“…in my clinic, we wash off the tissue and examine it. It is treated respectfully and put with the woman’s first name into a container. We show it to patients if they ask to see it, and make sure they understand which part is the sac [later the placenta], which part the pregnancy if visible (after nine weeks) and which is part of the lining of the uterus. People have been known to pray over it, write notes for inclusion, “baptize” it, etc., etc. Some clinic staff have also been known to say a little prayer over it– thanking it for its sacrifice so that the woman could continue on the path she was on.”
Abortion clinic employee
blog Abortion Clinic Days, Blog 11-30-2005
I’m reminded of a quote from Lord Farquaad in Shrek: “Some of you may die. But that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.”