More Planned Parenthood Q&A

 

During an abortion, do babies ever come out alive? If so, what do the abortion workers do next?

As a young resident, abortionist Dr. David Brewer testified to seeing a badly burned baby after a saline abortion. He said he saw the baby, "...kicking and moving for a little while before it finally died of those terrible burns." He continued, "They simply took that little baby that was making little sounds and moving and kicking, over and set it on the table in a cold, stainless-steel bowl," he recalled. The baby "...kicked and moved less and less, of course, as time went on." (Ref: 'The Ex-Abortionists: Why They Quit', Mary Meehan, The Human Life Review, Spring/Summer 2000).

 

In 1999 a gruesome discovery was made: an Illinois hospital was shelving babies to die in a soiled utility room - babies who had survived their abortions. The nurse who made the discovery, Jill Stanek, said, "In 1999, I discovered that Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, where I worked as a labor and delivery nurse, was leaving babies who survived induced labor abortions to die in the soiled utility room. I personally held one of these infants 45 minutes until he gasped his last breath. When I explained my experience to hospital administrators, they refused to stop their horrific treatment of these infants. After going public, my story immediately grabbed the attention of legislators and media, which resulted in the introduction of the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act." (Ref: http://www.bornalivetruth.org/index.php).

 

In 2002, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate and by an overwhelming vote in the House and was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The Act requires medical care to be given to newborns, likely to be premature, who survive botched abortions. The care would be given at a hospital and not at the abortion clinic.

 

Here is another testimony from Jill Stanek, RN:  “I am a Registered Nurse who has worked in the Labor & Delivery Department at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois, for the past five years. The method of abortion that Christ Hospital uses is called "induced labor abortion," also now known as "live birth abortion." This type of abortion can be performed different ways, but the goal always is to cause a pregnant woman's cervix to open so that she will deliver a premature baby who dies during the birth process or soon afterward. The way that induced abortion is most often executed at my hospital is by the physician inserting a medication called Cytotec into the birth canal close to the cervix. Cytotec irritates the cervix and stimulates it to open. When this occurs, the small, preterm baby drops out of the uterus, oftentimes alive. It is not uncommon for one of these live aborted babies to linger for an hour or two or even longer. One of them once lived for almost eight hours. In the event that a baby is aborted alive, he or she receives no medical assessments or care but is only given what my hospital calls "comfort care."

 

"Comfort care" is defined as keeping the baby warm in a blanket until he or she dies, although even this minimal compassion is not always provided. It is not required that these babies be held during their short lives. One night, a nursing co-worker was taking an aborted Down's Syndrome baby who was born alive to our Soiled Utility Room because his parents did not want to hold him, and she did not have time to hold him. I could not bear the thought of this suffering child dying alone in a Soiled Utility Room, so I cradled and rocked him for the 45 minutes that he lived. He was 21 to 22 weeks old, weighed about ½ pound, and was about 10 inches long. He was too weak to move very much, expending any energy he had trying to breathe. Toward the end he was so quiet that I couldn't tell if he was still alive unless I held him up to the light to see if his heart was still beating through his chest wall. After he was pronounced dead, we folded his little arms across his chest, wrapped him in a tiny shroud, and carried him to the hospital morgue where all of our dead patients are taken.”

 

Recently, an abortionist in Philadelphia who ran two multi-million dollar abortion practices, Dr Kermit Gosnell, was found guilty with the murders of children born alive during abortions. Fox News gave this report (3/20/13): "An abortion doctor who catered to minorities, immigrants and poor women was charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies who were born alive and then killed with scissors, prosecutors said Wednesday. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 69, made millions of dollars over 30 years, performing as many illegal, late-term abortions as he could, prosecutors said. Gosnell "induced labor, forced the live birth of viable babies in the sixth, seventh, and eighth month of pregnancy and then killed those babies by cutting into the back of the neck with scissors and severing their spinal cord."

 

The Associated Press gave this report: "Gosnell charged $325 for first-trimester abortions and $1,600 to $3,000 for abortions up to 30 weeks. Few if any of the sedated women knew their babies were born alive and then killed, prosecutors said." (Ref: 'Abortion Doctor Killed Healthy Full-Term Babies with Scissors', Katie Pavlich, Townhall.com News Editor).

 

This situation begs the question, "If killing a baby immediately after birth is murder, how can it be legal to kill a baby immediately before birth just a few minutes earlier? In those few minutes, how did that baby change, physically or otherwise, to make a moral or legal difference?"

 

How often do babies survive a 'botched' abortion?

Answer: 1,270 Babies Born Alive After Failed Abortions in the U.S. since 2010...

This shocking figure comes from a hearing on a bill in Florida - hundreds of babies are born alive following botched abortions every year and left to die.

