They said it.
Pamela Maraldo, former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
“I go to church on Sunday but do not subscribe to many of the basic tenets of the Church. That does not mean I am any less a Catholic.”
Quoted in “More on Maraldo.” National STOPP News, January 20, 1993, p. 1
Below: part of a 7 week baby after abortion:
Sworn testimony of abortionist Jane Hodgson:
“In my medical judgment, every pregnancy that is not wanted by the patient, I feel there is a medical indication to abort a pregnancy where it is not wanted. In good faith, I would recommend on a medical basis, you understand, that, and it would be 100% … I think they are all medically necessary … Occasionally we will advise these women to carry their pregnancy to term, but most of these are medically necessary because I am considering the woman’s physical, mental, emotional and social and welfare and family and environment and all that … I am concerned with the quality of life, not physical existence.”
Abortionist Jane Hodgson, Transcript, August 3, 1977. at 99-101, McRae v. Califano, 491 F.Supp. 630 (E.D.N.Y. 1980), rev’d sub nom. Harris v. McRae. 100 S. Ct. 2671 (1980).
Share on FacebookAbortionist David Grimes argues why adoption should not be promoted, for example, in literature given to women before abortions:
“I feel that it [the Federal government encouraging adoption in any way] would amount to coercive behavior. And it would be inappropriate behavior for anyone in the health care profession to inflict their point of view on anyone. No one knows better than the woman herself what’s best for her.”
“Defying Simple Slogans: Why ‘Adoption, Not Abortion’ Won’t Work.” Newsweek May 1, 1989
He has no problem with abortion clinics “inflicting” their point of view that abortion is a good solution to an inconvenient pregnancy.
Share on FacebookOne abortionist, talking about abortion and birth control:
“Those [young and poor] are the ones that need it most. There are so many damn welfare programs. It’s like spitting in the ocean. Here is a positive program – the kids live in an environment that doesn’t offer much hope. I don’t think we are going to lose very many Napoleons or Beethovens doing this… The population problem is not caused by the offspring of young engineers or doctors – that fewer of these, the fewer there will be to support those who don’t limit their offspring. If we don’t do something about it, we will populate ourselves off the earth. That’s suicide, slow suicide. That’s one solution.”
Jonathan B Imber Abortion and the Private Practice of Medicine (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986) 51-52
Share on FacebookCanadian abortionist Henry Morgentaler says:
“… When a young girl does find herself pregnant, she should be advised, indeed encouraged to have an abortion under conditions of medical safety and emotional support. To persuade her, force her, or shame her into completing her pregnancy, seems totally irresponsible. From all points of view it would be better for her to become a mother later in her life, when she is more mature, has a stable relationship, and is ready and able to care for a child.”
Henry Morgentaler Abortion and Contraception (New York: Beaufort Books, Inc., 1982) 33
Share on FacebookAn abortion worker says:
“I’ve been called a hero before. I didn’t know exactly quite what to do with it at first. They would say “girl, you so strong. Girl you just do everything, you know everything. And I feel that being a hero is a responsibility and I go into it just thinking I’m just trying to do my best. What makes [heroes] distinct from other people is they are so quick to get up and just keep on fighting.”
ATTN Video, shared on Facebook March 10, 2018
Here is what this hero does every day:
Talia, an abortionist, says:
“Religion is very organized. There are rules, things you’re supposed to do, things you’re not supposed to do. And abortion is apparently one of those things [you’re not supposed to do]. Whatever the situation I recognize that there’s a higher power. There’s God who made this creature here. I also feel very deeply in some way that this is the path I’m supposed to be on, and this is given to me. This is the road set before me by my higher power. So how can it be wrong?…
In my heart of hearts I still feel like this is what I want and need to do. Do I feel guilty that I’m breaking some sort of law? Maybe….
When I’m at church services, I think about work. I offer up prayers for the families, the patients, the work, we do. I ask God to forgive everything that I did that was wrong. And if providing is wrong, well, I do it to help other people. I think God will understand. It’s something I’ll struggle with forever, but it’s not a bad struggle.”
Mary Mahoney and Lauren Mitchell The Doulas: Radical Care for Pregnant People (New York: Feminist Press, 2016) 236-237
7 week old baby after an abortion
One abortionist said:
“I have been doing abortion for years and have no physical or emotional reaction. I worry this means that I don’t have any respect for human life.”
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 175
Below: Preborn child at 9 weeks. Before and after abortion
An abortionist was quoted saying:
“Someone’s rights have to take precedence over another’s. I have no difficulty in choosing maternal rights over fetal rights.”
Quoted on “48 Hours”, Columbia Broadcasting Corporation, June 22, 1989
Richard Exley Abortion: Pro-Life by Conviction, Pro-Choice by Default (Tulsa, Oklahoma: Honor Books, 1989) 16
Below: Preborn baby at 10 weeks. before and after abortion
Abortionist David Paintin says the following about late term abortions:
“I have done terminations which I wouldn’t have done if I had been the pregnant woman, but of course my personal decision would depend on my own system of values and not that of the woman.”
Abortion: Medical Progress and Social Implications, CIBA Foundation Symposium 115 (London: Pitman, 1985) 16
