It is easy to take a position and proclaim oneself Pro-Choice and/or Pro-Abortion. But such a person should be made to specify precisely what they support. No, not reproductive choice, not supporting women’s health but what is “abortion”? No, not the termination of a byproduct of conception, not a civil right. Exactly what is it, what is the procedure, what is the actual activity, the action which is abortion which you support?
Let us consider Abortion Fact’s article, How Are Abortions Done?:
RU-486
…works by blocking progesterone, a crucial hormone during pregnancy. Without progesterone, the uterine lining does not provide food, fluid and oxygen to the tiny developing baby. The baby cannot survive. A second drug is then given that stimulates the uterus to contract and the baby is expelled…this abortion could last for over a week.
Suction-Aspiration
…The abortionist then inserts a hollow plastic tube with a knife-like edge into the uterus. The suction tears the baby’s body into pieces.
Dilation and Curettage (D and C)
…curette, a loop-shaped steel knife is inserted into the uterus. The baby and placenta are cut into pieces and scraped out into a basin.
Dilation and Evacuation (D and E)
…A pliers-like instrument is inserted through the cervix into the uterus. The abortionist then seizes a leg, arm or other part of the baby and, with a twisting motion, tears it from the body. This continues until only the head remains. Finally the skull is crushed and pulled out. The nurse must then reassemble the body parts to be sure that all of them were removed.
Prostaglandin Abortion
Prostaglandin…induces labor. The baby usually dies from the trauma…if the baby is old enough, it will be born alive. This is called a “complication”…some abortionists use ultrasound to guide them as they inject a “feticide” (a drug that kills the fetus) into the unborn baby’s heart.
Dilation and Extraction (D and X) “partial-birth abortion”
…The child’s body is then pulled out of the birth canal except for the head which is too large to pass through the cervix…jams blunt tipped surgical scissors into the base of the skull and spreads the tips apart to enlarge the wound. A suction catheter is inserted into the baby’s skull and the brain is sucked out. The skull collapses and the baby’s head passes easily through the cervix.
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Here are some relevant essays and books.
BOOKS:
Bernard Nathanson, The Hand of God: A Journey from Death to Life by the Abortion Doctor Who Changed His Mind
Randy C. Alcorn, Why Pro-Life?: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers
Randy C. Alcorn, Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments Expanded & Updated
Scott Klusendorf, Pro-Life 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Your Case Persuasively
ESSAYS:
“Sacred Abortion”
Richard Dawkins – On Abortion, Tadpoles, Rape, Cows, Murder and Sheep
The Exorcist’s Abortion and the Satanist’s Repentance
George Tiller, Abortionist Murders, and the Richard Dawkins Correlation
Is pro-life and pro-death penalty a contradiction?
Dan Barker – His Views On Human Dignity
The Abortion Money Machine Rolls Out the Ads in the UK
Pro-abortionists target pro-lifers
Greg Koukl on pro-abortion “logic”
Abortion and the Intolerance of the Pseudo-Tolerant