1990-1991 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT:
Paid Political Advertisement
ABORTION STOPS A BEATING HEART
Eighth Week:
“Years ago, while giving
an anesthetic for a ruptured
tubal pregnancy (at two
months), I was handed what
I believed to be the smallest
human being ever seen. The
embryo sac was intact and
transparent. Within the sac
was a tiny human male
swimming extremely vigor
ously in the amniotic
fluid....This tiny human was
perfectly developed with
long, tapering fingers, feet
and toes. It was almost
transparent as regards the
skin, and the delicate arter
ies and veins were prominent
to the ends o f the fingers.
The baby was extremely alive
and did not look at all like
the photos and drawings of
'embryos’ which I have seen.”
(Paul E. Rockwell, M.D.)
The prehorn
measures a little
more than an inch
long. Everything is
now present that will
he found in a fully
developed adult. The
heart has been beat
ing for more than a
month, the stomach
produces digestive
juices and the kid
neys have begun to
function. Forty mus
cle sets begin to oper
ate in conjunction
with the nervous sys
tem. The small body
responds to touch
and feels pain.
Abortion Legal
Through ALL Nine
Months of Pregancy
M any O regon ia n s are su r
prised to learn that abortion is
lega l from c o n c e p tio n to one
moment before birth. One minute
before birth destruction o f the
baby is called “legal choice”, while
one minute after birth, it is called
homicide.
Roe v. W ade, the Suprem e
Court case which legalized abor
tion in the U.S., said that in the
3rd trimester of “viability”, states
cou ld p re v e n t a b o r tio n w hen
th ere w as no th re a t to the
“health” o f the mother. A related
case, Doe v Bolton said: “the med
ical judgment may be exercised in
the light of all factors - physical,
emotional, psychological, familial,
and the woman’s age — relevant
to the well-being o f the patient.
All these factors may relate to
h e a lth .” T h e re fo r e , the cou rt
interpreted “health” so broadly
that it became virtually impossi
ble to protect the unborn child
prior to birth. In 1986, the Senate
Judiciary com m ittee concluded:
“Thus the com m ittee observes
that no significant legal barriers
o f any kin d w h a tso e v e r ex ist
today in the U.S. for a woman to
obtain an abortion for any reason
during any stage of her pregnan
cy.” In other words, abortion is
legal for no reason, or for any rea
son through all nine months o f
pregnancy.
In a 1983 poll o f 802
O re g o n ia n s
co n d u cte d
by
B ardsley and H aslach er, Inc.,
65% o b je cte d to a b o rtio n on
demand and 67% favored chang
ing that law. Numerous polls tell
us that most Americans believe
that abortion should be limited
for convenience reasons. What do
you think?
Vote YES on M easure 8.
Convenience Abortions—
from page 1
used as birth control. O f 13,309
abortions that year, 63% o f the
women were using no other contra
ceptive. One third of these had pre
vious abortion(s). For the 28% using
contraceptives, abortion became a
secondary method of birth control.
LATE TERM ABORTIONS
(after 18 weeks gestation)
How many are there? Of
1,588,000 abortions in 1985, one
percent were done after 21 weeks—
meaning 15,888 in that year.1 “The
demand for late-term abortions is
undiminished, and with the.grow
ing popularity of genetic testing to
screen for fetal defects midway
through pregnancy, educated and
affluent women are now joining the
young, the poor and the uninformed
who have been until now, the main
groups seeking late abortions....A
few, according to published reports,
go a step further and make sure the
baby is the sex they want before
deciding to bear the child.r
Researchers from Center for
Disease control in Atlanta tell us:
“Abortions performed during the
second trimester continue to carry a
markedly increased risk of death.
For 1972 through 1985 the risk of
death after abortions performed at
13-15 weeks was 4.6 times greater
than that for abortions performed
at 12 weeks or earlier. Women who
had abortions perform ed at 16
weeks gestation or later had a 14.3
times greater risk of death than did
those whose abortions were per
formed in the first trimester.”’1
What about the baby? We know
that the baby feels pain by 6 weeks
gestation. Pictures of the baby with
in the womb show attem pts to
evade discomfort of sharp or heavy
touch. Furtherm ore, saline and
prostaglandin have been largely
Fourth
Month —
16 weeks
She can
make a tiny
fist, get hic
cups, suck
her thumb
and feel
pain. Yet
she can he
put to death
by abortion
at any time
until the
day she is
born.
