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Reasons to Hire a Truck Accident Attorney to Help You

There are more and more truck crashes these days. Gaining complete compensation for your damages is a skill that a lawyer with experience in representing victims of commercial vehicle accidents can offer. Your claim needs to be handled by a lawyer who can look out for your best interests at all times.

Some justifications for why you require Houston truck accident lawyers in order to receive complete justice are listed below.

Locate Every Responsible Party It becomes challenging to determine who is responsible for the injuries sustained in every truck accident. Your attorney will support you in identifying all responsible parties and guarantee that you will receive payment within the allotted time frame. Handle Complicated Negotiations If more than one party is found to be at fault for your accident, you will have to sue them all at once in order to receive your just compensation. Make sure your attorney does everything possible to increase the case's value. Offer a Suitable Legal Approach You may not know how to choose the best course of action to take in order to get your case ready for trial if you were a collision victim. Expert witnesses and the necessary evidence may be found, your lawyer can conduct a thorough analysis of your case, choose the best course of action to ensure you receive all the compensation you are entitled to, and more. Make Sure Comparative Fault Laws Are Implemented Accurately Texas has a comparative fault statute, just like other states, which has an impact on the total amount of money you can get for your injury. Should your proportion of fault be less than fifty per cent, you will be compensated. Together with your Houston trucking accident attorney, you may create a compelling case that guarantees the rule of law is applied equitably.

Wrapping Up In order to give you more time to focus on your recuperation, Houston truck accident lawyers can assist you with filing your legal claim. You won't have to go it alone on the road to justice when you have an experienced attorney guiding you through every stage of the legal procedure.

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Daniels Law Firm

Discover compassionate and dedicated Family Law Attorney. At Daniels Law Firm. Our team is committed to supporting you through emotionally challenging times. Whether you're navigating divorce or child custody matters, we provide experienced legal counsel in a nurturing environment. We prioritize amicable resolutions but are prepared to advocate vigorously in litigation when necessary. With a track record of success in handling complex cases, our attorneys are here to guide you through the legal process with care and expertise.

We understand the emotional stress that you’re currently going through, which is why we focus on providing true peace of mind through

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Family Dispute Lawyer

A family lawyer is a professional who you are going to need for other reasons in your life.We understand that family legal disputes can be incredibly complex, expensive, and emotionally trying for everyone involved. If you are seeking for the best family dispute lawyer, then feel free to visit us: https://www.lawofficeofdac.com/family-law/

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A Texas attorney was shot and killed on Saturday after trying to calm an angry customer outside a McDonald's in Houston.

The victim, 46-year-old Jeffrey Limmer, was shot twice by the shooter who then fled the scene, Houston Police said, according to ABC7.

Limmer had tried to intervene to calm the customer, who was arguing with staff because he was dissatisfied with his order and wanted a refund.

The pair got into a fight that ended up outside, during which Limmer pushed the customer to the ground.

The suspect then went to his car to retrieve a gun and shot Limmer twice before driving away in an early 2000s blue Ford pickup truck, police told ABC7.

Limmer ran back into the restaurant after being shot and paramedics were called, but the attorney died of his injuries, police said, according to local outlet Click2Houston.

The incident took place at 8147 Katy Freeway around 6 p.m. on Saturday, police told the outlet.

Police have not released any further information, and it is not clear if the suspect has been arrested.

Limmer's sister, Jennifer Thomas, told ABC13 that her brother was the type of person to "do the right thing."

"Knowing Jeff, he's the one who always says, 'Calm down. It's not that big of a deal,' and divert the situation," Thomas said. "He's always wanted to fight for the little guy and do the right thing."

Thomas said that her parents were at her daughter's graduation when they received the news about his death.

"He loved fiercely his family and friends," Thomas said about her brother. "Always laughing, making jokes, and just loving life."

Limmer was an associate at Lewis Brisbois, a Houston area law firm, and primarily practiced general liability law.

