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Turn the ultrasound screen away from abortion patient, says doctor

“A compassionate and sensitive sonographer should remember to turn the screen away from the plane of view [of the patient].

Staff too may find themselves increasingly disturbed by the repeated visual impact of an aspect of their work that they need to partially deny in order to continue to function optimally and to concentrate on the needs of the women who come to them for help.”

Transcript excerpts from a talk entitled “Abortion Update” (talk no. 1065), given by Dr. Sally Faith Dorfman, director of Family Planning, Development, and Research at Albert Einstein Medical College in New York, at the American Public Health Conference, November 18, 1985, in Washington, D.C. Recorded by Robert G. Marshall, director of research, Castello Institute.

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Pro-choicer: don’t debate with pro-lifers, they are like Nazis.

“Along with most other pro-choice groups, we do not engage in debates with the anti-choice … Simply put, the right to abortion is not a debatable issue. Access to legal, safe abortion is a fundamental human right, one that should be safeguarded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Would you have a debate on whether people have the right to freedom of religion? Or the right to equal protection under the law? Or the right not to be held in slavery or servitude? … Would a Jew debate a Nazi? “

Joyce Arthur of the Pro-Choice Action Network.

“Why Pro-Choice Supporters Do Not Debate the Anti-Choice.” Quoted in “To Debate or Not to Debate.” The Caleb Report [Life Decisions, Inc.], July-August 1999, pages 3 and 4.

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How abortionists were viewed by the medical community

A pro-choice author talks about how abortionists have been viewed in the medical community:

One doctor practicing in the 1950s described how his doctor father taught him that “abortionists had the same social status as a child molester or rapist.” His father’s message was echoed by his teachers in medical school, who stressed that the doctors didn’t do immoral things like abortion. This man, who admitted he had no contact with abortion or abortion practitioners in the criminal era, had easily internalized the lessons:

“I had strong opinions about the scum of the earth – abortionists.… I was taught that abortion was not only illegal but immoral, and that no self-respecting doctor who considered herself a part of the medical community would perform an abortion… Abortionists were “bums,” “murderers,” real “lowlifes,” and very inept physicians who could not make a living any other way. They were objects of contempt and scorn.”

Rickie Solinger Beggars and Choosers (New York: Hill and Wang, 2001) 48 – 49

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A physician performing a D&E must crush the fetus’s skull

18 weeks. Candidate for this type of abortion

From an editorial on abortion doctor’s emotional response to a D&E (dismemberment) abortion:

“[A] physician performing a D&E must deal with the second trimester foetus in an intimate, physical way…ossified parts, such as the skull, must be crushed. The bone fragments must be extracted carefully to avoid tearing the cervix. Reconstruction of the fetal sections after removal from the uterus is necessary to ensure completeness of the abortion procedure. “

“Emotional Impact of D&E vs. Instillation,” Family Planning Perspectives 1977

From Abortion: A Briefing for Canadian Legislators . National Public Affairs Office, Campaign Life Coalition Suite 100, 1355 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y 3C2

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Pro-choice activist condemns Planned Parenthood for demanding high cash contributions

A pro-choice activist complained about how Planned Parenthood discounted volunteers like her and pressured its supporters for money. She explains why she will no longer volunteer at PP:

“I have been volunteering for Planned Parenthood for the past three years. … I cannot afford to attend $85 luncheons, let alone write a $250 check. The core volunteer group that I work with has similar motivations – we love Planned Parenthood, but sometimes it feels like our contributions are completely overlooked, especially when we constantly get emails from PPFA asking for more and more money.

My problem doesn’t just reside with Planned Parenthood. Every nonprofit that I have ever worked for, either as a volunteer or a staff member, seems to discount the donor who can only afford to give $5 or $10. Volunteer hours are never calculated in terms of their economic value to the organization. And staff who already contribute to the organization by working long hours for very little pay are also disrespected when they are hit up for money by the development officers. When you’re only making $27,000 a year, how in the hell are you supposed to afford spending $250 a month in financial contributions to your employer?

Here’s the scoop: if PPFA didn’t spend so much money on fancy pink posters and snazzy T-shirts, they might not need to shake the money tree so often….

My tenure as a Planned Parenthood volunteer is rapidly coming to a close.”

