THE WITNESS: I think that’s a concern. My approach has been to say that the cord usually comes down and severing of the cord means that the fetus sanguinates.
THE COURT: Do you think that a normal woman patient understands those words?
THE WITNESS: Well, bleed to death is the analogy on more lay terms.
Dr. Carolyn Westhoff, abortionist, in sworn testimony in National Abortion Federation, et. al. v. Ashcroft, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, April 5, 2004.
