Part One of
TwoBy Liz Townsend
Editor's note.
Part Two is
a composite TN&V covering many topics.
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The Florida Board of Medicine has revoked
the license of abortionist Pierre
Jean-Jacque Renelique, upholding Department
of Health allegations that he "falsified
medical records, inappropriately delegated
tasks to unlicensed personnel and committed
malpractice," according to CNN. The baby's
mother, Sycloria Williams, "planned to have
an abortion but instead gave birth to a baby
she says was killed when clinic staffers put
it into a plastic bag and threw it in the
trash," CNN reported.
Williams has sued Renelique, the clinic
and its staff , seeking damages. She alleges
in her suit that "she witnessed the murder
of her daughter" and said she "sustained
severe emotional distress, shock and psychic
trauma which have resulted in discernible
bodily injury."
Baby Shanice Denise Osbourne died July
20, 2006, one day after Renelique gave the
18-year-old Williams drugs to begin aborting
her 23-week-old unborn baby, according to
the AP. Renelique reportedly was going to
complete the abortion--kill the baby in
utero--at A Gyn abortion clinic in Hialeah
the next day.
However, the abortionist did not arrive
at the clinic when scheduled, and Williams
went into labor and delivered the baby,
according to the AP. Renelique was still not
present when Williams "felt a large pain"
and delivered a baby girl, according to the
suit. "The staff began screaming and
pandemonium ensued," the suit alleges. "Sycloria
watched in horror and shock as her baby
writhed with her chest rising and falling as
she breathed."
The suit further alleges that a clinic
co-owner entered the room and used a pair of
shears to cut the baby's umbilical cord. She
"then scooped up the baby and placed the
live baby, placenta and afterbirth in a red
plastic biohazard bag, which she sealed, and
then threw bag and the baby in a trash can."
CNN reports that the suit also alleges
that "staff at the clinic did not call 911
or seek medical assistance for Williams or
the baby." Renelique arrived at the clinic
about an hour later and gave Williams a shot
to put her to sleep. "She awoke after the
procedure and was sent home still in
complete shock," the suit alleges.
Williams "was awake for all that horror,"
her attorney Tom Pennekamp Jr. told Florida
Catholic. "To see your baby gasping for air
and just scooped into a bag like that is
horrifying."
Acting on an anonymous tip, Hialeah
police discovered Shanice's body in a
biohazard container July 28. They found the
baby in a second search of the facility,
finding nothing the first time, leading to
suspicions that clinic staff tampered with
evidence, according to CBS4 News.
An autopsy by the Dade County Medical
Examiner revealed that Shanice had taken air
into her lungs after birth, and determined
she died of "extreme prematurity," the AP
reported.
Publicity from the discovery of Shanice's
body led to charges in 2007 against
Gonzalez, Senises, and other clinic
employees for performing abortions and
dispensing medicine without licenses at the
A GYN abortion mills in Miramar and Hialeah,
according to the Miami Herald. Gonzalez and
Senises both pled no contest to the charges
in December 2007 and September 2008,
respectively, and received probation,
according to Williams's complaint. However,
the complaint alleges, Gonzalez and Senises
continue to operate abortion clinics in
Florida with ownership under Gonzalez's
daughter's name.
"Virtually everyone who handled Sycloria
and Shanice didn't have a medical license,"
Pennekamp told Florida Catholic. "I can't
even find a name for people who do this kind
of thing. Unfortunately, this isn't the
first time nor the last time something like
this has happened."
Part Two
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