The latest set of abortion statistics have come out for Illinois that indicate Planned Parenthood and friends "covered up" at least 290 cases of child rape during the year 2004. Local media in the state seemed to miss this during their coverage of the latest statistics.
In Illinois, as in most of the civilized world, the age of consent means that girls under a certain age cannot legally consent to sex, and hence, any intercourse with them is rape. Illinois requires that medical professionals report any cases of child abuse to DCFS. In a case, documented here, where after being audited by a pro-life organization over the phone to see if they would follow mandatory reporting laws, about 90% of clinics appeared to indicate they would not report child rape to authorities. They tried to make a distinction between a medical professional and someone answering the phone, in this case it is obvious that a medical professional was involved, knew the girl's age, and choose not to follow their obligations under the law to report. Contrary to their claims, no investigation is required by Planned Parenthood; they simply have to recognize the girl's age and make a phone call so there can be an appropriate investigation. Instead, they choose to make money on the deal by charging for the abortion and then concealing the fact that there was a crime. This is Planned Parenthood's apparent business model.
At the same time they are making a profit by covering up the rape of little girls by dirty old men, they insist that parents should not be allowed to interfere and have no right to know that their children are getting abortions. In fact, in a case of clear kidnapping, rape, and fraud by a child rapist's mother, Planned Parenthood had the mother of the daughter who was raped arrested for trying to prevent the abortion. Planned Parenthood will even write prescriptions to non-existent minors they have never seen in what they even admit is against the law.
Planned Parenthood can proudly boast on their own website that they cover up cases of child rape. The irony of this portion of the pro-choice debate is that the only who gets a choice is the rapist who can choose to cover his tracks.
Originally posted at Part-Time Pundit
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— go to most recent comments1 - Justene
I am unaware of anyone being arrested, charged, indicted, arraigned or otherwise formally accused of a crime for failure to report. If there is such a proceeding, I expect Planned Parenthood to argue the constitutionality of the law.
By the way, I am unfamiliar with Illinois law. Is it a requirement for rape that the male be over a certain age? If so, Planned Parenthood may only suspect rape.
2 - swingingpuss
In fact, in a case of clear kidnapping, rape, and fraud by a child rapist's mother, Planned Parenthood had the mother of the daughter who was raped arrested for trying to prevent the abortion.
To force a rape victim to give birth is barbaric.
3 - Bennett
Exactly Justene, and something JB doesn't want to talk about.
Illinois has a rather typical 17-13 law. If the male is 17 or younger, and the girl is 13 or over and gives her consent, it's NOT rape.
Facts always tend to diffuse JB's rants. Facts tend to show his "covering up the rape of little girls by dirty old men" as just another overblown straw man.
4 - Aaman
If the law is flawed, disobedience is often an option, IANAL
5 - Steve S
covering up the rape of little girls by dirty old men
Of course there is no mention here that the rapist is, in more cases than not, the father. What irony there would be, in having to report TO the rapist, and get HIS permission for the abortion, as Mr. Bambenek would have it.
It's absurd to think that there would be so many Illinois parents who do not know the whereabouts of their minors and there are all these 'dirty little old men' all over the place. Rather, they are the fathers, more often than not. If not, then are the parents not negligent to begin with?
6 - Steve S
Of course there is no mention here that the rapist is, in more cases than not, the father.
For clarification, I meant the father of the victim.
7 - Bennett
Steve, I'd bet dollars to donuts that less than 1% of the abortions performed on girls under the age of 18 were the result of non-consensual sex.
So, that means that maybe 2-3 of these 290 girls were actually "raped".
8 - Steve S
Bennett, I'm sure that many instances involve the consent of the minor (which isn't legally possible, I know). In most father/daughter rape cases, it isn't the type of violent rape we might see in a Lifetime movie, but consensual as well, even if the consent is born of fear.
Here is a link from the Illinois State Police. I would like to draw your attention to the first sentence in the third paragraph.
9 - Bennett
I do understand that Steve, thanks! But what I object to is JB's use of the term "child rape" to demonize Planned Parenthood.
It's a lie, and he knows it.
10 - Steve S
We are in agreement, Bennett. In Bambenek's world there are thousands of Illinois daughters who fall into the hands of strangers yearly.
11 - Justene
I suspect that it's somewhere in the middle. Some of them are rapes. Some of them are consensual acts that are still rape under the statutory rape law. Some of them are kids having sex with kids. When I was underage, any underage girl I knew who was having sex was having it with an underage boy. So JB is technically accurate when he says they are not reporting some child rape. I just don't know how extensive the problem is.
12 - Steve S
So JB is technically accurate when he says they are not reporting some child rape.
I wouldn't doubt that, the problem would be that we are leaving it up to Planned Parenthood to do the investigating to determine if they should report it or not. They are a medical clinic, not private investigators.
Any predatory father who rapes his daughter will have used deception and treachery as well as threats to get her to keep his little 'secret'. It should not be up to Planned Parenthood to determine who the rapist is, and whether a crime has been committed or not.
13 - Dawn
This is really pathetic. Is this an Onion parody, because I can't imagine anyone thinking this is legitimate reporting of any kind.
Any report being handled and documented by a pro-life organization against a facility that administers abortion is suspect at best.