Greg Monteverde, a childhood friend of Limmer's, told Fox26 that he had driven past the scene of the crime without knowing the victim was his old friend.

Monteverde said that the news was a "gut punch," and that he knew Limmer to be the type of person to intervene in such a situation.

"I thought it was brave. I respect it," Monteverde said. "I think a lot of us knew Jeff to be that type of individual. In school, he would invite somebody who wasn't the most popular student to a party or things like that."

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Jammie “Sarah” Garcia Yanez-Villegas, 15 (USA 1992)

Jammie Garcia, identified in some news sources as Jammie Garcia Yanez-Villegas, was a 15-year-old girl who was living with her common law husband, a man who had already had one baby with young Jammie. When Jammie became pregnant again, she was brought to the A to Z abortion facility in Houston in 1994. Jammie, or “Sarah” as she would be known later, would suffer a horrible fate.

Abortionist John Coleman killed Jammie’s unborn baby on February 18, 1994. Only four days later, on February 23, Jammie was in the Intensive Care Unit of a Houston hospital, with spiking fever, chills, nausea, pain, respiratory distress, a distended abdomen, low blood oxygen levels, and foul-smelling discharge. An examination revealed inflammation and a tear in her cervix that was oozing pus. The teenager’s condition deteriorated, and she died in the ICU on March 2.

An autopsy done on her body showed the extent of the damage that the young girl had suffered. Jammie’s body was wracked with abscesses, spreading infection that had entered her body through the damage the abortion had done to her uterus. Her brain, liver and lungs were severely swollen. Her liver and lungs weighed twice what they should have from the inflammation.

Jammie’s painful death brought a response. An inspection was conducted of the “safe and legal” abortion facility that killed her.

What the inspection uncovered was disgusting. The staff were not adequately trained in how to properly sterilize instruments. The administrator, Kristen Hing Fehr, was aware of the fact that the autoclave used to sterilize instruments was not functioning properly. As for the instruments themselves, “two loop forceps, two tenaculums and one curette were found to have small particles of dried brownish-dark red material on them. Three speculums were found to have small particles of dried clear material on them.” “The only sterilized abortion tray in the procedure room was found to contain a curette with a loop whose edge was visibly jagged instead of smooth.” (Source: Travis County District Court Cause No. 94-07517)

The abortionist who killed Jammie was John Coleman, who did not sterilize or replace the filthy surgical tools. Coleman, who suffered from emphysema, died only three days after Jammie. The facility’s employees reported being unsure about Coleman's ability to operate given the fact that he was dying and that his hands constantly shook.

No “back alley abortion” with a rusty coat hanger could have possibly done more damage to Jammie and her baby than the fully legal abortion that left her body ravaged by raging infections.

Jammie’s parents were not notified or asked for permission before the abortion that killed their teenage daughter. Parental consent laws could have saved her. A law known as “Sarah’s Law” to protect her identity was proposed to require parental consent for underage abortion clients.

But abortion advocates released Jammie’s personal information soon after, claiming that Sarah’s Law wouldn’t have saved her and that Pro-Lifers had intentionally misrepresented her case. They demanded that Sarah’s Law should not be instated and that the background information on “Sarah” be censored.

Finally, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P. Kenny ruled that the information about Sarah could stay on the ballot. The information on the ballot talks about Jammie’s death and reads: "Sarah was only 15 when she had a secret abortion. Had someone in her family known about the abortion, Sarah’s life could have been saved."

During the hearing, attorney Beth Porter, who represented Planned Parenthood, the abortion business challenging the law, identified Sarah as 15-year-old Jammie Garcia Yanez-Villegas who was living with her common law husband at the time of the abortion. Porter claimed that as a result, she would not have qualified for the parental notification law in California if it were in place at the time.

