They said it.
One abortionist, on why he commits abortions:
“I know that I can perform the procedures well technically with a low rate of complications. I think I do a reasonably good job. I also know that I am sharing women’s problems rather than hiding from the bits of life I don’t like.”
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 178
From one abortionist:
“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
From the book Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling, which trains clinic workers and offers examples of patients. This clinic offers birth control in addition to abortions. But they find that many women who come in for abortions were not using birth control:
“There are many couples who do not want a pregnancy, yet still have sex without using any contraception. Frequently women only come to the doctor or clinic for the first time when they are already pregnant or think they are. Approximately 25% of first medical appointments at the Brandon Centre are for a pregnancy test.”
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 8
Share on FacebookFrom a consultant gynecologist, who makes abortion referrals:
“I find the process of midtrimester abortion of a normal fetus very disagreeable (and if done by D&E) nauseating.”
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 167
Diagram of a D&E
“the occasional delivery of a fetus with a heartbeat suggests that… fetal tissues might be suitable for organ transplants… and for basic research.”
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology on May 15, 1974
John Powell, SJ Abortion: The Silent Holocaust (Allen, Texas: Argus Communications, 1981) 149
Research on aborted babies has been going on for very long time
From one postabortion women:
“I know that my “story” would have ended differently had there been a pregnancy center to go to back in 1971. I know that I would’ve chosen life for my baby had I seen a sonogram, heard a heartbeat, and had more facts.”
Debby Efurd Go Tell It (Franklin, Tennessee: Clovercroft Publishing, 2015) 99
This quote reveals that the majority of abortion providers are not OB/GYN’s, which makes you wonder about their training and competence.
“Most abortions in the United States today are performed by general practitioners. Articles in medical journals have noted that fewer and fewer abortions are performed by obstetrical/gynecological personnel, in many instances because they are not trained or because they fear the violence in certain areas of the country that might result.”
Corinne J Naden Abortion (Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2008) 86
The reasons the book gives for few Ob/Gyns doing abortions (basically it’s written from a pro-choice standpoint) are that it’s violence and lack of training that causes them not to perform abortions – but if there is a lack of training for OB/GYN’s, who are going to inthe specialty, what training is there for doctors studying in a different fields? And we know that stigma and the distasteful aspect of the work also contribute to doctors not wanting to perform abortions.
Share on FacebookC Ward Kischer, professor of anatomy and human embryology:
“Every human embryologist, worldwide, states that the life of the new individual human being begins at fertilization (conception).… We exist as a continuum of human life, which begins at fertilization and continues until death.”
Christine Watkins, editor The Ethics of Abortion (New York: Greenhaven press, 2005) 5
Share on FacebookToni M Bond, executive director for the National Network of Abortion Funds:
“Black women have been and still are treated as “invited guests” in the reproductive rights movement.”
Corinne J Naden Abortion (Tarrytown, New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2008) 71
She is commenting about how the vast majority of pro-choicers are white
Share on FacebookLaura Hershey is severely disabled from a rare neuromuscular condition. She says:
“My life of disability has not been easy or carefree. But in measuring the quality of my life, other factors – education, friends, and meaningful work, for example – have been decisive.
If I were asked for an opinion on whether to bring a child into the world, knowing she would have the same limitations and opportunities I have had, I would not hesitate to say, “Yes.”
Laura Hershey, Ms, July/August 1994
Quoted in Tamara A. Roleff Abortion: Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1997)
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