Wesley Smith Comments on Denial of Treatment and Updates the Case of Baby Emilio in his blog " Secondhand Smoke"

Secondhand Smoke: "Ah, the power of good lawyers and public scrutiny. After going to court, attorney Jerri Ward, attorney for Baby Emilio's mother, just informed me that the Children's Hospital of Austin has agreed not to remove life support until April 10. And good for the people at the hospital for being flexible enough to continue to try and work these matters out. But note this quote from a committee member: 'This care is medically inappropriate,' said committee member Michael Regier. ..... Regier is essentially claiming that continuing to live is not a clinical benefit. "

When April 10th arrives then what?

Toddler Forced Off Life Support - Help Needed :: Futile Care :: ProLifeBlogs

" A group that practices in-house at Brackenridge children's Hospital in Austin, Texas, called the Pediatric Physicians Alliance of Central Texas, has decided that Emilio Gonzales should die. Although not all of the test results are in, and even if they were, they would not be a definitive diagnosis of Leigh's disease. Emilio Gonzales is set to have his respirator removed this Friday...
AGAINST HIS MOTHER'S WISHES! To find out what you can do to help visit:
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Closed New Jersey Abortion Clinic: Rusty Crochet Hooks Used to Remove IUD's - Northern New Jersey!

A New Jersey abortion clinic closed after a botched abortion nearly killed a 20 year old mother of two and left her in a coma for four weeks, failed a re-inspection by the state department of health. "State health officials found forceps encrusted in 'brownish blood-like residues,' rusty crochet hooks used to remove IUDs, and a quarter-inch of dark red dirt and debris under an exam table at an Englewood abortion clinic, according to records released Tuesday" For more details visit:
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New Jersey Abortion Clinic Fails Follow Up Investigation according to North Jersey Media Group

In late February a story broke about a New Jersey abortion clinic closed after an inspection by the New Jersey Department of Health. Beth Israel Hospital treated a woman for complications of an abortion performed at Metropolitan Medical. The twenty year old mother of two, had severe blood loss which necessitated a hysterectomy. She also had a stroke, a collapsed lung and was left in a coma for four weeks follwoing her abortion.. For links to the original articles scroll down to posts made on this blog on March 3, 2007 and March 2, 2007.

Updated information on this story follows: An Englewood abortion clinic closed by the state 12 days ago failed a follow-up investigation on Tuesday, despite assurances by the clinic that it had corrected its safety violations, the state health department announced." Visit:
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College Students: Plan to Attend Notre Dame Right to Life’s 2nd Annual Collegiate Conference April 13-14, 2007

Visit:
Students for Life of America » Blog Archive » Notre Dame Right to Life’s 2nd Annual Collegiate Conference: "The 2nd Annual Collegiate Conference is sponsored by Notre Dame Right to Life. It is inspired by Evangelium Vitae II, Pope John Paul II’s Encyclical Letter on the value of human life: I came that they may have life.

It is being held April 13-14, 2007 at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.

For more information please email ndconference@gmail.com or call (574)631-3066. Check for updates and speaker information on http://www.nd.edu/~prolife/conference/index.html."

Chinese Activist Jailed For Documenting Cases of Forced Abortions Gets Visit

"The wife of a blind Chinese activist who was jailed after he documented cases of forced abortions was reunited with her husband Thursday for a 10 minute visit, the first such meeting since he was detained a year ago." for more on this story visit:
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Second Woman Sues Abortionist Reports NJ Right to Life

NJ Right to Life - Site Pages: "Gloria Mozas of Cliffside Park is also suing the clinic, claiming doctors there wrongly diagnosed her tubal pregnancy in 2003 and told her she had miscarried, when in fact, she was carrying two live fetuses. She said a doctor there performed an abortion on her, telling her he was removing dead tissue from her womb. About a week later, she said she had to undergo a second procedure to remove the remaining fetus after she developed severe internal bleeding.

She said she was heartened the state had shut the clinic down.

'I've been waiting for those doors to be locked for 3 1/2 years,' she said."

Another Woman Comes Foreward on Botched Abortion - North Jersey Media Group

Another woman who had medical problems after an abortion at an Englewood clinic came forward Friday to describe her experiences.

Christina Ruvolo, 23, of Boonton said she began to hemorrhage in the bathtub five weeks after undergoing the abortion at Metropolitan Medical Associates in May.

She said she was taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors told her the abortion was incomplete.

'They didn't finish it,' Ruvolo said. 'There was a part of the baby inside.'" To read more of this story visit:
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State Health Officals Close N.J. Abortion Mill Citing "Immediate and Serious Risks" NJ.com: NewsFlash - After 4 Weeks in Coma, Woman Sues

More evidence that there is nothing safe about legal abortion visit:
N.J.com: NewsFlash - After 4 weeks in coma, woman sues abortion clinic: "A Newark woman who said she spent a month in a coma after undergoing an abortion at a Bergen County clinic sued the facility and several doctors there on Thursday.

The lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in Essex County against Metropolitan Medical Associates, an Englewood clinic that performs thousands of abortions a year. The clinic was ordered closed last Friday by state health officials until it corrects the 'immediate and serious' risks."