“How effective is corporate feminism?” Abortion Gang Nov 21 2011

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Pro-choice hate mail attacks rape victims

The following disgusting piece of hate mail was received by Carolyn Gargaro, who has a pro-life webpage. The writer of the letter says terrible things about rape victims who carry their babies to term. It’s attitudes like this that push rape victims into abortions they may not really want. Judgemental “pro-choice” people condemning rape victims for having their babies devalues all women, not just rape victims.Warning: Very offensive language

Any women who would choose to have a kid from rape is a dirty stinky slut. Some women out their love that rough sex. No nice girl would choose to have a child from such immoral sickness. My men friends and women friends, when ever we hear of a girl who claims oh she was raped and she thinks she is so innocent and she wants to give birth from the so called rape, we laugh and say what a stinky slut. Your promoting immorality this is not what God want’s. Your wrong about pro choice movement not wanting women to give life. What we are saying is if you want to have children have them. Some people need an abortion because of rape and such. You don’t want to be a stinky slut and choose to have a kid from what you claim is so horrible as rape. If it is so horrible than how could you choose to give birth. My boyfrien says these girls who do this should be put in jail for raping the guy. I know you won’t want to read this because you preach things backwards. You don’t know about the true moral way. Moral values are any thing you want them to be.

This lovely piece of correspondence can be found here.

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Clinic worker describes the hiring process, questions she was asked

A former clinic worker, Tonya P, who never identifies as pro-life in her book, describes how she got a job at the abortion clinic.

“I was beginning to give up hope, and I was starting to think that I had gone to school for nothing, for something that I couldn’t even get a job in, and I was still paying on a student loan. Anyway, I was so glad to hear that it wouldn’t be a problem, ‘cause I’ve been working in the warehouse for two long years and I was tired of working at that warehouse. It was hard work with no good pay…

Their main concern was how I did feel about abortion [sic] and I said that I was pro-choice, and that was all they wanted to hear, and that was the end of the interview.…

Finally, I could work in the field as a medical assistant.”

Tonya P From behind Closed Doors: “Abortions” (Xlibris, 2013) 10 – 11

It is interesting that the clinic didn’t seem to care about Tonya’s lack of medical experience, nor did they question her on her medical skills. All they wanted to hear was that she was pro-choice. That was enough to hire her. Because commitment to the cause, to doing abortions, was more important then anything else. Because it’s hard to find people to work in abortion clinics, mainly because they see things like this on a daily basis.

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Abortionist describes what he does as “simple kindness”

From one anonymous abortionist:

“The woman seeking an abortion receives little in the way of support, smiles, compassion and even pain medication.

I guess this is why I provide abortions. In no other area of modern medicine will simple human kindness produce such dramatic results.”

Morris Wortman “I Won’t Let Fear Stop Me” Newsweek 12/14/1998, Vol. 132 Issue 24, p22. 1p.

Although this abortionist is talking about the women, there are also babies involved in abortion. Here is the result of some “simple human kindness” at 8 weeks

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Nurses troubled by dealing with aborted babies

From an article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology:

“Nurses. The experience of participating in any abortion procedure goes directly against the medical emphasis on the preservation of life. On the gynecology hospital floor, amnio abortions are viewed by the nurses as the most upsetting experiences which occur and a symbol of abandonment by the medical staff. The ward nurses’ comments speak clearly to the point of being left to cope with an upset patient who delivers late at night. … The nurses found the physical contact with the fetus particularly difficult; it reminded them of the “preemies” just down the hall and made them uncomfortable about their own potential future pregnancies.”

Nancy B. Kaltreider, Sadja Goldsmith, and Alan J. Margolis. “The Impact of Midtrimester Abortion Techniques on Patients and Staff.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, September 15, 1979, pages 255 to 238.

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I am the last of my friends to have an abortion. student says

An abortion clinic worker spoke of a woman named Anjie who she saw for an abortion:

“this woman, I will call Anjie, was clarity personified. She said, “There are women in the waiting room crying. Am I a monster because I am not?” There are some people who are guilty for not feeling guilty but I hadn’t really talked to one of them recently….

The other amazing thing is that she said, “I am the last in my crowd to have an abortion. Now it is 100%.” Many of you will see this as a sign of depravity among college students. But the remarkable thing is that all those friends had been open about their experience and were willing to share their experience to help out a friend. She felt taken care of, connected, and what I can only describe as NORMAL. This is amazing for how rare it is. But the truth is that abortion, like having a baby, losing a parent, having sex for the first time, getting married, etc. is a rite of passage. Not everyone will do all of those things, but it is one of the milestones in life that people go through so why not talk about it openly?”

Clarity abortionclinicdays May 09, 2006

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