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Abortionist “Frustrated” and “Angry” About Her Job

Carole Meyers OB GYN who has performed “hundreds of abortions” and worked as medical director of Planned Parenthood of Maryland:

Addressing crowd of students who had gathered to hear her speak at John Hopkins University:

“”If you are going to perform abortions, how is your family going to think about it? How will you tell your kids? What are you going to do if your church doesn’t want you to come anymore? How are you going to feel about a patient who admits she has picketed the clinic in the past? What about the woman who comes in for her third abortion and doesn’t want to hear about birth control? How are you going to feel about that? I’ll tell you how I feel. I get mad, frustrated, angry.”

7wkbaby — unborn baby at seven weeks – most abortions are done at this point or later in pregnancy

((Patricia Meisol “A Hard Choice: A young medical student tries to decide if she has what it takes to join the diminishing ranks of abortion providers” Washington Post, Nov 23 2008))

Few doctors want to be abortionists. In this section, you can read about stigma and how it affects doctors.

It’s also interesting to note that this abortionist, like many others who work in clinics, gets frustrated and angry at women who have multiple abortions. If abortion is such a benign procedure, merely the removal of some products of conception and ending a pregnancy, why does it matter for woman has more than one? Why does it matter she relies on abortion instead of birth control? The truth is, the abortionist sees the little babies that were torn apart in every abortion and she or he knows the cost that these little people pay.

Many other doctors are disturbed by the act of abortion itself – pulling pieces of arms and legs off of babies or tearing them apart with the suction machine is not a very easy thing to do emotionally.

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When Life Begins is a “Established Scientific Fact”

Dr. Hymie Gordon, professor of medical genetics and physician at the Mayo Clinic:

“I think we can now also say that the question of the beginning of life – when life begins – is no longer a question for theological or philosophical dispute. It is an established scientific fact. Theologians and philosophers may go on to debate the meaning of life or purpose of life, but it is an established fact that life, including human life, begins at the moment of conception…

I have never ever seen in my own scientific reading, long before I became concerned with issues of life of this nature, that anyone has ever argued that life did not begin at the moment of conception and that it was a human conception if it resulted from the fertilization of the human egg by a human sperm. As far as I know, these have never been argued against.”

The Human Life Bill – S. 158, Report Together with Additional and Minority Views To the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, Made by Its Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, 97th Congress, 1st Session : 9

Found by the subcommittee:

report also said:

“No witness [who testified before the subcommittee] raised any evidence to refute the biological fact that from the moment of conception there exists a distinct individual being who is alive and is of the human species. No witness challenged the scientific consensus that unborn children are “human beings” in so far as the term is used to mean living beings of the human species….Those witnesses who testified that science cannot say whether unborn children are human beings were speaking in every instance to the value question rather than the scientific question… These witnesses invoked their value preferences to redefine the term “human being”… [The witnesses] took the view that each person may define as “human” only those beings whose lives that a person wants to value. Because they did not wish to accord intrinsic worth to the lives of unborn children, they refused to call them “human beings” regardless of the scientific evidence.”

Quoted in Francis J Beckwith. Defending Life: a Moral and Legal Case against Abortion Choice (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007) 68

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Clinic Worker Uneasy About Repeat Abortions

An abortion clinic worker who previously had an abortion says the following:

“A number of patients used – or abused, depending on one’s moral perspective – their right to abortion in ways that forced me to question the depth of my own pro-choice stance. For example, I was deeply troubled by “repeaters,” women who came to us for their third, fourth, or fifth abortion, and who often exhibited lifelong histories of spotty – or no – contraceptive use. I also struggled with women who waited until well into their second trimester before presenting themselves for elective terminations. These cases, which on the surface smack of personal irresponsibility, [upset] me because I felt they made the pro-choice platform even more vulnerable to critics.… I’m a bit hesitant to admit that the tough cases took a personal toll as well. They tarnished my innocently romanticized version of abortion as a difficult but worthy, and even admirable, decision.”

Clinic Worker Jenny Higgins

Jenny Higgins “Sex, Unintended Pregnancy, and Poverty: One Woman’s Evolution from “Choice” to “Reproductive Justice” from Krista Jacob. Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice (Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006) 35

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Abortion Clinics and “Frequent Fliers”

In an article about repeat abortions, pro-choice author Jennifer Baumgardner says the following:

“In the clinic world, repeat visitors are called, not unkindly, “frequent fliers.” The reason that casual term is not an insult is simply due to how common multiple abortions are.”

. . . .

“Virtually everyone I’ve spoken to was working the clinic has a story of one patient who had not two or three abortions, but 20 or more despite contraceptive counseling with each clinic visit.”

Jennifer Baumgardner “Twice is a Spanking” from the pro-choice book by Krista Jacob. Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice (Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006) 222

hand-in-motion — Most abortions happen at this time or later.

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Pro-Choice Is Pro-Life?

From pro-choice leader Gloria Feldt:

“I never call these people “pro-life,” because they aren’t. We who are pro-choice are far more pro-life in the final analysis.”

