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Man Tries to Force
Abortion at Gunpoint
Part Three of Four By Liz Townsend
A pregnant woman and her unborn child are unharmed despite an attempt by the baby's father to force her at gunpoint to have an abortion. Ohio police arrested Dominic L. Holt-Reid October 6 after his girlfriend Yolanda M. Burgess was able to hand a note to a clinic employee saying she was being coerced, according to WBNS-10TV. Reid is currently in the Franklin County jail under a $500,000 bond, WBNS-10TV reported. He faces charges of kidnapping and carrying a concealed weapon. Burgess and Holt-Reid are not married but are also the parents of a four-year-old, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Police allege that they were in a car together October 6 after dropping their child off at school when Holt-Reid pulled a handgun and pointed it at Burgess, threatening that he would shoot her and cause a miscarriage unless she drove to an abortion clinic, the Dispatch reported. Burgess had made an appointment for an abortion at Founder's Women's Health Center in Columbus, scheduled for that morning at 9 a.m. However, police documents stated that she told Holt-Reid that she changed her mind and did not want to abort the baby, according to the Dispatch. After he threatened her with the gun, she drove to the abortion clinic. Once inside, however, she gave the employee a note and the employee called the police, WBNS-10TV reported. Police did not specify the age of the unborn child, but did say that Burgess was not injured during the incident, according to the Associated Press. Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha. |
