{"id":96392,"date":"2016-06-21T10:57:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T14:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=96392"},"modified":"2017-06-12T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:54:10","slug":"abortionist-quits-holds-living-baby-hands-after-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionist-quits-holds-living-baby-hands-after-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortionist quits when he holds a living baby in his hands after an abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People have asked me why I became a doctor who performed abortions. If I’m honest, the original draw was the money. I didn’t have to take call. I didn’t have to work any emergencies. There were no overnights. I walked into the clinic, worked a few hours and walked out with a paycheck for several thousand dollars.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So begins the story of an abortion doctor who recently quit his job. He contacted And Then There Were None<\/a>, the ministry of Abby Johnson (herself a former director at Planned Parenthood), when he walked out\u00a0of the industry. In an email, Johnson revealed the story of this doctor, which he told her he “really wanted to tell.”<\/p>\n

The doctor explains that, even after he convinced himself that he was helping women, he “couldn’t figure out why I was ashamed of my work.” One day, he says, a family member who had invited him to church and who worked in the ministry took him to lunch.<\/p>\n

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One Sunday<\/span><\/span> after church, this particular family member took me to lunch and confronted me about my work. I could tell it made them very uncomfortable, but I really admired their courage. And to be perfectly honest, I felt challenged. I realized during our talk that I had brought shame and embarrassment to my family. I had taken this job because the money enticed me. I wanted to be able to provide for my family with “things.” What I realized is that there were no amount of “things” I could buy that would make up for the shame I had caused them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After this conversation (and much thought surrounding it), the doctor decided he would leave his job as an abortionist. Due to a contract, he decided he would wait to leave.<\/p>\n

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Then he performed an abortion that changed his life forever and persuaded him to leave as soon as possible \u2013 even at a personal cost of $50,000.<\/p>\n

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Life changed for me during a 16-17 week abortion. I was performing a D&E procedure and had already pulled off both legs of this small human being. Every once in a while, you begin to pull out the fetus and the majority of the body will come out intact. I began to pull on the torso and the rest of the body came out whole. The arms, head, and torso were all still attached. I was moving the body to the tray for disposal and a slight movement caught my eye. I looked at this tiny chest and saw it moving up and down. Life was outside that woman’s womb, even just for a few seconds.<\/p>\n

And there I was. I was holding this tiny body. An overwhelming remorse flooded my body. I had violently removed this child’s legs while she was still alive. I did that. She felt it. I was the last person to hold her alive, yet I was the person who ended her life. In that moment, I was thankful that she didn’t have the ability to open her eyes. I wouldn’t have wanted my face to be the first one she would have seen. Now I have hope that the first face she saw was the face of Jesus.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Former abortionist, Dr. Anthony Levatino describes a D&E abortion in detail in the video below:<\/p>\n