Fr. Frank Pavone
A new chapter in the abortion war is opening up, and it focuses on the people
who staff abortion facilities, and how they can be in legal trouble for
participating in, or not exposing, illegal activities. Being aware of how much
illegal activity occurs in abortion clinics, and what the red flags are which
indicate it may be happening, can enable employees to protect themselves, and
can enable pro-life people to help those employees leave the clinics, eventually
shutting them down.
What kind of illegal activities are we speaking about?
The list includes income tax evasion, Medicaid fraud, insurance fraud, money
laundering, sexual harassment of employees, sexual assault of patients, physical
assault of patients, statutory rape, health and safety issues within the clinic,
and consumer fraud, among others.
These activities are rampant in abortion clinics, because these clinics are
the most unregulated surgical facilities in the nation. After all, you can't
practice vice virtuously, and when your conscience is so diluted that you can
kill innocent babies, these other violations are small potatoes in comparison.
Now many people may think that the staff workers in these facilities -- such
as the receptionists, the assistants, the "counselors," -- are hard-core,
fully-committed pro-abortion persons. But that is not the case. Many of them are
against abortion, or don't even think about the moral aspects of it. And it does
not take much to convince many of them to leave, especially if they realize they
might be unwitting accomplices in illegal activity.
By letting these clinic workers know the kinds of illegal activities in which
they may be implicated, we in the pro-life community can bring many of them out
of the industry, and bring legal action against the clinics.
My friend Mark Crutcher and his team at Life Dynamics, Inc. have established
a
website which gives more
details about how to detect this illegal activity. Regarding signs of possible
income tax evasion, for example, one should ask questions like, Does your
employer or director use multiple accounting ledgers?; Are financial
records ever written in pencil?; and Does the clinic ever fail to
give receipts for cash payments?
In many of the areas mentioned above, one has a moral and even legal
obligation to report actual or possible abuses. Moreover, if an employee knows
of such situations, others do as well. The first person to bring forward such
information is often protected if authorities can be led to apprehend those
responsible, and rewards sometimes accompany the revelation of these crimes.
Pro-life people have an opportunity to alert clinic workers to this situation
by means of a new poster and business cards available through the
Life Dynamics website, or by
calling (940) 380 - 8800. The poster should be used at demonstrations at
abortion sites, and it is particularly important to go there on days when
abortions are not being performed, because staff persons present on those
days are more likely to both notice and talk about these matters.
Let's use this new and powerful approach today!
