An autopsy report on the deceased victim of a Planned Parenthood abortion in Chicago is not being released, and one organization isn't pleased with having this information withheld. (See earlier story)
Life League Defense Foundation is representing Operation Rescue, which requested the autopsy report. Dana Cody, who heads the Foundation, made the phone call. "And over the phone they were very cordial and polite and no problem," she tells OneNewsNow. "They were going to follow the Freedom of Information Act, and then all of a sudden things changed and they have not provided the autopsy report. So the death of this poor woman remains a mystery because the medical examiner is not complying with the Freedom of Information Act." The medical examiner's office is now saying the records are private, and will be released only to family. "I think that the public interest would outweigh any privacy," Cody says. "Number one, under the law they should produce it; that's what their law says in the state of Illinois. And secondly, the public has a right to know what's going on at that Planned Parenthood. I mean, why did this woman die?" So far, it is known that Tonya Reaves had a second-trimester abortion, which the clinic reportedly is not equipped to do. After five and a half hours, she was transported to a hospital where surgery was done because of an incomplete abortion and perforated uterus, but it was too late. Cody is communicating with the medical examiner's office, but if the documents are not forthcoming a lawsuit could be filed.