Representative Chris Smith
2373 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Representative Smith:
It is admirable that you led other
Representatives in scolding the media for the lack of coverage of the
Kermit Gosnell trial, but I am concerned that your aim is off.
Chastising irresponsible reporting, while showing diligence, does not
fall within the purview of the federal government. However,
regulating interstate commerce very much does.
The Grand Jury in the Kermit Gosnell
case found that at least six young women and girls, including the
mother of Baby Boy A, had never intended to end up in the hands of
Dr. Gosnell They had sought out a member of the most reputable
organization of abortion practitioners in the world: the National
Abortion Federation (NAF). This organization asserts:
Our member facilities care for more than
half the women who choose abortion each year in [North America]. In
order to become a member, a facility must complete a rigorous
application process. Member facilities must comply with our standards
for quality care, updated annually in our Clinical Policy
Guidelines, which set the evidence-based standards for abortion
care in North America. NAF periodically conducts site visits to
confirm that our members are in compliance with our Guidelines.
That
any woman should walk into one of this highly lauded organization's
member facilities, expecting cleanliness, professionalism, and high
standards of care, yet end up doped within inches of her life by a
rank amateur and left to moan in pain and anguish on a blood-stained
blanket in a filthy “house of horrors” in another state is very
much the business of Congress.
Yet
those six women who ended up in Gosnell's filthy mill are not the
most tragic victims of NAF's false promises. Many have died from
inexcusable malpractice. Information about these betrayed women is
available at
http://cemeteryofchoice.wikispaces.com/National+Abortion+Federation+Deaths.
I
urge you to lead responsible members of Congress, both prolife and
prochoice, in an investigation of this corrupt organization.
Sincerely,
Christina
E. Dunigan
Well done.
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