I became Executive Director of Miami Right to Life in June 1989—a small but well-funded and incredibly organized group affiliated with Florida Right to Life. I was in my 20s, and it was my first foray into pro-life advocacy. On Thursday, September 14, 1989, I was alone at the office when I received an anonymous call from a labor and delivery nurse at Miami’s Baptist Hospital.
She began the conversation by emphatically stating, “I’m pro-choice, but what I witnessed last night was wrong.” She went on to explain that she had seen a live birth during an abortion attempt, that the abortionist had then placed towels and sheets over the moving baby’s face and left the room, and that shortly after that, the child was found to be dead. Furthermore, she provided me with the patient’s name, the abortionist’s name, and that at the time of the abortion, and noted the aborted baby’s grandmother was also in the room and that she’d had a strong reaction to seeing the baby flailing after the botched abortion.
I advised her to notify the Miami-Metro Police Department, but she said that she couldn’t and abruptly hung up. Initially, I thought the call had been a prank. I called information (411) and asked for the phone numbers and addresses of Baptist Hospital, the abortionist, a florist near the hospital, and the police department’s homicide division. […]
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