Woman observing in abortion clinic becomes hardened

Magda Denes, who spent a year watching abortions and interviewing people at an abortion clinic, describes becoming numb to the horror of the procedures and the pain of the women:

“In a month’s time I acquire a sort of wooden torpor to the screams that periodically shatter the humdrum noises of the floor. Tears cease to unsettle me. I am unmoved by wailing. I take it for granted that we are in the business of death here, and the tenor of each day will be heartbreak… I am shellshocked, as it were, stunned by being spoken to. Staggered by these readily revealed dramas, whose plots are loneliness, whose resolutions are defeat.”

Magda Denes In Necessity and Sorrow: Life and Death in an Abortion Hospital (New York: Basic Books, 1976) 126

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The abortion facility Magda Denes visited did abortions up to 24 weeks – the age of the baby pictured above.

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Media bias in covering abortion-related violence

Pro-life author Troy Clark says:

“Research commissioned by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops studied a four year period from 1992-1995. Three shooting incidents by anti-abortionists drew 1,110 stories in seven national print and network outlets. Yet, thirteen documented cases of pro-abortionist violent incidents attracted only 59 stories in the same news outlets.

Only four stories covered how Daniel Mahoney became the first pro-abortionist to be indicted for threatening to kill workers at a crisis pregnancy center under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.”

Troy Clark, Ph.D. Abortion Every 90 Seconds: The Whole Story (Kindle, 2015)

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Abortion workers fabricated reports to the police, claims pro-lifer

In his book about abortion, Troy Clark claims:

“Norma McCorvey, the “Roe” in Roe V Wade, admitted after she became a born-again pro-life Christian in 1995 that on many occasions while working at abortion mills, she and her fellow workers would call the police and fabricate stories about how “abortion protesters” trespass on their property. These stories were totally untrue but it would get pro-lifers off the streets and into jail.”

Troy Clark, Ph.D. Abortion Every 90 Seconds: The Whole Story (Kindle, 2015)

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Woman calls her aborted baby her “son”

A woman had a D&E abortion because her child had severe kidney problems and would’ve needed dialysis or a transplant. However, she feels the aborted baby was her son and gets angry when pro-choice friends have trouble with that term:

“Opponents of abortion may argue that terminating my pregnancy violated our baby’s human rights …

The more surprising and hurtful responses, however, have been from people like my staunchly pro-choice friend who told me that she was jarred by my use of the word son to describe our fetus, as though the moral basis for abortion depends on denying the fetus any semblance of humanity, no matter how close it is to the point of viability, no matter how the woman herself chooses to define her relationship to the fetus.”

Phoebe Day Danziger “A Peaceful Death” Slate FEB. 5 2014

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Grandmother is grateful she didn’t abort her daughter

A woman, now a grandmother, expresses her gratitude that she didn’t abort her daughter many years ago:

“If I would have aborted my daughter, I would never have known my wonderful son-in-law. And I would never have known my precious grandson and granddaughter either.

They are a big joy to me. How I love to hear their little voices as they call out to me, “Grandma.” I love to touch their beautiful faces and feel the warmth of their hugs and kisses. They make me laugh and smile, and they bring tears of joy to my heart….If I would have gone through with the abortion, I would have missed out on some of the most beautiful blessings and rewards in my life – the joy of my precious family.”

Cheryl Chew Make Me Your Choice (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image Publishers, 2006) 73-74

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Woman hoped her husband would stop abortion, they later divorce

Frederica Mathewes-Green sat with groups of women and listened to their abortion stories. She recalls one story:

“She voices the secret hope many aborting women harbor: “When I was at the clinic waiting for the abortion, I kept hoping my husband would show up. I kept hoping he would come in and say, “Don’t do this! I changed my mind!” but he didn’t show up. The marriage grew tense and they divorced a few months later.”