Meanwhile, Catherine Short said Jamie never told the abortion facility she was in a common law marriage before the abortion and the abortion facility never asked. The teenager would have qualified for the law because California law has different common law marriage statutes than Texas. Not all states would have legally recognized the common law marriage between a grown man and a 15-year-old girl. "Had someone in her family known, Sarah’s life could have been saved," Short said.

Previously, a representative of the group backing the parental notification measure said it doesn’t matter if Sarah was married or not at the time of her death because teenage girls lack the capacity to make major health decisions on their own and should have parental involvement to learn about the risks and alternatives.

"She was still 15 and was not equipped to make medical decisions on her own, whether she was living with the father of her child or not," the representative said. Physicians in Jammie’s case stated that, had an adult family member been aware that she had undergone an abortion, her life likely could have been spared.

Jammie did not have to die. Neither did her baby. The least we can do is protect more children from suffering the same gruesome fate.

Travis County District Court Cause No. 94-07517

The Daily Spectrum February 16 1999

The Journal News, Sunday, January 31, 1999 2A

Firemont Tribune 15 February 1999 (see above)

The Spokesman—Review 12 February 1999

Sacramento Bee September 28

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Essence: This Black Father And Daughter Named As Two of The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) In Law & ...

Aspiring Black attorneys face countless barriers to even become qualified practitioners of the law. When a father and daughter duo topple them together, it’s worth noting.

Attorney Zulu Ali and Attorney Whitney Ali were recognized for their contributions and were listed as two of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), Law and Justice Edition.

Attorney Zulu Ali and his daughter, Attorney Whitney Ali, own and operate the Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP (zulualilaw.com), one of the largest Black family-owned law firms in California; and the largest Black-owned in the Inland Empire.

Attorney Zulu Ali drew inspiration from civil rights attorneys Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Avon Williams, Jr. to become an attorney himself, and opened the Law Offices of Zulu Ali in 2007 to help marginalized groups seek justice after being wrongfully accused crimes, being victims of discrimination.

The firm also serves victims in The Hague, Netherlands and the African Court of Human Rights in Tanzania.

“It is always nice to be recognized for your work,” Attorney Zulu Ali said in a news release. “We face immense scrutiny from courts and others for challenging the system. I am deeply inspired by the late great civil rights attorney Avon Williams who was jailed more than once for not kowtowing to racist courts in the defense of his clients. Being in this fight with my daughter by my side ensures this type of advocacy spirit that was established by great black pioneers of the legal system continues,”

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This is the second story today I shared about a trans person and child porn.

A Texas man who identifies as non-binary and transgender has been arrested and charged with super aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 6, two counts of sexual performance of a child under the age of 14, and two cases of possession with intent to promote child pornography.

Kelvin Alexander Dias, 23, was arrested on February 15 in relation to the horrific sexual abuse of a child. Dias, who identifies as non-binary and uses she/her pronouns, is accused of targeting a 5-year-old boy with autism. 

According to Luke Beatty, chief of the Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation division at the Harris County District Attorney’s office, the child being non-verbal is part of what motivated Dias to target him.

Beatty said Dias was caught after posting pornographic content of children to Twitter in paid exchanges.

“The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) learned that there was child pornography flowing through his Twitter account,” Beatty said. Authorities were then able to track down Dias based on his IP address. Dias reportedly admitted to creating and uploading the content.

Among the child sexual abuse materials shared on Twitter by Dias were images of the victim. Representatives from NCMEC contacted the child’s mother, who confirmed the child’s identity.

Dias appeared unbothered while being taken into custody. According to ABC13, he reportedly told arresting officers that he had been planning to leave the country.

Dias, orginally from Honduras, has been living in Houston for the past four years and worked as a housekeeper for two years. The child victim was a friend of the family that employed him.

Investigators are concerned there might be other victims out there.

Dias allegedly mentioned having another victim after being arrested, but refused to identify the child to law enforcement.

