Posted on 05/11/2005 6:24:45 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds
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.
I wonder how many pro-life medical professionals actually do work in hospitals that provide abortion services.
Well written...Not. First impressions and all that.
Read on. This is powerful and important stuff.
Jill's testimony before Congress helped rip the lid off of "Live Birth Abortions" being performed in hospitals in Illinois, I believe.
Yeah. Do check out the pro-abortion stances of your employer. As I suppose Ms. Stanek makes sure her column doesn't appear in any publication that supports abortion rights?
It's easier said than done. If we expect health care professionals to refuse to work with pro-abortion hospitals, then the same rules should apply to all of us. Does your employer support abortion rights, cover abortion with insurance, contribute to Planned Parenthood? If so, should you quit your job?
There is also something to be said for being "in the world but not of the world". Can we make a bigger contribution by quietly converting those around us who are pro-abortion by mingling with them and helping them see the light, or by rejecting them and staying away? I honestly don't know but I think the policy advocated by Ms. Stanek ought to apply both to the goose and the gander.
Not true, to many so called pro-choicers are ignorant, I should know, at one time I was one of the fools.
I've since helped many others understand why I became pro-life, why I do not believe in exceptions, and why it is so important that we respect the life of the unborn.
I would never, ever work in a hospital that had abortions.
Many of those who believe in a right to abortion have been brainwashed by the media, and by the schools, and many other sources.
All it took me was a science class in college, to straighten me out.
Many of these folks do not know life begins at conception, instead of cursing them, yelling at them, or using emotion, explain it. You'll be surprised at your fellow man.
I can safely say that my pro-life brother works at a Catholic hospital that doesn't provide abortion services. In order to avoid having to cross that Rubicon - the hospital shut down it's OB/GYN wing, and no longer provides services in that vein.
As a nurse of 10+ years, I would say it's just the opposite. The majority of medical professionals are heavily indoctrinated into the cult of death.
Thanks for giving us the benefit of your experience. I do not work in a medical profession, but my impression from reading on the subject tends to confirm your comment.
I'm in RN and I work in a Catholic hospital. We only perform D&Cs on patients who have a confirmed fetal demise. Heck, we can't even dispense birth control pills. I've been at this facility for 12 years now, so it's the only type of policies and practice I really know.
---Note the irony that abortion has contributed to the shortage of health care workers.---
It has also "offed" the young female scientist who would have cured cancer, the kid who who have found a new, effective and clean way to derive endless energy from high sulfur coal and the company of 20-somethings who would have figured a way to feed all the poor in the world using only 5% of the fertilizer now required on only 11% of the land mass. Other than that, it has been a harmless and worthy "choice."
Frank
I still belong to the AMA and the American Academy of Family Physicians, despite their postitions on post-coital or morning after pills. I rejoined the AMA after a couple of years out, as a matter of fact.
I sure wasn't making a difference on the outside and the AMA continued to present themselves as my voice in politics, the media, and medical policy.
However, within the organization, I hope to be "salt and light." I may not have made much of a dent, yet, but I will continue to read the literature, speak up and propose new policies at both education and business meetings. Turn a mind here, convince a heart, there. That's all any of us can do.
I think that is probably the wisest course. My post was a few weeks ago but I was arguing that it is pretty difficult to make a living and avoid all pro-abortion people, groups and employers. That said, I quit the ABA a long time ago when it was leaning more and more to the left. It also pretends to be the voice for all but it is losing the battle and becoming somewhat irrelevant. I think the AMA has a lot more pull than the ABA these days and I have no problem with your rejoining it. Best of luck in making a difference! Oh, and doc, I have this little ache . . . ;)
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