{"id":160849,"date":"2017-01-26T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=160849"},"modified":"2017-01-27T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T17:30:00","slug":"swedish-writer-describes-witnessing-baby-aborted-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/swedish-writer-describes-witnessing-baby-aborted-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish author describes witnessing baby aborted alive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swedish author Vivian Wahlberg wrote the book Memories After Abortion,<\/em><\/a>\u00a0which contains the stories of women who had abortions and discusses studies on abortion\u2019s aftermath. In the book\u2019s introduction, she reveals that she had a first-hand brush with abortion \u2013 an incident that left her deeply troubled.<\/p>\n

She was training to become a nurse and was called upon to assist in an abortion done at 22 weeks. By 22 weeks, a preborn baby can respond to sounds<\/a> \u00a0and his or her eyes can detect light<\/a>.\u00a0 The baby has fingernails and toenails<\/a>\u00a0as well as unique fingerprints.<\/a> Hair is beginning to grow <\/a>on the baby\u2019s scalp. Many scientists believe the baby can feel pain <\/a>at this stage.<\/p>\n

Wahlberg describes the abortion:<\/p>\n

[T]he operation was performed through an abdominal incision. I vividly remember the moment when the doctor lifted out the whimpering baby and put it into a receptacle, which he then passed to me with instructions to put it on the fridge. Often I would go to the fridge and open the door slightly, full of wonder and feelings of ambivalence towards the tiny baby \u2013 who was later collected with the rest of the department\u2019s biological waste.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The living baby was placed in a refrigerator to die of cold. Even though he or she was alive outside of the womb, no care was given. Very few babies have survived being born at 22 weeks, but it is not unheard of. The youngest premature baby to survive was 21 weeks and 6 days at birth<\/a>. \u00a0Although there was a chance that this child could have lived, he or she was never given the opportunity. The baby was torn\u00a0from the safety of his mother’s womb and died alone, shivering in the cold, while the people who took his life ignored him.<\/p>\n

In this video, Dr. Anthony Levatino describes what happens during a typical 2nd trimester surgical abortion on children between 13 and 24 weeks gestation:<\/p>\n