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Peace Activist Describes a Pro-Life “Rescue”

A peace activist tells of her first Rescue – a sit in at an abortion clinic:

“My first rescue was because of an invitation by an acquaintance in 1989. The newspaper told me how judgmental and harassing these people were, and my giving sideline tips on nonviolent tactics prompted this invitation, which I reluctantly accepted. What I discovered during that six hour ordeal and the trial that followed was that these pro-lifers in their purity and absolute abandonment “knew” far more about nonviolence than I did. I learned more from them than I had within the peace movement for 15 years.

The difference was in their genuine concern and focus on the child and her mother. There was nothing even remotely resembling anger or hate toward the abortionist.… This is a purity almost nonexistent in the peace and justice movement, where publicity and long-term effectiveness are often central to an action.”

Carol Crossed “The Seamless Web: The Violence of the Abortion War and a Consistent Life Ethic”

Gary E. McCuen Abortion Violence & Extremism (Hudson, Wisconsin: GEM Publications, 1997) 54 – 55

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100 Lawsuits or Disciplinary Actions Against Planned Parenthood by 1996

According to Mark Crutcher in Lime Five:

“In our research, we were able to identify approximately 100 lawsuits and/or disciplinary board actions against Planned Parenthood facilities, with complaints covering virtually the entire range of problems seen at other abortion clinics. We also found many examples of Planned Parenthood clinics operating in the same filthy conditions, and with the same outrageous practices, as NAF or independent abortion clinics. And again, the dynamics I’ve mentioned elsewhere apply here: the cases we found can be no more than a fraction of what really exists.”

Mark Crutcher “Lime 5: Exploited by Choice ” (Denton, Texas: Life Dynamics Incorporated, 1996) 117

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Abortionists Feel They Are Not Supported by the Pro-Choice Movement

Researcher and writer Rachel MacNair says the following:

“In the 1993 Project Choice survey, abortion doctors were asked if they felt that pro-choice organizations and politicians were doing enough to support those who provide abortion care. Over 78% responded no. That means that almost 4/5 of the 961 abortion doctors who answered feel that they don’t get enough support from the social movement they would most reasonably expect it from.”

Rachel M MacNair, PhD. Achieving Peace in the Abortion War (New York: iUniverse, 2009) 109

This lack of support is one of the reasons why so few abortion providers enter the field. Read more about this here.

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“Partial-Birth Abortion Like Any Other Surgical Procedure” Says Pro-Choicer

Defenders of partial-birth abortions claim that all surgeries were gruesome:

“Much of the negative reaction… Is the same reaction that might be invoked if one were to listen to a surgeon describing step-by-step almost any other surgical procedure involving blood, human tissue, etc.”

Diane Gianelli “Shock Tactic Ads Target Late-Term Abortion Procedure” American medical news, July 5, 1993, 21 from Ramesh Ponnauru The Party of Death (Washington DC: Regnery Publishing, 2006) 45

Here is a diagram series of partial-birth abortions

But perhaps it could be said that partial-birth abortions are no worse than D&E abortions, which is another common late abortion technique. Here is a diagram of the D&E abortion.

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Back Alley Abortionist to Legal Abortionist

Some doctors were illegal “back alley”abortionists in the years before Roe versus Wade,and when abortion became legal, they simply hung up a sign and started performing the same dangerous procedures legally. There was almost no oversight.

“One such doctor was Dr. Richard Mucie, DO. He was one of the three main doctors in Kansas City, Missouri, that were known to do abortions. In 1968, a woman died from his procedure. In her corpse, her hands were shaped into claws, caked with blood. The jury gave Dr. Mucie the maximum sentence for manslaughter in the death of the woman. He got out on parole after 14 months, but he lost his medical license and set up an antique shop.

In 1973, Roe vs. Wade came down. Because of it, Mucie went back to court and got his license back. He then literally set up shop on Main Street and heaved a sigh of relief that the police wouldn’t bother him anymore. But his medical skills were such that family-planning clinics were never willing to refer patients to him. He stopped only when he died of an old-age related illness.”

It is unknown how many women died or were injured during abortions by him.

Rachel M MacNair, PhD. Achieving Peace in the Abortion War (New York: iUniverse, 2009) 83

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The Sound of Death

“Expanding rods are inserted through the cervix, opening it according to the size of the baby. Then comes the sound. Suctioning out the pieces of the baby makes a noise like no other. If death has a sound, this is it.”

Susan Thayer, former abortion practitioner

What a 10 week-old baby looks like after the pieces are suctioned out

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Clinic Offers Free Abortions for Rape Victims As a Gimmick

From former clinic worker and director Carol Everett:

“I put on my PR hat and got creative. In one of our weekly meetings, I said, “Many of the women come in alleging they were raped, but they have neither reported it to the police nor gone to the hospital. I think we can get a lot of publicity if we have a press conference announcing that we will do abortions free for rape victims if they report it to the authorities. The percentage of conceptions in actual rapes is very low, and with the conditions attached, I don’t think we’ll do many free abortions. But will get a ton of free publicity!”

Just as I had promised, we got prime time news coverage at 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM. Also, several newspapers and radio stations picked it up. I personally called on all the “do-gooder” organizations in town and let them know. We received a lot of good, free publicity!

We never did a single free abortion for rape victims.”

Carol Everett with Jack Shaw, Blood Money (Oregon: Multnomah Press Books, Questar Publishers, Inc., 1992) from Rachel M MacNair, PhD. Achieving Peace in the Abortion War (New York: iUniverse, 2009)54

Resentment of “Casual Attitudes”

From a survey of abortion providers:

“One respondent expressed increasing resentment of the casual attitudes of some patients considering the emotional cost to those performing the service.”

Warren M Hern and Billie Corrigan “What about Us? Staff Reactions to the D&E Procedure” Boulder Abortion Clinic, Advances in Planned Parenthood 15 (1): 3 – 8, 1980

Rachel M MacNair, PhD. Achieving Peace in the Abortion War (New York: iUniverse, 2009) 124

1sttri_ultra — first trimester ultrasound. abortion doctors see these babies daily

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Abortion Doctor Hides Her Face

“The surgical suite is very dark, the woman waiting for her abortion on the table. The doctor comes in, goes directly to the foot of the bed with no greeting to the patient. Staff told me the doctor does not want anyone to see her face.”

Susan Thayer, former abortion practitioner

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Catholic Theologian: What about “Just” Abortions

Catholic theologian David Maguire, Professor of Moral Theology

“How is it that in speaking of women we so easily reduce human life to physical life? What certitudes persuade theologians that there are only two marginal reasons [to save the life of the mother or to remove a dead or dying unborn baby] to justify abortion? Why is the Vatican comparably sure that while there may be just wars with incredible slaughter, there can be no just abortions?”

Catherine Whitney Whose Life? A Balanced, Comprehensive View of Abortion from Its Historical Context to the Current Debate (New York: Morrow, 1991) 170 – 171

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