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On June 6, 1993, abortionist Stanley Brown tried to run down 79-year old Mrs. Margaret Cowell with his car. Brown had his medical license suspended for two years by the by the State Board of Health in 1988 for leaving preborn body parts in women’s uteruses; perforating uteruses; acting as both anesthesiologist and surgeon; administering the wrong anesthesia; performing tubal ligations without the consent of the patients; for having gaps and blanks in his medical records; for falsifying diagnoses to insure payment; misjudging a 17 week preborn baby for a 10 week baby, and other violations.

References: Rev. John T. Murphy, “Violence and Disruption Report,” December 15, 1994; Rev. John T. Murphy, Save the Babies Foundation newsletter, November 1994, page 2.

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Abortionist Boyd Cooper performed a July 1979 abortion at 23 weeks at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The 2-pound, 2-ounce infant boy gasped and attempted to breathe, but no efforts made to revive or help the little one, because he was so small and the parents wanted him dead.

So the little baby was placed in a utility room used as an infant morgue. Cooper instructed a nurse, “Leave the baby there — it will die.” The nurse testified that the infant was still gasping in the closet when she returned to work 12 hours later. Cooper then agreed to allow transfer to intensive care, where the infant died 4 days later.

To show the depths of denial the medical community will go to in order to protect abortionists, the infant’s death was ruled “accidental.”

Reference: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1981.

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Abortionist Ronald Tauber was convicted in 1982 of first degree criminal sexual assault and second degree criminal sexual misconduct. On July 14, 1980, he kidnapped a six year old girl “and did engage in sexual penetration with said victim.” Tauber was convicted after the state proved he had forcibly transported the girl in his car against her will.

Tauber admitted exposing himself to the girl and placing her hand on his penis. He also lifted the child’s undergarment to expose her vulva. Tauber released the girl when she began to cry. He was charged November 10, filed a motion of insanity March 15, 1982, was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination relating to the insanity claim on March 30, and was arrested again April 22, 1982 on a charge of “indecent exposure, assault with intent to commit kidnapping, and assault with intent to commit sexual penetration of a female minor in Birmingham, Michigan.” He spent seven years in prison on these charges.

He also admitted that, on December 7, 1981, he engaged in masturbation in his car while children were exiting Cody High School. The Board dropped the revocation proceedings because Tauber was expected to be incarcerated beyond the expiration of his medical license.

He had previously killed 34-year old Gloria Small in a botched abortion in Florida, and admitted to exposing himself to more than 700 women and young girls. Amazingly, despite his sordid record, he is still currently licensed to commit abortions in New York State.

References: Miami Herald, July 20, 1979; Orlando Sentinel Star, April 20, 1978; Chris McKenna. “Convicted Molester Gets OK to Resume Med Practice.” New York Post, October 28, 1992, page 4; People vs. Ronald Tauber (Michigan Case #80-46749-FY); Michigan Medical Board case #82-202; and California Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners case #90-6 and OAH #N-37351.

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Abortionist Edward Rubin fatally botched second-trimester abortions on Lynn McNair, a 24-year-old mother of two, on March 24, 1979, and Dawn Mendoza, also a mother of two, on June 29, 1988.

In the latter case, Mendoza’s brother, had accompanied her, and was instructed to wait in a grassy park across the street and come back to get her at 4 PM. He returned and was told to wait two more times, and when he returned at 5:30, his sister was dead. She “started gasping for breath, and then she yelled out.” Her blood pressure fell, and the abortion clinic staff attempted resuscitation, but they did not bother to call an ambulance.

References: Autopsy report #88-1488; and New York Post, July 4, 1989.

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On January 24, 1985, abortionist Alan Kline aborted and killed 13-year old Dawn Ravenell at the Eastern Women’s Center abortion mill. Dawn’s 15-year-old boyfriend paid the $450 abortion fee with a family member’s credit card. Osteopathic nurse Robert Augent gave Dawn only half the dose necessary for the operation. Dawn awoke five minutes into the abortion procedure and began to vomit and choke.

