Girl performs at-home abortion; Polk Township man, 30, charged with rape, concealing death of child"A 30-year-old Polk Township man has been arrested for his role after a 13-year-old girl performed a self-induced abortion using a pencil. Michael James Lisk has been charged with rape and concealing the death of a child.
State police were alerted to the case on Sunday after staff at Lehigh Valley Hospital treated the girl, who said she conducted the "home abortion" on herself using a lead pencil last Wednesday.
She subsequently became violently ill and began having contractions before ultimately delivering a baby at her residence.
The girl had been in contact with Lisk while she was in labor, police said. Lisk allegedly arrived at the her residence and removed the baby in a plastic shopping bag, later burying it in a wooded area along Middle Creek Road.
The baby's body was later discovered by a state police forensic services unit.
During their investigation, police learned that Lisk had been having a sexual relationship with the girl since June 2009. The girl believed he was the father, according to police.
Lisk was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Michael Muth and sent to Monroe County Correctional Facility, where he is being held on $50,000 bail.
An autopsy on the baby is scheduled for later this week. The girl is still receiving medical treatment."
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