They said it.
Kenneth Edelin, abortionist- Massachusetts- New England Journal of Medicine, interview: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/1/1/DC2
“One of the interesting things that happened after New York State liberalized it’s abortion laws is that abortion clinics opened up all over the state. They were not always run by the most professional or skilled or experienced physicians.”
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Share on FacebookJames T. MacMahon, abortionist
American Medical News, 7/5/1993 and LA Times “The Abortions of Last Resort” 1-7-1990
Share on Facebook“There’s a great deal of craft to this procedure. Frankly I don’t think I was any good at all until I had done 3,000 or 4,000.”
David Toub, abortionist
Bella Online, Dr. Toub Discusses the Safety of at Home Abortions.
“Abortion, particularly early suction curettage, gives the impression of not being a very difficult procedure. It’s fast, very safe and highly effective. However, impressions can be misleading. Ninety-nine times out of one hundred, everything goes very smoothly. But it’s that one time that can be associated with complications, some of which are very serious, even deadly.”
and
“…all of us who are well-trained to provide abortions and who have considerable clinical experience still have complications. About once a year, the average experienced abortion provider may perforate a uterus. Indeed, a pregnant uterus is much more easily perforated than a nonpregnant one.”
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Share on FacebookBeacon Womens Center. abortion clinic- Consent to outpatient surgery form states:
“I understand that the purpose of an abortion is to end a pregnancy. I understand that my first trimester abortion consists of stretching open the mouth of the uterus (cervix) and removing the contents of my uterus-with surgical instruments and gentle suction. As a result of surgical procedures there may be material risks of: infection, allergic reaction, disfiguring scars, severe loss of blood, loss of function of a limb or organ, paralysis, paraplegia or quadriplegia, brain damage, cardiac arrest or death. In addition to these material risks, there may be other possible risks involved in the procedure including but not limited to: perforation, cervical tear, formation of blood clots in the uterus, hemorrhage, blood transfusions, DIC: the inability to clot blood which may be fatal, Fistula formation: An opening between bowel, bladder, ureter, vagina, and/or skin, emboli: clots that might travel to other parts of my body and be fatal, incomplete abortion, missed abortion, cervical incompetency, emotional distress, infection, possible need for immediate surgery or other additional surgery which might include a hysterectomy, laparascopy, and laparotomy, and ectopic pregnancy”
This document also details the extreme risks of anesthesia and states that
“No guarantees of assurance have been made to me concerning the results of this procedure.”
The patient is told to sign her name, but the name of the doctor performing the abortion is not included or revealed on this form.
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Share on FacebookIn an article regarding early medical abortions, British journalists spoke with a number of providers.
“Certainly, if one undertakes the surgical option, there are a good deal of things that go wrong. Patients have been known to have their cervix punctured, which can lead to infertility or worse. And of course, there’s an inherent risk in going under general anaesthetic in itself.”
The article noted that, Due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter, the anonymity of the four professionals – whose views have been put forward here – has been preserved.
A Tough Choice To Swallow : Part two: 6-8-2006 http://www.pembrokeshiretv.com/content/templates/v6-article.asp?articleid=2198
Share on Facebook“[Abortion] is the only elective surgical procedure that I know of in which the doctor performing the procedure is not responsible for follow-up care nor does he or she take an active role in dealing with the complications… it is bad because it pushes sloppy medical care upon women who have been led to believe that their only choice is to abort their babies.”
Dr. Lenora Berning, an emergency room physician who has treated women for abortion-related problems
Quoted in “Doctors Call Abortion Bad Medicine” Lancaster New Era Oct 28, 1999.
Share on Facebook“The public is misled into believing that legal abortion is a trivial incident, even a lunch-hour procedure, which can be used as a mere extension of contraceptive practice. There has been almost a conspiracy of silence in declaring [abortion’s] risks. Unfortunately, because of emotional reactions to legal abortion, well documented evidence from countries with a vast experience of it, receives little or no attention in either the medical or lay press. This is medically indefensible when patients suffer as a result…It is significant that some of the more serious complications occurred with the most senior and experienced operators…”
Stallworthy, J.A., et al., “Legal Abortion: A Critical Assessment of Risk,” The Lancet, December 4, 1971
This is an old reference, but it is significant because it documents the fact that legalization of abortion (it was legal in several states in 1971) did not end abortion’s dangers. Many illegal abortion practitioners simply became legal ones.
Share on Facebook“It is extremely difficult to watch doctors lie, clinic workers cover up, and hear terrifying stories of women dragged out of clinics to die in cars on the way to the hospital without beginning to question the party line. I began to wonder if we were really caring for these women, or if we were just working for another corporation whose only interest was the bottom line.”
Judith Fetrow, Former Planned Parenthood worker, from a speech to The Pro-Life Action League
Share on Facebook“If we see a doctor out there who’s really hurting women, it’s incumbent upon us to blow the whistle — no matter what the outcome. But it’s a real choice, because you could end up with someone worse — or no doctor at all …”
Ron Fitzsimmons, Director of National Coalition of Abortion Providers Abortion Report, July 7, 1994
Share on Facebook“It’s true that abortion providers are perceived as not very good doctors — that they have no alternative so they do abortions, that they cannot earn a living any other way.”
Richard Hausknecht, Abortionist. The New York Times Magazine, January 18, 1998
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