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A Pro-choice Ob-Gyn Confronts the Limits of Her Beliefs - The Atlantic (doctor in Israel, 2019)
The Atlantic ^ | 8/7/2019 | Chavi Eve Karkowsky

Posted on 06/16/2022 2:34:57 PM PDT by Faith Presses On

ne day about seven months ago, I was standing in a dark room in a hospital not far from Tel Aviv, performing an ultrasound on the taut belly of a woman well into her third trimester. She was 35 weeks pregnant, due in about a month. She and I felt the fetus kick, right under the ultrasound probe. “Strong one!” I said in Hebrew. She smiled. I managed to freeze a sweet picture of the bow-shaped fetal upper lip, and pressed “Print,” to give to her later.

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At that point, I needed to tell her about that small head and what it might mean for her future child’s development. This is not uncommon; it’s a situation I’m used to dealing with easily. But in that room, I was overcome with a strong urge not to tell her what I’d observed, because I feared where that discussion might lead. I am an American ob-gyn. In most states in my native country, third-trimester abortions are illegal or nearly inaccessible. In practice, only a handful of facilities in the entire United States perform abortions after 26 weeks for nonlethal anomalies. But here in Israel, abortion is widely available and can be offered until delivery. A subtle abnormality, such as the one I saw in that ultrasound room outside Tel Aviv, can prompt a discussion of pregnancy termination. Even at 35 weeks.

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TOPICS: General Discusssion; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: abortion; bidenvoters; chavievekarkowsky; myob; righttolife; theatlantic
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1 posted on 06/16/2022 2:34:57 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
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To: Faith Presses On

“But here in Israel, abortion is widely available and can be offered until delivery. A subtle abnormality, such as the one I saw in that ultrasound room outside Tel Aviv, can prompt a discussion of pregnancy termination. Even at 35 weeks.”

So, the religion of Molech and Chemosh lives on in Canaan.


2 posted on 06/16/2022 2:45:50 PM PDT by Belteshazzar
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At that point, I needed to tell her about that small head and what it might mean for her future child’s development.

A subtle abnormality, such as the one I saw in that ultrasound room outside Tel Aviv, can prompt a discussion of pregnancy termination. Even at 35 weeks.

I remember a historical poster that expressed the cost in reichsmarks of letting someone like that live. I guess we can start scratching out "never" in "never forget".

3 posted on 06/16/2022 2:47:48 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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To: Belteshazzar
So, the religion of Molech and Chemosh lives on in Canaan.

Conservative Jews abhor abortion as much as we do
4 posted on 06/16/2022 2:49:21 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Faith Presses On

Is her maiden name Mengele by any chance?


5 posted on 06/16/2022 2:52:45 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Faith Presses On

My niece was conceived in China, where her father was stationed for his work for a couple years with a US company. My sister-in-law had many problems with pregnancy, which didn’t allow her to fly, and doctors there scared her about the “viability” of the child, as well as with their harsh and very casual recommendation for abortion.

They never wavered in their faith or fight for their unborn baby’s right to life, whatever her physical condition might be. They eventually were able to travel to Hong Kong to have the baby.

This year my niece graduated as a computer science major from an Ivy League university


6 posted on 06/16/2022 2:54:38 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Apparently they are not running things.


7 posted on 06/16/2022 2:54:56 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: KarlInOhio
Yup,I think the propaganda films said that they were “unworthy of life”.
8 posted on 06/16/2022 2:58:30 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Faith Presses On

I’m curious to know the outcome of that pregnancy. Did the baby survive? Was [s]he born with an insurmountable disability?


9 posted on 06/16/2022 2:58:36 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: Belteshazzar

Yep. Satan is alive and well. Sickening and reprehensible.


10 posted on 06/16/2022 2:59:25 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: PGR88

My cousin went through something similar and accept the horror stories that came from the doctor and staff. She was 35 at the time. The baby has a deformed brain stem. It could have Down’s Syndrome. It will be a burden for life if it even lives. This was on Long Island 25 years ago. The lovely young woman finished college and is getting married in August. Bunch of lying pieces of crap.


11 posted on 06/16/2022 3:01:49 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: Faith Presses On

Israeli doctors. Carrying on the work that Hitler started.


12 posted on 06/16/2022 3:23:38 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Faith Presses On

Culturally speaking, Israel is very much a western European country.


13 posted on 06/16/2022 3:24:35 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: PGR88

When my wife was pregnant with our first son (VERY early in the pregnancy) she went to see her OB/GYN because she had some spotting problems. He wanted to do a D&C. She declined and nine months later Eddie popped out.


14 posted on 06/16/2022 3:35:17 PM PDT by Hootowl
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To: Faith Presses On

Secular Israelis who have insane anger over religious exemptions to the Israeli military draft are proud of the several million Jewish babies killed by abortions in Israel. Those millions of more Israelis would make Arabs irrelevant in the Land of Israel.


15 posted on 06/16/2022 3:38:00 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: PGR88

Thank you for sharing that story. The lives of all children are equally sacred.


16 posted on 06/16/2022 5:47:28 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Belteshazzar

“But here in Israel, abortion is widely available and can be offered until delivery. A subtle abnormality, such as the one I saw in that ultrasound room outside Tel Aviv, can prompt a discussion of pregnancy termination. Even at 35 weeks.”

Did you see this?

https://truthout.org/articles/florida-synagogue-sues-state-says-new-abortion-law-violates-religious-freedoms/


17 posted on 06/16/2022 6:18:07 PM PDT by suthener ( )
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To: Faith Presses On

Doesn’t sound like a “Chosen” people to me if they’re in to murdering their children like Baal worshipers.


18 posted on 06/16/2022 6:23:49 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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nine months later Eddie popped out.

Oh come on. He didn't just 'pop' out. Were you there? For a first born, he was pushed out after 8 or more hours of labor.

If men gave birth we would never have the problem of over population.

19 posted on 06/16/2022 6:26:04 PM PDT by ladyjane
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As a matter of fact, my wife says Eddie’s birth was the easiest thing ever. She got to the hospital, was wheeled into the operating room, and Eddie just slid (popped) out.


20 posted on 06/16/2022 6:38:24 PM PDT by Hootowl
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