Woman Who Flies to South Dakota to Do Abortions Unapologetic, Won't Quit

LifeNews.com ^ | April 4, 2006 | Steven Ertelt

[GovernmentShrinker]

The "you people" in the post I was replying to.

[Mercat]

My son has dated a young woman for the past two years. She just started her residency in OB/GYN. For a variety of factors, they broke up. I was relieved. It would have been hard to have a daughter in law who had performed abortions. Hell, maybe she already has.

[SouthernFreebird]

I dunno, I find it hard to believe that any woman who feels the pain of abortion in her soul would have more than 1 death racked up.

And in this day and age of information I'm finding it hard to have sympathy for women who can still abort with all the pics of babys in the stages of development.

[therut]

I have noticed alot of abortion doctors are ancient like in the 79's even 89's. I would like to know nation wide what their ages are. The 2 I know in Arkansas looked like skeltons they were so old.

[therut]

Oh yes she is making that at the least. As a physician I know what these things cost and they are cash on the spot. Wonder if any does not get reported for tax purpose. Good grief abortions run from 450-600 cash for 1st and 2nd trimester abortions in Arkansas. These people make a killling. No pun intended. Their overhead is very low. 3 people in most clinics working at the most. The equiptment is not that expensive. These things are run worse than a pig slaughtering plant. Where is PETA when they are needed.

[therut]

Ectopic pregnancies are not treated with abortion. It is either surgery to remove the tube(or sometimes milk the ectopic out of the tube) or there is tx with medication Methotrexate. Pre-eclampsia rarely occurs early in pregnancy. If the child is viable you would probably do a C/Section or induce labor. I have never seen abortion done for pre-eclampsia. Abortions are done just like a D&C or D&E done for incomplete spontaneous abortion ie miscarriage. There is really no need to force Medical Students to do abortions. I do not think any Medical Schools force anyone to do abortions. Some like in NYC however require an opt out instead of an opt in for the OB-Gyn Residents. The large majority of physicians will not do abortions.

[hinckley buzzard]

Oh. Abortionists. I might have guessed.

[LibertarianInExile]

"Sigh. English language massacre ping. Obviously, the author is a victim of public education."

LOL. I caught the same thing. How incredibly fast this woman must be ovulating. Give her two days and enough willing partners, she could fill a maternity ward.

[Giant Conservative]

Medical students need to be taught to heal, not to kill.

[Giant Conservative]

The entire FFL philosophy is to blame men. Men are not at fault. Every abortion clinic requires one willing signature to murder a pre-born baby: the mother's.

It is because tens of millions of mothers have exercised their own freewill and signed on the dotted line that millions of pre-born babies have been killed in the first nine months of their lives.

[oldbrowser]

"I don't want children to be born into families where they are not wanted and where they can't be cared for properly,"

Butchering them is not exactly "caring for them properly" either.

Hippocratic hypocrisy gone insane.

[Idisarthur]

Maybe I only recall the girls that had 1 abortion, but you do have a point when considering the serial killers.

[Idisarthur]

Yeah, that could be a tough situation to be in; however, I think I'm always going to resolve it as follows, "these people - these loved ones" are lost. Then I can move on, hope and pray that they open their eyes and that they rid themselves of deaf ears.

Notice I said "they" - as there is obligation on their part.

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I always found this biblical concept important.

The light of the world, the light of creation and the light of conscience

It's probably not that easy in reality... I'm not a parent.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Abortions are done just like a D&C or D&E done for incomplete spontaneous abortion ie miscarriage.

That's another reason why medical students need to learn the procedures. Spontaneous abortions and miscarriages are very common, and if the fetus and placental tissue aren't completely removed, severe infection and fertility problems will follow. Also, spontaneous abortions/miscarriages in progress often involve potentially fatal bleeding, and need to be dealt with on an emergency basis, again through the same techniques as elective abortions.

It's a sorry excuse for a medical student who doesn't want to learn procedures which may be necessary to save the life of woman who is spontaneously aborting/miscarrying. As you correctly pointed out, no medical schools are forcing students to perform elective abortions. But students should not have the option to refuse to learn the procedures, simply because they could also be used in elective abortions.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Since most people on FR refer to methotrexate or RU-486 induced miscarriages as "abortions", I was including in that in the category of "abortion" procedures that medical students ought to learn.