Remember the last time I wrote about Dr. Robert Alexander, the disgraced Michigan abortionist whose clinic was shut down on December 26, 2012? Well, I had one heck of a shocker last Thursday. If you have not followed my three previous reports, please consider reading them before you proceed further. I’ve included brief summaries for your convenience. If you’d like to skip down to my new report, you can click here.
1. The Case Against Michigan Abortionist Dr. Robert Alexander
Dr. Alexander’s abortion clinic was shut down last year for violations. His background, however, may be even more alarming than the poor conditions at his clinic. The doctor lost his medical license twice over the years and even went to prison.
A recent patient filed a formal complaint against him, but his medical license was not revoked. The latest information at the time suggested that he went to work for the Herman Kiefer clinic in Detroit. I made a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain additional information.
2. Legislators Seemingly Uninterested in Dr. Robert Alexander’s Abortion Violations
Despite the publication of alarming details about Dr. Alexander’s poor performance as a medical practitioner and the appalling conditions at his clinic, legislators have been slow to act in pushing to have his medical license status examined. Because of this, I put a number of officials on a “Wall of Shame” and demanded that they respond to the alarming information that I reported.
3. Where is Disgraced Abortionist Dr. Robert Alexander?
Thanks in large part to my “Wall of Shame,” I got responses from officials in Michigan. I even had a Facebook exchange with the Chairman of the MI Senate Judiciary Committee. They were not helpful, however, in determining the whereabouts of the disgraced doc. Instead, I had to do some digging on my own, hence the following report:
Tracked Down by Citizen Journalism
Last week I was on Facebook and happened to be scrolling through my news feed. I saw that one of my Michigan Facebook friends, Lynn Mills, had posted an article about a Michigan abortionist who had a tax lien placed on his home. I wondered if it was Dr. Alexander’s home, but it turned out to be a different abortionist.
Lynn and I exchanged emails, and she wrote that we would connect the next day regarding Dr. Alexander. It turned out she had some very important information about him.
Lynn told me that Dr. Alexander still works at the Herman Kiefer Clinic in Detroit. I wondered how that could be true as Senator Jones’s office had informed me that nobody knew of Dr. Alexander’s whereabouts.
Lynn gave me the telephone number of the Detroit Department of Public Health and Wellness Promotion, which is (313) 876-4176. I called the number and told the person on the other line that I was looking for Dr. Robert Alexander and wondered if he was still working for the Department.
She informed me that yes, indeed he does still work for the Department. She told me that Dr. Alexander works for the Herman Kiefer Clinic, and she gave me the phone number of the clinic’s Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, which is (313) 324-9612.
“Deidre” at the Herman Kiefer Clinic answered my call at 2:32 pm on Thursday, August 15. I told her that I was looking for Dr. Robert Alexander, and she confirmed for me that he was still seeing patients at the clinic. She also confirmed that he works with Sexually Transmitted Disease patients.
After I hung up, I started shaking physically. This news took a while for me to process. My heart was racing, and I could not believe that Dr. Alexander is still working within the Herman Kiefer Clinic and that my news tip from Lynn Mills (Lynn is a rockstar!) helped me confirm all of this. I could not have done this without her help.
Below are several pictures taken over the weekend by Chris McCoy of the Franklin Center, who was in the area where the Herman Kiefer Clinic is located (Thanks Chris!). Click on the images to enlarge them.
According to the organization Free Medical Research, the clinic is federally funded. However, Watchdog Wire cannot independently confirm the clinic’s revenue sources. What can be confirmed, however, is that taxpayers in the State of Michigan are helping to pay this doctor’s salary to examine patients for sexually transmitted diseases.
My last article published on July 24 indicated that no one knew of the whereabouts of Dr. Robert Alexander. Senate Judiciary Chair Rick Jones’s office told me that the media had visited the Herman Kiefer Clinic, and they were unable to obtain confirmation that Dr. Alexander was still working there.
I do not place any blame on Senator Jones for believing the media, but perhaps he will pay more attention to citizen journalism in the future. Senator Jones’s office issued an official statement on this issue (shown below), and I anticipate the new legislation will be passed in the Fall. I hope to be present in the room the day Dr. Alexander’s license is officially terminated.
Citizen journalism is making a big difference in getting to the truth. Let’s say a reporter enters a medical facility with a television camera looking for a staff member. I doubt they will get the information they are seeking. Citizen journalists may be sneaky at times, but we break no laws and we fly under the radar very well.
BOOM. Dr. Alexander was right under our noses all this time. The more I delve into citizen journalism, the more I realize how vital it has become. A media team could not get the truth regarding Dr. Alexander. But when an activist and a citizen journalist worked together, we got to the truth.