Abortion Clinic Busted For Selling Fetuses To Chinese Restaurant
AÂ local Sellersburg establishment was shut down by police and health inspectors this week, after an investigation of the BeijingÂ Chinese restaurant showed that they were purchasing aborted fetuses from the Sunbright Family Planning Clinic.Police first became aware of the BeijingÂ restaurant using human fetuses as part of their cuisine when several people were hospitalized after eating at the restaurant. Representatives from the Sellersburg Department of Health were called by doctors at Clark Memorial Hospital to investigate the conditions at Beijing,Â assuming improper food storage or preparations. The Department of Health was shocked at what they found.âThey had an entire walk-in refrigerator dedicated to unborn fetuses, all of them in different stages of dismemberment. It was clear they were using them as part of their recipes.â Said Brendan Kelly, department head for the Sellersburg D.O.H. âWe immediately closed the restaurant, and contacted state officials.ââWe were contacted by the Department of Health, who informed us that a local abortion clinic may beÂ selling discarded fetuses to the BeijingÂ restaurant.â Said Captain Joseph GoldsmithÂ of the Indiana State Police. âWe moved in quickly on both establishments, making sure that we got a lock on all this as soon as possible.âAlong with the owners of the BeijingÂ Restaurant, Soi Cha and Fo Shi, officials also arrested two men from the Sunbright Family Planning Clinic. Alex Coates and Ryan Wintson will be facing charges for their part in the theft and sale of the fetuses, which officials believe had been happening for years.âAlexÂ and RyanÂ were two members of our nighttime cleaning crew whoâd worked for us for almost 6 years.â Said Doctor Thomas Telford of the Sunbright Clinic. âI am shocked that they could or would do something like this. Sickened and appalled.âAll four men will be facing charges in Sellersburg Superior Court. Cha and Shi, the purchasers of the unborn fetuses, are charged with assault and attempted manslaughter, because of the illnesses they caused in customers, as well as with the lesser charge of dismembering a corpse, which is a misdemeanor in the state of Indiana. Coates and Winston are being charged with theft and sale of human remains, theft of medical supplies and equipment, theft of medical waste, assault, and attempted manslaughter. Each are facingÂ up to a 9Â year sentence if convicted.âThis is without a doubt the most disturbing thing thatâs happened in thisÂ town.â Said Kelly. âWe never expected to come across something so dark and grotesque.âBoth BeijingÂ and the Sunbright Clinic have been closed for investigation until further notice.Â Doctors at Sunbright Clinic say they were completely unaware that this was happening in their offices, and at the time of this writing, no charges were being filed against anyÂ of their medical staff.