Kline put a breathing tube into her throat and failed to extract the remainder of the preborn child. Despite her obviously serious difficulties, Kline left her unattended in the abortion clinic’s recovery room, where she suffered a heart attack and slipped into a coma.

Her parents were notified only when she was brought to St. Luke’s Hospital. She was comatose for three weeks and died on February 11, 1985. In an interview, her mother said, “They told me I had to come in [to St. Luke’s] right away, that Dawn is here at that hospital fighting for her life … How could she be fighting for her life? She left this morning, going to school, looking healthy, never been sick … While I was in the hospital sitting there, I had to keep my hand over my mouth to keep from screaming in horror. I could not believe this was happening. I said this is a bad dream, I’m going to wake up and this would not have happened.”

When a judge asked Kline if his patient’s young age had captured his attention, he responded, “Oh, no. I’ve done 13-year-olds before. When they’re 10, maybe I’ll notice.”

Court testimony showed that Kline and the abortion mill fabricated medical records in attempt to conceal their mistakes. The Court awarded $1.2 million to the plaintiffs, and the jury labeled his indifference to human life “an abomination.”

Kline testified in defense of fellow abortionist Harold Tictin, who aborted a 7-month fetus he had estimated as 3 months, stating that he himself had mistaken gestational ages by as much as 10 weeks.

References: Ray Kerrison. “A Child Died in the Care of this ‘Hero’ Abortion Doc.” New York Post, August 15, 1994, pages 2 and 18. St. Petersburg Times, May 12, 1988; New York Post, December 11, 1990 and August 7, 1991 and August 15, 1994; New York Daily News, December 1, 1990; New York County Supreme Court Index #22504/85.

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On January 15, 1989, Ghanaian native Eunice Agabgaa entered Y&P Medical Clinic in New York City for an abortion at the hands of Abram Zelikman. After the abortion, Zelikman left the clinic while Eunice was in recovery from the abortion. Unfortunately, Zelikman had botched the abortion so badly, she died.

A friend who was present at the clinic testified that she pleaded with the clinic staff to call paramedics once she noticed Eunice’s bloodied body and poor vital signs. Her friend stated “I felt if I hadn’t been there, they would have wrapped her dead body and thrown it in the garbage.”

References: New York Daily News, January 16, 1989; Associated Press, January 16 and February 3, 1989; New York Newsday, July 9, 1989.

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Abortionist Stephen Pack, 44, of the posh Westchester County community of Chappaqua, New York was arrested by police after attempting to involuntarily abort his mistress, Joy Schepis, a 31-year-old nurse, by repeatedly stabbing her in the leg with a syringe filled with the abortifacient drug methotrexate on April 14, 2000.

He had asked her to have an abortion, but she had refused, and said that she would take care of her baby without his support. But this was not good enough for Pack.

Witnesses said that Pack shouted “I’m giving you an abortion … You are such a bitch!” as he struggled with her and forced her to the ground near a hospital’s parking garage. He was arrested minutes later and was arraigned on April 16 on charges of assault, criminal abortion, and criminal possession of a weapon.

Joy suffered five stab wounds to her leg and one to her buttocks in the attack outside Montefiore Hospital, in the Bronx, where she was admitted in stable condition. She underwent a leucovorin rescue, a procedure recommended by New York City Poison Control to counteract the drugs shot into her. Two days after the brutal attack, Joy gave a news interview on the steps of her home and said “I’m in shock. I’m scared. I’m terrified. This is the worst time of my life. … Pray for me and pray for the baby I’m carrying.”

Andrew Rubin, Pack’s attorney, said that after the attack, Pack did not try to flee or discard the needle. Instead, he walked into North Bronx Central Hospital, next door to Montefiore, where he deposited the syringe in a receptacle that is used for that purpose, and told people what he’d done. Pack is married and the syringe attack apparently was his attempt to abort the 6- to 8-week-old unborn child. Hospital employees told investigators that Pack and the nurse had been romantically involved for more than a year, and that he believed she was six weeks pregnant.

Pack said he learned about methotrexate, a labor-inducing drug that works as part of the RU-486 abortion pill process, in an article in The New England Journal of Medicine. He ordered the drug, filled two syringes with it and attacked Schepis in the hospital’s parking lot.