Presiding judge Frank Aguilar set bond for Dias at $1.2 million at a hearing on February 20. He is currently in the custody of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

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"We, the people. It's a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in that 'We, the people.' I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in We, the people. Today I am an inquisitor. An hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now. My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution." --from Barbara Jordan's opening remarks to the House Judiciary Committee on July 24, 1974, regarding the impeachment of Richard Nixon

Today, June 1, kicks off Pride Month (and also incidentally marks the third anniversary of the start of this series), and I thought it appropriate to examine the amazing accomplishments of Texas civil rights leader, attorney, and Congresswoman Barbara Charline Jordan.

Born in a poor Houston neighborhood in 1936, Jordan discovered an early aptitude for languages and oration, and also debate. She graduated from Texas Southern University in 1956, then obtained her LL.B. from Boston University School of Law in 1959. She was admitted to both the Massachusetts and Texas bars in 1960, then began practicing law in Houston --at the time only the third African American woman to be so licensed. An outspoken supporter of John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, she herself entered politics and unsuccessfully ran for state representative in 1962 and again in 1964. Two years later her fortunes changed, however, and in 1966 she became the first African American elected to the Texas Senate in 1966.

Jordan's standing as a fellow Texan Democrat endeared her to then-President Lyndon Johnson and in many respects she became LBJ's protégée. In 1972 Jordan ran for Congress for Texas's 18th District, and unseated the incumbent Republican, becoming the first woman --of any race-- elected to Congress from that state.

Jordan's political career accomplishments extend far beyond this biography's available space, but among the high points include her aggressive sponsorship of the Voting Rights Act of 1975 (an extension of the more famous 1965 measure), and the Equal Rights Amendment in 1977. Also significantly she served on the House Judiciary Committee during the Nixon impeachment hearings, and her speech at the 1976 Democratic National Convention is widely regarded as one of the best keynote speeches in modern history; her presence in many ways even eclipsing that of the party's nominee, Jimmy Carter. (She would return as a keynote speaker for the 1992 Democratic National Convention.)

Jordan retired from politics in 1978 and became a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin. In 1993 Jordan was the first recipient of the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. A year later she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton for her trailblazing work. That same year Jordan was also named the chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. Jordan died from complications from pneumonia in January of 1996, and is buried at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin --significantly breaking barriers even in death as the first-ever black woman to be interred there. While Jordan never explicitly acknowledged her personal sexual orientation in public, she was open about her life partner of nearly 30 years, educational psychologist Nancy Earl.

Her legacy continues through the Jordan Rustin Coalition (named for her and for Civil Rights organizer Bayard Rustin --see Lesson #05 in this series): a non-profit advocacy group working to empower Black same-gender loving, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and families; and to promote equal marriage rights and to advocate for fair treatment of everyone without regard to race, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Full text of Jordan's July 24, 1974 remarks: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/impeachment/my-faith-constitution-whole-it-complete-it-total

A truly absorbing 1976 article about Jordan's life and career by William Broyles, indexed at: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/the-making-of-barbara-jordan-2/

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Daniels Law Firm 2000 Crawford St Suite 1315 Houston, TX 77002 346-236-0230

At The Daniels Law Firm, we understand that choosing a family law firm in houston is a significant decision. That's why we go above and beyond to ensure that our clients feel supported, informed, and empowered throughout the legal process. Trust us to be your steadfast advocates in matters of family law.

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This is STILL Happening in 2023...Black Hair Discrimination

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle (msn.com)

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension Tuesday for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a months long standoff over a dress code policy the teen's family calls discriminatory.

George, 18, already has spent more than 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom.

He was first pulled from the classroom at the Houston-area school in August after school officials said his braided locs fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes and violated the district’s dress code. His family argues the punishment violates the CROWN Act, which became law in Texas in September and is intended to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. The school says the CROWN Act does not address hair length.

