They said it.
“I got a non-surgical abortion. Nothing prepared me for what happened. First off it was the worst pain I have EVER felt in my life. And secondly, I SAW my baby. He/she looked so human already. I had no idea that my baby was so big after only 2 months. Just because you can’t see or feel it inside you doesn’t mean it’s not alive.”
Testimony from the pro-life site Stand Up Girl (Accessed May 25, 2006)
Share on FacebookRU486 abortions, done by a combination pill (to kill the baby) and suppository (to induce labor) are often done before features of the baby are discernible.
But not always. One woman discussed seeing her aborted baby. She had had two previous surgical abortions:
“There was a little bit of regret about seeing [the fetus], because it had little hands. I remember little fists. I felt more responsible this time.”
Debra Rosenberg and Michele Ingrassia “Blood and Tears” Newsweek Sept 18, 1995. Vol 126, Issue 12
Share on FacebookIn an article in the Washington Times, author Hanna Rosin discusses quotes abortion provider Kathy Rogers saying:
“[RU-486 is] not just a pill; it’s a process. And it’s not going to be fast or easy or simple.”
Rosin discusses why some women choose to undergo chemical abortions, even though they are so much more painful and drawn out than surgical ones.
“[the woman who was interviewed after her chemical abortion] expresses a feeling the pill’s advocates don’t like to talk about, but which nonetheless seems common to the woman who have chosen this new method.
It served for her a form of penance, a way of grappling with her ambivalence over any kind of abortion.”
The interviewed woman is quoted saying:
“It was like, if I’m going to do this I have to take the responsibility and do it, and I have to put myself through something hard. It would have been cowardly to have someone fix it for me in some easy, safe way. It would not have felt right.
You know, I still think about it almost every day. I will always wonder what this baby would have been like…”
Rosin says that abortionists she has interviewed “often hear some form of Rachel’s personal calculation.”
“Pain, Penance and RU-486” by Hanna Rosin “Washington Post” October 14, 2000 p A04
Share on FacebookUnfortunately, abortion right’s groups have opposed guidelines that would increase the safety of RU-486 abortions. For example, an article from Newswire covered the National Abortion Federation’s press conference on the new abortion method.
Executive director of NAF Vicki Saporta says that doctors should receive training before providing RU-486 abortions but goes on to say plainly:
“While training is important, a third party certification of such training should not be an FDA requirement.”
So therefore, although training should be done, there should be no legal way to restrict untrained doctors from providing these abortions.
“National Abortion Federation Responds to FDA Restrictions Regarding Approval of RU-486 for Early Abortion” June 8, 2000 U.S. Newswire
Share on FacebookWarren Hern, abortionist, on the abortion pill:
According to the New York Times, Dr. Warren Hern, a provider in Denver, said the latest reports on RU-486 demonstrated that abortions by RU-486, or Mifeprex, were far riskier than surgical ones. “I think surgery should be the procedure of choice,” Dr. Hern said. Pills, he said, “are a lousy way to perform an abortion.”
GARDINER HARRIS “Some Doctors Voice Worry Over Abortion Pills’ Safety” New York Tiimes April 1, 2006
Share on FacebookTom Tvedten
abortionist
NY Times, Under Din of Abortion Debate, An Experience Shared Quietly: 9-18-2005
At the Little Rock Family Planning abortion clinic,the NY Times reported that few patients chose the pills over surgery. ”With medical termination, the discomfort is significant because they have to go through mini-labor,”
Dr. Tvedten said. ”There’s a lot of hard cramps and usually significant bleeding. It’s cheaper, safer and less painful to have a surgical termination.”
Quoted by Life Dynamics
Share on FacebookPeter Bours, abortionist, on deaths from the abortion pill:
“None of these women should be dying; it’s shocking,” said Dr. Peter Bours, an abortion provider in Portland, Ore., who is the New York Times said rethinking whether to offer pill-based, or medical, abortions
Gardiner Harris “Some doctors voice worry over abortion pills’ safety”. New York Times April 1, 2006
Share on FacebookPatricia Baird-Windle
abortion clinic owner
Florida Today Abortion provider Patricia Baird-Windle reflects on her career, her choices, Interview by Pam Platt, 8-29-1999
“RU-486 is painful. Women have a great deal of pain and nausea and many visits to the clinic.”
From Life Dynamics
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Nurse
A Tough Choice To Swallow : Part two: 6-8-2006
“There is a skeptical part of me that thinks that the early medical abortion (EMA) is just a way for the NHS to save money.”
Quoted by Life Dynamics. The “early medical abortion” that this nurse is referring to is RU-486
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A Tough Choice To Swallow : Part two: 6-8-2006
“The main problem with doing it at home is that the patient has to see the product which is passed. This is obviously pretty nasty if you have to do it yourself.”
Quoted by Life Dynamics
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