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Abortion stigma, aimed at abortion providers, has been prevalent in the medical community for many, many years. Traditionally, abortionists were looked down on and perceived as being bad doctors. Historical Opposition to Abortion In 2005, Frederick N Dyer wrote The Physicians’ Crusade Against Abortion, a book with quotes from many pro-life papers and articles written by doctors from the mid-1800s to the early 20th century. In the book, he discusses the history of the early pro-life movement, which was led by doctors. In the early 1800s, abortions before quickening (the time when a pregnant person can feel the baby move)...

FULL TITLE: Operation Rescue Introduces the Newly Redesigned AbortionDocs.org, the Largest Collection of Documents on America’s Abortion Cartel Wichita, KS – Operation Rescue is pleased to announce that it has launched a new version of the website AbortionDocs.org that is bigger, faster, and more user-friendly than ever. After realizing that no accurate listing of U.S. abortion facilities existed anywhere, Operation Rescue began the daunting task of identifying every abortion facility in the nation in 2009, a list that has been continually updated since then. Because of this research, Operation Rescue conceived the idea of a website that could maintain an...

In the latest undercover video on Planned Parenthood, whistleblower Holly O’Donnell discussed Planned Parenthood abortionist Ron Berman. She revealed that he angrily paces the halls, waiting for another woman to viciously insert instruments into so he can speedily tear apart or suction out her baby. Berman works for both Planned Parenthood and StemExpress – the company that purchases the baby parts Planned Parenthood sells. Berman’s sadistic actions and lack of care for women should serve to remind women of the horrific track record of many abortionists. These abortionists do not care for the often vulnerable women who enter their clinics....

So, one of Planned Parenthood’s Northwest affiliates is looking for a nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife to provider “reproductive health services,” including chemical or “medication” abortions, to a ‘broad-based population” in Vancouver, Washington, and Salem, Bend, and Milwaukie, Oregon. Rarely do stories come along that capture so many of the hot trends, but the fear is that this may only be the first. Doctors quitting the abortion business leading to a national shortage of abortionists. Check. The industry looks to non-physicians to fill in the shortage. Check. Using chemical abortions to bring abortion to more lightly staffed, under-equipped offices....

Plans by three Catholic hospital systems in Wisconsin to deny admitting privileges to doctors who perform abortions would "be in active violation of federal law," Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen's Department of Justice said in a court filing last week. Federal law "provides that hospitals accepting federal funds may not discriminate against a physician because that physician has participated in or refused to participate in abortions," the state Justice Department said in its filing in federal court. According to experts on federal law, if doctors can prove they were not granted privileges specifically because they perform the procedure, the...

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Painkillers for aborted babies? Lawmakers consider bill to relieve 'terror and suffering of children' Posted: February 7, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A bill is gathering support in the Virginia legislature that would require unborn children be administered a painkiller before abortions are performed. A measure introduced by Republican Dick Black will be considered by the justice committee of Virginia's lower chamber, the House of Delegates, Monday, reported WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. The Senate will address a similar measure Thursday. "We must do everything possible to relieve the terror and suffering of children...

The execution of Paul Hill for the murders of an abortion doctor and his bodyguard left abortion providers holding their breath, wary that the former minister may become a martyr to the anti-abortion cause and spur others to act violently. While the mainstream anti-abortion community largely dismissed Hill as a fringe character, his supporters including a small but vocal group that stood outside the prison as Hill was put to death Wednesday believe he was rewarded with glory in heaven for his actions.