DCRTL - Getting the Truth Out About PPECI & "Telemed Abortions"

I guess PPECI decided that silence is golden for now. They have realized that they dug a hole that they can't get out of. & for now any more they say will come back to haunt them. 1 of the biggest lies they told 2 years ago was that they wouldn't offer abortions in DBQ. But even then, it was a part of their long range plans for DBQ. All the words they put out have never said "we promise we will never do abortions in DBQ". As Tim points out (& I have as well in previous posts), they qualify every denial. Terms like "at this Time", "hasn't been approved by the board", "no specific plan that lays out a blueprint". But they don't deny that they are working on a specific plan/blueprint for the board to approve at some future time.

(Note: I want to emphasis that I am not opposed to telemed proceedures, just telemed abortions. Telemed is a good process making real health care available in places where it isn't now. "Telemed abortions" are a misuse of this process that PP sees simply as a way for them to make more money at the expense of the women & children they harm.)

Expect 'tele-murder' to come to Dubuque

BY TIM DUGGAN BOARD CHAIR, DUBUQUE COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE, 2205 CARTER ROAD

Editor's note: Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa declined the Telegraph Herald's invitation to submit a guest column to appear alongside this commentary.
After a recent visit to Cedar Rapids by Cecile Richards, the national president of Planned Parenthood, Iowa Public Radio reported two major announcements and a shocking statement revealing the true nature of Planned Parenthood's priority mission, which is to increase the number of abortions.
The first message was that the telemed abortions that Planned Parenthood pioneered in Iowa are included in a strategic plan to take the procedure to all its clinics nationwide over the next five years. This involves RU-486, the abortion pill.
Public radio reported that Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa will be signing on and quoted Barbara Chadwick, their director of patient services. The report stated that Chadwick said telemed abortions will help achieve that nationwide strategic goal faster.
In plain English, that means more dead babies in Dubuque.

Now that the truth has been revealed, Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa is backpedaling. Jenifer Vick, director of communications, is doing damage control. While she claims that Chadwick misspoke, even her denial is suspect. What does she mean when she says that Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa has no plans to do telemed abortions in Dubuque at this time? Planned Parenthood refuses to say they will never do abortions in Dubuque. Clearly, they are embarrassed that one of their spokespersons let the cat out of the bag and revealed their plans before her bosses wanted her to.

The real issue of concern is that the telemed abortion procedure is a disturbing new trend in the abortion industry that is endangering the lives and health of thousands of women. To date, the manufacturer admits 29 women have died from using RU-486.
A telemed abortion is performed via a teleconferencing service similar to Skype. Patients are put in a room where an off-site abortionist appears on a computer monitor and explains the abortion procedure to them over an Internet hook-up. After the brief teleconference -- but no physical examination by the abortionist -- the abortionist remotely unlocks a dispenser and the dangerous abortion drug RU-486 is administered to the pregnant mother.
Telemed abortion involves two steps. First, the abortionist instructs the mother to ingest the first pill in front of the camera while she is in the office. Second, she is given a second prescription to take at home. The second drug, to be ingested within 48 hours, causes uterine contractions to expel the unborn child. The result is that the mother aborts her own child at home.
The consequences of this procedure are frightening. Young mothers will face the horrific reality of seeing their aborted baby and then flushing him or her down the toilet. Emergency rooms will see an increase of young women coming in with excessive bleeding and hemorrhaging due to taking this drug.
There is no longer a disconnect between Planned Parenthood and abortion in Dubuque. The truth is that eventually babies, the most innocent and defenseless members of our society, will die in Dubuque via tele-murder.
I call on all people of good conscience to condemn this horrible practice, become involved, and stand with us against this abomination. Join us as we celebrate the sanctity of the unborn, support the dignity of every human person from the moment of conception until natural death and promote a culture of life in Dubuque.
Duggan, a lifelong Dubuquer, is the father of three and chairman of the Board of Directors for Dubuque County Right to Life, Inc., a nonprofit, nonsectarian, educational organization dedicated to preserving and fostering a respect for human life from conception to natural death. His e-mail address is dugmeister2001@yahoo.com.