An Open Letter to an Abortion Doctor and Nurse

Dear Abortion Physician and Nurse,

I personally accept the blame for the murder of my child. As the mother, it was my choice. Yet I do hold the two of you as accessories to the act. I was a very scared, confused, and desperate young girl. I did not have the life experience or knowledge to understand the devastating lifelong consequences associated with my choice. However, the two of you were adults and medical practitioners – both of you in professions dedicated to the health and wellbeing of others.

Physician, your profession was founded on a set of ethical standards outlined in the Hippocratic Oath. This oath specifically states that physicians (meaning you) will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asks for it, nor make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly physicians (you) will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. Yet you failed. You did exactly both of those things. The oath further states that you will keep pure and holy both your life and your art, and will maintain the utmost respect for human life. Again you failed miserably, as there is nothing pure, holy, or respectful about sucking and scraping a baby from the protective environment of its mother’s womb. By standards and ethics, you don’t deserve to be called a physician, nor should you be allowed to continue to practice medicine.

Nurse, you failed on multiple levels as well. This I know because I, too, am a nurse – though I was not one when I made the worst decision of my life: to abort my baby. It is the sacred duty of our profession to care for each patient to the best of our abilities. We also have moral standards that dictate that we will devote ourselves to the welfare of those committed to our care, we will do no harm, and we will integrate the core values of human dignity, integrity, and social justice. You failed to care for my unborn child to the best of your ability. You failed to devote yourself to the welfare of my child and myself. You failed to provide and uphold human dignity, integrity, and social justice as you assisted the physician in sucking my unborn child from my body. By standards and ethics, you don’t deserve to be called a nurse. Nor should you be allowed to continue to practice in our profession.

My choice and your actions have caused me a lifetime of pain and regret, but I want you both to know that by the wonderful grace of God, I do forgive you for your part in my decision. It is my utmost hope and prayer that both of you have been delivered from work in the abortion industry, and even more that you both have been redeemed by the precious blood and love of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Your Former Patient, Dana Ware