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WorldNetDaily May 11, 2005 by Jill Stanek
Induced-labor abortion is one of the best-kept secrets within American hospitals. This heinous procedure is committed not only in abortion strongholds like New York City and Chicago, but also in unexpected places like Valparaiso, Ind., Lancaster, Pa., Waukesha, Wis., and Columbus, Ohio – and not just in public and secular hospitals, but also in protestant and Catholic hospitals.
I was shook recently when a traveling labor-and-delivery nurse told me she had never worked at a hospital that didn’t commit induced-labor abortion. I knew it was performed on a wider scale than publicly realized, but even I didn’t understand how pervasively.
When I stumbled on induced-labor abortion at the hospital where I worked, and objected, my two bosses (both Catholic) told me they didn’t develop the procedure, it had been around awhile. It turned out my hospital had committed induced-labor birth abortion for 20 years – incredibly, with no written policy.
I reflected on the thousands of nurses, doctors, medical students, residents, nursing assistants, cleaning personnel, pharmacists, department secretaries and chaplains who knew before me, but never said a word.
I became disgusted with staff around me who professed to be pro-life, but thought it was enough not to participate. Afraid to speak out and embarrassed when the hospital was publicly exposed, they defensively circled the wagons together with pro-aborts. A few even turned on me and said I should just shut up and leave.
It was as Oswald Chambers noted, “People who are totally consumed with idealistic principles rarely do anything.” He was right. These supposed pro-lifers thought it was enough not to do something. But it’s not.
Today, I am always amazed by pro-life medical professionals who approach me after one of my speeches to cluck their tongues at the miserable state of affairs, yet do not even know if their own hospital aborts, or worse, know and think that since they don’t participate or work in “that” department, it’s acceptable. But it’s not.
Pro-life medical professionals should consider it a prerequisite to check an institution’s abortion policy before accepting employment, something I naively didn’t do because my hospital was supposedly Christian.
If a hospital is involved in abortion, a pro-lifer should walk away – and say why. Working at a pro-abortion institution means a segment of one’s salary comes from the blood of abortion. And just physically being there – no matter where – frees up someone else to participate in the act.
The same holds true when applying to work for doctors, even those not involved in women’s health. They must be asked their position on abortion and euthanasia. It is foolish to think a pro-death heart specialist or pediatrician, for instance, will give the same conscientious care as a pro-lifer. The answer to the life question reveals whether someone’s morality and psyche are intact, or, as the Bible says, whether his or her “whole head is infected” (Isaiah 1:5).
If pro-life medical professionals would take this proactive step, we could shut down much of abortion without there ever having to be a change of law.
This is because there is a growing critical shortage of doctors and nurses. The Center for Nursing Advocacy reported, “The U.S. continues to face an aging nursing workforce and an explosion in the need for skilled nursing, as the baby boom generation starts to retire, and health care and care technology grow increasingly complex.” USA Today reported, “A shortage of physicians … will worsen as 79 million baby boomers reach retirement age and demand more medical care unless the nation starts producing more doctors.”
Note the irony that abortion has contributed to the shortage of health care workers.
If pro-life medical professionals would work solely for pro-life hospitals and doctors, we would force pro-abortion institutions to change their policies or go under. We would also strengthen pro-life medical institutions.
And if you’re reading this, and you work or have worked at a hospital committing induced-labor abortion, you should know the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services came out with a very strong statement on April 22 saying it would “aggressively enforce” the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, which would effectively stop the practice of induced-labor abortion. You must contact HHS and tell the people there what you know. Period.
Induced-labor abortion is one of the best-kept secrets within American hospitals. This heinous procedure is committed not only in abortion strongholds like New York City and Chicago, but also in unexpected places like Valparaiso, Ind., Lancaster, Pa., Waukesha, Wis., and Columbus, Ohio – and not just in public and secular hospitals, but also in protestant and Catholic hospitals.
I was shook recently when a traveling labor-and-delivery nurse told me she had never worked at a hospital that didn’t commit induced-labor abortion. I knew it was performed on a wider scale than publicly realized, but even I didn’t understand how pervasively.
When I stumbled on induced-labor abortion at the hospital where I worked, and objected, my two bosses (both Catholic) told me they didn’t develop the procedure, it had been around awhile. It turned out my hospital had committed induced-labor birth abortion for 20 years – incredibly, with no written policy.
I reflected on the thousands of nurses, doctors, medical students, residents, nursing assistants, cleaning personnel, pharmacists, department secretaries and chaplains who knew before me, but never said a word.
I became disgusted with staff around me who professed to be pro-life, but thought it was enough not to participate. Afraid to speak out and embarrassed when the hospital was publicly exposed, they defensively circled the wagons together with pro-aborts. A few even turned on me and said I should just shut up and leave.
It was as Oswald Chambers noted, “People who are totally consumed with idealistic principles rarely do anything.” He was right. These supposed pro-lifers thought it was enough not to do something. But it’s not.
Today, I am always amazed by pro-life medical professionals who approach me after one of my speeches to cluck their tongues at the miserable state of affairs, yet do not even know if their own hospital aborts, or worse, know and think that since they don’t participate or work in “that” department, it’s acceptable. But it’s not.
Pro-life medical professionals should consider it a prerequisite to check an institution’s abortion policy before accepting employment, something I naively didn’t do because my hospital was supposedly Christian.
If a hospital is involved in abortion, a pro-lifer should walk away – and say why. Working at a pro-abortion institution means a segment of one’s salary comes from the blood of abortion. And just physically being there – no matter where – frees up someone else to participate in the act.
The same holds true when applying to work for doctors, even those not involved in women’s health. They must be asked their position on abortion and euthanasia. It is foolish to think a pro-death heart specialist or pediatrician, for instance, will give the same conscientious care as a pro-lifer. The answer to the life question reveals whether someone’s morality and psyche are intact, or, as the Bible says, whether his or her “whole head is infected” (Isaiah 1:5).
If pro-life medical professionals would take this proactive step, we could shut down much of abortion without there ever having to be a change of law.
This is because there is a growing critical shortage of doctors and nurses. The Center for Nursing Advocacy reported, “The U.S. continues to face an aging nursing workforce and an explosion in the need for skilled nursing, as the baby boom generation starts to retire, and health care and care technology grow increasingly complex.” USA Today reported, “A shortage of physicians … will worsen as 79 million baby boomers reach retirement age and demand more medical care unless the nation starts producing more doctors.”
Note the irony that abortion has contributed to the shortage of health care workers.
If pro-life medical professionals would work solely for pro-life hospitals and doctors, we would force pro-abortion institutions to change their policies or go under. We would also strengthen pro-life medical institutions.
And if you’re reading this, and you work or have worked at a hospital committing induced-labor abortion, you should know the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services came out with a very strong statement on April 22 saying it would “aggressively enforce” the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, which would effectively stop the practice of induced-labor abortion. You must contact HHS and tell the people there what you know. Period.
