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‘Precious Feet’: Doctor’s Iconic Photo of a 10-Week-Old ‘Fetus’ Proves Aborted Babies Are Not Clumps of Cells
The Epoch Times ^ | March 20, 2023 | Louise Chambers

Posted on 03/21/2023 7:09:30 AM PDT by Twotone

A photo taken by the late Dr. Russell Sacco at the helm of the pro-life movement, showing the perfectly-formed feet of an aborted baby held between finger and thumb, proved that unborn babies are not mere “clumps of cells.” Half a century later, the photo is more important than ever.

Oregon Right to Life (ORTL) was founded in 1970 to oppose the legalization of abortion in Oregon. Five years later, pro-life champion Sacco co-founded ORTL’s Education Foundation.

The executive director of ORTL, Lois Anderson, 56, is a born and raised Oregonian and has been working at the organization since 1999.

“[Sacco] was an early leader and a visionary,” Anderson told The Epoch Times. “I always saw him as single-minded and fearless. It was an inspiration to me that someone who had worked for so long in the movement, and had seen so much, would still have so much passion and energy.” ‘It Was perfect’

Sacco was a practicing urologist in Oregon, a Catholic, a married father of four, and a grandfather to eight. The iconic photo that catapulted the pro-life movement was taken at a Portland hospital in 1970, during a meeting between Sacco and a fellow pro-life pathologist, for whom one professional responsibility was to destroy the bodies of babies after abortions.

The pathologist didn’t feel able to do this, explained ORTL, sharing Sacco’s story on Facebook, and placed some of the bodies into a bucket of formaldehyde. Sacco was shocked and gained his colleague’s consent to take photos of the aborted babies for educational purposes.

To convey their size and scale, Sacco held the tiny, perfectly-formed feet of one 10-week-old fetus between his thumb and forefinger; if people knew what an unborn baby looked like, maybe they would reconsider their stance on abortion.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: abortion; fetus; oregon; preciousfeet; prolife

1 posted on 03/21/2023 7:09:30 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Follow the science.


2 posted on 03/21/2023 7:10:10 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Twotone

Whenever someone spouts the “clump of cells” diversion, I simply state that THEY are clumps of cells, and to prove me wrong.


3 posted on 03/21/2023 7:10:59 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: fwdude

Good response!


4 posted on 03/21/2023 7:11:37 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; bray; 1malumprohibitum; ...
If you would like more information about what’s happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.
5 posted on 03/21/2023 7:12:51 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Amen 🙏🏻!!!!


6 posted on 03/21/2023 7:17:45 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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To: Twotone
And a beating HEART at 18 days!


7 posted on 03/21/2023 7:21:52 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

God help us.


8 posted on 03/21/2023 7:33:07 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: Twotone

They are defenseless Americans who are being murdered.


9 posted on 03/21/2023 7:38:07 AM PDT by chopperk ( )
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To: Twotone

Show all the pictures. Pure evil.


10 posted on 03/21/2023 7:41:56 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: Twotone

11 posted on 03/21/2023 9:01:17 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

Average Democrat..”Kill It!”


12 posted on 03/21/2023 9:02:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

100%


13 posted on 03/21/2023 9:05:50 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

The uterine and abdominal walls are not paper thin. Cute picture but fake.


14 posted on 03/21/2023 9:21:18 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: heartwood

they can’t all be fake...

https://www.google.com/search?q=baby+foot+in+womb&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM5L-uuO39AhWWkokEHca7A0EQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1024&bih=507&dpr=1.88#imgrc=PXVtIyRnwnO3QM


15 posted on 03/21/2023 9:28:49 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: heartwood

eh, maybe they are...


16 posted on 03/21/2023 9:35:02 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: dfwgator

Average Democrat..”Kill It!”

“Kill the baby” has been the Democrat Prime Directive since about 1970.


17 posted on 03/21/2023 2:48:46 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Twotone

Like Dr. Carson famously states, if it’s not human, why does everyone want the body parts?


18 posted on 03/21/2023 6:29:10 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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