Former abortion industry workers say abortion hardens hearts

Former Planned Parenthood manager Sue Thayer witnessed abortions during her training at Planned Parenthood. Although Thayer worked in a center that did not offer abortions, she was required to spend a day watching doctors commit abortions at another clinic.

She explains how she was warned of the gruesome nature of abortion when she first went to observe them:

Abortion procedures are so terrible to witness that Planned Parenthood actually expected employees who watched their first one to become ill or pass out. They dealt with their employees’ horror by slowly acclimating them to abortion. Only when the workers became hardened were they allowed to move closer and see more details of the procedure.

One can imagine how horrifying it would be to witness an abortion like the one described in this video by former abortionist, Dr. Anthony Levatino:

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Former abortionist Dr. David Brewer described the process of desensitization at a conference sponsored by the Pro-Life Action League. He says that though doing abortions bothered him at first, he soon became callous to the plight of the preborn:

You can see this kind of hardening in some pro-abortion activists today. When confronted with pictures of aborted babies, some pro-choicers are horrified. They begin to question their views and may change their minds.

One 16 year-old said the following after seeing pictures of aborted babies on the Priests for Life website:

Other pro-abortion people, however, stifle their consciences.

Pro-choice students from a Tennessee university mocked the pictures of aborted babies shown by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform. Calling their abortion presentation “a lame wannabe horror show,” they said, “if you can’t stomach Grade B horror movies, don’t go there. Otherwise, it’s hilarious!” They also claimed the photos were fake. The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, however, has statements from the photographer and a former abortionist, both of whom are willing to testify in court about the origin of the photographs. The group also presents embryology textbooks which verify that the facts of fetal development line up with what is presented.

Perhaps this hardening of the heart explains why the leaders of pro-abortion groups can see pictures of aborted babies again and again and not be moved by them. It takes a very dark and callous mindset to look abortion in the face and still say that it is acceptable — or even good. It’s hard for many pro-lifers to understand how a person could become calloused and desensitized to the horror of abortion, but it happens all too often in our society.