When two reporters decided to watch a D&E dismemberment abortion, this is what they saw

In February 2016, Live Action released a video of former abortionist, Dr. Anthony Levatino, describing what is perhaps the most brutal method of abortion: a D&E, or dismemberment procedure. As you can see in the video below, a D&E abortion is done on fully formed babies from 13 to 24 weeks. These babies all have heartbeats and brain waves, and all body parts and organs are present. Many of them feel pain. A dismemberment abortion is exactly what it sounds like – the abortionist reaches in with forceps and dismembers the child, pulling her out piece by piece. The head, which is too large to pass through the dilated cervix, is crushed and removed in pieces.

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The late Dr. Bernard Nathanson, former abortionist turned pro-life activist, describes a D&E this way:

People who have witnessed D&E abortions have also written about how brutal they are. Margaret A. Woodbury, a reporter for Salon, wrote an article in which she described witnessing a dismemberment abortion:

After Woodbury witnessed the abortion, the doctor showed her how strong the forceps were:

So here we see that not only are these abortions torturous for the child, but they are frequently dangerous for the mother as well. Later in the article, Woodbury denies being emotionally upset by what she witnessed, but readers can come to their own conclusions.

Another reporter who witnessed a D&E abortion is B.D. Colen, a reporter for Newsday. After describing how the abortionist dilated the woman’s cervix and pulled and cut apart the preborn baby, he says:

Abortionists themselves have admitted to the graphic nature of the D&E. Testifying under oath, abortionist Timothy Johnson said:

He also answered questions about crushing the baby’s skull:

He was later asked:

Abortionist Philip Bennett put it even more flippantly:

In an undercover video recorded by the Center for Medical Progress, Planned Parenthood abortionist DeShawn Taylor joked that she had to “hit the gym” in order to have strength enough to do a D&E at 20 weeks or more:

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Similarly, former abortion facility owner Carol Everett described how the abortionist she worked for had to expend a lot of energy crushing the baby’s skull:

D&E dismemberment abortion is a horrific procedure that, tragically, is performed thousands of times a year in the United States. This is only a small collection of the many firsthand accounts from abortionists, abortion workers, and witnesses to this terrible procedure.