Krista Jacob. Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice (Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006) 243

prolifesociety.com — aborted at eight weeks

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Mother of down Syndrome Baby Urged to Abort

Some estimates say that 90 – 92% of all babies with down syndrome are aborted. Many times, the medical professionals put pressure on women to have abortions when their baby is less-than-perfect:

“A woman I know was told by her obstetrician that her fetus had Down syndrome. The doctor ordered her to abort, she refused…. Another woman was similarly coerced. Her doctor told her that her baby would be more like a fish than a human and would only be as smart as a baboon.”

— From Lori B. Andrews book The Clone Age

Rebecca Taylor “99% of Adults With Down Syndrome Report Being Happy in Life” LifeNews.com 10/6/11

Abortionist Lies about The Reasons for Late-Term Abortion

Recently a Washington Post article stated

“All the late-term abortions Carhart has done in Germantown have involved fetuses with anomalies, he said.”

Dr. Grace Morrison, of the Vitae Foundation, states,

“I have been protesting at Carhart’s on Mondays since December 6. During this time, I have had the opportunity to speak with over twenty-five mothers who were there seeking late-term abortions.

“There has only been ONE case of a mother seeking a late-term abortion because of a poor prenatal diagnosis. The other mothers were reportedly there because, even at this advanced stage in their pregnancy, they decided that the baby was an inconvenience.

“One mother, Kiesha, who came to Carhart’s for a late-term abortion decided to save her baby. She just gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl.”

“Late-term Abortion Provider Caught Lying in ‘Washington Post’ Front Page News Article Christian Newswire July 28, 2011

24wkfetus — 24 weeks – many abortions Dr. Carhart performs take place after this age

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Abortion Providers On Informed Consent

A very revealing comment was made at the National Abortion Federation meeting (the National Abortion Federation is an organization consisting of abortion providers. They periodically have meetings to discuss the issues surrounding performing abortions):

“[the abortion provider] need[s] to protect yourself legally by having the informed consent [form]… It doesn’t matter whether [the patient] understands it, as long as she signs it.”

Donna Stringer, National Abortion Federation, 16th annual meeting, April 12-15, 1992

Carol Everett, former abortion clinic owner and administrator, has commented on how the medical consent form they handed out at her clinics outlining the potential complications of abortion was complicated and written in medical jargon. She said that very few women could understand it. This was by design, she explained, so that the women would not become scared of the medical risks and back out and not have the abortion.

Quotes like this from the national abortion Federation lend credence to her story.

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Abortion Doctor Shows Contempt for Patient

In Don Sloan, M.D. with Paula Hartz, Abortion: a Doctor’s Perspective, a Woman’s Dilemma (New York: Donald I Fine Inc., 1992) 234 – 235

The following story was told to Dr. Sloan:

“The people in the [abortion clinic]office seemed real nice, so I was kind of surprised by this guy. He kind of leered at me, you know? But at the same time he really had an attitude – like I was dirt or something. I thought, was it cause I’m black? But I think it was just him.

He said, “Get your things off and lie down.” And I’m thinking isn’t there a gown or something? I was standing right there. So I asked for someplace to change and he said, “Do it in here. We have to get this over with.” But he gave a sheet to wrap up in, which was clean, at least.

When I went to put my feet in the stirrups, my legs were too long. And while he’s adjusting them, he’s making these cute little remarks about my legs and my nail polish. I’d already paid, and I wanted to get it over with too, or I’d have been out of there, I swear. I was that angry.

It hurt – a lot. And I could hear the suction thing – it was real loud, and it was like it was sucking out my whole insides. I kept asking questions, and the whole time he didn’t say one thing. Just ignored me.

…

When I got up, I felt sort of faint, and there was blood running down my leg. I showed him, and he said it was nothing. But when I went to get my clothes, the blood was getting on the floor. And he said to me, “You’re dirtying things up. Get back up here.” He did some more stuff, and I heard the machine again. It didn’t hurt as much, though, or maybe I was just so out of it I didn’t care.”

He gestured at her to get up again, and this time he gave her a sanitary napkin. “You know how to use these things, I suppose?” he sneered.”

While not all abortion providers treat women badly, there are some that do treat women with disrespect and brusqueness or even outright hostility. You can and learn more about incidents like this one here.

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Seeing Baby on Ultrasound Leads Clinic Nurses to Quit

10weekswalking — 3-D ultrasound at 10 weeks

Abortionist Dr. Joseph Randall:

“I think the greatest thing that got to us was the ultrasound. At that time, the ultrasound, or soundwave picture which was moving, called a “real-time ultrasound,” showed the baby on TV. The baby really came alive on TV and was moving. And that picture, that picture of the baby on ultrasound bothered me more than anything else… We lost two nurses. They couldn’t take looking at.”

Dr. Randall eventually stopped performing abortions. To read his full testimony, go here.

“Meet the Abortion Providers” Videotape, 1989

For more information about how ultrasounds change the minds and hearts of women seeking abortions and sometimes even abortion providers, go here.

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