Brenda Pratt Shafer
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My Story
June 1, 2007
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As a registered nurse licensed in the State of Ohio, I had seen a lot of death -- auto accidents, gunshot wounds, etc. However, in all my twenty years as an RN, I had never witnessed anything like I did on September 28-30, 1993.
I was employed by Kimberly Quality Care, a nursing agency in Dayton, Ohio, and I was asked to accept an assignment at the Women's Medical Center in Dayton. Because I considered myself "very pro-choice" I readily accepted the assignment. What I saw over the next few days is branded forever on my mind.
On the first day, I assisted in some first-trimester abortions. One that I recall was a 15-year old girl who was having her third abortion. On the second day, I assisted in a second trimester abortion that is called a D & E (dilation and evacuation). Also on the first two days we inserted laminaria to dilate the cervixes of women who were being prepared for the partial-birth-abortions -- those who were past the 20-week point in their pregnancy.
On the third day, I was on hand for three partial-birth procedures. I recall one procedure in particular, the mother was six months pregnant, and the baby's heartbeat was clearly visible on the ultrasound screen. The doctor went in with forceps and grabbed the baby's legs and pulled them down into the birth canal. Then he delivered the baby's body and the arms--everything but the head. The baby's little fingers were clasping and his feet were kicking. Then the doctor stuck scissors through the back of his head, and the baby's arms jerked out in a flinch, a startled reaction, like a baby does when he thinks that he might fall. The doctor opened up the scissors creating a hole at the base of the skull. He then stuck a high-powered suction tube into the opening and suctioned the baby's brains out. Now the baby was completely limp.
I remember the baby's face as being the most perfect, angelic face I had ever seen.
