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Abortionist refuses to do abortions on women who would vote for Bush

From an article written about an abortionist:

“He insisted on educating the women he treated. In the election year of 1992, he would ask, in his soft voice, if they were registered to vote and the candidate they intended to vote for. If they answered “George Bush,” he would interrupt the procedure. “Why should I do this for you,” he would say, “if you’re going to vote for someone who wants to make it illegal?”

Tom Junod ““THE ABORTIONIST” GQ February 1994

After all, if abortion were made illegal, the abortionist would have to find another line of work. He is protecting his livelihood.

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Medical textbook on fetal pain

From a textbook on the development of the human brain:

“Lip tactile response may be evoked by the end of the seventh week. By 10.5 weeks, the palms of the hands are responsive to light stroking with a hair, and at 11 weeks, the face and all parts of the upper and lower extremities are sensitive to touch. By 13.5 to 14 weeks, the entire body surface, except for the back and top of the head, are sensitive to pain.

Reinis, S., and Goldman, J.M., The Development of the Brain, (Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1980)

“ABORTION A Briefing Book For Canadian Legislators” Campaign Life Coalition NATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE July 2002

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Abortionist’s daughter: “he is sadder now”

The daughter of one abortionist said:

“It’s sort of sad, that society has forced him into this. He seems like a sadder person now than when his practice was delivering a lot of babies.”

Tom Junod “THE ABORTIONIST” GQ February 1994

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Abortionist mistakes 26 week baby for 6 weeks

Pro-Life author Troy Clark, Ph.D. recounted the following story:

“Taranda,” age 17, went to a Family Planning Clinic for Reproductive Health for an abortion on December 22, 1989. Dr. Karen J Smiley misdiagnosed the pregnancy at 6 weeks and performed an abortion.

Four days later, Taranda gave birth to a one pound, critically ill infant girl in a hospital corridor. Taranda’s lawyer said, “She’s devastated, obviously. She would never have dreamed of having an abortion had she known it was 26 weeks old.” Taranda needed psychiatric care after her ordeal. The following news agencies reported her story:

The Tennessean 3/15/90: Today’s Tennessean 2/2/90, Associated Press 1/1/90, 1/26/90, and 1/29/90

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

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Nurse calls baby a “blob of tissue” before teen’s abortion

One woman tells the story of her abortion:

“I was 17, engaged, three months pregnant, and embarrassed. I made the unnecessary and regrettable decision to have an abortion. Although abortion was illegal, I was in the office of one of the best physicians in town. No butcher. No back alley.

Just before the procedure began I asked the nurse: “There’s nothing there, right?” “No, just a blob of tissue,” she replied. Within a few minutes I felt like my insides were burning. At home hours later, the pain and bleeding grew worse. The woman who had arranged the abortion said, “You know, it was a little boy.”

3 months

I was overwhelmed with shock, confusion, and anger. “What do you mean, it was a little boy? She said it was just a blob of tissue! The guilt made me feel like I deserved the pain.”

Jan LaRue “There Should Be Three” Family Research Council March 1995, 8

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Mother of child with down syndrome: “No life is in vain.”

The mother of a child with down syndrome wrote:

“I… gave birth to a severely retarded child. Even though I would not have chosen Joey 12 years ago today, today I love him as my special son…

If we chose only that which appeared important or undemanding, I doubt if much would be accomplished or much love would be radiated in our lives. If not for my retarded son, I would not be defending the handicapped. Perhaps that’s his purpose for life. I don’t believe any life, regardless of its potential, is in vain.

Most handicapped persons don’t have a problem of being handicapped; their problem is society’s acceptance of them and their handicap…”

Quoted in Randall J Hekman Justice for the Unborn (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Books, 1984) 55 – 56

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Botched abortion of 7 month old baby puts teen in hospital

A pro-life book tells the story of a 16 year-old-woman who had a botched abortion.

“Francine,” age 16, went to the All Women’s Health Center for an abortion in August 1986. Abortionist Harold Ticton estimated the pregnancy at 3 months.

Upon removing the baby’s arm, he realized that the boy was actually 7 months. He stopped the procedure, but did not transport Francine to the hospital for 7 hours. Francine had the dead fetus removed by C-section, was admitted to the intensive care unit, and was hospitalized for over a week.

7 months, 28 weeks

An autopsy on the 28 week young baby attributed death to “partial dismemberment due to the suctioning during the abortion.” Tiction blamed Francine, saying that she gave him a wrong date for her last period, which led him to miscalculate the pregnancy as 12 weeks rather than 28 weeks. The following news agencies reported the story:

Tampa Bay and State 2/9/92; St. Petersburg Times 5/12/88; AP 8/8/88; Tampa Tribune 8/6/88

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

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As of 2014, 300 abortionists commit abortions after 20 weeks

Pro-Life author Troy Clark, Ph.D., writes:

“300 abortion doctors in the US perform abortions after 20 weeks, 140 after 24 weeks, according to 2008 study by the Guttmacher Institute: “Abortion in the US: Incidence and Access to Service”

Mike Adams “Black Abortions Matter” Townhall.com, December 18, 2014 p 2

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

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Past president of American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on fetal pain

A past president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists explains that unborn babies react to pain in the womb:

“It can be clearly demonstrated that fetuses seek to evade certain stimuli in a manner which in an infant or an adult would be interpreted as a reaction to pain.”

Richard T.F. Schmidt, M.D., Past President of American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Statement, February 13, 1984.

“ABORTION A Briefing Book For Canadian Legislators” Campaign Life Coalition NATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE July 2002

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