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Past president of American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on fetal pain

A past president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists explains that unborn babies react to pain in the womb:

“It can be clearly demonstrated that fetuses seek to evade certain stimuli in a manner which in an infant or an adult would be interpreted as a reaction to pain.”

Richard T.F. Schmidt, M.D., Past President of American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Statement, February 13, 1984.

“ABORTION A Briefing Book For Canadian Legislators” Campaign Life Coalition NATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE July 2002

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Fellow of Board of Anesthesiologists claims baby feels pain in first trimester

In America Medical News, February 24, 1984, Dr. Vincent Collins, Diplomat and Fellow of the American Board of Anesthesiologists, stated:

As early as eight to ten weeks’ gestation, and definitely by thirteen-and-a-half weeks, the human fetus experiences organic pain. Dr. Collins listed the following factors as evidence that the fetus is capable of pain:

• The cortex is developed between four and five weeks of age.

• Reflex actions can be observed between four and seven weeks.

9-10 weeks

• Brain waves are detectable between six and seven weeks.

• Nerves connecting the spinal cord to peripheral structures have developed between six to eight weeks.

• Adverse reactions to stimuli are observed between eight and ten weeks

“ABORTION A Briefing Book For Canadian Legislators” Campaign Life Coalition NATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE July 2002

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Saline injections could enter woman’s bloodstreams, leading to death

Saline abortions are rarely done today, but were common in the 1970s and 1980s. In these abortions, saline solution was injected into a woman’s womb to poison her baby, who slowly died. Then labor was induced.

An article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology revealed just how dangerous these abortions were.

In the article instructing would-be abortionists how to do saline abortions, it says:

“It is necessary that a woman undergoing a saline abortion remain conscious during salt injection so that her reactions can be monitored. Emergency measures must be taken at the first sign of shock. For this may mean that the needle has pierced one of the woman’s blood vessels. Introduction of the salt solution into her bloodstream can lead to rapid convulsions, cardiac failure and death.”

“Fetal Pathology and Mechanisms of Death in Saline Abortion,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 120 (1974), 347-355.

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Abortion worker describes “polite” pro-life protesters

The media frequently portrays protesters outside abortion facilities as violent fanatics. This pro-abortion book about doulas who work in abortion clinics captures the polite exchange between a worker going into the clinic and the pro-lifers outside:

“They politely say good morning and offer her a “Jesus Saves” pamphlet as she bounces lightly up the stairs. She tells them, “No thank you.”

Mary Mahoney and Lauren Mitchell The Doulas: Radical Care for Pregnant People (New York: Feminist Press, 2016) 205

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Abortionist: women don’t want their regular doctors to know

In The New York Times, Dr. Deborah Oyer, medical director and owner of Aurora Medical Services in Seattle (an abortion clinic) explains how women often try to hide their abortions from their regular doctor:

“In addition, Dr. Oyer said, many women do not want their doctor — or anyone in their town — to know they had an abortion. ”I can’t tell you how many women who come on their own say, ‘Oh, I can’t tell my doctor,’ ” Dr. Oyer said. ”And sometimes their doctor is someone who does abortions in their own office.”

Gina Kolata.” Wary doctors spurn new abortion pill; some doctors insist that a surgical abortion remains a better alternative than the new pill.” The New York Times Nov 14, 2000

The stigma surrounding abortion influences women to keep their abortions secret from people who know them and see them on a regular basis.

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Director of Neurobiology on life at conception

Dr. Sean O’Reilly, Director of the Neurobiology Research Training Program at George Washington University:

“[T]here is nothing in the entire phenomenon of the transmission of life that deserves more to be called an event, scientifically speaking, that does fertilization. It is the natural and scientific boundary at which a new and genetically unique human individual can be said to begin his existence. We conclude, therefore, that by objective and scientific criteria the individual human being is a person throughout his [or her] entire biological development from conception, which is synonymous with fertilization, to natural death… Any other conclusion would be arbitrary, unsupportable by scientific fact or rational argument, divorced from objective reality, and based on a particular ideology, philosophy or creed.”

