Other Quotes by Providers Archives - Page 18 of 38

Clinic worker on the difference between “fetus” and “baby”

“These may seem very, very insignificant to us, but to the patient it can really imply that you are using a judgment, and quite often we are not aware of what we are saying. We have to be very, very sensitive, and very, very aware of what words we’re using to describe the procedures used. Use the word “fetus”; This is a fetus; this is not a “baby.”

Abortion clinic worker Henry Etta Blackmon

Paul Marx The Death Peddlers: War on the Unborn (Collegeville, Minnesota: St. John’s University Press, 1971) 21

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Catholic nurse has no qualms about abortion

16 weeks- a "potential" life? — 16 weeks- a “potential” life?

Marie Stafford, 50, a nurse who has worked in the abortion field since 1989 (interview was from 1996)

I was brought up a Roman Catholic to believe that life was sacred, but I have no qualms about abortion.

I feel strongly about the woman’s right to choose. …

However, there are times when the reality of it all hits you. When you are at the operation, particularly with the later terminations, it can be difficult. You might think: “Oh God, that’s a potential life.” But you learn to distinguish between the procedure itself and the need to support the woman’s right to choose….

I would have no qualms about having an abortion. …

You see a lot of trauma and tragedy. It’s awful when girls come to you when they have gone over the 24-week limit And sadly some GPs who are anti-abortion delay referring patients until it’s too late. .”

AnnBarrowclough “ABORTION; THIS IS WHAT OUR NURSES REALLY THINK…” Sunday Mirror (London, England) Aug 18, 1996

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Abortionist describes her job

“I have performed 21 abortions today, ending pregnancies in women ageing from 16 to 44, who have traveled from as far as Northern Ireland to regain control over their own bodies. I have carefully sieved through aspirate to identify the tiny translucent jelly-fish-like gestation sac at five weeks. I have painstakingly removed a foetus part by part at 23 weeks and watched the ultrasound image of the uterus shrink back to size. I have heard 21 stories of 21 difficult decisions, some agonizing, others more straightforward, but not one of them taken lightly. One woman made it as far as the operating table and changed her mind. I wiped away another woman’s silent tears as the anaesthetist counted her down from 10 as he put her under.

The staff in the clinic show boundless compassion.”

“Being an abortion doctor has taught me a lot about life” The Guardian June 22, 2015

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Abortion clinic escort tells pro-lifer “all the babies are dead”

“They’re all in – all the babies are dead,“

What one abortion clinic escort told a pro-life person protesting outside an abortion clinic.

CAROLE NOVIELLI “Staffer Tells Pro-Lifers Outside Abortion Clinic: “All the Babies are Dead” LifeNews OCT 15, 2014

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Abortionist: “Abortion has become a commodity”

Late-term abortionist Dr. Warren Hern describes how difficult being in abortionist is:

“Increasingly, doctors have been made to feel irrelevant. Feminist abortion clinics treat doctors like technicians and are especially contemptuous of male physicians. Entrepreneurs who treat abortion strictly as a retail business also tend to treat doctors as technicians. Doctors who perform abortions have usually acquiesced in these roles, and their status has plummeted lower than that of physicians who do insurance company examinations….

Pro-choice organizations often ignore, patronize and disparage the contributions of physicians who specialize in abortions, in contrast with their support for well-known physicians in conventional specialties who perform some abortions.

Abortion has become a commodity, like soap, and its social value has dropped. Competition has become intense and fees have been cut, resulting in reduced income for doctors and others who provide the services as well as poorer treatment.”

Warren Hern “Hunted by the Right, Forgotten by the Left” THE NEW YORK TIMES SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1993

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Abortionist on sticking needles in babies’ lungs

An abortion doctor named David Peters made the following creepy comment in a 2013 article about clinic regulations:

I can stick needles in babies’ lungs. I can put tubes up penises and into bladders, and do all sorts of crazy stuff in my office with no regulations whatsoever. No government supervision… But for an abortion, I’ve got to have the sterile room–the size of the building matters–so, it just becomes nonsensical.

Terence P. Jeffrey “Virginia Abortion Clinic Owner: ‘I Can Stick Needles in Babies’ Lungs…” Cybercast News Service 4/28/2013

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Abortionist practices “emotional distancing”

One abortionist says:

“In order to be attentive, focused, and disciplined, there is an emotional distancing. You cannot allow your own emotional vulnerability to get in the way of your own judgment and attention when you’re in the midst of the surgical procedure.”

Eve Kushner Experiencing Abortion: a Weaving of Women’s Words (Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, 1997) 56

it is not surprising that an abortion provider would need to distance herself. After all, they see the torn apart arms and legs of babies (like the one below) during these procedures.

9 to 10 week (first trimester) unborn baby

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Abortionist feels nothing for “child who does not exist”

Dr. Howard I Diamond, abortionist, when asked about abortionists who feel guilt:

“Why should they feel that way? Cultural – it’s all cultural. Like eating snake meat. If you tell yourself it’s disgusting, you’ll get sick….If I feel anything, I feel gratified. Abortion is much more important than the life of a child that doesn’t exist. When I saw how simple a procedure it was, I thought what a crime that women have suffered and gone down in shame. A fetus is nothing! The talk about abortion doesn’t touch on the reality of what goes on out there. It doesn’t touch on the 16-year-old whose mother took away her birth control pills because she did poorly on her examinations, does it?”

Norma Rosen “Between Guilt and Gratification: Abortion Doctors Reveal Their Feelings” New York Times April 17, 1977

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Late-term abortionist on the “woman” and the “fetus”

Late-term abortionist George Tiller, who did abortions through the 9th month, was quoted saying:

“The woman is the patient and the fetus is the problem”

The Tiller Report II, Operation Rescue 2004, 2006

below: a “problem” that Tiller could’ve aborted at 28 weeks

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Abortionist: banning abortion is an act of violence

Christiane Northrup, former abortionist, on why life is too valuable to ban abortion:

“The bond between mother and child is the most intimate bond in human experience. In this most primary of human relationships, love, welcome, and receptivity should be present in abundance. Forcing a woman to bear and raise a child against her will is therefore an act of violence. It constricts and degrades the mother – child bond and sows the seeds of hatred rather than love. … Life is too valuable to inhibit its full blossoming and potential by forcing a woman to bear it against her will.”

Christiane Northrup, MD Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom (New York: Bantam books, 2002) 383

Is banning abortion an act of violence? Or is performing an abortion an act of violence? Below are 2 pictures of abortions at 10 weeks, still the first trimester, within the time when most abortions are performed. Would preventing these abortions be “violence”?

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