‘I could have legally dismembered’ preemie if still in womb, says abortionist

Planned Parenthood abortionist Lisa Harris commits D&E abortions. In this type of abortion, the abortionist uses forceps to dismember the child, pulling her out in pieces, twisting and pulling off limbs and body parts. The abortionist is then left with a pan full of baby body parts that he or she must reassemble and examine to ensure no pieces were left behind. Anything left in the uterus can lead to a dangerous infection. The procedure is described in the video below by former abortionist, Dr. Anthony Levatino:

2nd Trimester Surgical Abortion: Dilation and Evacuation (D & E)

In an article in the medical journal Reproductive Health Matters, Lisa Harris writes:

Harris believes that looking at the dismembered body parts with “awe” is a way to “pay respect” to the child she’s killed. She acknowledges the wonderful complexity and beauty of a preborn baby, but only when that baby is in pieces, dead, by her hand.

It is strange to think one can “respect” babies after killing them. In a previous Live Action article, I quoted an abortion worker who claimed that her facility “respects the lives” of aborted babies by baptizing their dead, mutilated bodies.

One of disturbing ironies of modern abortion is that it is often legal to abort babies that, if born alive, could survive.

READ: One of Britain’s tiniest premature babies survives at 23 weeks

Harris continues her story:

The only difference between the two babies was where they were located — and the fact that one was wanted and the other was not.

The aborted baby Harris mentioned was 23 weeks. Hailie Dillon was born premature at just 23 weeks and six days. Paulina and Jesus, a couple from Sinaloa, Mexico, gave birth to baby Maria at just 22 weeks. She is a normal, healthy child today. Baby boy Aharon, the youngest premature baby ever to survive in Israel, was also born at 22 weeks.

All three of these babies had teams of medical professionals working around the clock to save them. But babies of the same ages are killed every day through abortion.

After admitting that abortion itself is an act of violence, Harris says, “I must add, however, that I consider declining a woman’s request for abortion also to be an act of unspeakable violence.”

Somehow, to this abortionist, refusing to dismember a preborn baby is more violent than dismembering one. Who is the victim of violence when a pregnant woman is not given an abortion? Pregnancy itself is not violence; it’s a natural state of human reproduction. No one is deliberately dismembered or killed when a woman carries to term. There are no dismembered body parts or crushed skulls when a woman gives birth naturally. Instead, there are two intact, living human beings, neither one a victim of violence.

Lisa H Harris “Second Trimester Abortion Provision: Breaking the Silence and Changing the Discourse” Reproductive Health Matters 02 Sep 2008, Pages 74-81