14 - gonzo marx
Dawn sez...
*because I can't imagine anyone thinking this is legitimate reporting of any kind.*
Quoted for Truth
Excelsior!
15 - John Bambenek
To answer Justene's question, a mandatory reporter does not have to be convinced, it has to reasonably suspect. If a twelve year old comes in heavily bruised to the ER, DCFS gets called. It could be she fell down the stairs, it could be something else. It's for DCFS to figure out. That's mandatory reporting laws.
To answer others, sure, fathers (or more accurately step-fathers) or other family members are often perpetrators to these crimes, that's why we have mandatory reporter statutes that require a THIRD party to get involved to investigate.
Planned Parenthood DOES NOT HAVE TO INVESTIGATE, I could not have been clearer in my post. It isn't their job to determine what really happened, it's there job to take a case that could reasonably be rape, assault, or any abuse really, and report it so IT CAN be investigated. Instead, they send a bill, collect their cash, and lobby to get rid of the laws.
16 - Bennett
"Planned Parenthood DOES NOT HAVE TO INVESTIGATE, I could not have been clearer in my post.
Where is that? Did I miss something? Were you clear about something?
It isn't their job to determine what really happened, it's there (ed. "their") job to take a case that could reasonably be rape, assault, or any abuse really (ed. Blow jobs and sodomy? But no one gets pregnant!?!), and report it so IT CAN be investigated. Instead, they send a bill, collect their cash, and lobby to get rid of the laws.
Link please.
17 - John Bambenek
See the bold words in the second paragraph? Sentence before that.
I'm not saying it's a catchall, but being that they also provide birth control services and STD prevention services, when a 12 year old comes in asking for that stuff, one should perhaps get someone else involved.
Link to what? Mandatory reporter laws? Or that the charge for abortions?
18 - Bennett
What puke! You link to your own blog for "This is Planned Parenthood's apparent business model." and your ravings there are even more vile that what the editors let you get away with here on BC!
Dude, get a grip!!!
Stark raving is what I say.
19 - Steve S
when a 12 year old comes in asking for that stuff, one should perhaps get someone else involved.
If a 12 year old simply asks for something, you should call the law? Egads. So what should the officer do? A vaginal checkup? Interrogation?
You mention that when someone comes into the ER, they will notify the law if the injury is massive or looks like the evidence of a crime. This is true, when I was the victim of a hate crime, I was about 20 years old, certainly no minor, and the law was notified against my own wishes. I do not think even the ER should notify the law, I believe it should be entirely up to the victim.
If Planned Parenthood needed to notify the police so that the police could investigate to see if a crime is being committed, then the fact is that the police would need to investigate each and every case because with a minor it (sex) is always illegal so in each and every case a crime has been committed. (Except where it was consensual with another minor and varies by state, etc.)
Why I oppose Planned Parenthood notifying the law is the same reason why I opposed it in my case where I was a victim. Because you are completely trampling on one's right to privacy and when it comes to abortion, that right should supercede all others.
Of course once you get the law involved, then it becomes easy for you to stop the abortion and that's what this is really all about.
20 - Aaman
You have no idea what it is to have the law involved in every medical issue/emergency - in India, for example, the legal requirement that every accident/medical complication other than illness,etc. be registered with the police leads to ludicruous situations where people are literally bleeding to death because the doctor/nurse will not treat them without registering a police case.
21 - John Bambenek
Bennett, I'm sorry, I have to remember that we are to look the other way when "favored" organizations commit crimes.
Steve, well it's either that or get rid of age of consent law. Being the support is the way it is, there is no reason someone who cannot legally consent to have sex should be getting Depo, is there? You have a point for a 20 year old, but not a minor. But that's an opinion, one not reflected by the law. But yes, that would mean we'd actually have to investigate cases of child rape, I fail to see why that's a bad thing. I fail to see the logic in supporting the privacy right of a 30-40 year old rapist that likes 10 year old girls. And you can make it anything you want, I don't want little girls raped.
Aaman-
I didn't say every case or emergency. And I certainly don't think emergency treatment should wait. But pregnancy is about 9 months. That's hardly something that required immediate action before picking up a phone.
22 - Steve S
I fail to see the logic in supporting the privacy right of a 30-40 year old rapist
Way to contort one's words to fit your agenda. I was talking about the right to privacy of the victim and used myself as an example. Of course only Bambenek would twist the words around to make it seem like those who don't agree with him support rapists.
And you can make it anything you want, I don't want little girls raped.
You are clearly the one who makes it anything you want. Nobody wants little girls raped. Planned parenthood reporting to the law who gets an abortion won't stop that, anybody with a smidgen of common sense knows that.
23 - Shark
~feh.
More disinformation at the speed of light.
PS: Bambi, abortion is sooooo 1990s.
Get with the program! Send Alito some luv!
24 - Shark
Dawn: "This is really pathetic. Is this an Onion parody..."
Bambenek has quite an archive of Onion articles on Blogcritics!
Funny stuff, eh?!
25 - RedTard
"If the law is flawed, disobedience is often an option" - Aaman
As long as I get to be the one who decides which laws are flawed.
I doubt people who are in the business of killing human spawn are really concerned about cases of child rape.