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Coroner says baby at abortion business was born alive
Report also blames death of 'moving' infant on 'extreme prematurity'

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Posted: December 5, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Bob Unruh
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com


An autopsy on the body of a baby girl found at a Hialeah, Fla., abortion business shows her arrival is being considered a birth, but it also notes that her cause of death was "extreme prematurity."

The autopsy was obtained by the front-line pro-life organization Operation Rescue, andposted online.

Police were called into the case back in July after an 18-year-old went for an abortion, but the baby was born while she waited, and she observed the little girl breathing before a business worker came and put the baby in a biohazard bag. An anonymous tipster told police about the situation, then later updated them that the body apparently had been stashed on the roof of the building to prevent officers from finding it, and returned to the building later.

The report done by Satish Chundru, an associated medical examiner of the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Department, noted in the biological mother's history that the 18-year-old had had three pregnancies, "one abortion, one miscarriage and this birth." The report was dated Oct. 31.

But the report noted the manner of death was "natural" and the cause was "extreme prematurity."

The apparent conflict just typifies the unresolved issues of the abortion industry, Cheryl Sullenger, a spokeswoman for Operation Rescue, told WND.

"On one hand we want to protect and save innocent babies. One the other hand we're going to kill them at the same time," she said.

She also said her source in Florida confirmed that a birth certificate had been issued for the baby, but there's been no final determination on whether charges will be filed in the death.

"My feeling on it is this. If that baby was born alive and they deprived that child of a moment of that baby's life, that's murder. We don't know how long that baby could have survived," she said.

"We know no emergency care was given, in fact the opposite," she said. "Everything was done to make sure that baby was dead."

She said she would think a count of 2nd-degree murder would be within the bounds of reasonable in the case of the child first identified on the county documents as Baby Girl Williams, and later as Shanice Denise Osbourne.

On July 20, the 18-year-old reported to the A Gyn Diagnostics abortion business to complete an abortion in her 22nd week of pregnancy, officials said.

The autopsy report said the baby girl with black hair and brown eyes apparently was healthy at the time of her birth. But the report noted that babies at 22 weeks have no historical chance of survival.

"It doesn’t matter if Shanice had a 100 percent or a zero percent chance of survival. Once she was born, she was deserving of the same protections under the law as the rest of us," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "At the minimum, she should have been given comfort care. Shoving her into a plastic bag and tossing her onto a roof to die is just unconscionable."

OR also reported that Belkis Gonzales, the abortion business owner who was identified in earlier reports as being the one to take the baby and dump her in a biohazard bag, has placed her house up for sale.

"If Gonzalez and her cohorts are to be charged, they better do it quickly," said Newman. "We have seen abortionists flee in the face of prosecution over less than this. Gonzalez and her associates should be considered flight risks."

A lead investigator in the police department earlier told WND he believes there will be charges in the case.

"My goal is to see that charges are filed," said Hialeah Deputy Chief Mark Overton. "The evidence reflects that this was a homicide. We're moving forward with that mindset. I believe our evidence has indicated (and) I think we have probable cause to bring charges."

A police search warrant in the case earlier confirmed the scenario. "The staff began screaming that the baby was alive; at which time Ms. Belkis Gonzales cut the umbilical cord, threw it into a red bag with black printing. Ms. Gonzales then swept the baby, with her hands, into the same red bag along with the gauze used during the procedure," the search warrant said.

Overton said the state of Florida has a law defining a live birth, and he's already contacted the local federal prosecutor about potential federal charges under the Born Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000 should the state not follow through.

At the time the body was found, a lawyer for the owner of the abortion business partly owned by Gonzalez issued a statement that no crime was committed, and an 18-year-old had had an abortion without complications
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