Clinic Worker: It Is a Dismembered Body

From the article “Abortion Providers Share Inner Conflicts” by Diane M. Gianelli, American Medical News, July 12, 1993:

“One thing that doesn’t change over time, however, is the kinds of questions patients ask. Questions that sometimes stump the staff. Like whether the fetus feels pain during the procedure.”This is a big concern” for both staff and patients, said a clinic employee from Massachusetts. After all, she said, “it is a dismembered body”

Patients also sometimes ask to view the fetal remains. A Toronto physician said she didn’t know

“how and whether we [should] protect the patient from the reality of the procedure.” She said she regularly hid the ultrasound screen.”

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