
                           Window into the Womb. 
                       From the Last Days Newsletter. 
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     At the 1984 National Right to Life Convention, Dr. Bernard Nathanson 
showed a 20 minute film that no one present will ever forget- an ultrasound 
recording of the abortion of a 10 week old preborn child.  Ultrasound is 
like the sonar used to detect submarines.  Sound waves beamed into the 
amnionic fluid are reflected back once they contact the baby's body.  These 
waves are then converted into a visual image on a television screen. 

     Dr. Nathanson stated that the first time he saw the film he was stunned 
and nauseated.  The doctor who did the abortion quit the clinic after 
seeing it and said he "never wanted to see that film again."  Even the 
ultrasound technician was reluctant to see it again to do the editing.  
What was so shocking about this film? 
 It wasn't the gore because you can't see blood on an ultrasound.  What was 
seen was much more horrifying. 
 I couldn't help but cry as I read the following account of a suction 
abortion. 

     "At first you see the child at play, sucking his thumb and moving 
about.  But at the VERY moment the suction tip touches the amnionic sac you 
see the child JUMP away and move to the top of the uterus as though he 
senses something aggressive is happening.  His mouth opens up in a silent 
scream and you can see his heart speed up and his arms and legs moving 
rapidly.  Then you see the suction tube tearing away first one arm, then 
the other, as the child writhes in pain.  You see the spinal column 
slipping down the tube until only the baby's head is left with a piece of 
spine on it.  And finally you see the abortionist searching for the baby's 
head."(1) 

     Our technology has given us a window into the womb. 
 Let's not pull the curtains and pretend not to see. 

1) The Life Advocate, July 1984 

