Window into the Womb.
	      From the Last Days Newsletter.
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     At the 1984 National Right to Life Convention, Dr.
Bernard Nathanson showed a 20 minute film that no one
present will ever forget- an ultrasound recording of
the abortion of a 10 week old preborn child.  Ultrasound
is like the sonar used to detect submarines.  Sound waves
beamed into the amnionic fluid are reflected back once
they contact the baby's body.  These waves are then converted
into a visual image on a television screen.

     Dr. Nathanson stated that the first time he saw
the film he was stunned and nauseated.  The doctor who
did the abortion quit the clinic after seeing it and
said he "never wanted to see that film again."  Even
the ultrasound technician was reluctant to see it again
to do the editing.  What was so shocking about this film?
 It wasn't the gore because you can't see blood on an
ultrasound.  What was seen was much more horrifying.
 I couldn't help but cry as I read the following account
of a suction abortion.

     "At first you see the child at play, sucking his
thumb and moving about.  But at the VERY moment the suction
tip touches the amnionic sac you see the child JUMP away
and move to the top of the uterus as though he senses
something aggressive is happening.  His mouth opens up
in a silent scream and you can see his heart speed up
and his arms and legs moving rapidly.  Then you see the
suction tube tearing away first one arm, then the other,
as the child writhes in pain.  You see the spinal column
slipping down the tube until only the baby's head is
left with a piece of spine on it.  And finally you see
the abortionist searching for the baby's head."(1)

     Our technology has given us a window into the womb.
 Let's not pull the curtains and pretend not to see.

1) The Life Advocate, July 1984

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