Discussions of abortion are sometimes high up the ladder of
abstraction, with terms like “pro-choice” and “a woman’s right to
choose” thrown around.
Here’s part of yesterday’s testimony before a congressional committee
of Dr. Anthony Levatino, a New Mexico pro-life physician who once was
an abortionist with 1,200 killings to his discredit. Then his daughter
died in an auto accident, and he changed his views and stopped doing
abortions. Now he tells the truth with specific detail:
“Imagine if you can that you are a pro-choice
obstetrician-gynecologist like I once was. Your patient today is
24-weeks pregnant. At 24 weeks from last menstrual period, her uterus is
two finger-breadths above the umbilicus.
“If you
could see her baby, which is quite easy on an ultrasound, she would be
as long as your hand plus a half from the top of her head to the bottom
of her rump not counting the legs. Your patient has been feeling her
baby kick for the last two months or more but now she is asleep on an
operating room table and you are there to help her with her problem
pregnancy. Continue at Marvin Olasky
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