{"id":294239,"date":"2023-07-06T10:39:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=294239"},"modified":"2023-07-12T01:05:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:05:13","slug":"abortion-stories-abortionists-dont-want-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-stories-abortionists-dont-want-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"The abortion stories abortionists don’t want you to hear"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a New York Times op-ed, an abortionist argues that people like Dr. Caitlin Bernard \u2014 recently reprimanded<\/a> by the Indiana State Medical Board for violating the privacy of one of her patients \u2014 have a duty to tell their stories, because stories can change minds. The problem is that the abortionist only wants certain<\/em> stories told… stories that portray abortion in a positive manner.<\/p>\n

Abortionist Christine Henneberg wrote<\/a> about why abortionists have been speaking to the media with astonishing frequency, claiming that pro-life laws are harming women. “Extraordinary abortion stories remind us that pregnancy can be a matter of life and death,” she said. “Pregnancy can \u2014 and does \u2014 result from rape, incest and intimate partner violence. Pregnancy can \u2014 and does \u2014 happen to children as young as 10. Governors and legislators and Supreme Court justices can \u2014 and do \u2014 make decisions that result in children being forced to give birth.”<\/p>\n

She further added that it is her “ethical duty” to expose the violations of “our patients\u2019 rights to privacy and bodily autonomy,” which is why she writes about her experiences.<\/p>\n

Yet the New York Times is apparently less eager to share the stories Henneberg herself has written in the past.<\/p>\n

Being angry when patients choose life<\/h4>\n

In her 2022 memoir, Henneberg complained<\/a> about a Black patient who chose life for her child after seeing an ultrasound \u2014 a decision Henneberg says she was “horrified” by. “It was not the decision I had expected or wanted for her,” she said. “I wanted to shake her by the shoulders and say, ‘You do realize, this is not just about how you feel this moment, today. This is about your body, a 40-week pregnancy, and then the rest of your life. A third child. How will you cope? How will you afford it? Think about this.'”<\/p>\n

Injuring patients and sending them home without care<\/h4>\n

She further admitted<\/a> that Planned Parenthood trained her to send injured patients home without giving them proper treatment \u2014 even though Henneberg waxes poetic about her supposed ethical duty. Henneberg said she was being trained by an abortionist named Rebecca, who realized she had perforated the woman’s uterus.<\/p>\n

My face must have been ashen. \u201cHave you ever perforated before?\u201d she asked me.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

She gave a little laugh. \u201cThe thing you have to remember is that abortions are one of the safest procedures there is. Perforation is like your worst nightmare, right? We are so careful to avoid it, and we should be.<\/em><\/p>\n

But now it\u2019s happened to you. You poked a little hole in her uterus. You have to watch her for bleeding, make sure you didn\u2019t suck any bowel through with your cannula. But 99% of the time that doesn\u2019t happen. You\u2019ll watch her. She\u2019ll go home. This will heal itself up in a few days.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Henneberg said the patient was “fine” and she couldn’t wait to commit more abortions the next day, but there was no follow-up care, no way to know if the woman truly did heal properly. And the very next day<\/em>, Henneberg perforated another<\/em> woman’s uterus… and she, too, was sent home<\/em>. The appropriate treatment for perforation is, at the very least, suturing the wound, which Henneberg did not do. No medications or antibiotics were given, there was no observation. The women were just sent home, to deal with any potential complications on their own.<\/p>\n

Aborting a “wanted” and healthy baby girl without telling the mother<\/h4>\n

In another seeming lapse of ethical duties, Henneberg wrote<\/a> about committing an abortion because the mother wanted a girl, and believed she was carrying a boy. Henneberg knew the baby was a girl, but committed the abortion anyway, without ever telling the mother.<\/p>\n

Her so-called commitment to bodily autonomy evidently means losing the ability to commit an abortion is on the line.<\/p>\n

Feeling “joy” while crushing a child’s skull<\/h4>\n

Another story rarely told to the public is just what abortion procedures entail. A dilation and evacuation (D&E) is commonly called a dismemberment abortion, because the preborn child is literally ripped apart limb by limb:<\/p>\n