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CAF readers will find the following short article from The Weekly Standard issue of 11/19/07 (page 3: the Scapbook section) of interest. I will never be able to understand the failure of abortionists to comprehend what they are doing, especially those like Dr. Wicklund who are repulsed when the see the remains of 21 week aborted fetus. I hope this short editorial is helpful to CAF readers.
Something Wicklund This Way Comes
Last week The New York Times profiled Dr. Susan Wicklund, author of the forthcoming book This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor. It seems like just the sort of book Times readers will want to add to their holiday shopping lists: Wicklund, who describes her own abortion as legal but “ghastly,” was moved to become an abortionist in order to provide her patients with a better experience.
After having witnessed an abortion of a 21-week-old fetus, Wicklund “writes that at the sight of its tiny arm she decided she would perform abortions only in the first trimester of pregnancy.” Not that there’s anything wrong with second- or third-trimester procedures, Wicklund explains. It’s just that she herself can’t handle the sight of something that looks so, well, human.
Asked if delivering babies would be a more rewarding experience, Wicklund replies, “Women are so grateful to know they can get through this safely, that they can still get pregnant again. It is one of the few areas of medicine where you are not working with a sick person, you are doing something for them that gives them back their life, their control. It’s a very rewarding thing to be a part of that.” Sure beats helping sick people.
Something Wicklund This Way Comes
Last week The New York Times profiled Dr. Susan Wicklund, author of the forthcoming book This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor. It seems like just the sort of book Times readers will want to add to their holiday shopping lists: Wicklund, who describes her own abortion as legal but “ghastly,” was moved to become an abortionist in order to provide her patients with a better experience.
After having witnessed an abortion of a 21-week-old fetus, Wicklund “writes that at the sight of its tiny arm she decided she would perform abortions only in the first trimester of pregnancy.” Not that there’s anything wrong with second- or third-trimester procedures, Wicklund explains. It’s just that she herself can’t handle the sight of something that looks so, well, human.
Asked if delivering babies would be a more rewarding experience, Wicklund replies, “Women are so grateful to know they can get through this safely, that they can still get pregnant again. It is one of the few areas of medicine where you are not working with a sick person, you are doing something for them that gives them back their life, their control. It’s a very rewarding thing to be a part of that.” Sure beats helping sick people.