Posted on 11/16/2014 9:03:18 PM PST by Morgana
Mark Crutcher, head of Life Dynamics, wrote a well researched and powerful book called Lime 5: Exploited by Choice.The book compiles stories of abortion complications and deaths. Crutcher draws material from court records, published sources, and firsthand accounts.
Often, stories of abortion malpractice are hidden because abortion related injuries and deaths very rarely make the news. There is generally no legal requirement for clinics to report complications; doing so is voluntary. And since drawing attention to botched abortions is not in the clinics’ best interests, there is very little motivation for clinics to report their mistakes to the CDC. Women who are injured by legal abortion seldom want to publicize what happened because of abortion stigma. In cases of deaths by legal abortion, often the families themselves keep the matter quiet.
However, information about abortion complications can sometimes be found in court records when abortion clinics are sued for malpractice. It takes an intrepid investigator to uncover this evidence. Pro-lifers who painstakingly search through these records are able to discover shocking cases of abuse and medical irresponsibility among abortion providers.
One such disturbing account concerns a Planned Parenthood abortionist who was also a member of the National Abortion Federation, an organization made up of abortion providers which allegedly oversees clinics and helps make abortion safer. The National Abortion Federation claims that only the best clinics and abortionists get their stamp of approval.
In a case in Hennepin County MN, District Court Case file no.89-15330, an abortionist is revealed to have treated patients horribly.
From Lime 5:
A female abortionist (a member of the NAF and director of a Planned Parenthood facility) seems to enjoy seeing abortion patients suffer. According to a suit filed against her, after telling a patient to “drop your pants and get up on the table,” she performed an abortion without anesthesia. When the patient screamed in pain, the abortionist told her to shut up or they would gag her and have her “put in a psycho ward.” She then had a nurse hold her hand over the patient’s mouth. After the ordeal, the abortionist said, “Here are your pants, put them on and get out of here. This will make you think twice before having sex without contraception.” The patient said she saw at least one other woman who was hysterical in the recovery room, crawling on her hands and knees and screaming uncontrollably.
Pro-choicers like to describe the horrors of illegal, “back alley” abortions before Roe V Wade, but these court records show that simply making abortion legal, with little or no oversight, has not guaranteed that abortion will be a positive experience, or that clinics will be staffed with competent, caring professionals. It is hard to imagine a medical professional with less compassion for her patients. I am not a mental health worker, so I cannot really speculate on what makes this abortionist treats her patients this way. But I can guess that such abusive behavior shows deep psychological problems.
Perhaps seeing the bodies of aborted babies daily has created such a sense of guilt in this doctor that she has to transfer the her anger and self-loathing onto her abortion patients, blaming them for putting her in the position to do abortions. Whatever caused her to lash out at her patients, women who came to her clinic were subjected to horrifying mistreatment.
In publicizing stories of abortion malpractice, pro-lifers can show that legal abortion does not necessarily make abortion safe and easy. Abortion is inherently a dehumanizing business, because it involves the taking of life in a gruesome manner. Whether performed in a back alley or a clean, professional clinic, the horror of abortion remains and takes its toll on those who are involved with it
I found some website that had nothing but quotes from abortionists. Reflected in the quotes was quite a bit of resentment towards the women who keep getting pregnant, thereby "forcing" the abortionists to continue to do abortions. While having a large amount of contempt for their clients, they also said that if they didn't do the abortions, someone else would, so they kept on doing them.
Clearly, there was a lot of mental gymnastics going on in order to "justify" the bloody and deadly practice of abortion. I suspect that a large number of abortionists are outright psychopaths, who have no capacity to understand that other people (including babies) feel.
These are women are willingly killing children. I would think they can handle a wee bit of mistreatment!
Once upon a time I knew a woman who’d worked for several years in an abortion facility. Eventually, it DID get to her. She quit, but was having huge emotional issues; Her conscience kicked in and the deception fled. She ended up on her knees in repentance.
Another woman I knew had a mid term abortion in NYC back in the 70’s. Apparently, she was not treated well, at all. It was a very abusive situation, and she ended up delivering the baby herself, by herself.
The logic behind the second abortion (again, mid term, same woman) just blows my mind. She went to a different facility in the same city, and was much better treated, and somehow that made the horror of the first experience better.
Grant Jefferie’s (sp?) book, “Grand Illusion” is very revealing. It’s an old book now, but if you can find a copy, it’s worth the read. It speaks about the unregulated industry, and the unaccountability of funds it received at the time the book was written (1990’s). I’m not sure how much has changed, but it doesn’t sound like much has.
Women still die, and so do the babies.
There are STILL women today who think that there is no real baby, that its a formless lump of tissue...like a blood clot, AND there are women who believe that their enlarging bellies are just the result of fat, and that whatever is inside turns into a baby on the way out.
NO KIDDING!
Suggested reading..I’ve read it
As I’m looking up book on Amazon I find the one this story speaks of!!
Not bad, I can pick up a used copy for 1 cent plus shipping.
As I’m looking up book on Amazon I find the one this story speaks of!!
Not bad, I can pick up a used copy for 1 cent plus shipping.
considering the patient usually ends up in chunks down the drain... yea, i'd say they're being horribly treated
Imagine how they treated the children.
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