Abortion Ban in SD

[Patrick]

Firstly, I didn't start with the photos, but you have to admit that an aborted fetus does resemble a fetus inutero. Many adamant right to lifers like to use photos for shock value alone, to more humanize the fetus. We were asked if we could look at that photo and say that it wasn't a human being or a baby or whatever, other than a fetus. I stated that I agreed that it was once alive and that appeared to be approx a 20 wk fetus. Then I produced a photo of a human being, not a fetus for comparison...I chose a dead one because a photo of a dead fetus was shown. I acknowledged that in my opinion, both were obviously living prior to their demise, the 20wk fetus being a fetus and the dead adult female being a human being. I have never said that a fetus wasn't alive, I just never said that it was a human being at that point. I don't know how else to explain myself, I am not trying to be cryptic. One more thing, it is obvious that this scene in the photo is not a regular hospital setting. You would NEVER see buckets of blood and used instruments lying around. In a medical setting, even the dead deserve and receive more modesty and respect than depicted in those fetus photos..obviously perfect material for abortion center picket signs

Think again. I've seen an abortion clinic. It's not rosey. The pictures actually look better than what you see in real life. It is a bloody mess. Worse than what the pictures show. They open the lady up, crush the baby's head, crack its spine, cut its arms and legs off....it's very very very bloody. And after the procedure, they do leave the tools around. That's part of the clean up process.

I agree that the pictures were graphic and it was in better taste to list links only, but personally, I think many of you pro-choice people don't even have the slightest idea what an abortion looks like, nor do you have any idea what the fetus looks like that's aborted. I'd say those pics are pretty close to reality. As I said, they probably make things look better than reality.

I think you guys need to educate yourself on what actually goes on in an abortion clinic before you make comments. Obviously, you guys are maknig comments without even having first hand knowledge of what the procedure looks like.