Former Planned Parenthood director admits abortion is not health care: ‘The fetus really is a child’

Eclipse of Reason is a graphic and deeply disturbing documentary put together by the late Dr. Bernard Nathanson, former abortionist-turned-pro-lifer who also produced the movie The Silent Scream. Eclipse of Reason shows a second-trimester unborn baby being torn apart in a D&E abortion. The movie was made some time ago, in the 1980s, and when watching it, it is easy to feel sorrow at the fact that the same procedure so well-documented in Eclipse of Reason is still taking place today, in many abortion facilities throughout the country.

Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino describes the procedure below:

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

Along with the footage of the aborted baby, several former abortion providers are shown on the video. The one quoted most extensively is Dr. Arnold Halpern. Dr. Halpern is identified as a former director of the Planned Parenthood facility. In the video, he first explains what his view had been on when a “fetus” becomes a “baby.”

The sophisticated equipment we have today can detect fetal heartbeat very early in pregnancy. At this link, you can see a video of a baby’s heart beating at just four weeks after conception. The heart actually starts beating at 21 days. Dr. Halpern goes on:

Seeing the body parts of older unborn babies was what shook this doctor and made him reconsider. Dr. Halpern went on:

These are powerful words from a former abortionist who saw the light and changed the course of his life.