Frederica Mathewes-Green Real Choices: Listening to Women, Looking for Alternatives to Abortion (Felicity Press; 3 edition, April 16, 2013) Kindle version

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Woman tries to sell jewelrly during her abortion

An abortion doula helping at an abortion clinic in Manhatten recalls that one woman was trying to sell Zales jewelry to the workers at the clinic while they were doing her abortion:

“A Zales representative tries to sell me on their various collections [during her abortion.] She doesn’t wince at all during the abortion. When it’s over, she thanks everyone, tells us which store she works in, and offers us all a discount. “

Alex Ronan “My Year As an Abortion Doula” The Cut SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

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Forced to abort by mother and counselor, woman grieves

Pro-life feminist Frederica Mathewes-Green tells the story of a young woman’s forced abortion:

“Becky says that she had at first resolved to have the baby. But her mother took her to a counselor, ordering her to wait in the reception room while the two of them conferred. When they called Becky in, she was told that the counselor and her mother had agreed that Becky should have an abortion. Her mom added, “If you continue this pregnancy, you can’t live in my house.”

Becky was stunned, but at a loss for alternatives. She had a vague idea that there might be places for rejected pregnant women to go – “there were some Catholic maternity homes, somewhere” – but had neither the resources nor the self-confidence to track down that possibility. She had the abortion. Eight years later, she is still grieving: “I was already attached to that baby.”

Frederica Mathewes-Green Real Choices: Listening to Women, Looking for Alternatives to Abortion (Felicity Press; 3 edition, April 16, 2013) Kindle version

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Woman who aborted had to have part of colon removed

Elaine Blakely of Huntsville, Alabama, describes the “safe, legal” abortion she had in 1976:

I am a woman who was exploited by abortion ten years ago. My abortion was free, legal and by no means performed in a “back alley” facility. In fact, the abortion facility was recommended by Planned Parenthood. Since I was not working at the time, Planned Parenthood happily gave me a “free pass” for the abortion. I didn’t even have to pay for the abortion. . .

At the Kansas City abortion clinic, I was given a pelvic exam. . . Contrary to what I was told, the abortion hurt very much and it led to severe complications. The “doctor” who performed my abortion perforated my uterus, cut an artery, and traumatized my colon. The doctor left me alone there with the “counselors” and one “nurse” for one and a half hours. After all the other patients had left the abortion facility, I was rushed by ambulance to a hospital across the state line for observation and blood transfusions. The ambulance rushed me to the hospital with lights flashing and sirens blaring in an attempt to save my life. The complaint that back alley abortions kills girls must be seen in light of the fact that girls are dying today from LEGAL abortions.

In order to save my life, a few hours later a hysterectomy was performed at the Kansas City, Missouri, Hospital. I am telling you this because I am an adult. I was misled into believing it was a simple procedure with no complications. Since then I have had eighty percent of my colon removed.

Amicus Brief in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services” by Christine Torre, et al.

BRIEF FOR FEMINISTS FOR LIFE OF AMERICA,
WOMEN EXPLOITED BY ABORTION OF GREATER
KANSAS CITY, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
PRO-LIFE NURSES, LET ME LIVE, AND ELLIOT
INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH,
AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF APPELLANTS

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“She’s not the rapist’s baby, she’s my baby” says mother from rape

A woman who gave birth to her baby conceived in rape says:

“It really upsets me to hear people talking about a woman keeping a ‘rapist’s baby,’ To me, she’s not the rapist’s baby; she’s my baby. He doesn’t deserve any credit. [The thought of abortion] is based on temporary feelings that the baby is the rapist’s baby. But it’s her baby. In all my research, the majority of women who get pregnant through rape don’t want to have an abortion. This is the outside telling these women that they should have an abortion because their loved ones don’t want to deal with [the rape] or think about it. But that woman is not going to forget it, and abortion is not going to solve that problem. And I think that that misconception needs to be cleared. It’s not the woman herself who wants the abortion. It’s usually her family or her friends.”

Although she was homeless when she conceived, this mother is raising her child. She has no regrets.

Nancy Flanders “Raped and Homeless: She Chose Life for Her Baby Not Abortion” LifeNews APR 10, 2013

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