Pack’s wife, who answered the phone, expressed shock when she was told of the incident by a reporter.

On January 11, 2001, Pack pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and a single count of unlawful abortion.

On April 20, 2001, Pack was sentenced to two years in prison. He could have faced up to seven years if convicted at trial, based on a state law banning abortions performed without a woman’s consent. But Pack had reached a plea bargain that said he could not get more than three years for the attack on Joy Schepis.

Before he was sentenced in State Supreme Court in the Bronx, Pack told Justice Ira Globerman that he never meant to hurt Schepis. He said, “After 100 hours of therapy with doctors and priests, I fully understand that my judgment was wrong and that what I did was wrong. I’m very sorry.”

Schepis said that she was pleased Pack would serve time in prison, but she did not believe his apology. She said “I don’t think he’s very sorry for anything except that he’s going to jail.”

Schepis gave birth to a healthy boy on November 28, 2000. The plea deal was finalized after it was clear that the child was healthy. State Supreme Court Justice Ira Globerman sentenced Pack to 3 years of supervision following his release from prison.

References: Erika Martinez, Angela Allen, Eric Lenkowitz and Allen Salkin. “Fight to Save Needle-Attack Nurse’s Unborn Infant.” New York Post, April 16, 2000; Associated Press, April 15, 2000; New York Times, April 15, 2000; “Murder Attempt Shows Danger of Abortion Drugs.” LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, April 17, 2000; “New York Abortion Practitioner Arraigned in Forced Abortion Attempt.” Steven Ertelt’s Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, April 17, 2000; “Doctor in Forced Abortion Case Not Able to Testify.” Pro-Life Infonet, April 25, 2000; “Doctor Charged With Assault, Attempted Forced Abortion.” Catholic World News Service. News Briefs for April 17, 2000; Kirsten Danis, Laura Italiano, Erika Martinez and Andy Geller. “Needle Nurse Asks For City’s Prayers.” New York Post, April 20, 2000; “Are There Any Feminists Left?” Catalyst [Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights], June 2000, page 5; “Doctor Who Attempted Forced Abortion Indicted.” Catholic World News Briefs at http://www.cwnews.com, May 25, 2000; “Doctor Indicted in Forced Abortion Attempt.” Pro-Life Infonet, May 25, 2000; “Doctor’s Abortion Assault Prompts New Protection for Unborn Children.” Pro-Life Infonet, June 13, 2000; “Mother Who Endured Abortion Injection Has Baby Boy.” Pro-Life Infonet, December 4, 2000; “Doc Pleads Guilty in Abortion Syringe Attack.” Associated Press, January 11, 2000; “Doc Pleads Guilty in Abortion Syringe Attack.” Pro-Life Infonet, January 12, 2001; “LifeSite NewsBytes.” LifeSite Daily News, January 12, 2001; N.Y. Doctor Pleads Guilty to Abortion Charges for Syringe Attack.” Associated Press, January 12, 2001; “Doctor Pleads Guilty in Abortion Syringe Attack.” Catholic World News Briefs, January 12, 2001; Associated Press. “Doctor Gets 2 Years In Abortion-Related Attack.” April 21, 2001; “Doctor Gets Two Years for Attempted Forced Abortion.” The New York Times, April 22, 2001; Steve Ertelt’s Pro-Life Infonet, April 24, 2001.

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Just because a guy does abortions doesn’t mean he’s any friend to women, or a champion of choice. Pravin Thakkar stands as an example.

A woman I’ll identify only as Bonnie, age 33, said Thakkar seduced and impregnated her. He then forced medical instruments into her uterus during a July 1987 pelvic examination. Bonnie had suspected she was pregnant but had not considered abortion. She jumped from the examining table and wouldn’t let him proceed due to pain. For reasons the news articles don’t divulge, Bonnie later allowed Thakkar to complete the abortion which he had initiated without her knowledge or consent.

Another woman I’ll call Kathy, age 33, also alleged that Thakkar seduced and impregnated her. She said that Thakkar later aborted her fetus without her consent and over her protests during an examination on January 9, 1988. Kathy sued Thakkar for emotional distress, assault and battery, and wrongful death of the fetus.

