Partial-Birth Abortionist Dares Ashcroft to Prosecute

Newsmax ^ | 11/16/03 | Carl Limbacher

[truthandlife]

For years the pro-choice crowd defended partial-birth abortion as an absolute last resort, certainly not a decision any woman or her doctor would take lightly.

But at least one practitioner of the grisly procedure discussed the topic recently in almost matter-of-fact tones – and dared Attorney General John Ashcroft to prosecute him under the new law banning the operation.

NewsMax.com's Fr. Mike Reilly reports that Dr. Warren Hern described a partial-birth abortion he performed for MSN.com readers on Oct. 22, 2003.

"Earlier this year, I began an abortion on a young woman who was 17 weeks pregnant," recalled Hern.

"Because of the two days of prior treatment, the amniotic membranes were visible and bulging. I ruptured the membranes and released the fluid to reduce the risk of amniotic fluid embolism."

The doctor's account turned gruesome as he described the baby's life being snuffed out.

"Then I inserted my forceps into the uterus and applied them to the head of the fetus, which was still alive, since fetal injection is not done at that stage of pregnancy. I closed the forceps, crushing the skull of the fetus, and withdrew the forceps."

The baby, now dead, "slid out more or less intact," Hern noted. "With the next pass of the forceps, I grasped the placenta, and it came out in one piece. Within a few seconds, I had completed my routine exploration of the uterus and sharp curettage."

Dr. Hern said the loss of blood was minimal and that his patient, who was awake, hardly felt the operation.

"Did I do a 'partial-birth' abortion?" the abortionist asked MSN readers. "Will John Ashcroft prosecute me?"

[kayak]

How utterly depraved.

[Luis Gonzalez]

He's got much bigger problems than Ashcroft in his future.

[shaggy eel]

"Will John Ashcroft prosecute me?"

,,, forget John Ashcroft Warren. You'll have an expiry date like everyone else. Try that same degree of confidence on that day.

[Callahan]

At least he refers to a to his fresh kill as a baby. He's both depraved and honest.

[shaggy eel]

He's both depraved and honest.

,,, in as much as crap is like raspberry jelly.

[Dan from Michigan]

If I remember right, that's the f'head out of Boulder with that MSNBC article.

All I'll say is that Warren better not step foot in my county. Surgeons need good hands, right..........

[Quick1]

Why does Newsmax fail to report why he performed the operation? I highly doubt he did it for sh!ts and giggles.

[kayak]

Amen!

[hellinahandcart]

Deceptive title. The doctor did not perform a partial-birth abortion, the killing was all done in-utero.

[hellinahandcart]

Why does Newsmax fail to report why he performed the operation? I highly doubt he did it for sh!ts and giggles

No, he didn't. He did it for money.

[hellinahandcart]

The doctor's article was posted here over a week ago, and I do not recall him mentioning any "reason" for the abortion either.

[ClearCase_guy]

Why does Newsmax fail to report why he performed the operation?

No way was it an emergency procedure -- he states that the woman had been given two days of treatment prior to the murder of the baby. Very planned. Very cold.

[Prime Choice]

Paging AG Ashcroft...Paging AG Ashcroft... Cleanup on aisle MSN, please.

[tenthirteen]

This monster will burn in HELL; and I hope it's soon.

[Hank Kerchief]

This monster will burn in HELL; and I hope it's soon.

You and your ilk have convinced me that the only motive of the entire "anti-abortion" movement is an obscene psychopathic desire for human suffering.

Hank

[MarcoPolo]

Dear GOD, this is disgusting! I hope somehow God gets to him and changes him 'cause otherwise he's running fast down the hot road to Hell where he ain't gonna be worrying about any attorney generals.

[Guillermo]

These are the people the Left points to as Heroes.

[Guillermo]

What is the motive for the pro-abortion movement?