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Abortionist refers to saline abortion victim as “baby”

Dr. William J. Sweeney III describes a saline abortion. In his description, he freely uses the word “baby”:

“The [saline] solution is lethal. It kills the baby in the womb. Then the woman whose fetus is too large to abort by suction curette must go through labor and finally, 24 or 36 hours later, exhausted, she delivers a dead baby.”

William J. Sweeney III, MD, Barbara Lang Stern Woman’s Doctor: A Year in the Life of an Obstetrician-Gynecologist (New York: Morrow & Company, 1973) 207

The abortionist knows that it is a “baby” being aborted.

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Abortion worker describes having “attitude” towards patients

An abortion worker, quoted by pro-choice author Magda Denes, said:

“I didn’t get rude or nasty with the girls, but it was a form of hostility that could be sensed. I would have an attitude.”

Magda Denes In Necessity and Sorrow: Life and Death in an Abortion Hospital (New York: Basic Books, 1976) 19

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Pro-Choice feminist writes about technology

Pro-Choice feminist Kathleen McDonnell wrote in her book on abortion:

“… Developments in medical technology are radically changing the nature of the abortion debate. Our expanding knowledge of fetal physiology and psychology makes it more and more difficult to simply dismiss the fetus in the abortion discussion.

The fetus is literally becoming a “patient” while still in the womb, the recipient of surgery and other therapeutic techniques at gestational ages well before the cut off point for abortion.”

Kathleen McDonnell Not an Easy Choice: Re-Examining Abortion (Canada: Second Story Press, 2003) 24

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She remembered women wailing after their abortions

A post-abortion woman named Sophia wrote:

“In the clinic in Brighton, I asked the nurse if I could be told whether it was a boy or a girl. I got a brisk reply: “We don’t talk about that here.”

When I came around after the operation, I was in excruciating pain from cramps. All around me I could hear the wailing of the other girls – it’s the most terrible place for a woman to be in. No love or care was shown to any of us – we were just put out and operated on. There was the odd boyfriend there, hanging around awkwardly before going off to the beach when his girlfriend was wheeled away…

I was discharged with a few antibiotic pills. I was relieved, and wrote in my diary, “It’s all over.” What a lie! If I was honest, I felt dead inside…”

Melanie Symonds, Phyllis Bowman And Still They Weep: Personal Stories of Abortion (The SPUC Educational Research Trust, 1996) 46 – 47

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Man becomes pro-life after seeing “tissue sample”

Jim Caley decided to get involved in the pro-life movement after he saw the body of a preborn baby at the lab where he worked:

“Jim spoke of working in a lab where one day he was sent into a storage room to get a tissue sample and there saw a perfect baby in a jar of formaldehyde – another “tissue sample.” That event affected his heart and thinking to where he was drawn to oppose abortion more actively.”

James H Trott Was That Thunder? A Memoir of Pro-Life Rescue, 1988 – 1997 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Oak and Yew Press, 2015) 123

it is not clear whether this baby was aborted or stillborn, but the child was being handled simply as another specimen, with no recognition of his or her humanity.

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NARAL president: technology makes people think of the baby as a human being

Kate Michelman, former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, an organization dedicated to fighting laws against abortion:

“Technology has clearly helped to define how people think about a fetus as a full, breathing human being.”

Sarah Kliff “Remember Roe!” Newsweek April 16, 2010

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Woman regrets she wasn’t counseled before abortion

Looking back on her abortion, one woman said:

“Had I been counseled properly concerning the pain and the development of my unborn child, I doubt that I would’ve chosen abortion. I was not forewarned of the health risks or the deep psychological aftereffects of abortion. As a bright college graduate, I had a promising future ahead of me. Following my abortion, I became deeply depressed, suicidal, and unable to hold a job. I never mourned the loss of my appendix, so why did I grieve over the passing of an enigmatic uterine blob? The answer is that it wasn’t a mere “blob of tissue.” It was a living baby. I realized at the moment I saw his dismembered body. I realized it too late.”

Susan Neiburg Terkel Abortion: Facing the Issues (New York: Franklin Watts, 1988) 37

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Doctor weighs pros and cons of D&E procedure

In an article in the Lancet, a doctor explains that a D&E procedure (where the baby is dismembered in utero) is easier for a woman to undergo than an induction abortion, where the woman has to go through labor.

He says:

“The well-being of the woman who has made the painful decision to have her 20 week pregnancy terminated must be at the center of the debate. The procedure must be the physically safest and least distressing possible.…

Dilation and evacuation is distressing for the surgeon and the theater nurses but is much less distressing than medical abortion or ward staff and for other women who are patients in the ward. The distress felt in the theater is acceptable if those involved are convinced that the abortion is necessary for the woman.”

DB Paintin, Lancet, 1989, Vol. 2, P 563

In Jenny Bryan Abortion (East Sussex, England: Wayland Publishers Limited, 1991) 43

Here is a diagram of a D&E procedure.

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Mother of handicapped child says she would never abort another one

Anonymous mother of a handicapped child, on why she would not abort a subsequent pregnancy:

“If I hadn’t already had one it would be an easier decision but I’ve had W and she is classed as handicapped. But she’s lovely, she seems as normal as can be, so I couldn’t have an abortion after W, but if I hadn’t had her, my idea of being handicapped would be different.”

Journal of Medical Ethics 1983, vol. 9, P152

Quoted in Jenny Bryan Abortion (East Sussex, England: Wayland Publishers Limited, 1991) 33

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Abortion nurse leaves aborted baby in mother’s bed

Authors Liz Jeffries and Rick Edmonds wrote of one incident that occurred in a hospital that did abortions:

“In Grand Rapids the revolt against physician authority began as nurses left a tiny corpse “lying in its mother’s bed for an hour and a half, despite angry calls from the attending physician, who finally went in and removed it himself.”

Liz Jeffries and Rick Edmonds “Abortion: The Dreaded Complication” Today Aug 2, 1981

Curt Young The Least of These: What Everyone Should Know about Abortion (Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1984) 93

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