ISS:From the Last Days Newsletter.

   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
