From testimony about pain felt by aborted babies during the partial-birth abortion ban trials:
Judge Richard Casey in New York asked Dr. Marilynn Fredriksen what she tells her patients: “Do you tell them whether or not it hurts?” he asked. She stuttered, “Who am I — what am I … .” “The patient,” Judge Casey continued. “The woman, the mother.” “It doesn’t hurt her, no,” said Dr. Fredricksen. Judge Casey pressed on, “Do you tell whether or not it will hurt the fetus?” Her response, “The intent [is] that the fetus will die during the process of uterine evacuation.”
“Ma’am, I didn’t ask you that,” Judge Casey persisted. “You will deliver the baby partially and then insert a pair of scissors in the base of the fetus’ skull. … Do you tell them whether or not that hurts the fetus?” In response, Dr. Fredricksen snapped, “I have never talked to a fetus about whether or not they experience pain.”
A pain specialist in the California trial, Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, said, “There will be pain caused to the fetus. And I believe it will be severe and excruciating pain.”
CATHY CLEAVER RUSE “Forum: Abortion trials and tribulations” The Washington Times April 24, 2004
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