19 y/o forced by parents to have abortion because baby's father is black

[kurth]

Sept. 19, 2006, 9:31AM
Sheriff: Race a factor in kidnap case
By KATHARINE WEBSTER Associated Press Writer

SALEM, N.H. — A Maine couple accused of tying up their 19-year-old daughter, throwing her in their car and driving her out of state to get an abortion were upset because the baby's father is black, a Maine sheriff said Tuesday. Katelyn Kampf, who is white, told Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion that her mother "was pretty irate at the fact that the child's father was black, and she had made a number of disparaging remarks about that," he said.

Katelyn Kampf escaped Friday at a Salem shopping center and called police, who arrested her parents, Nicholas Kampf, 54, and Lola, 53, both real estate developers from North Yarmouth, Maine. The Kampfs were apparently taking their daughter to New York to try to force her to get an abortion there, police said.

The parents were arraigned Monday on kidnapping charges. The judge set bail at $100,000 each and ordered the Kampfs to have no contact with their daughter. If convicted of kidnapping, the Kampfs face 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison. Dion said he expects to bring charges in Maine also, after investigators consult with the district attorney Wednesday...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4197747.html

[bluerum]

1. And who is going to perform the procedure on an unwilling client? nt

[Warpy]

14. No kidding. Every clinic tries to weed out cases like this one.

My guess is that they had a tame doctor in NY who was going to do it for a hefty fee, no questions asked.

I'm glad their daughter escaped. The decision belongs to the WOMAN, and no one else.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

35. "both real e$tate developers" -- Most likely they had the cash for a

cash-and-carry doctor.

[blm]

2. Wanna bet they're the hypocritical FAUX "family values" type?

.

[ComerPerro]

4. LOL, probably pro life too. Abortion is only ok

when its your daughter...

[blm]

9. That's what I'm thinking. Why else would they go out of state?

.

[CatWoman]

10. I heard on the radio that she was beyond the point

in her pregnancy where it could be performed in Maine.

Also that the father is in jail.


the local black radio station was all over this this morning.

[blm]

11. Hey CatWoman -

I'll have your baby. ;)))

[CatWoman]

13. ROFL!!!!!

:hi:

:wow:

[TahitiNut]

22. Hey! Me first!!

Just because I'm male doesn't mean I'm not willing! Eager, in fact. :silly:

[MountainLaurel]

16. Didn't want the neighbors to know?

Wouldn't be the first time.

:shrug:

[rodeodance]

23. you are right. now the world knows. buzzzzzzz

[Jed Dilligan]

3. My question

Did her father change his last name, or was he born ein Kampf?

[kestrel91316]

5. The title of your post is misleading. She was not forced to

have the abortion (which would be quite impossible in the US due to informed consent laws). Her idiotic racist (RW fundie, perhaps??) parents may have had that in mind, but it is and was impossible.

[verse18]

6. I knew it.

When I heard this story I immediately thought, "The father's probably Black." What other reason would parents have to kidnap their adult daughter to have an abortion.

Also, where are the religious right? Shouldn't they be up in arms about this?

[Occulus]

18. .

They don't like those mixed ones.

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Syncronaut Seven]

19. Chill, D&C is ok, if it's the devils spawn.

There's a sickness in our society that is beyond measure.

Fundamentalism and racism are inextricably linked in this country.

Virulent, malignant cancer.

[bluestateguy]

7. Forcing someone to have an abortion is just as bad a forcing one not to

Either way, it violates the whole principle of having control over one's own body.

[Greyhound]

8. I can think of no scenario where insanity doesn't come into this issue(?)

[MADem]

12. Wow, I know EXACTLY where that all happened....I've been in that

crappy Staples store to buy ink!!

[MountainLaurel]

15. DU called that one when the story first came out n/t

[Virginia Dare]

17. Remember the story "Cora Unashamed"...

by Langston Hughes. It was shown on PBS Masterpiece Theatre a few years back. Some things never change, do they?

[ck4829]

20. Where are the Pro-Lifers on this one?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Katelyn+Kampf%22&btnG=Google+Search

[slackmaster]

29. On another forum, I saw someone say kidnappers must be liberals

Because they think abortion is OK.

:eyes:

[TahitiNut]

21. Typical anti-choice bigots, imho.

No matter how much many of these people prance and posture, they're anti-choice and NOT uniformly anti-abortion (and claims of being "pro-life" is a vile joke). For those with the money, they'd be the first to go to a country that permitted abortions if it were outlawed in the US. After all, laws are for the "little people," right?

[rodeodance]

24. Sheriff: Race a factor in kidnap case ----is the headline

Sept. 19, 2006, 12:03PM
Sheriff: Race a factor in kidnap case

By KATHARINE WEBSTER Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

[rodeodance]

25. they only have a pic of the grandmother -to-be with the story, no grandad

[rodeodance]

26. but lawyer says race was not a factor.

.....Defense attorney Mark Sisti said Tuesday that a sworn statement by Salem police who interviewed both Katelyn Kampf and her parents said nothing about the father's race.

"This whole race-card thing is ridiculous and objectionable," said Sisti, who represented both of the Kampfs for their arraignment Monday, but is now representing only Lola Kampf. "There wasn't any mention in the sworn affidavit to the court about race being a factor in any way, shape or form."

Sisti also maintained there was no evidence a kidnapping had taken place in New Hampshire. The sworn affidavit said Katelyn described talking cordially with her parents during the trip from Maine.

But Salem Police prosecutor Ryan McFarland said in court Monday the Kampfs had their passports, rope, a rifle and ammunition in the car. He argued they posed a danger if released and could flee the country.

[AspenRose]

27. Maine AGAIN?!

*heavy sigh* :-(

[KurtNYC]

28. No abortion was performed

Not sure where you got the idea that the fetus was aborted. Clearly the daughter escaped, called police and is still pregnant.

[Catherine Vincent]

30. I knew it! I had a feeling this could have been the reason the other day:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2162438&mesg_id=2162702

[wicket]

31. She didn't have an abortion

She escaped to police in time.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

32. Is there any evidence, other than the woman's statements...

that any of this happened?

I mean, did the police find rope and duct tape, etc. in the car?

Because the story itself is incredulous.

[Mass]

34. Yes, and a gun.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

36. Crazy shit.

[SoCalDem]

33. I suspect that if one delves into this family history

you will likely find a family with lots of problems...going way back..

the daughter probably did not "live up to" the expectations of the parents, and even though she's no longer a child, they still think of her as the "naughty" child..