{"id":167401,"date":"2017-06-13T11:05:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=167401"},"modified":"2017-06-19T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:02:46","slug":"former-abortionist-abortion-hand-to-hand-combat-with-innocent-third-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-abortionist-abortion-hand-to-hand-combat-with-innocent-third-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Former abortionist: Abortion is &#8216;hand-to-hand combat with an innocent third party&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In 2012, former abortionist John Bruchalski spoke about his experience with abortion at the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/prolifeaction.org\/2012\/converted\/\">Meet the Abortion Providers<\/a>\u201d Conference hosted by the Pro-Life Action League.<\/p>\n<p>In his heartfelt testimony, Bruchalski compared abortion to military combat and shared the spine-chilling imagery of what an abortion procedure feels like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fliveaction%2Fvideos%2F10155332630703728%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=400\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s the abortion procedure about?\u201d Bruchalski asked. \u201cHand-to-hand combat with an innocent third party.\u00a0When you [commit abortion], it\u2019s experiential. That cannula that you use is only about eight or nine inches long \u2013 that\u2019s how close I am when I\u2019m taking the life of that child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist who has performed over 1,200 abortions, explains the procedure of a second-trimester surgical (D&amp;E) abortion, the most common procedure performed after 13 weeks in the U.S.:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgw4X7Dw_3k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bruchalski\u2019s true-life story shows the reality many abortionists experience when they take the lives of innocent preborn children. He explains that his justification for abortion hardened his heart each time he took the life of a preborn child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re trying to help the woman. \u2018I\u2019m sorry, this is a life&#8230;,\u201d Bruchalski said. \u201cAnd [the abortion procedure] goes through the cannula, through my fingers, through my arm, into my heart, and my heart becomes a little bit more hardened every time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruchalski, along with other medical doctors, now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tepeyacfamilycenter.com\/\">runs a life-affirming OB\/GYN medical practice<\/a> in Northern Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2012, former abortionist John Bruchalski spoke about his experience with abortion at the \u201cMeet the Abortion Providers\u201d Conference hosted by the Pro-Life Action League. In his heartfelt testimony, Bruchalski compared abortion to military combat and shared the spine-chilling imagery of what an abortion procedure feels like. \u201cWhat\u2019s the abortion procedure about?\u201d Bruchalski asked. \u201cHand-to-hand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":88587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7,9459],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former abortionist: Abortion is &#039;hand-to-hand combat with an innocent third party&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;And [the abortion procedure] goes through the cannula...through my arm, into my heart, and my heart becomes a little bit more hardened every time.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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