 

Florida Rep. Cary Pigman, a physician and sponsor of the Florida “born-alive” bill, said, "We do have some sense in that with perinatal infant mortality data it is recorded.” Regarding babies who were left to die after a botched abortion, he continued, “As of 2010, 1,270 infants were reported in that category — and I emphasize reported.” The actual figures are undoubtedly higher.

This testimony follows a similar situation in Canada last year, where figures from Statistics Canada, a federal government agency, show 491 babies were born alive following botched abortions during the period from 2000-2009 and left to die afterwards. According to the numbers, “there were 491 abortions, of 20 weeks gestation and greater, that resulted in live births. This means that the aborted child died after it was born. These abortions are coded as P96.4 or ‘Termination of pregnancy, affecting fetus and newborn’.”

The Born Alive Infants Protection Act in the United States, signed into law by President G. W. Bush, protects such babies in the U.S. and it came into existence after pro-life nurse Jill Stanek noticed babies born alive and left to die at his Chicago-area hospital. This is also the bill which previous Illinois Senator B. Obama repeatedly failed to support and subsequently admitted so. It was overwhelmingly approved in the Illinois legislature to provide appropriate medical care and protection for such babies. (Ref: '1,270 Babies Born Alive After Failed Abortions in the U.S.', Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com, 4/5/13)

 

What are the personal views of recent U.S. Presidents and other world leaders regarding babies who survive abortions?

George W. Bush: In 2002, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act was immediately signed into law by then President George W. Bush. And as one of his last acts as president, Bush declared Jan. 18 “National Sanctity of Human Life Day,” stating that "the most basic duty of government is to protect the life of the innocent."

“In the annals of history, George W. Bush will be remembered as a president who believed and fought to protect innocent human life,” Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America (CWA), told CNSNews.com. “While we'll never know how many lives were saved, and rarely will a person know that his or her life was rescued because of his policies, we do know that he set a standard that others can follow.” (ref: 'Bush Had Best Pro-Life Record of Any President, Say Pro-Life Groups', Josiah Ryan, CNSNews.com, January 16, 2009).

 

Barack Obama: From 2001 through 2003, then Illinois Senator Barack Obama spoke out against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act at the Senate (he was the only senator to do so) and refused to sign the bill four times, stating, "What we are doing here is to create one more burden on women, and I can’t support that." (Ref: “Obama Campaign Changes Story, Admits He Misrepresented Born Alive Vote”, JillStanek.com, 8/18/08).  If Mr. Obama was referring to the mother's burden of having to care for the surviving child, this begs the question, "Why isn't adoption a reasonable and loving alternative in such cases?"

 

Although the Act was not about making a new law to ban abortion but about enforcing existing laws to protect newborn babies from murder, Mr. Obama refused to support it - even in the face of the overwhelming approval of the Act by his peers in both parties of the Senate. Although he later explained his concerns about the wording of the Act which he thought might undermine Roe vs. Wade, even his pro-choice peers in the Senate disagreed with him and instead passed the Act by an overwhelming majority. Since being signed into law over ten years ago, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act has not resulted in any ban or restrictions on abortion. So was this a case of a simple misunderstanding on the part of Mr. Obama?

 

Stephen Harper: When this Canadian Prime Minister was first made aware of medical records showing 491 babies born alive from botched abortions were killed after birth during the years from 2000 to 2009 in Canada, his response was: "I think all members of this house, whether they agree with it or not, understand that abortion is legal in Canada and this government, myself included, have made it very clear that the government does not intend to change the law in this regard." He deliberately equates abortion of babies before birth with the killing of babies after birth and makes no distinction between the two very different legal scenarios. One can only conclude he has no intention of enforcing existing laws which already protect a newborn from murder.

 

What does Planned Parenthood want to do with babies who survive abortions?

Planned Parenthood has made their position clear: They want the right to kill the child - even a healthy child - and AFTER birth. Why? For profit's sake. If they fail to perform an abortion as-intended and deliver a live baby instead, they cannot charge the mother for a failed procedure.

 

So they opposed a bill in the Florida state legislature that would provide medical care and legal protection for babies who are born alive after failed abortions.

 

This is the same legislation which then Senator B. Obama refused to support on multiple occasions during his time in the Illinois legislature and it mirrors a national law which then President G. W. Bush signed after Registered Nurse Jill Stanek exposed how her Chicago-area hospital left babies to die in utility closets after botched abortions.  The bill requires medical care to be given to newborns, likely to be premature, who survive botched abortions. The care would be given at a hospital and not at the abortion clinic. “The state has an interest in people who are incapacitated,” said Rep. Cary Pigman. “This bill is intended to guarantee all respect and humanity to an infant that’s born alive, regardless of how it entered this world.”

