Former abortion worker reveals the horror of D&E abortions

The Pain Capable Child Protection Act would have banned abortion after 20 weeks, but on January 29, 2018, the Senate voted not to proceed with the bill. The act would have saved the lives of between 12,000 and 18,000 preborn babies a year from abortion.

In response, former abortion worker Catherine Adair posted a heartbreaking message on Facebook. Adair has assisted in late-term abortions and is familiar with the most common late-term abortion method – the D&E.

Below, former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino describes the way a D&E abortion is committed:

2nd Trimester Surgical Abortion: Dilation and Evacuation (D & E)

In a D&E abortion, the abortionist first dilates the woman’s cervix with laminaria. This is usually done the day before the procedure. On the day of the abortion, the abortionist uses forceps to dismember the child and pull her out, piece by piece. This is obviously very painful for the preborn baby.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy described the D&E procedure, quoting from the testimony of Dr. Leroy Carhart, who regularly commits these abortions:

As a former abortion worker, Adair witnessed these abortions firsthand. She knows from bitter experience how horribly destructive and violent they are.

Horror, repentance, and sadness are evident in her words:

Adair is haunted by terrible memories of the abortions she witnessed and participated in. She will live with these horrible memories for the rest of her life.

Adair is not the only abortion worker to be upset by the D&E procedure. A D&E is so gruesome and violent that even career abortionists struggle to cope with committing them.

Shortly after the D&E technique was introduced in the 1970s, late-term abortionist Dr. Warren Hern, who specializes in these abortions and commits them in all three trimesters, wrote:

Late-term abortionist William Rashbaum, who died in 2005, once said, “I do D & E’s because I think it is safer. It is a horrible procedure. Staff burnout is a major problem.”

Other abortionists, who have done thousands of earlier abortions, refuse to commit D&E abortions altogether. In the film Eclipse of Reason, which shows the results of a D&E abortion, an abortion doctor was interviewed by former abortionist Dr. Bernard Nathanson:

Even though this abortionist had killed thousands of babies, he could not bring himself to do D&E abortions.

When pro-choice people try to defend late-term abortions by D&E, they often claim that these abortions are only done under very rare circumstances and only in cases in which a woman’s health or life is in danger. They may also say that babies with serious health problems are better off being killed this way.

In reality, no child deserves to die by dismemberment. And the belief that these abortions are only done for health reasons is a myth.

Katha Pollitt, an author who writes in favor of abortion, gave the statistics on the most common reasons for late-term abortions in an article in The Nation:

71% didn’t realize they were pregnant
48% had difficulty making arrangements
33% were afraid of telling parents or partner

The Allen Guttmacher Institute, a research organization closely affiliated with Planned Parenthood, did a study on late-term abortions in which it gathered statistics from abortion facilities. It found:

68% had no pregnancy symptoms
58% didn’t confirm the pregnancy until the second trimester
45% had trouble finding abortion provider
37% unsure of date of last menstrual period
30% had difficulty deciding on abortion

The study sample did not contain a single case of abortion for health reasons.

D&E abortions are usually committed on healthy children who suffer incredible pain when they are dismembered. Even hardened abortionists have trouble dealing with the grisly reality of these abortions.

Former abortion workers like Catherine Adair relive their experiences when they describe them. They are open about what they have witnessed in order to educate people about what is going on in abortion facilities throughout the country.