{"id":64396,"date":"2015-06-02T11:33:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=64396"},"modified":"2016-09-05T17:30:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T21:30:48","slug":"abortion-clinic-director-admits-conference-youre-killing-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-clinic-director-admits-conference-youre-killing-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion clinic director admits at conference: &#8216;You\u2019re killing a life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>New York abortion clinic director and owner Merle Hoffman, who has since retired, said the following at a conference of the National Abortion Federation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026 I mean, we are talking about an abortion here. And, also that the staff is uncomfortable when a patient said, \u201cI think I\u2019m killing my baby.\u201d So I\u2019m comfortable with saying, \u201cYes, you are, and how do you feel about that?\u201d You know \u2013 \u201cOh, you are. You\u2019re killing a life. You\u2019re killing a potential life.\u201d I mean, my God, if you don\u2019t do that, in nine months you do have a live baby.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the National Abortion Federation conference held in San Francisco California from March 31 to April 2, 1996<\/p>\n<p>This was quoted in\u00a0Mark Crutcher <em>On Message<\/em>: <em>Understanding and Communicating the Pro-Life Position<\/em> (Denton Texas: Life Dynamics Inc., 2005)\u00a085 \u2013 86<\/p>\n<p>Crutcher notes that an audio recording of this quote can be obtained from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifedynamics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Life Dynamics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York abortion clinic director and owner Merle Hoffman, who has since retired, said the following at a conference of the National Abortion Federation: \u2026 I mean, we are talking about an abortion here. 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