{"id":294139,"date":"2023-07-04T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T20:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=294139"},"modified":"2023-07-03T16:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:39:09","slug":"irish-abortion-midwife-hardest-seeing-fetus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/irish-abortion-midwife-hardest-seeing-fetus\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish abortion midwife: &#8216;The hardest thing is seeing the little fetus&#8230; they are formed so well&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/us7.campaign-archive.com\/?u=2b434aa92cc447833794da083&amp;id=f2d2440479&amp;e=816fa83420\/?u=2b434aa92cc447833794da083&amp;id=f2d2440479&amp;awesome=no&amp;e=816fa83420#story%201\">Pro-Life Campaign<\/a>) A midwife who assists in carrying out abortions under Ireland\u2019s abortion regime has said that \u201cmorally and ethically the hardest thing definitely is seeing the little foetus, you know, at the end of it all \u2026 they are formed so well, like even little fingernails and, you know, it\u2019s just unbelievable really the formation even just at, you know, coming up to that twelve-week mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cpdY97GOK2I\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She offered this observation as well: \u201cA lot of the time, they just have their little hands underneath their chin, or their hands could be across their chest \u2026 On a personal level, you just have to try and forget about it as quick as you can, but there\u2019s certain cases that you don\u2019t forget about, you know, as much as others and especially the babies that are, you know, all older babies and babies that are, you know, practically formed in every way, you know, so that can be very very difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The midwife quoted above is one of thirteen abortion providers interviewed recently about their experiences performing terminations, for research undertaken by academics in UCD\u2019s schools of nursing and perinatal health. The interviews featured six GPs, three midwives, two obstetricians and two nurses.<\/p>\n<p>One of the nurses interviewed said: \u201cIn theatre during a termination \u2026 you kind of have to take yourself out of the room a little bit in your head cause I think if I thought about it too much, I would have gotten upset, just the physical thought of what\u2019s actually happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s sad the lengths abortion advocates go to, to withhold information about the developmental stages of the unborn child from women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. Yet, it&#8217;s something abortion providers openly talk about and grapple with among themselves.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of those interviewed referred to moments when they question the morality of what they are doing. None of the interviewees, however, expressed a desire to cease carrying out abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Another of the midwives interviewed said she was content to be involved in abortions but remarked: \u201cIt\u2019s funny, my own personal belief on termination is that I wouldn\u2019t have one, I don\u2019t really agree with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interviews are replete with muddled and contradictory remarks like the ones above. Remember, these are the healthcare workers at the forefront of abortion provision. While they may seek refuge in terms like \u201cabortion care\u201d, they\u2019re unable to escape the reality of what they&#8217;re involved in. That\u2019s the obvious and standout conclusion one reaches after reading the interviews and findings of the research, which is published in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters journal.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, repeatedly refers to abortion as \u201chealthcare\u201d as he seeks to force more healthcare workers to participate in abortions. Instead of continually pushing that particular falsehood, he should look at what&#8217;s actually happening under the abortion law he celebrates. He could start by reading the traumatic testimonies of those tasked with looking after the remains of unborn babies after an abortion &#8211; testimonies that can be found in the UCD study.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the study\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/26410397.2023.2216526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was originally published in an email from Pro-Life Campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/target-petition\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=lan_website&amp;utm_content=target_petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-292702\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Target petition\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-768x198.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized-500x129.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LA23MAY_TargetPetition_resized.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Pro-Life Campaign) A midwife who assists in carrying out abortions under Ireland\u2019s abortion regime has said that \u201cmorally and ethically the hardest thing definitely is seeing the little foetus, you know, at the end of it all \u2026 they are formed so well, like even little fingernails and, you know, it\u2019s just unbelievable really the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":928,"featured_media":220548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7077],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Irish abortion midwife: &#039;The hardest thing is seeing the little fetus... they are formed so well&#039; 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