 

Daniel McConchie (V.P. of Government Affairs for Americans United for Life) provided the following transcript to LifeNews.com of a hearing between Florida legislators and Planned Parenthood lobbyist Alisa Lapolt Snow. It proves beyond a doubt Planned Parenthood wants the 'option' to kill babies outside of the womb:

 

- Chairman Boyd: “So, um, it is just really hard for me to even ask you this question because I’m almost in disbelief. If a baby is born on a table as a result of a botched abortion, what would Planned Parenthood want to have happen to that child that is struggling for life?”
 

- Alisa LaPolt Snow (Planned Parenthood): “Um, well, we believe that any decision is made should be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician.”
 

- Chairman Davis: “I believe you were in the room when I asked Rep. Pigman what happens in a situation where a baby is alive, breathing on a table, moving. What do your physicians do at that point?”
 

- Alisa Snow (Planned Parenthood): “Um, I do not have that information. I am not a physician; I am not an abortion provider. So I do not have that information.”
 

- Chairman Davis: “I understand that you are not a physician, but you represent physicians who do perform this activity. And can you tell me what happens when a baby is alive on a table at that point? What do they do with the baby that is struggling to live?”
 

- Alisa Snow (Planned Parenthood): “I don’t know and as I referenced earlier, we don’t know how prevalent this situation even is.”
 

- Chairman Davis: “I don’t know how else I can get an answer Mr. Chairman.”
 

- Rep. Jose Oliva: “Along the same lines you stated that a baby born alive on a table as a result of a botched abortion that that decision should be left to the doctor and the family. Is that what you’re saying?”
 

- Alisa Snow (Planned Parenthood): “That decision should be between the patient and the health care provider.”
 

- Rep. Jose Oliva: “I think that at that point the patient would be the child struggling on the table, wouldn’t you agree?”
 

- Alisa Snow (Planned Parenthood): “Uh, that’s a very good question. I really don’t know how to answer that…um…I would be glad to have some more conversations with you about this.”
 

- Rep. Mike Clelland: “What objection could you possibly have to obligate a doctor to transport a child born alive to a hospital where it seems to me they would be most likely to be able to survive?”
 

- Alisa Snow (Planned Parenthood): “What about those, and I’m just speaking out here, what about those situations where it is in a rural health care setting, the hospital is 45 minutes or an hour away, that’s the closest trauma center or emergency room. You know there’s just some logistical issues involved that we have some concerns about.”  (Ref: 'Planned Parenthood Opposes Bill Protecting Babies Born After Botched Abortions', Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com, 3/28/13).

 

Since then, Rep. Marsha Blackburn rebuked abortion industry giant Planned Parenthood and said, "It is beyond question that babies born alive, despite being targeted for abortion, are entitled to full legal protection... Any organization receiving taxpayer funding should not lobby in support of expanding abortions, especially controversial propositions like infanticide."

 

There is no doubt Planned Parenthood today remains consistent with the words of their founder, Margaret Sanger, who also believed in the right to kill children after birth: "The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it." (Margaret Sanger, 'Women and the New Race', Eugenics Publ. Co., 1920, 1923). Although pro-choice advocates excuse this statement as one made in irony and quoted out of context, there is no excuse for uttering such words in ANY context. This callous comment begs the questions: "Merciful to whom?" And how does anyone accomplish placing the concepts of 'mercy' and 'killing an infant' in the same sentence?

 

Regarding the charge of racism, what do others say about Planned Parenthood today?
"'There is no way you can escape the implications,' argues financial analyst William L. Davis, an African American. 'When an organization has a history of racism, when its literature is openly racist, when its goals are self-consciously racial, and when its programs invariably revolve around race, it doesn't take an expert to realize that the organization is indeed racist. Really now, how can anyone believe anything about Planned Parenthood except that it is a hive of elitist bigotry, prejudice, and bias? Just because the organization has a smattering of minority staffers in key positions does nothing to dispel the plain facts.'" (George Grant, 'Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood', Brentwood, TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1984) 98.).

 

"During the 1980s when Planned Parenthood shifted its focus from community-based clinics, it again targeted inner-city minority neighborhoods. Of the more than one hundred school-based clinics that have opened nationwide in the last decade, none have been at substantially all-White schools. None have been at suburban middle-class schools. All have been at black, minority, or ethnic schools." (Carl R. de Vries, Benjamin Goldstein, and Linda Evankirov, 'Teen Pregnancy: Crisis, Solution, and Opposition', Boston: Educational Software Information Group, 1987, 14; and Roberta Weiner, 'Teen Pregnancy: Impact on the Schools', Alexandria, VA: Capitol Publications, 1987.)