A third woman, whom I’ll call Carmen, told an even more horrible story. Carmen, age 36, reported that she was 8 months pregnant to Thakkar, who had seduced her. She was at Thakkar’s house in 1983 when he gave her drugs to make her sleep. Carmen said that she briefly awoke to hear the muffled sound of a baby’s cry. Thakkar told her the baby was still-born. Carmen insisted that she did not consent to terminate the pregnancy. No death certificate was filed for the fetus.

News storys relate numerous episodes of sexually inappropriate or criminal behavior by Thakkar.

One patient I’ll identify as Sandi was having an IUD inserted and requested the presence of a nurse. Thakkar told Sandi that the nurse was busy elsewhere. While she was lying on the exam table, Sandi felt Thakkar’s penis inserted into her vagina. She pulled away and found Thakkar with his erect penis exposed.

Another patient I’ll call Iris said that during an office visit, Thakkar tried to give her his home phone number, and requested that she call him at home. Later that day he came to her house asking to use her phone to answer a pager call. Instead of going to the phone, Thakkar wandered off in her house. Iris sought him and found him standing nude in her bedroom at which point he raped her.

In the wake of the complaints about Thakkar, the medical board ordered a psychiatric evaluation. He was diagnosed by the board-ordered evaluation as having Anti-Social Personality Disorder. After he was convicted (June 11, 1991) of the three illegal and unwanted abortions, two counts of battery, and two counts of criminal recklessness, prosecutors feared Thakkar would flee the country, having received tip that Thakkar had applied for hospital jobs in Canada and Africa under an assumed name.

Thakkar was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

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Sources: “Physician Indicted for Illegal Abortions.” Washington Times, November 3, 1989; Tyler Morning Telegraph, June 12 and 13, 1991; Associated Press, February 9, 1989; Ken Kusmer. “Abortions Cost Doctor 16 Years.” The Oregonian, August 1, 1991; and Frontline Updates. “Indiana Abortionist Gets 16-Year Prison Term.” National Right to Life News, August 13, 1991, page 12; The Indiana Health Profession Bureau Case #89 MLB 003.

 

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In tallies of murdered abortion workers, abortion supporters never count clinic owner/administrator Kenneth Yellin, who was gunned down outside his Chicago abortion facility November 3, 1979.

Yellin had been shot in the head five times in an apparent gangland execution. But new stories didn’t follow the pattern we’re accustomed to: that of lamenting the assassination (presumably by prolifers) of a hapless abortion provider. Instead, coverage featured such headlines as “‘Creepy Kenny’ died in the gutter where he belonged.”

“He left a trail of sour deals, bad paper, and civil suits,” one article said, noting that Yellin had run a series of businesses opened with money his father gave him (a paint and body shop, a car dealership, an import car business, and Kenneth Yellin Enterprises — whatever that was). The story went on, “[h]e put his business acumen and money into concerns that were characterized by their increasing sordidness and which have known links to organized crime. He ran a marriage counseling service which a former prosecuting attorney said was a front for prostitution, and was then believed to have operated or invested in X-rated movie theaters. The abortion business seemed a natural progression.”

Yellin, stories said, picked up the nickname “Creepy Kenny” as a child, when he was reputed to pull stunts such as putting sand in the gas tanks of parked cars.

His attempts to get a degree ended in failure when he was flunked out of four colleges.

Yellin was known for living high and on the edge. He had previously been arrested in his home town “for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest… charges he would beat on a technicality. He was driving a maroon Corvette and wearing a $2000 leather coat.” An attorney reflected on Yellin after his death, saying, “I remember him driving around town in a big white Cadillac convertible. There was always a blond sitting next to him. Different blonds each time.”

Yellin’s facility, originally called “Women’s Medical Facility,” had been closed by the state for licensing violations, but Yellin reopened it as Biogenetics.

Yellin had been passing himself off as “Dr. York” at Biogenetics, performing physical examinations on unsuspecting abortion patients. “Dr. York” was accused of battery for squeezing a woman’s breasts during an ‘examination,'” although for unreported reasons the charges were later dropped.

