Suit accuses ‘center for women’ of abortion clinic pretense
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Jefferson Parish anti-abortion activist pretends to run an abortion clinic while using fear and delays to keep women pregnant until an abortion would be illegal, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.
The lawsuit, filed by the pro-choice Center for Reproductive Rights, accuses William A. Graham of running the Causeway Center For Women as a sham meant only to keep women from using their right to an abortion.
The suit accuses Graham of pretending to set up appointments at bargain prices, but stringing women along until it is too late….
One plaintiff, Priscilla Cabrera, said she decided to get an abortion when she learned she was pregnant, and got Graham’s number from the telephone book under “Abortion Services,” according to a 46-page memorandum filed with the suit. She said Graham used an alias and told her he put women who want abortions in touch with private doctors who perform them for $125.
“Graham told Cabrera that, unlike the doctors he worked with, clinic doctors were unable to make it in the real world and that the clinics generally were unsafe. Graham told Cabrera that if an abortion was performed too early, it could be harmful to her health,” it said.
Her first call was December 26, 2003. Graham said he would set up an appointment Jan. 10, but did not call Cabrera back for weeks, even though she called him repeatedly, the suit said.
When he finally spoke to her, he said a later abortion would be better for her health, and he could arrange for an abortion up to the 30th week of pregnancy, according to the memorandum.
Louisiana law allows abortions only during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
The suit said Cabrera ultimately realized Graham was misleading her and got an abortion Feb. 4.
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I’m impressed. I would never have thought of something this sleazy.
And as Mary points out, it only works in a place where the locals are ignorant, proving that the should seem to be “too stupid to NOT breed”.