WARNING: Graphic. And Necessary.
Oh dear God in heaven. I never really knew how the procedure was performed. Don't think I really wanted to know. Now that I have read this, and cried, it is even more a sickening practice that simply MUST be stopped.
How anyone could have that knowledge and not agree that it is murder is beyond me.
I have ultrasound pictures of my daughter sucking her thumb and she continued to suck her thumb when she was tired or upset until she was 6.
I was hoping that the article would have some pictures.
WARNING: Graphic. And Necessary.
Here are some great pics!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3847319.stm
If partial birth abortion is needed to save a womans life, why do ambulances take Pregnant women to hospitals and not abortion clinics?
Bump for life.
I hope this technology spreads quickly even down to rural regional hospitals. A 'full discolosure' law might include one of these 3-D tapes or still images for the carrying mother to consider overnight (24 hour waiting period) before making a final decision. If we can't topple Roe (and I think we can), then force them to face the real facts.
The appellee and certain amici argue that the fetus is a "person" within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. In support of this, they outline at length and in detail the well-known facts of fetal development. If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant's case, of course, collapses, [410 U.S. 113, 157] for the fetus' right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment. The appellant conceded as much on reargument. 51 On the other hand, the appellee conceded on reargument 52 that no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.
from Roe v. Wade
I think ultrasound establishes that an unborn baby is a "person." Unfortunately it took a war to convince the "South" that African Americans were "persons", and it took another war to convince the Germans that Jews were "persons." We now in a war to convince radical moslems that christians are "persons." What will it take to convince the American Left that the unborn are "persons."
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. "
The language to me suggests that there are "persons" other than those "born or naturalized." Would not that imply that the unborn was one of those "persons?"
BTTT
Awesome article! Thank you for posting that, gruesome as it was. I agree with the others that stated this information should be shared far and wide.
Are people really that stupid to not understand that what's growing in them is a human being? Or are they just that selfish? People are lined up around the block to adopt babies! People spend their life savings going to other countries to adopt babies! Your baby WILL have a loving home if you can set your life and your selfishness on hold for a mere nine months. Be thankful you're not an elephant; pregnant for nearly two years, LOL!
I have an Ex-friend who asked me to take her to a doctor's appointment once. She told me she had had a miscarriage and needed a D&C and that her hsuband was unavailable to take her that day. While I was waiting for her at the clinic, the nurse chatted with me and I found out that she was actually having an abortion! She tricked me, because of course she couldn't have her husband take her there, as he wants kids. And she doesn't. And it's HER body. And blah, blah, blah!
I left her there. Haven't spoken with her since. B*tch.
"Murder" is deliberate homicide -- the intentional killing of a person.
If they think abortion will go their way if put to a vote they are sadly mistaken. The biggest travesty is that we haven't passed an amendment against it and that we're banned from presenting people with evidence of what happens in an abortion. Two weeks of 30-second ads of the real consequence and life would be very different.
Open questions to all:
1) Is it really a lack of "knowledge" that allows people to have and perform abortions or, do they do it knowing the truth? Think about it. Do we really know they truly believe a fetus isn't life?
2) Does having had an abortion force some women to remain "pro-choice?" That is, do they fear a change would make them feel responsible/guilty?
Again, these are open questions the answers to which change the way the issue is approached to some degree.
Dear God in heaven... I can't stop crying for a while...
Can any conscious human being not be shocked and sickened by this??? Can any such doctor/monster honestly believe he is honoring the Hippocratic Oath after he has committed such an atrocity???
Heaven help us...
All one has to do is study basic high school biology.
the 23 chromosome haploid egg and sperm combine to form one very distinct and genetically unique individual diploid 46 chromosome cell which begins to grow and reproduce cells on its own. It's a human.
Baby bump
And one more thing...if, at that late stage of pregnancy, the mother's life really is in jeopardy, why not just delivery the baby anyway? I know that if it were me, I at least would want to say good-bye, if it were truly done to save my life. (Although I am not sure I would have labor induced under those circumstances, anyway)
Obviously, this argument holds very little water with me.
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