http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2005/apr/05042504
ORLANDO, FL, April 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Angele, a single mother in her thirties with two children, thought that abortion was the answer to her circumstances. At almost 23 weeks gestation, she entered the EPOC Clinic in Orlando, Florida. Little did she realize that the next day she would give birth to a live, perfectly healthy boy whom she named Rowan. Cradling Rowan’s moving body, her screams for help were ignored by abortion clinic workers while her son took his last breath.
The clinic is known for late-term abortions and its well-known founder, Dr. James Pendergraft. A few years ago he served time in a federal prison regarding an alleged scheme to extort the city of Ocala, Florida by means of his other abortion clinic in that city.
On April 1, Angele was given Valium and laminaria were inserted in her cervix to begin dilation. She was told to return the following day. On April 2, Angele took prescribed medicine to induce labor. Cramping and crying, she went to the clinic and knocked repeatedly on the door. Eventually someone came and directed her to a room that had dried blood on the wall. She was given a blanket that was still wet. She began to bleed and go into labor. Despite her cries, no one assisted her. After one hard push, the baby was born, fully intact and definitely alive. Angele said, “His right leg moved. He curled up a bit, like he was cold; I screamed but no one came.” She pleaded for the clinic workers to call 911 but they did not.
Angele caressed and comforted her son by rubbing his back, tummy and chest. “I stroked his precious little head and kept telling him I loved him and we would be okay,” she said. Still no one came to help. Eventually Angele, holding the baby still attached to the umbilical cord, ran to get her cell phone. Help did not arrive in time. Rowan took his last breath. “After a few minutes I realized for certain that he was gone. I picked up my son. I held him to my chest. I rocked him and prayed. I could not stop crying,” said Angele. “I felt so bad. I felt so helpless. I had been so wrong to come here … I wanted to fix and change everything once I saw Rowan’s precious little face and body. All we needed was someone to get us to safety,” Angele said.
Mathew D. Staver, President and General Counsel of Liberty Counsel, which represents Angele, told LifeSiteNews.com “Angele’s baby Rowan’s birth and death unmasked the tragic abortion and infanticide that occurs every day in America. Most victims are nameless and we never hear about them. We need to replace the abortion rhetoric with a culture of life.”
Staver recalls: “When I visited baby Rowan at the funeral home and saw his precious little body, fully formed with blond eyelashes and growing fingernails, I wondered, ‘How can we continue to kill our children and hide behind the rubric of choice?’” He added, “Rowan’s short life will not be in vain if his story can give life and hope to mothers who believe their only choice is abortion. We must protect our precious, innocent children. We must extend a healing hand to mothers like Angele.”
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May God forgive our country. Speak up for life! Tell the truth to people! Abortion is murder! Human life begins at the moment of conception! Knowing babies are being butchered in our country keeps me up nights. And yes... extend a healing hand to mothers like Angele!
I can't imagine what Angele is going through. The guilt must be overwhelming. I'm very grateful she's telling the story so others may think twice before murdering their babies.
I can't stop crying. Poor Baby Rowan. How can anyone just let the baby die? How can anyone work at a place like that? I just can't wrap my head around it. Are there that many heartless people who are able to work at these abortion clinics? May God forgive us all. These pictures make it real. Please tweet, email this article to everyone you know. This story must be told over and over until this travesty is stopped!
Heartbreaking! How many new mothers go through gut-wrenching experiences like this? This is a totally sad time for America, the land where we can pursue life, liberty, and happiness....unless you are a baby, helpless, and subject to the will of a woman's choice who thinks she can have her baby murdered and that will be th end of her problem. If only she knew the night mares and regrets she will suffer the rest of her life for this selfish, horrendous act. They say suicides in the US are at an altime high; I wonder if anyone is keeping track of how many of them are young mothers who aborted the life of an innocent baby?
Travesty! Hope those workers burn in hell for a good long time.
Angele aint to Bright. To bad the Child suffers for it!
I agree with you. I think that too many parents have given up their parenting responsibilities. Too many are not teaching their kids the values they should. Like many problems today, they start at home. The family has been pretty much beaten down. In too many cases they have been pushed aside by the state. The state has told them so often that it takes a village to raise kids they have begun to believe that lie. It only takes two parents who care to do what is right.
I'd like to know how old Angele was. If she has enough sense to make Babies she should have enough sense to use birth control. I have a hard time feeling sorry for her!
My heart hurts for the little baby boy. I agree with you 100%, Twana!!!