement.

Attorney Katie Short, a spokeswoman for the Yes on 4 campaign supporting the parental notification initiative on the November ballot, provided LifeNews.com with the details.

"This heart-rending and tragic real-life case illustrates better than any theoretical argument why Proposition 4 is so desperately needed in California," she said.

"Had Proposition 4 been in place, the victim's mother would have learned of the pregnancy and been there for her daughter. She would have contacted law enforcement right away, and spared her daughter months more of abuse," Short explained.

"Think about it: how long would this abuse have continued -- or even been inflicted on this victim's younger sister or other young girls -- had the mother not happened to find out?" she asked.

"Obviously, Californians cannot rely on assurances from abortion providers that they are protecting children," Short added. "Are there any predators in jail right now because of a report from Planned Parenthood?"

Details of the case came in an August 28 decision by the California Supreme Court in an appeal filed by Gary W. Cross, who was 39 at the time he committed the crimes, following his conviction in Santa Clara Superior Court.

An appellate court upheld the sentence of 21 years to life imprisonment, and the Supreme Court agreed, 7-0.

According to the high court's written opinion, the abuse began in the summer of 2002, while the child's mother was at work and her younger siblings were asleep.


The child, identified in court records as "K," told Cross in August 2002 that she might be pregnant.

Details of the case from the court opinion:


On September 25, her suspicion was confirmed by a positive pregnancy test performed at a local clinic to which defendant had taken her.


In December 2002, after K.'s mother commented on K.'s weight gain, defendant took the girl back to the clinic for an abortion. The advanced stage of the pregnancy, five and a half months, required a surgical procedure that could not be performed at the clinic, which then referred K. to San Francisco General Hospital. The abortion required certain medical procedures at the hospital on two successive days. Each day, without her mother's knowledge, defendant kept K. out of school to take her to the hospital.

An ultrasound image of the fetal head indicated that the fetus was 22 weeks and two days old — near the end of the second trimester of pregnancy. Such a late-stage pregnancy required a surgical abortion. That day, hospital staff inserted dilators into K.'s cervix. The next day, defendant brought K. back to the hospital. K. was given anesthesia and, after additional dilation of her cervix, the fetus was removed from her uterus.

After the abortion, defendant resumed sexual activity with K. until July 9, 2003, when her mother came across documents relating to the abortion. The next day, K. reported her sexual molestation to the police, who arrested defendant.

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[stuckonduct]

I know it's hard, it's a sensitive issue and i'm sure everyone of you is pro life. But i beg of you, please consider voting no proposition 4. The life's at stake are the lives of your daughters.

[roevswade]

why would you say that stuckonduct?

I feel that (((YES))) to proposition 4, may help save the life of ones daughter not jeopardize it!

[celiblue]

Why Doesn't Everyone Just Mind Their Own Business? Let People Choose What They Want Do As They Please, If They Damn Themselves To Hell, Let Them Its Not You That's Going Its The One That Have Abortion.

[roevswade]

Celiblue,

is it right to mind one's business, when someone is hurting another human?

did you watch this video, or did you just comment?

[Workaholic313]

And the man who got her pregnant gets what? Has his dick fall off? Not likely. Idiots like you can apparently afford to pay for every worthless bastard that's born in this country. Kids that may will grow up to mug, rape, or murder YOU. Poverty and crime are linked for a reason. If you had a REAL point to make then you should have made it you religious RETARD.

[stuckonduct]

It doesn't matter if you are pro life. When voting on prop 4 you NEED to disregard your opinion on abortion.

It's not about abortion, it's about safety.

Abortions happen no mater what the laws say. Back ally and self induced abortions cause the death of thousands of women.

In states where similar laws have passed the number of pregnancies have actually INCREASED.

[airassualt100]

@celiblue PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT CHILDREN MOLESTED YOU STUPID FUCK!!! It's a shame people like you are allowed to breath the same oxygen as us. You are the pathetic fuck that would sit back and watch your own kids get molested because you feel like if you say something, your infringing on some pedophiles rights,aren't you? You're a fucking idiot and I hope you get ran over by a freight train! :)

[gotohellaaron]

every time someone jerks off they kill babies. the world is overpopulated as it is abortion is okay in my books!

[starrocket666]

It's your false so called god that is supressing sex,there for there is incest,rape,preist fucking little boys.It's up to a women to have her child or not.Your god wants to destroy all humans starting with childern.All you christan,jews,muslims,so on and so forth will never truly stop abortion.You god is to fucking weak and all those angelic cock suckers cannot ultimatly do shit.Hail Satan forever.I'm pro life,pro abortion,It's womens choice,Go suck jesus cock oh u havr to pay.money hungry cock

[CaliforniaKing64]

If you have any heart at all you will protest,ban,or never watch MOMENT OF TRUTH:THE ANDY MEYER STORY!!! My friend

Andy Meyers killed himself in the documentary film. He was a troubled man but he had a big heart. Please spread

the word! R.I.P. Andrew "ANDY" Meyers! Forever in our hearts you are not forgotten!

[sango4507]

babieis can't feel pain until 24 weeks and that is after its illegal they dont feel a thing. and of course if you watched someone die in a jail by death penalty you'd be against it to. or if you saw what happens in iraq you'd be against the war.

[rainbowspite222]

I used to be prochoice, recently though i saw via diagram how abortion is done and photos of what the fetus looks like, I don't know what I would do now. The fetus has a heartbeat, looks human, can it feel pain? It literally gets torn apart to be removed from the uterus. It disturbs me.

[jensurvived]

it sure can-no matter what the age. Love is love, and nobody can love ya like family

[gregsuperstar]

lay down your sword haha. what a joke. review your notes before start recording please it would be well appreciated to all the people that actually do watch this...

[310staples603]

i know its terrible but the doctor is not allowed to tell law enforcement

its doctor patient confidentiality

and the reason that law would hurt more than it would help is that the abusive parent would be informed that the child is seeking an abortion, would probably not allow the abortion, and be upset that the child is seeking outside help

that act would cause a lot more problems and wouldn't solve any

[iCelebr8Life]

If you read the article you would know.