The late Dr. Nathanson, former abortion provider and pro-choice advocate:
“I think the baby probably feels pain in all of them [abortion procedures] [although] the degree, the sophistication of the [pain] perception certainly varies with the length of gestation… [but] there is is really little question that pain is felt in some degree or other during an abortion.”
Initial transcript, The Ankerberg Theological Research Institute “Is Abortion Justifiable?” Televised program, January 1990
Here is a diagram of a first trimester suction abortion, the most common abortion procedure in the US
And here is a diagram of the most common second trimester abortion technique, the D & E:
In each, the baby is violently torn apart. Most likely, this dismemberment causes pain.
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