GOV. LEON GUERRERO'S MONKEY TRIAL

By Tim Rohr

Today (July 10 - when I started working on this post) in 1925, the "Trial of the Century," the "Scopes Monkey Trial" began in Dayton, Tennessee. 

As copied here from a post on History.com, the "trial of the century" was a set up:

In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called Scopes Monkey Trial begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. The law, which had been passed in March, made it a misdemeanor punishable by fine to “teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.” With local businessman George Rappleyea, Scopes had conspired to get charged with this violation, and after his arrest the pair enlisted the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to organize a defense.

Does that sound familiar? If not, it should. Almost one hundred years later, a very similar conspiracy, perpetrated by Guam's own governor, is presently playing out here and now.

2019

In 2019, Governor Leon Guerrero ("Lou"), through her abortion lieutenant, Jayne Flores, began recruiting two abortion doctors from Hawaii to get licensed in Guam. 

The purported reason for recruiting these doctors was to provide abortions in Guam since none of Guam's 300 plus doctors would do them after Guam's last abortion doctor, William Freeman, retired in 2018.

However, as the following will demonstrate, it appears the real reason for Lou's recruiting these doctors was to set up a law suit, with "the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), to sue "us." By "us" I mean "us," the people who live, work, vote, and pay taxes here. 

The suit lists the names of several Defendants. But they are merely names of people in their official capacities. Functionally, the suit is against us in that: 1) the suit seeks to enjoin a law that we, through our elected lawmakers, "said" we wanted (informed consent for abortion); and 2) forces us, the taxpayers, to pay for the suit to sue ourselves. 

One wonders where in the rest of the civilized democratic world do we find a governor who clandestinely conspires to undermine laws said governor is sworn to uphold, and then punishes her own people by forcing them to pay for a lawsuit she herself conspired to bring about. But hey, you voted for her, Guam.

There is much to suggest that Lou is the "Scopes George Rappleyea" in that she appears to have fronted a couple of stooges (Drs. Raidoo and Kaneshiro) in order to enlist "the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to organize a defense" - exactly as Rappleyea did in Scopes. 

The Evidence

Let's start with the correspondence between Jayne Flores, Lou's abortion lieutenant (since it appears Jayne - as Director of Bureau of Women's Affairs - does nothing else but track down baby killers to do business in Guam), and these Hawaii people.

The following is copied from papers retrieved via a FOIA by the Vigilance Committee (the originals of which can be accessed here). I will add my comments in RED:

June 24, 2019, 10:17 AM

Jayne Flores to Bliss Kaneshiro

Subject: Situation on Guam

Hafa Adai Dr. Kaneshiro,

I am the director of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs and am coordinating the effort to bring a doctor (or doctors on a rotational basis) to Guam willing to help our women (and unfortunately some girls) who have a choice to make. Can you please give me a call at your earliest convenience?

Jayne refers to abortion as "a choice to make." As you will see from Kaneshiro's reply, the doctors Jayne is attempting to recruit have no qualms about using the real word: ABORTION. Pay attention to the word "girls." We'll get to that in a minute.

*****

June 25, 2019, 1:10 PM

Bliss Kaneshiro to Jayne Flores

Subject: Connecting you to Planned Parenthood

Jayne,

I’m connecting you to Deb Nucatola, the medical director of the PP clinics in Hawaii. She is cc’ed on this email and is aware of the lack of an abortion provider in Guam.

Kaneshiro doesn't hesitate to read through Jayne's code ("a choice to make"). Kaneshiro blatantly and unapologetically replies with the word "abortion." Why is Jayne so cowardly to call it what it is? 

*****

June 25, 2019, 1:19 PM

Deborah Nucatola to Jayne Flores

Subject: Connecting you to Planned Parenthood

Hi Jayne!

Nice to meet you virtually! 

I do believe you have been in contact with staff at our Patient Access Center. Our Area Service Director, Deighton Kavarne, was planning to reach out to you by phone. I’m not sure if you have already spoke but to close the loop I’m cc’ing him on this email. And, FYI, we have been discussing the need in Guam for several months now and are eager to speak with you to see how we might be able to meet the need.

*****

June 25, 2019, 2:40 PM

Jayne Flores to Deborah Nucatola cc: Bliss Kaneshiro, Deighton Kavarne, Anita Arriola, Dr. Ellen Bez

Subject: Connecting you to Planned Parenthood

Hafa Adai Deborah (and Deighton)!

Thank you for reaching out to us here on Guam. Yes, we are in need of abortion services for our women (and unfortunately some pre-teens). We are also in great need of the other services Planned Parenthood provides (free birth control, STD/HIV testing, HPV vaccines, cancer screening, family planning, etc.) We are currently trying to quietly survey clinics on Guam that would allow visiting physicians to perform surgical abortions. Another option, if PP wanted to open a clinic here, is that we do have a medical clinic that recently closed. Would there be a possibility that PP would be interested in leasing this space to set up its own clinic?

I would describe the atmosphere on our island, with its 165,000 population that is majority Catholic, as initially hostile toward this issue. However, over half of the voting public cast ballots in favor of our first female governor, Maga’haga Lourdes Leon Guerrero, in November 2018 despite her openly pro-choice stance. So there is hope. 