 

See Eternal Word Television Network (http://www.ewtn.com/library/prolife/ppracism.txt

 

"A racial analysis of abortion statistics is quite revealing. According to a Health and Human Services Administration report, as many as forty-three percent of all abortions are performed on Blacks and another ten percent on Hispanics. This, despite the fact that Blacks only make up eleven percent of the total U.S. population and Hispanics only about eight percent. A National Academy of Sciences investigation released more conservative - but no less telling figures: thirty-two percent of all abortions are performed on minority mothers." (Allan Chase, "The Legacy of Malthus: The Social Costs of the New Scientific Racism", 1977)

Pornography and how Planned Parenthood promotes sexual activity in underage youth: 

Planned Parenthood receives millions of tax dollars and makes huge profits from selling contraceptives and performing abortions on teens of all ages.  Therefore, it is no surprise their efforts to sell sex is a part of their marketing strategy.

 

Unfortunately, their target population encompasses underage children.

 

Jill Stanek featured this recent article:  “Last week American Life League (ALL) tried to run a full page ad in the New York Times and Washington Post that showed images from actual Planned Parenthood sex education materials for kids as young as 10 years old… Both newspapers rejected the ad as “too graphic” and “shocking” for their adult readers to see. But the images are okay for kids in the classroom to see – at taxpayer expense…“Planned Parenthood is not in the healthcare business, it is in the sex industry,” added Brown. (Ref: “Ew, gross! NY Times, Washington Post reject ad showing Planned Parenthood sex ed images”, JillStanek.com, April 29, 2013)

 

American Life League’s Stopp International (www.StopPlannedParenthood.com) said the following:  “‘Age appropriate’ is a standard concocted by Planned Parenthood itself so that it can sell pornography to kids as science,” says Michael Hichborn, producer of the American Life League Report. “If a dirty old man in a park showed ten-year-old children the graphic images Planned Parenthood pedals as education, he would be arrested.  Planned Parenthood shows this smut to children and is awarded with more taxpayer money and the ability to determine the efficacy of its sex indoctrination, so it can get even more taxpayer money.  It is time to stop this madness!” 

 

The article continues, “Planned Parenthood has proven that it is a sex business that self-perpetuates itself by first developing obscene sex education materials that promote indiscriminate and risky sexual behavior to our youth through America’s public schools, families and community organizations. 

 

The second step kicks in once the organization has created an environment of sexual risk-taking behavior among youth. It then markets and promotes contraceptive products and programs that have proven to be ineffective in preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. 

 

Once the ineffective contraceptives fail, Planned Parenthood completes the cycle selling abortions to the teens it has sucked into its deadly cyclone.” (Ref:  Rita Diller, “American Life League unveils tool to stop Planned Parenthood's pornographic assault on children”, Monday, April 1, 2013) http://stopplannedparenthood.com/article/index/id/MTE4MTg/

 

LifeNews.com covered a sexuality conference in which Planned Parenthood was involved:  “When I walked into this year’s Oregon Adolescent Sexuality Conference in Seaside, Oregon, one of the first things I encountered was a table manned by three young teen boys. On the table was a collage that included many depictions of totally bare female genitalia—obviously pornographic and, one would think, illegal.

 

The collage included a drawing of a woman circa 1950 declaring, in the most base terms, what a woman’s private parts should smell like. It also included a drawing of a pigtailed little girl riding on a tricycle with the word “Vagina!” written above her, and another drawing of a young female child standing by a rose, with the word “Vagina” written below her on a chalkboard.

 

The boys smiled nervously as hordes of teens, who had arrived for what some described as a field trip, passed the display table. Planned Parenthood was on the steering committee of this conference.”  (Ref: Rita Diller, “Planned Parenthood Conference Has Teens Teaching Porn to Adults”, LifeNews.com, 5/24/13)

 

What are Planned Parenthood's philosophical views today?

"At Planned Parenthood you can also get birth control without the consent or knowledge of your parents. So, if you are 14, 15 or 16 and you come to Planned Parenthood, we won't tell your parents you've been there. We swear we won't tell your parents." (Planned Parenthood Lecture, Ramona High School, Riverside, California, April 21, 1986)

 

"If your parents are stupid enough to deny you access to birth control, and you are under 18, you can get it on your own. Call Planned Parenthood." (Planned Parenthood advertisement, Dallas Observer, January 30, 1986)

 

"We are not going to be an organization promoting celibacy or chastity." (Faye Wattleton, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 17, 1986)

 

"Babies are not sweet little things. They wet and dirty themselves, they get sick, they’re very expensive to take care of."  (Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood, “The Perils of Puberty”, 1974)

"I predict the possibility that eventually coercion (population programs requiring mandatory abortions) may become necessary...in areas where the pressure is the greatest, possibly in India and China." (Planned Parenthood spokesman, quoted by Richard D Glasow, PhD, “Ideology Compels Fervid PPFA Abortion Advocacy”, 3/28/1985)