They said it.
On fetal development:
“By the time a woman confirms that she is pregnant, at five weeks, the baby is already 1/3 inch tall, with a steadily beating heart, a developing brain and nervous system. The first brain waves can be detected during the 6th week of pregnancy. “
“What They Never Told You About the Facts of Life” brochure, published by the Human Development Resource Council, Inc., Norcross, GA. 2001.
From one woman who had an abortion:
“I feel proud of myself that I made the choice to have an abortion and finish college. I never made a decision before that said I was the most important person. Choosing abortion is about empowerment. It’s about making a choice in favor of myself and my own future. It was giving myself a vote of confidence.”
Anonymous woman
Quoted in The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. The New Our Bodies, Ourselves. (Touchstone Books, 1992) 369.
Two abortionists describing selective abortions done on multiple pregnancies:
“Using ultra-sound to locate each fetus, the doctors would insert a needle into the chest cavity of the most accessible fetus and place the needle tip directly into the heart of the baby. Potassium chloride was then injected into the heart and the heart was viewed on the ultrasound screen until it stopped beating.
Even at 9 weeks, 3 of the 12 fetuses selected for elimination presented problems. The heart continued to beat and the procedure had to be repeated.”
“Selective Abortion, AKA Pregnancy Reduction.” New England Journal of Medicine, April 21, 1988
Share on FacebookVarria Russellwhite describes her abortion experience:
“I thought I’d be happy at my decision [to keep the baby], but then my career dreams started to creep back and a month later I rebooked. I was 17 weeks pregnant when I finally went through with it.
I was given a pill and then a pessary the following day, which induced a miscarriage. I was not prepared for what followed. After eight hours I gave birth to a small but fully formed baby.
As I watched the nurse carry it away in a pool of blood, I felt so hollow at the waste of a life. I could clean the mess off me, but couldn’t wash the guilt from my mind.”
“What WE think of abortion – by the women who had them” Daily Mail Sept 13 2007
A woman who had an abortion claims:
“i did the least selfish thing, which was what was best for the child, not myself. i would have LOVED to have a child, i had these plans for when i wanted kids, how far apart, etc… however, when i got pregnant, it really, really was not the right time.”
Below: Pictures of abortions at 10 weeks. Is this the least selfish thing? was abortion best for these children?
From one woman who had an abortion by pill:
Share on Facebook“I had my medical abortion a few days ago at slightly less than 8 weeks. It was the most painful experience ever in my life. On top of emotional pain, when the second pill was taking effect, I had the most indescribable excruciating pain for more than 6 hours. It almost killed me… I wonder if child birth is even more painful than this… There was just so much pain that I could’t even cry… Maybe I should have chosen surgical.
Now that it’s been a few days, I feel so different. I feel all alone again with an empty womb. All those pregnant feelings are gone, I don’t feel like a mother anymore, I’m myself again… Perhaps it was really those crazy hormones working… Now I’m calm, sad to have lost a child but it was an informed decision made by choice. “
One pro-abortion person wrote:
“As far as abortion is concerned, I can speak for myself in that the killing of a pre-sentient fetus does not equate to murder, any more so than the killing of a fly amounts to murder (and I can actually make the case that killing a fly is MORE heinous a moral act than permanently interrupting the development of a potential being).
In your “for instance,” killing is not necessarily moral, but it is almost certainly not immoral.”
Comment on the blog “Rationally Speaking” May 19 2006
Preborn baby at 9 weeks after abortion. Is this less wrong than killing a fly?
A woman wrote about her abortion. She originally wanted to keep the baby:
If he decided to want to keep the baby…I would TOTALLY keep it….
When we agreed yes to keeping it one afternoon, we talked about naming the baby, what the baby would look like…complexion, eyes, nose, hair..and then the rest of the day would go by…and nothing would be talked about..then he woke me up that night to tell me that he doesn’t want to keep it…because he’s not ready to settle down….
Later that afternoon as I was taking him to work we argued at the fact that I said I’m keeping the baby…and he was giving me the guilt trips…after a few mins…he agreed to keeping the baby again…and then…the next morning..after he dropped me off at work..he went to an abortion clinic…talked to a counselor…and then came back to me with paperwork that its okay to have an abortion….
I mentioned to him…that if he and I were to break up…I would keep the baby…I don’t know why I said that….
After the abortion:
Share on FacebookSince then, I’ve cried for hours upon hours…every day. I don’t cry when my bf’s around but he doesn’t make me feel any better about the relationship. We made a commitment and I followed through with mine. His answers now are slightly changing. He was sooo adamant about “yes I’ll keep my words…my promises” prior to the abortion and then 3 days later..his words are changing about what his commitment was.
I hate myself for killing my own. I try to hide it, to keep my spirits up but really it doesn’t help. I realize I don’t like to keep my spirits up just because I feel like then I’d be avoiding the truth and feeling like a heartless cold person.”
From one pro-abortion blogger:
Share on Facebook“March for Life, today, outside my building.
Too bad I forgot my Glock 19 at home…
The other option was to simulate a pregnancy and have Joe do a home-made abortion by punching me in the stomach mid-march, although, i get the feeling that would either result in him being arrested or stoned to death.”
The San Francisco Chronicle shows the intolerance of pro-choicers in an article about pro-life ads on trains and in train stations:
“Bay Area abortion-rights activists say a Roman Catholic group’s advertisements on hundreds of BART trains and in scores of stations — attacking the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision and asking “Abortion: Have we gone too far?” — have gone too far in a region known for its progressive politics.
Many of the ads have been torn down or defaced since the campaign began three weeks ago.
“I think every woman has noticed them,” said Suzanne “Sam” Joi, a member of Code Pink, a social justice and anti-war group. “I couldn’t believe BART would allow something like this. Why are they doing this?”
Michael Cabanatuan “BAY AREA / Anti-abortion ad on BART angers activists / Many placards have been defaced or destroyed” San Francisco Chronicle 1/8/2006
A group opposed to war but in support of abortion makes little sense. See why abortion is just as violent as war.
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