Saline aborted.
16 weeks. Held in
gloved hand of reg
istered nurse.
Hospital. Atlanta,
Georgia.
Things fall apart;
the centre cannot hold.
Mere anarchy is loosed
upon the world. The
blood-dimmed tide is
loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony o f inno
cence is drowned; The
best lack all convic
tion, while the worst
Are full o f passionate
intensity
—W.B. Yeats.
replaced by evacuation due to the
large number of late term babies
aborted alive. Evacuation dismem
bers the baby so it cannot be born
alive. Dr. Willard Cates, chief of
abortion surveillance for Center for
Disease Control in Atlanta esti
mates 400-500 live abortion births
each year in the U.S. Like maternal
abortion deaths, these “births” are
not publicized. Dr. Cates says that
would be “like turning yourself into
the IRS for an audit....No one is so
naive as to think there is reliable
voluntary reporting of live births in
the present climate.”1 Dr. Bernard
N athanson observes: “ the CDC
lumps all post-viability abortions as
at or after 21 weeks.’ Why do they
not tell us exactly how late in preg
nancy these abortion s were
done?...Might this be embarrassing
to abortion apologists?”8
Infants can now live when born
prematurely at 21 weeks gestation
or more. In short, a California pros
ecutor says: “Babies that should
live (after being aborted alive) are
dying because callous physicians let
them die.”7
CONCLUSION
What kind o f people are we?
Cruel? Selfish? Uncompassionate?
Egocentric? Immoral? Sick? What
kind of people perpetuate this grue
some business. What kind of people
stand by and allow it to happen?
Supporters of Measure 8 can’t
tolerate this gruesome business of
tearing babies from the warm womb
for mere convenience. The time has
come to love babies, support girls
and women in difficult pregnancy
situations, and respect the dignity
of human life, born and preborn.
VOTE YES ON MEASURE 8!
1. “Winning With Choice: A Guide to Message and
Strategy 1990" Voters for Choice PAC Wash D C.
20036.
2. “Abortion Used More For Birth Control". Susan
Collins. Bango. Maine Daily News March 19, 1986.
3. Dr. J.C. Willke. “Abortion Questions & Answers".
Hayes Pub. c. 1985. p. 76.
4. Liz JefTnes & Philadelphia Inquirer. “Abortion: The
Dreaded Complication." Aug. 2. 1981,
5. H. Atrash.MD, H. Lawson Ml), J. Smith MS. “Legal
Abortion in the U.S.: Trends & Mortality." Center for
Disease Control. Atlanta, Georgia.
6. Dr Bernard N athanson. “ B ernadell T ech nical
Bulletin." March 1990 PO Box 1897. N Y 10011
7. Nathanson. op. cit.
Adoption
Options
LAU I1RN1 ABORTIONS
m THE INCREASE
Number of reported abortions
1575
1175
1577
Source
157*
1001
1001
Abortion Services m the United States.
____________________ U M IMS. - Tim Alan Guttmecher insùtute
There is no such thing as an
unwanted baby!
You don’t need to rush into a
final solution .... You can love and
let live. There are many wonder
ful people who will love and care
for you and your baby. The
National Committee on Adoption
reports that there are over 3 mil
lion couples waiting to adopt a
child. On the average, couples
must wait 3 years for a child.
IN OREGON
A dven tist A dop tion &
Fam ily Services. 6040 SE
Belmont, Portland, Oregon 232-
1211
Catholic Community Ser
vices of Portland. 213 SE 12th
Ave., Portland: 231-4866. Salem:
585-8720.
Holt International Child
rens’ Services. 1195 City View.
Eugene, Oregon. 687-2202.
P .L .A .N . (Plan Loving
Adoptions Now) 203 East 3rd
McMinnville, Oregon. 472-8452.
Portland number: 242-1467.
Lawyer Referral Service
(free). Ask for a lawyer who spe
cializes in adoption. Oregon: 1-
800-452-7636.
WEBA (Women Exploited
by Abortion) offers support for
women who have had an abor
tion. C on fid en tial. P ortland,
Oregon. 775-5699.