Direct report on S. 158 by Dr. Sean O’Reilly, dated July 2, 1981

Quoted on page 28 – 29 of Randall J Hekman Justice for the Unborn (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Books, 1984)

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Parents call children with Down’s “a gift from god”

Testimony from parents of a Down syndrome child in an editorial in a newspaper:

“There are no more giving, joyful, happy or precious children then Downs children. They are a genuine gift from God. Our son teaches us the meaning of patience and love and faith – just by his very existence.

He has touched the lives of so many of our relatives and friends, adding dimensions they had not known existed. And he has helped us grow as a couple and as parents.”

Randall J Hekman Justice for the Unborn (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Books, 1984) 55

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Cost of abortions determines how many women get them, study finds

From pro-life author Mark Crutcher:

“The abortion lobby’s claim has always been that when a woman does not want to be pregnant, she will crawl through hell on broken glass to get an abortion… But for that to be true, it would have to also be true that the cost of abortions does not significantly impact the rate at which women have abortions. The abortion industry’s problem is that this was disproven years ago. In April 1988, after 15 years of legal abortion, the financial publication, Economic Inquiry, VolumeXXVI, featured a study about the relationship between the cost of abortion and the rate of abortion. The major finding of this research was that,

“The significant inverse relationship between the price of abortions and the abortion rate confirms that the fundamental law of demand is applicable to abortions.”

He goes on to give another example:

“Colorado abortionist, Warren Hern, reinforced this in May 1997 during an annual convention of the National Abortion Federation held in Boston, Massachusetts.

At a workshop held during the event, Hern complained that paying for ultrasound machines would increase the cost of abortions by $25 and that this would cause patient loads at abortion clinics to “plummet.” In effect, he was not merely confirming that price affects the abortion rate, he was stating that even small increases in price have a profound impact.…

The point is, despite the abortion lobby’s “hell on broken glass” rhetoric, the evidence is clear that the abortion decision is a highly marginal one. Because of that, desperation has far less influence on abortion rates than price or distance to a clinic or any other factor that comes between the woman considering abortion and the people who want to sell it to her. If that were not the case, a $25 price increase would not impact abortion rates much less cause the number of women having abortions to – in Hern’s words – plummet.”

Mark Crutcher Siege: Pro-Life Field Manual (Denton, Texas: Life Dynamics Inc., 2015) 16 – 17

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Judge turns down abortion request- girl later thanks him

Judge Randall J Hekman refused to grant a judicial bypass to a 13-year old girl who wanted an abortion. A judicial bypass allows a minor to petition a judge for permission to have an abortion without informing her parents. It is a way to get around a parental consent/notification law. Every state with a parental consent/notification law allows minors to get a judicial bypass.

This letter was sent to the judge by the 13 year old he refused to grant a bypass to:

“I am writing to tell you how happy I am that you made the decision you did about me not having an abortion. When I think about it now I feel sort of foolish, of that whole incident… I think if I would of gone ahead with the abortion, I would of felt very disappointed in myself. I just want to thank you for giving me the extra time to think about it. I am really looking towards having my baby… My baby and I thank you very much!”

Randall J Hekman Justice for the Unborn (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Books, 1984) 17 – 18

Sadly, the baby boy died shortly after birth due to health problems. But the 13 year old mother was spared from the trauma and guilt of abortion.

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Pregnant mom sees ultrasound, becomes pro-life

One pro-choice woman became pro-life after watching her baby develop on ultrasound. Her visits to the obstetrician let her see her baby girl as she developed in the womb.

“When I went to my prenatal appointments, we would take pictures of Avalon via the ultrasound.

I would study those pictures each month, and I was surprised by how well-developed she was while in the womb. I could see her tiny hands, and I watched as she would put her thumb in her mouth, blink her eyes, and yawn. She was so precious, so delicate, and so beautiful!

After looking, evaluating, and cherishing those precious photos, I realized how soon life is created and formed in the womb, and I knew that what was growing inside of me was not just a blob of tissue, but a complete and formed baby – a real, live human being. Now, obviously, my perspective on abortion has changed…

At one time I was pro-abortion; now I am pro-life.”

Cheryl Chew Make Me Your Choice (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image Publishers, 2006) 91 – 92

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