My Soapbox… Caution: Its Graphic!!

So my boyfriend and I got into this conversation about abortion (it’s a very controversial, I know) and he has some very different views than I do. He's super duper liberal and he calls himself a "progressive." Sometimes being progressive isn't actually progress at all in my eyes. He is all for abortion and I can't even fathom the thought. Anyway, I was sitting here tonight, thinking about the subject after I saw an anti-abortion promotion on Facebook. This enticed me to look up more on the subject. While searching, I found a website that was very graphic in the description of the possible ways of abortion along with pictures of the aborted fetuses.

The first picture is of a 9 week gestation aborted fetus. It has eyes, fingers, toes, its eye lids are sensitive to touch, and it will bend fingers around an object placed in their palm. You can even see the ribs and spinal cord. Looks like a baby to me… not just a bunch of cells.

The way that abortions are done is so violent as well. Can you imagine the kind of pain these kids feel? Can you imagine being in the womb and seeing/feeling this foreign object coming towards you and how scared you would be?

One of the methods is vacuum aspiration where they stick tube with a sharp blade at the end and cut the fetus up and vacuum it out.

Dilation and Curettage (D&C) is another method. In this method the cervix is dilated and the fetus is chopped up and removed.

In WWII the Nazis developed salt poisoning for use in concentration camps. A syringe of a super salty substance in injected into the uterus and into the amniotic sac where the fetus SWALLOWS and BREATHES in the highly salted amniotic fluid and dies within an hour. The mother delivers the dead fetus within 1-2 days.

There is also the hysterectomy abortion where the umbilical cord is cut in utero and the fetus is allowed to die before it is removed with the same procedure as a caesarian section. This is used for babies that are late term or within the 3 trimester.

Dilation and Extraction is another method. In this method the cervix is dilated and the fetus is grabbed by the feet and dragged out. Just before the head comes out the spinal cord is severed and the brains are vacuumed out, collapsing the skull allowing the head to be removed easily. This is also known as a partial birth abortion.

Another, and perhaps the worst, is the live birth abortion. With the live birth abortion labor is induced and the mother gives birth to a LIVE child. The child is then taken to the dirty utility room at a hospital and left to die. How cruel can you be, really?

This is a video from a nurse that worked at a hospital in Illinios and assisted with live birth abortions. She speaks out about the barbaric pratices. The clip is actually an Anti-Obama campaign, but that's not what I'm using it for... simply to tell the story of these poor, defenseless children.

I really don't understand how this isn't murder. And considering all of the people that can't have children and want them, why not give the unwanted child up for adoption? In my opinion, unless child bearing or pregnancy is a danger to the mother's life, no life should be aborted. I don't know how much good my rant will do, if any, but it makes me feel better. I also know that, as a healthcare professional, I would most definitely NOT feel comfortable assisting in these procedures!

End rant.