FILE - Darryl George, left, a 17-year-old junior, and his mother Darresha George, right, talks with reporters before walking across the street to go into Barbers Hill High School after Darryl served a 5-day in-school suspension for not cutting his hair Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in Mont Belvieu. George will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy. A referral given to George Tuesday, Dec. 5, said his hair is “out of compliance” with the dress code at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)© Provided by The Associated Press

“We are just trying to take it day by day. That’s all we can do,” his mother, Darresha George, told The Associated Press. “We do not see the light at the end of the tunnel. But we are not giving up.”

School officials said George was sent to the disciplinary program for violating the dress code and the tardy policy, disrupting the in-school suspension classroom and not complying with school directives. As he completed his punishment there, district spokesperson David Bloom said George was told he would go back to in-person suspension unless he trimmed his hair.

George's family has filed a formal complaint with the Texas Education Agency and a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general along with the school district, alleging they failed to enforce the new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles.

The school district has filed a lawsuit in state district court asking a judge to clarify whether its dress code restrictions limiting student hair length for boys violate the CROWN Act.

State Rep. Ron Reynolds, a Democrat and chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, said he planned to file an amendment to the law during the next session that “specifically addresses length to stop their pretextual argument to not comply with the Crown Act.”

“They are acting in bad faith to continue discriminating against African American students,” Reynolds said in an email.

George said he feels like is being singled out because there are other boys in the school with longer hairstyles than his. He was denied an exemption that the family requested because of the hairstyle’s cultural and religious importance.

“It’s frustrating because I’m getting punished for something everyone else is doing, growing hair, having hair,” George said.

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A 25-year-old Chinese music student in Boston has been arrested and charged with stalking over alleged threats to a woman who posted fliers calling for democracy in China.

The announcement of the arrest of Xiaolei Wu by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Massachusetts comes at a time of rising concern for U.S. authorities over Beijing's reach into the country to harass and intimidate opponents of China's ruling Communist Party, as reported by Newsweek in a recent investigation.

Wu targeted someone who had posted a flier around the campus of the Berklee College of Music in Boston that read "Stand with Chinese People", "We Want Freedom," and "We Want Democracy", the U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Post more, I will chop your b****** hands off," was among the threats Wu had allegedly sent to the person, according to the charging documents.

He had told the victim that he had informed the public security agency in China about the victim's actions and that it would "greet" the family back home.

He had also tried to find out where the victim was living and had shared her email address to encourage online abuse, the statement said.

"We believe Mr. Wu stalked, harassed, and reported the victim's support for democracy to law enforcement in the People's Republic of China so it would launch an investigation into the victim and her family. This alleged conduct is incredibly disturbing and goes completely against our country's democratic values," Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, was quoted as saying.

"This case also highlight's the FBI's ongoing commitment to protecting the exercise of free speech for all citizens and our efforts to bring to justice anyone who tries to infringe on those rights," he said.

Newsweek was unable to reach either Wu or his lawyer for comment. The Chinese embassy in the United States did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The alleged victim was not named in the statement. Newsweek knows her identity, but she declined to give her name or to comment.

Newsweek has reported on increased activity within the United States by alleged agents of China's Communist Party to target those – including U.S. citizens - who speak out against the party or ruler Xi Jinping.

Suspected Communist Party agents have been involved at a series of incidents at recent protests in the United States in solidarity with unprecedented demonstrations in China against Beijing's COVID policies, but the Chinese operational network in the United States is very much wider.

Newsweek identified nine confirmed or suspected Chinese proxy police stations and courts in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

It also found a further 10 "Chinese Support Centers" that are part of the United Front—the Communist Party's domestic and international influence apparatus—that offer unspecified support to overseas Chinese.

They are in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Houston, St. Louis, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey and the Carolinas.

In total, it counted at least 627 groups linked to CCP influence operations in the United States, many connected with so-called "hometown associations," "friendship associations," or chambers of commerce based on a shared place of origin in China.

