Background+on+the+National+Abortion+Federation

For all their talk about safety, the National Abortion Federation exists to protect the interests of its members -- at the expense of women, if necessary. Learn about some of the scandals at NAF facilities, and about National Abortion Federation deaths.

[|**Abraham Alberto Hodari**]  This National Abortion Federation member has numerous malpractice suits, including three patient deaths, to his discredit.

[|**Abu Hayat: The Butcher of Avenue A**]  This National Abortion Federation member made headlines when he ripped the arm off a 32-week baby who was then born alive. Then all hell broke loose.

[|**Abortionist Crist Muddies the Waters**]  Interesting contrast between what abortionists say in public and what they say among themselves.

[|**About those NAF clinics in Kentucky...**]  One of them hired a security chief who used the clinic as a rape site.

[|**Allegations of attempted forced abortion at NAF clinic**]  Nikki said Kuseski at Mayfair threatened to have her committed to a psych ward if she refused to proceed with an abortion.

[|**Angela Scott/Dolores Smith**]  Two teenage abortion patients are fatally injured within an hour at NAF member Atlanta Women's Pavillion.

[|**Bruce Steir**]  It's only too fitting that his name rhymes with fear. Is he a member? I don't know, but he hangs out at National Abortion Federation events.

[|**Christi's Choice**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> How a safe and legal abortion at a National Abortion Federation facility destroyed a Colorado family.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Enrique Gerbi**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Dr. Enrique Gerbi worked at Northland Family Planning Clinic, a National Abortion Federation member in Detroit, Michigan. He also worked at Detroit Memorial Hospital.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**A few bad apples?**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> If NAF is the best, God protect us from the worst.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Gloria Aponte**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> An investigation found that NAF member Hanan Rotem was allowing an untrained receptionist to perform medical duties.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Eastern Women's Center**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Do staff at Eastern have some grudge against women and girls named "Dawn?"

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Family Planning Associates Medical Group**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Edward "Fast Eddie" Allred's FPA, a long-standing member of the National Abortion Federation, has at least twelve dead abortion patients to their discredit.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**George Elliott Kabacy**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Kabacy, who worked at National Abortion Federation member Lovejoy Surgicenter, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography including bondage, bestiality, and prepubescent children.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**George Tiller**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> NAF member George Tiller, high-profile late-term abortionst.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Hiding the Bodies from Abortion Deaths**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> A NAF abortionist discusses the death of a patient -- and CDC staff are deaf to it all.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Ignorance and Mushrooms Grow Best in the Dark**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Does the National Abortion Federation hotline deliver what it promises to women, or to members?

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Julio B. Acosta**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Dr. Julio B. Acosta worked at Northland Family Planning Clinic, a National Abortion Federation member in Detroit, Michigan. He has since allowed his license to lapse and moved to California.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Kenneth Wright Loses Abortion Patient**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Yet another death from abortion at an FPA facility.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Manohar Lal**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Lal was sued for abortions he botched while working in Ohio. He was also licensed in Texas, where his license was cancelled by the request of the medical board in 2001. Lal also worked at National Abortion Federation member Akron Center for Reproductive Health.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**NAF and NRL Collide**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> A botched abortion and an abortionist's presentation lead to the current PBA battle.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**NAF Deaths**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Some of the women who died because they trusted in the National Abortion Federation's promises of safety.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**NAF Member Midtown Hospital**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Atlanta's Midtown Hospital, a member of the National Abortion Federation, faced scandal for over a decade.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Northland Family Planning Clinic**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> This National Abortion Federation member in Detroit has a history of malpractice.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**On the Use of Human Shields**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> How the National Abortion Federation hides behind women's skirts.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Peeking Into an Abortionist's Fridge**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Abortionist Benjamin P. Thamrong had some of the strangest stuff in his refrigerator. And lest you dismiss Thamrong as a fly-by-night flake: He was operating under the auspices of the Women's Health Organization -- which was a National Abortion Federation member.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Ralph Robinson**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Restricted by the Missouri medical board, suspended by the Ohio medical board, put on probation by the Kentucky medical board.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Ronachaie Banchongmanie**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Abortion proponents assure us no oversight of abortion is needed to ensure that women are given safe abortions in a clean, caring, sanitary environment. The example of Ronachai Banchongmanie blows this little myth out of the water.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**See For Yourself**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Operation Rescue bought the building that housed Central Women's Services in Wichita, Kansas, and evicted the business. See for yourself what they found inside.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Sharon Hamplton**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> An old discussion at a NAF Risk Managment Seminar may shed light on the death of Bruce Stier's abortion patient.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Steve Lichtenberg**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Lichtenberg regularly presents at NAF Risk Management Seminars, even though his seat-of-the-pants attitude has caused the death of a 13-year-old abortion patient.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Summit Medical Center of Alabama**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> A nurse at this National Abortion Federation member facility nearly killed a woman by trying to abort her nearly-term baby with RU-486.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Verifying the //Blood Money// Death**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Carol Everett described a death at her National Abortion Federation member facility in Dallas. Was she telling the truth?

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;">[|**Who Do You Believe?**] <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,helvetica;"> Contrasting pictures of the National Abortion Federation. Which picture represents the truth?