Here, we have a lot, beginning with a cc to Atty. Anita Arriola and Dr. Ellen Bez, two well-known abortion advocates in Guam; and, in the case of Arriola, not just well-known, but famous, given Arriola's role in opposing her own mother's "Belle's Law," in 1990. 

In the last paragraph, Jayne clearly lays out what we in JW have said many times: Guam is Catholic in name only and is pro-abortion in all measurable metrics.  So according to Jayne: "there is hope." Of course Jayne's "hope" is that we can continue to kill even more CHamoru children. 

SOURCE

Meanwhile, the real red flag in this email from Jayne is the reference to "pre-teens," previously referenced by Jayne as "unfortunately some girls." Hmmmm. "Pre-teens." So 12 and under. WHERE IS THE POLICE REPORTING for girls 12 and under being impregnated? Impregnated by whom? Let me say that again - since Jayne won't: Girls age 12 and under impregnated by whom? Why aren't you asking, Jayne? Instead of asking who the hell is impregnating girls age 12 and under, Jayne and Lou are out there begging for someone to come to Guam and kill their babies - and the evidence. So much for the Bureau of Women's Affairs. Damn.

*****

June 25, 2019, 2:50 PM

Jayne Flores to Bliss Kaneshiro

Subject: Situation on Guam

Thank you Dr. Bliss. I really appreciate your reaching out to me. I just sent an email to Deborah and Deighton. Thank you for connecting us. I look forward to speaking with you at our meeting later this week.

If for no other reason, Lou should fire Jayne for begin stupid enough to subject critical correspondence to a possible FOIA, a FOIA neither Jayne, nor her arrogant employer probably anticipated. But perhaps they didn't care. After all, like Jayne says: "over half of the voting public cast ballots in favor of our first female governor, Maga’haga Lourdes Leon Guerrero, in November 2018 despite her openly pro-choice stance. So there is hope." 

*****

Feb. 6, 2020, 1:40 PM

Jayne Flores to Drs. Shandhini Raidoo, Bliss Kaneshiro and Dr. John Rivera

Subject: Possible UOG collaboration with UH research project

Hafa Adai Drs. Shandhini and Bliss from UH and Dr. John from UOG

Dr. Shandhini and Dr. Bliss, allow me to introduce, through email, Dr. John Rivera, Program Chair of the Public Administration program at the University of Guam. His Mast of Public Administration students often assist with research issues. I think his UOG program would be a great partner for your research project on abortion attitudes on Guam. I spoke briefly with Dr. Rivera about your intent to find a local partner for the project, his email address is cc’d above. Good luck with the project. 

*****

Feb. 17, 2020, 10:15 AM

Dr. Shandhini Raidoo to John Rivera, Jayne Flores, Bliss Kaneshiro, and Jesse John Quenga.

Subject: Possible UOG collaboration with UH research project

Hi Dr. Rivera,

Thank you for your email. We have just submitted our proposal for this project. We are very excited about it and will definitely be in touch with you once we know more about the next steps. Thank you Jayne for the introduction.

 I know John, and have known him for many years before I saw this email. So I contacted John to see what was up. Not much is what I gathered. He was contacted in his capacity as noted above and as far as I know, no such survey was ever done, probably because Lou and Jayne weren't really interested in a survey, they were only interested - as we shall see - in getting the ACLU to sue us.

*****

The FOIA'd paper trail between Jayne Flores and the Hawaii abortion docs ends here, but apparently there were other private communications between the LLG regime and the baby-whackers from Hawaii, because suddenly, both Raidoo and Kaneshiro are licensed to practice "MEDICINE and SURGERY" in Guam:

Jul. 16, 2020 - (LINK to copy of letter)

Nathaniel Berg, MD, Chairperson, Guam Board of Medical Examiners to Shandhini Raidoo, MD

Dear Dr. Raidoo:

Congratulations! The Guam Board of Medical Examiners approved your application for medical licensure during their board meeting held on July 15, 2020, and herby issues you medical license No. M-2222 effective July 15, 2020 to practice MEDICINE and SURGERY in Guam. The expiration date of this license is December 31, 2021….Welcome to the practice of medicine on Guam!

 

Nov. 20, 2020 (LINK to copy of letter)

Nathaniel Berg, MD, Chairperson, Guam Board of Medical Examiners to Bliss Kaneshiro.

Dear Dr. Kaneshiro,

Congratulations! The Guam Board of Medical Examiners approved your application for medical licensure during their regular board meeting held on November 18, 2020, and hereby issues you medical license No. M-2234 effective November 18, 2020 to practice MEDICINE and SURGERY in Guam. The expiration date of this license is December 31, 2021…Welcome to the practice of medicine on Guam!

 It's curious as to why there was nearly a four month space between the licensure of Raidoo in July 2020 and Kaneshiro in November 2020. But it's not hard to figure out given what came next.

On Jan. 28, 2021, barely two months after Kaneshiro retained licensure to practice "MEDICINE and SURGERY" (i.e. surgical abortions) in Guam, Kaneshiro and her buddy, Raidoo, sued you and me.

The ACLU, a la the "Scopes Monkey Trial" joined Raidoo and Kaneshiro's lawsuit on the same day. 

Of course, it's laughable - for the intelligent - that doctors who 1) have never been to Guam, 2) have never practiced in Guam, and 3) never intended to practice in Guam, would file suit in Guam and against Guam for not letting them practice in Guam. 

Talk about MONKEY BUSINESS.