• Why do words and terms used to describe abortion need to be sanitized?

* I guess graphic is open to interpretation. I was describing what actually takes place during abortion procedures. If someone feels this is too graphic, I ask them to think about the reality of what abortion does to the unborn.

 While many abortions take place in the early stages, many later term abortions are still performed. The number of aborted babies born alive each year bears chilling testimony to this practice. Just look at the number of late-term abortions performed by Dr. Tiller.

Babies brains are forming from as early as two months. Silent Scream shows a baby in the first trimester struggling violently during an abortion.

• Why aren't expectant mothers allowed to see ultrasound pictures of their babies moving about in the womb? 

* Whether a woman is shown her unborn child when she checks into an abortion clinic depends on the clinic. Generally, a curtain is drawn, since mothers tend to change their minds once they actually see the baby. While they may feel the child moving, this is not the same as actually seeing it on screen.

• Why aren't mothers shown pictures of aborted babies?

While pictures of aborted children are on the Internet as you correctly state, this does not mean that everyone has seen them. A frightened 14-year-old may never have seen pictures or hasn't had the courage to look. And until recently, pictures of later-term abortions weren't as readily available as they are now.

I remember reading about one young woman who was told it was fetal tissue. She was further along so they injected her with saline, which burns and suffocates the unborn child. She went into labor and delivered a child that was still alive and that cried. She said that no one told her that the child was developed to the point that it could cry, no one told her that it had a head, which, incidentally, she reached down and felt. This was a far cry from the "tissue" she thought she was passing.

Mothers should be fully informed of what is about to take place, so that down the road, they do not suffer regret or trauma upon learning the facts. In researching this subject, I come across account after account of young women who say they were not given the full picture. Abortion is a money-making undertaking in certain places and this could be a factor as to why women are shielded from the reality.

• Why aren't women shown videos of actual abortions, to guage for themselves whether mere blobs of tissue are being removed?

Informed consent should be just that. All patients should be fully informed before making such a life-altering decision. Again, my contention is that a frightened teenager may not have seen an abortion procedure video. I checked on YouTube and saw many videos of aborted babies but only found one or two showing an actual abortion in progress.

• Why are they not allowed to see what has been removed?

While in some places this may be possible, many times, the basin is covered and removed, under the guise of not traumatizing the patient.

Interesting facts:

• Electrical brain wave patterns can be recorded as early as 43 days

• Neonatologists state that unborn chidren at 20 weeks feel pain more intensely than adults.

Reference:

Unborn Babies Can Feel Pain