They said it.
From abortionist Christine Henneberg:
“I happen to think there is nuance and beauty in exploring the uterus, a three-dimensional space that one cannot see with one’s own eyes.
(Some nights after a day of abortion training, I’ve had dreams of cave-diving in the dark, using my hands to navigate vast chambers and hidden passageways).”
Christine Henneberg Boundless: An Abortion Doctor Becomes a Mother (San Francisco, California, 2022) 220
Share on FacebookWriting in 1977, two abortion doctors said:
“The changing of the law has not changed the moral climate surrounding abortion. The vast majority of nurses and health workers do not want to become involved in abortion care.”
Selig Neubardt, MD and Harold Shulman MD Techniques of Abortion, 2nd ed. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977) 5
Many nurses and health care providers continue to view abortion as distasteful, even today.
Share on FacebookDr. Tersia Cruywagen, owner of an abortion clinic in South Africa:
“We tell people, “We don’t know if abortion is right or wrong.” We don’t, really. But what we do know is that we deal with a lot of patients in disastrous situations and a lot of emotional pain, and that Is what we want to do – assist them through a very traumatic experience…and make it less traumatic.”
Lara M Knudson Reproductive Rights in a Global Context (Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 2006) 203
A pro-choice author who works in an abortion clinic quotes South African abortionist Dr. Janet Cole saying:
“I am quite a practical person and [abortions] need to be done. There is no doubt about it. I won’t even debate the ethics of abortion; I won’t even debate when does life begin and all the rest of it…
For me, it’s a completely pragmatic thing. As a healthcare professional with a particular interest in women’s health, it is essential.”
The pro-abortion author responds:
“Access to sensitive services like abortion could be drastically improved if more health providers felt the obligation Dr. Cole expresses to contribute to women’s health in that particular way, either directly providing services or being an advocate for the liberalization of abortion laws.”
Lara M Knudson Reproductive Rights in a Global Context (Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 2006) 203
Are patients really served when doctors refuse to consider the morality of their actions? This doctor seems to have no moral compass and no concern with what’s right or wrong.
Share on FacebookA doctor who did illegal abortions in the 1930s wrote in his 1939 book:
“… I have performed operations later regretted by the women when they wanted children and for some reason could not have them. That has made me more careful.”
Martin Avery Confessions of an Abortionist: Intimate Sidelights on the Secret Humor, Sorrow, Drama and Tragedy in the Experience of a Doctor Whose Profession It Is to Perform Illegal Operations (AJ Cornell Publications, 1939) 29 – 30
Note: Martin Avery is a pseudonym
Share on FacebookIn her memoir, former abortion worker Andrea Abrams (who is pro-choice) describes how, after Medicaid regulations were changed, abortion workers coached pregnant women to falsely claim they were raped in order to get their abortions covered:
“The counselors were informed of the new regulations and laws…
Although everybody was careful not to say it openly, it was instantly apparent that the counselor could tell women about the Medicaid restrictions in a way that would suggest to the woman that she could claim to have been raped, thereby qualifying for medical assistance coverage.
There was no reporting requirement attached to the law at the time. So, when counseling, I could say, “Medical assistance will only pay for abortions that are the result of rape or incest,” and let the woman decide how to proceed from there.
I spoke with one or two women who immediately said that they had been raped. Others were not as quick to pick up the possibility, or too honest to do so.
I was facing a dilemma. Prior to my work volunteering at Blackwell, I had been a volunteer counselor at the Philadelphia rape crisis center, Women Organized against Rape, and was still active there.
At WOAR, it was a core belief that women did not lie about being raped. In fact, the vast majority of rapes were, and still are, not reported. A woman who did report a rape was, in all probability, telling the truth. But I did not feel like I could counsel women, even indirectly, to say that rape was the cause of their pregnancy if it had not been.
However, I understood the position of women on medical assistance, who were no longer able to use it to pay for an abortion except by making this desperate claim…
I decided that it was time to stop doing pregnancy and abortion counseling. I could not handle the Medicaid dilemma, and felt that stopping altogether was one way to avoid it. I said goodbye regretfully to the other counselors, the volunteer coordinator, the doctors, nurses, and staff.”
Andrea Abrams Bearing Children: A Memoir of Choices (2019) 27, 28
Share on FacebookAbortionist Meera Shah writes:
“[W]e can say that someone is brave to choose themselves when often societal and familial actors actively try to take away their reproductive autonomy. When someone chooses the healthcare they need despite the backlash they may face, yes, that’s brave.”
Meera Shah You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion (Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2020) 7
By “chooses the healthcare they need” Shah means “aborting a baby.” Abortion is killing, not healthcare. And aborting a child isn’t an act of bravery.
What is brave is to fight for your child and carry him or her to term despite difficult circumstances. That is true bravery.
Share on FacebookAbortionist Meera Shah says that women having abortions often bring their young children with them to the abortion clinic:
“… Most people choosing abortion are in fact already parents – more than six in ten of the women who have an abortion have one or more children. My waiting rooms are filled with children…
When patients come to me seeking an abortion, I take note that these patients may have brought children along who are waiting in the reception area. Childcare may have been challenging to find.”
Meera Shah You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion (Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2020) 17, 23
Share on FacebookDr. Lawrence Scott, who has performed “thousands of abortions in Los Angeles”:
“Women often tell me that “It’s nice to know that I can get pregnant even if it is an inconvenient time.””
Miriam Claire The Abortion Dilemma: Personal Views on a Public Issue (Xlibris Corporation, 2013) 12
Share on FacebookAbortionist Jane Hodgson said:
“Abortion is nothing but a tragedy for the women who go through it.”
William Dudley Issues on Trial: Reproductive Rights (New York: Thomson, Gale, 2006)
Nevertheless, Hodgson did illegal abortions, then went on to do them when they became legal.
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