An undercover investigator at Biogenetics reported that Yellin scolded a recovery room worker, telling her, “We’re giving out too many cookies. Cookies cost money.” Yellin was this stingy with his cookies even though the patients had been fasting for a day prior to their abortions and were coming into recovery weak and hungry.

After Yellin’s murder, police went to his “elaborate” apartment and found “his live-in girlfriend, a tall, thin blond named Melody Forster” stuffing cash into a suitcase.

Forster later turned up in Florida. “There were pornographic video cassettes and assorted sexual paraphernalia stacked near the bed,” reports said.

During the investigation, evidence turned up that Yelling had recently lost around $200,000 “in a confidence scheme.”

Police also sought out “Robin Dragin, a professional burglar with mob connections,” who ran another Chicago abortion clinic that competed with Biogenetics for customers.

“Yellin reportedly held a secret interest in a second abortion clinic on the Far South Side that burned down. The fire is being reinvestigated for possible arson. Yellin was a heavy gambler and made high-risk investments. Although he made a ‘fortune’ from his business, Yellin owed a lot of money because he spent and invested it faster than he could make it.”

Yellin’s estate included “five suburban buildings worth more than half a million dollars,” $550,000 in personal property, “six autos, three boats, stocks and bonds worth more than $200,000.” Yellin left assets of $1.3 million, yet managed to die $1 million in debt.

Yellin got no sympathy from the press — or from anybody else, it seems — on the grounds of “providing vital reproductive health care services.” Rather, the fact that he was entangled in a seedy abortion mill was treated as just one more reason society didn’t mourn his death. One article quoted a police investigator as commenting, “What goes around comes around. He was a butcher. He got what he deserved. He died in the gutter where he belonged.”

Kenneth Yellin’s murder remains unsolved.

Sources: Chicago Tribune 11-4-79, 11-18-79; Chicago Sun-Times November 5-7, 1979; The Abortion Profiteers (Chicago Sun-Times Special Report)

By Christina Dunigan

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Abortionist Arnold Bickham ran Water Tower Reproductive Center, where Sherry Emry underwent her fatal abortion just before New Years Eve of 1977. He also performed the fatal abortion on Sylvia Moore on New Years Eve of 1986.

Frances F. alleged that she submitted to an abortion by Bickham in 1982 in Illinois. She sued for malpractice, but was unable to obtain a settlement due to Bickham’s malpractice insurance situation. The insurance company offered Frances $15,000, but Bickham would not agree to the settlement unless the insurance company would agree to resume his malpractice coverage after he got out of prison. (N.D. Illinois District Court No. 80 C 0547)

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According to the Chicago Sun-Times “Abortion Profiteers” expose, Anna G., age 19, submitted to an abortion by Pawan K. Rattan under Bickham’s supervision at Water Tower Reproductive Center in 1978.

Rattan began the abortion without anesthetic. Anna screamed in pain, and was told, “Lean your head back and shut your mouth!” Suddenly Rattan stopped, and told Anna “Stay in this position.”

Rattan brought Bickham in, who “stuck his hand up me and said, ‘Too far along.” Anna protested that the abortion was already half done, but Bickham told her, “We didn’t even touch you. All you had was a pelvic exam.”

Anna requested that staff call an ambulance due to severe pain and bleeding. She told reporters, “The whole examining table was covered with blood.” Bickham told her to get dressed, told her mother that her pregnancy was too advanced for a clinic abortion, did not indicate that Anna needed emergency care.

Anna was driven home, but by evening was so pale and in such pain that a friend took her to a hospital. There she underwent emergency care that corrected a vaginal perforation and an incomplete abortion.

Bickham had noted a 16-week pregnancy on Anna’s chart, but a doctor at the hospital estimated Anna’s pregnancy at 6-8 weeks.

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A Chicago Sun-Times alleges that Bickham refused follow-up care to 17-year-old girl suffering complications from a 1978 abortion he’d done on her at Water Tower Reproductive Center, because her mother did not have $25 cash to pay him.

