It is no surprise that many abortion clinics turn the ultrasound screen away from women who are having abortions, and I pro-choice group such as Planned Parenthood vigorously fight legislation that would require a woman to be offered the chance to see her baby on the sonogram. Planned Parenthood fights laws that say a woman has the right to see her ultrasound if she chooses to, even though she is not forced to. This is because Planned Parenthood is vigorously opposed to women having enough information to make an informed decision. Rather, they are willing to pressure women into abortions by withholding information, as this former Planned Parenthood clinic worker describes.
Sidewalk counselor and manager of a crisis pregnancy center Roderick P Murphy tells the following story:
“Anya (pseudonym) was in the abortion facility next door being prepared for an abortion when a Planned Parenthood staffer mistakenly allowed a corner of the ultrasound screen to be seen by her. When the client saw her baby moving on the screen, she panicked, jumped off the table and ran out of the building where our outside counselor steered her toward our office. We counseled her and showed her a full ultrasound screen of her baby and she wept with relief. She kept crying and saying “I almost killed my baby. I almost killed my baby.”
Roderick P Murphy. Stopping Abortions at Death’s Door (Southbridge, Massachusetts: Taig Publishing 2009) P194
Read more stories of minds changed by seeing ultrasounds.
And read about Abby Johnson, clinic manager who converted to the pro-life position after watching an abortion on ultrasound in her facility.
