Category: Rhetoric Vs. Reality

Abortionist Calls Aborted Babies “A Few Cells”

Abortionist Dr. Jane Hodgson:

“I am personally not concerned as to whether life begins with the two cell, four cell, or eight cell division but I am extremely concerned with the quality of life that will result from the division. We should be more concerned with the welfare of living teenagers and women than with the future of a few embryonal cells.”

Jane E Hodgson, “Therapeutic Abortions in Medical Perspective,” Minnesota Medicine 53 (1970): 757

Quoted in Carole Joffe. Doctors of Conscience: the Struggle to Provide Abortion before and after Roe Versus Wade (Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon press, 1995) 12

Abortions generally take place long after the “embryonal cell” stage. This picture of an abortion at seven weeks is more accurate as to what Dr. Hodgson does in her clinic:

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Abortionists Love Babies?

In a blog about a woman who was pregnant and working in an abortion clinic, an abortion provider said the following:

“We are not baby haters. Most of us adore babies and children. Some of us have even worked in child education. Many of us are mothers. We love babies. And we also honor your choice.”

The Abortioneers “Pregnant Abortioneers: We Still Love Babies” September 26, 2011

abortion at 11 weeks
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Abortion as an Act of Love

Merle Hoffman, who founded Choices, an abortion clinic in Queens, on her abortion:

“With my choice I was fighting for the right of all women to define abortion as an act of love: love for the family one already has, and just as important, love for oneself. I was fighting to reclaim abortion as a mother’s act. It was an act of solidarity as significant as any other I had committed.”

Irin Carmon “Abortion pioneer: Defend rights or lose them” Salon MONDAY, JAN 2, 2012

Abortion at 8 weeks. Is this an act of love?
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Saving Unborn Lives Is “Misguided”

“It is an honorable and noble endeavor to protect the life of every fetus. It is misguided. Either society views women, as a whole, as honest, trustworthy and respected enough to determine their own destiny, or we decide that women are an ignorant, manipulative and irresponsible second-class of citizens who need to be controlled. You cannot have it both ways; control the weak while respecting the responsible.”

Nancy Clardy “Taxes private, but not abortion?” The Spokesman-Review, August 27, 2012

unborn baby at 10 weeks – is it misguided to try and save his life?

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/aug/27/taxes-private-but-not-abortion/

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Abortion As a Tool of Personal Growth

“Women who choose abortion often achieve significant personal growth because the creative essence of pregnancy is redirected. Pregnancy as a profound inner experience directs us to do this…Choosing to have an abortion is an expression of a woman’s power in Life, but the medical system often reinforces the victimization of women by treating us as if we were being rescued.”

Linda Weber. Life Choices: the Teachings of Abortion (Sentient Publications , 2011)

from an abortion at 10 weeks

 

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Clinic Worker Praises Women Who Have Abortions

“It [having an abortion] takes strength, courage, bravery, and determination. ..People who have abortions think about the future. They think about now. They think about others. “

“Abortion Stigma” the Abortioneers December 21, 2011 http://abortioneers.blogspot.com/2011/12/abortion-stigma.html

The Abortioneers is a blog written by clinic workers.

from an abortion at nine weeks

Many women who have abortions feel pressured into the decision by life circumstances or by their partners. The pressure and emotional distress a woman feels while she’s experiencing an unwanted pregnancy can be intense and profound. Even a good person can turn to abortion as a “quick fix.” This post is not meant as an attack on those who have abortions. But having an abortion is not a selfless, noble act – it is an act that kills a baby.

 

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Abortion Is a Religious Experience

“We like to think that having an abortion is a religious experience, but not always.”

Abortion providers, in the post-“16 and Loved” The Abortioneers April 3, 2012 http://abortioneers.blogspot.com/2012/04/about-year-ago-we-blogged-about-no-easy.htm

 

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Abortion and Motherhood

“I became a mother seven months ago. By giving birth, I feel I made a solemn promise. I will be responsible for the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of this beautiful little creature for the next 18 years and beyond. I will put her needs first, I will always think about her welfare, I will make sacrifices for her. This is the promise we celebrate on Mother’s Day. Many women keep this promise by having abortions.”

Nancy Stanwood, MD, “In the Shadow of Mother’s Day” Salon Magazine May. 10, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2008/05/shadow-mothers-day

16 weeks – legal in every state
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On Fetal Life

“The fetus is indeed a wondrous part of our humanity; we are drawn to it is part of the ongoing mystery of who we are.… There is, of course, a danger in over romanticizing fetal life or defining its value primarily in relation to our selves.”

Frances Kissling “Is There Life after Roe? How to Think about the Fetus” in Krista Jacob. Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice (Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006) 99

12 weeks
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Black and White On Abortion

“Politically, I have to be pro-choice. Black and white thinking about something as important as life is not wise.”

Lauri Wollner in her essay explaining why she is pro-choice entitled “Tiny, Golden Feet” in Krista Jacob. Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice (Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006) 166

nine weeks
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