FBI Director Christopher Wray has voiced concern at reports of Chinese overseas "police stations" in the United States. U.S. law enforcement agencies have recently pursued some high profile cases linked to alleged harassment or intimidation of opponents of the CCP.

In March, the Department of Justice announced it had arrested two men in New York for conspiring to act as agents of the Chinese government to harass Chen Weiming, an artist living outside Los Angeles who was the target of alleged plot after he made a sculpture of Xi as a COVID-19 virus.

The DoJ announced more cases related to China in October against a total of 13 people. Seven of them were charged with trying to use threats and intimidation to force the repatriation of a Chinese citizen living in the United States.

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Latachie “The Invisible Girl” Veal, 17 (USA 1991)

Houston teenager Latachie Veal was 20–22 weeks pregnant when she suffered a painful death at the hands of the West Loop abortion facility staff.

Latachie was already bleeding badly at the abortion facility and crying out for help. The staff dismissed her bleeding and excruciating pain as “normal” and sent her home. Hours later, Latachie stopped breathing. Her terrified sister administered CPR while a brother-in-law called 911, but Latachie was dead on arrival at Ben Taub Hospital. She was only 17.

Her furious and heartbroken family sued Robert Crist, the abortionist who killed Latachie and her baby. He had already been the subject of a lawsuit over the abortion death of 19-year-old Diane Boyd, a disabled victim of forced abortion. Crist was also sued for the case of an abortion client who delivered her baby’s mutilated corpse in a bathroom two days after the abortion. And just a few weeks before killing Latachie, another teenage girl had been hospitalized for abortion injuries inflicted by West Loop. Crist should never have been allowed to keep his license long enough to kill Latachie.

Crist appeared on TV calling the case “media hype” and a “political event”. The Veal family’s attorney responded, "I wish he would have a copy of the 911 tape.... If he would talk to the parents, if he would talk to the sister as she gave her CPR or talk to the brother-in-law as she was breathing her last breath and see then if he thinks it's a media event."

To add insult to lethal injury, Latachie’s death was excluded from CDC data on deaths from legal abortion. Even though her case went public and was documented in newspapers and court records, the voluntary-only reporting system for abortion deaths clearly was not enough for the CDC to notice. Data sets from the CDC on deaths from legal abortion counted NO abortion fatalities in Black girls aged 15–19 in 1991. This exclusion has earned Latachie the nickname “Invisible Girl” among some researchers because apparently nobody at the CDC noticed her death.

This is even more astounding when you take into account the speech Crist made at the 1992 National Abortion Federation Seminar in Dallas. He openly spoke about Latachie’s death and tried to convince his audience that the death was not his fault. (He did not, of course, mention her name, but researchers were unable to find any another 17-year-old abortion client of his who he killed in 1991.) TWO staffers from the Centers for Disease Control's abortion surveillance activities area attended, including the person whose job it was to verify abortion deaths. Yet Latachie still went uncounted.

In spite of all the publicity, in spite of the lawsuit, in spite of the shouting from the rooftops, in spite of the abortionist discussing her death at an event attended by the very woman whose job it was to notice abortion deaths, the Centers for Disease Control failed to notice Latachie. Their 1991 Abortion Surveillance Report, published in May of 1995, did not even mention of abortion mortality and requests for information had to be filed to even see the statistics, which still did not include Latachie. If the CDC failed to notice Latachie’s highly-publicized death even after it was discussed openly at an event attended by two of their abortion surveillance staffers, what would it take to get them to notice and count legal abortion deaths?

Two months after Latachie was killed, another 17-year-old girl had to be hospitalized for abortion injuries inflicted at the West Loop facility. Both young girls deserved better than abortion.

"Death of teen after abortion leads to probe of care at medical clinic," Houston Chronicle, November 6, 1991

"Secrecy veils state probes of abortion clinics," Houston Chronicle, February 9, 1992

Houston Chronicle 11-3-91, 11-11-91

Houston Post 11-7-91, 11-12-91

Washington Times 11-21-91