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Bonnie D. alleged that she underwent an abortion by Bickham at Biogenetics December 6, 1975. She suffered infection, causing her to become “grievously ill to the point of death.” She incurred medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. The summons for this case was served to Bickham at the Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute, where he was serving sentence for fraud. (Cook County Circuit Court Case No. 76L 12753)

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Seong K. alleged that she underwent an abortion by Bickham and/or Myriam Wilson at Biogenetics on December 10, 1975. She faulted her doctor with failure to properly examine her, failure to obtain an adequate medical history, and improperly performed surgery. She faulted the clinic with employing an unqualified doctor, and failure to consult qualified physicians. She suffered internal and external injury, and endured pain and suffering. (Cook County Circuit Court Case No. 77L 23879)

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Phyllis M. alleged that she suffered a perforated uterus during an abortion performed by Bickham at Water Tower on February 25, 1977. She was discharged while hemorrhaging, and ended up being hospitalized for emergency surgery. It was an extended hospitalization. Phyllis suffered impaired sexual relations. Her suit alleged improper use and selection of instruments, and failure to inform her of the risks. Her suit also said that Bickham “performed such a multitude of procedures on such a large number of patients on the day of the occurrence complained of that he did not allocate and use the amount of time necessary adequately and properly to attend to the plaintiff.” (Cook County Circuit Court Case No. 79L 452; Chicago Sun-Times 1-11-79)

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According to “The Abortion Profiteers,” an undercover investigator reported that a woman came into Bickham’s Water Tower clinic for a pregnancy test, and was awaiting an exam. Bickham noted in her chart an entry of a negative pregnancy test, but did not answer the patient when she asked if she was pregnant. Instead he said, “Let me examine you.” Bickham examined her briefly, then did an immediate suction procedure, and told the woman, “Yes, definitely pregnant. … But not any more.”

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During the investigation for “The Abortion Profiteers,” an undercover investigator at both the Summit and Water Tower facilities owned by Bickam observed the behavior of Dr. Steven Mallinga. At one point, Mallinga reportedly noted a patient’s pregnancy as 14 weeks in her chart. When somebody pointed out to Mallinga that this was two weeks past the legal cutoff for outpatient abortions, Mallinga changed the patient’s chart to say that she was only 12 weeks pregnant.

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Bickham’s license was revoked in 1970 for performing abortions on women who weren’t realy pregnant. He served two years in prison after pleading guilty in 1979 of two counts of defrauding the government. During investigations of allegations of practicing without a license, Bickham’s attorney told reporters, “I think he’s a bright enough man to not do something illegal.” “The Abortion Profiteers” noted that, “Bickham, who submitted $792,000 in Medicaid bills in 1974 — the highest tab of any physician in the nation — was barred from the program in 1979 for ‘providing grossly inferior care.'”

Bickham’s license was revoked for the final time in 1989, following the death of Sylvia Moore. Court records show 23 malpractice suits against him between 1973 and 1988, mostly abortion-related. Even after the 1989 revocation, he was convicted of practicing medicine without a license: he and Julian Banzon were caught at Friendship Medical Center in a police raid. They’d been hiding in a closet. Evidence was the Bickham himself had been operating the facility. Police investigators also found three handguns and an unjspecified quantity of drugs which were confiscated because the Friendship had no physicial to dispense them legally. (“The Abortion Profiteers”)

When investigated by the state in the wake of the 1978 Chicago Sun-Times expose, Bickham allegedly said the state was “reacting to sensationalism in newspapers. … designed to sell newspapers and assist in building esteem for individual reporters who are muckrakers and exponents of yellow journalism at its very worst.” (216 Ill.App.3d 453, 160 Ill.Dec 21; “The Abortion Profiteers”)

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The preceding compiled by Christina Dunigan.

Update:

In 2003 Arnold Bickham was the principal of Sojourner Truth Elementary School. On October 22 of that year, a police report was filed (taken by Officer Shirley Brown.) The report was filed by a mother who alleged that Bickham had choked her son in his office. Bickham’s criminal past came to light, and he was dismissed amidst a flurry of child abuse accusations. to my knowledge, the accusations have not been proven.

(Source: Elizabeth Duffrin. “7 Principals in 3 Tumultuous Years” Catalyst March 2004

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