A Canadian women who says she has aborted five pregnancies told a radio show host that her last abortion was performed while she was 26 weeks pregnant for no serious reason.
“But the last time it happened to me, the fifth time, I got pretty far into the pregnancy,” a caller named Karel told show host Isabelle Maréchal from 98.5 FM in Montreal on April 9.
“I was 26 weeks,” said Karel.
The host was incredulous. “Oh wow, and they aborted you anyway?” she asked.
Karel: At the CLSC on Rue Sanguinet. They handle pregnancies of more than 24 weeks.
Host: Did you have a problem? Was it a [high-risk] pregnancy that endangered your life?
Karel: No, I had no problems. I was O negative, but that was no problem, because today I have a child…
Host: “I don’t understand how they could’ve aborted you at 26 weeks if you weren’t in a high-risk pregnancy…At 26 weeks? That…that’s two-thirds of a pregnancy. We can’t say it’s an embryo any more
…..
Host: We can always debate about the [moral] state of the fetus, but it looks more like a baby than an embryo at 26 weeks.
Karel: Yes, he even moved. I thought it was gas. But it wasn’t gas, it was kicks…The guilt that I experienced with that…I know there are plenty of people who judge but… it’s gone beyond that. I am where I am. And I will tell you I’m very happy. And I don’t regret it to be honest with you.
PETER BAKLINSKI “I aborted healthy 26-wk baby for no reason, Canadian woman tells talk show host” Life Site News April 26, 2013
This would contradict the statement made by pro-choice activist Carolyn Bennett:
No physician in Canada can terminate a pregnancy over 24 weeks without serious indications such as if the life of the mother at risk, or if the fetus has very serious malformations…. I challenge him to find ONE late trimester abortion perfomed in Canada to a healthy mother with a healthy fetus. I am one of many politicians ‘willing to tackle’ this subject. He needs to be one of many journalists who are prepared to admit when their fine prose may have misled Canadian, in this case to admit that late-trimester abortions are NOT happening in Canada without ‘reason’.
Carolyn Bennett, “Last Two Days on Twitter: Trying to Deal with the Misrepresentation in the National Post on Late Trimester Abortion”
