Late Term Abortions
Former abortionist and practicing OB-GYN Dr. Anthony Levatino states, “You never need a late term abortion to save a woman’s life.”1 Dr. Levatino explained his experience at an Albany, New York area hospital, “I was faculty at the hospital for nine years, and I saw hundreds of cases of really severe pregnancy complications: cancers, heart disease, intractable out of control diabetes, toxemia of pregnancy . . . in those nine years, I saved hundreds of women from life-threatening pregnancies . . . by delivery, either induction of labor or caesarean section, delivering the baby. And I always tell people, in all those years, the number of babies that . . . I was obligated to deliberately kill in the process—was zero. None.”2 One of the most common late-term abortion procedures is dilation and evacuation, or D & E. This procedure takes two, three or more days to complete. A woman arrives at her first appointment to have laminaria inserted to dilate the cervix. She will then leave the center and return after the cervix is fully dilated. In the second appointment, the abortionist now has room to insert forceps or other tools into the uterus. The abortion is then completed by crushing the skull, tearing apart and removing the baby’s body.
Late term abortions are not rare and are not only committed for reasons of the mother’s health. Approximately 12,000 – 13,000 late-term abortions (20+ weeks gestation) take place in the U.S. each year.3 That’s twice the number of AIDS deaths annually.4
Today, people insist abortion must remain legal to save the life of a mother during all stages of pregnancy— even through the third trimester of development and up to the day of birth. Page 10 | © Human Life Alliance
Miscarriages or ectopic pregnancy removals are not elective abortions. If a mother’s body naturally miscarries her child, often a dilation and curettage procedure, or D&C, is done to remove her dead baby. An elective abortion is different as the intention is to kill and remove a live baby. Some people claim abortion should remain legal in cases of special needs or fatal prenatal diagnosis’. Prenatal testing can carry risks to the mother and her child. False positives also occur 50 percent or more of the time.5 If loss of the child’s life is inevitable, why shorten the time you have with her? Abortion won’t erase the sorrow from the loss of life. It only makes the mother complicit in ending her child’s life. The compassionate solution is life-affirming healthcare that helps the mother embrace the life of her child. This path is better psychologically and emotionally for the whole family. Read more about mothers who chose life for their child with a poor prenatal diagnosis at Prenatal Partners for Life online or by calling (763) 772-3868.
