The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, the governing body that regulates the practice of medicine in the state, stripped the medical license of a woman who refused to force a mentally-ill 10 year old to give birth.
As Robin Marty reports, Dr. Ann Neuhaus became the target of domestic terror group Operation Rescue after her colleague, Dr. George Tiller, was murdered. Neuhaus assisted Tiller by providing second opinions for mental health exceptions for late-term abortions.
Operation Rescue filed a negligence complaint against Neuhaus alleging that her exams were not thorough enough to support her medical conclusions and her follow-up care was inadequate because she did not recommend counseling or hospitalization after each procedure.
Neuhaus offered a rebuttal of her own. "To even claim that isn't medically necessary qualifies as gross incompetence," said Neuhaus. "Someone's 10 years old, and they were raped by their uncle and they understand that they've got a baby growing in their stomach and they don't want that. You're going to send this girl for a brain scan and some blood work and put her in a hospital?"
Like other states Kansas has made recent attempts to stack their medical review board with anti-choice advocates like former Operation Rescue attorney Richard Macias. When hearing the case against Dr. Neuhaus, the board offered up their own expert to determine if any breach of the standard of care occurred. Not surprisingly, the witnessed insisted that in no cases is abortion a treatment that could be seen as beneficial to a patient's mental health, further clouding the waters as to the kind of care girls and women can expect in the state of Kansas.
Nuehaus will appeal the ruling. If she loses she will have her license permanently revoked.
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As I read news articles that defy sense - dignity and humane actions I think that I can no longer be surprised. This news article defies logic, dignity to any person involved and is incredibly inhumane.
What I want to know is - how can the focus be on the doctor? I want to know whether the rapist has been locked up to prevent any further Child Abuse. I want to know how 'forcing' a mentally ill Child to give birth is helping anyone????!!!!
This situation beggars belief. The abused Child should be the centre of attention and terminating the pregnancy would be a blessing for the unborn Child. NO ONE deserves to be raped and NO ONE deserves to be the product of rape. Imposing the belief that the unborn Child has a right to life is just the projection of a belief. The reality is the unborn Child could have an horrendous life and be burdened with all manner of physical, emotional and psychological problems - for their life.
The abused Child needs to be cared for and that includes a termination. The abuser needs to be locked up to prevent any further Child abuse. We - as a global society - still have not shown we can care for all the Children who are already on planet Earth - let's stop adding to the problems and solve the problems we still have.
Much Peace...to the little Girl and all abused Children who are still at the mercy of an unbalanced legal system and more power to the Doctor for having the courage to make a heart wrenching difficult decision under woeful conditions....