Why is the National Abortion Federation trying to hide these videos from the public?

Recently, previously unaired, undercover videos from what is presumably the 2014 National Abortion Federation (NAF) conference were made public. And the NAF is not happy. When we pull out just a few statements from a fetal disposal panel, it’s not difficult to see why.

GotNews.com uploaded the videos to YouTube and created a playlist for the public. The following statements are excerpts from “Fetal Disposition [1/3] [GotNews exclusive]” and “Fetal Disposition [2/3] [GotNews exclusive].”

The whole tone of the panel is a ‘woe is me’ type. One panelist, abortion clinic owner Renee Chelian, complains at 25:13 in the first video about Michigan’s fetal disposal laws:

During the question and answer session in the second video, the panelists opine, “I feel like the mafia,” saying “everything is a secret.”  “Antis” are mentioned quite a bit, and the crowd is warned that “if the antis know, this could shut us down.”

Much of the discussion does indeed provide bases for shutting down abortion clinics.

At 25:45, Chelian discusses the disposal of fetal tissue:

It sounds like she’s “sick to her stomach” not so much because she’s dealing with the remains of aborted babies, but because she’s worried about negative press. Priorities, priorities…

That’s not the only time Chelian shows insensitivity to the body parts of babies she’s participated in aborting. She jokes at 26:39 that “they showed me a body bag and I was like dude…” Her response is cut off by laughter, as it is a few more times.

In the second video, she even says, “I want you to laugh about this. This is funny. It’s funny in a really sick way.” I don’t know about “funny,” but it certainly is “really sick.”

In addition to secrecy, desperation is an ongoing theme in the videos.

From the second video, at 3:00:

When talking about contracting with companies, Renee refers to her “certification of destruction” at 10:05. She says it very non-chalantly, and there is no laughter. The lack of laughter is almost worse, as the abortionists and other staff just move along, seemingly accepting the reality that they regularly destroy human beings.

During question and answer time, a lengthy story is shared about a man Renee claims helped him even though he was a Roman Catholic Republican who didn’t agree with her, but decided to dispose of the babies anyway because he really didn’t like Stericycle. Renee highlights this story, and also explains her search for alternatives to disposing of the fetal remains – including a “backup plan” of purchasing land and equipment to incinerate the babies herself.

At 22:33 she says:

There is also a lengthy back and forth when a presumably Australian attendee asks, at 23:17, “Could we take it for you?”

Another panelist mentions the problems associated with shipping dead baby body parts across state lines:

The response becomes harder to hear, but at 24:06 it sounds like the response is:

It’s safe to say these statements speak for themselves.