Category: Ultrasound

By Sarah Terzo A reporter spoke about advances in ultrasound technology that produced very clear fetal images: “While such images won’t quell the abortion debate anytime soon, their beauty alone deserves pause and admiration.” Julian Kesner, “Life as you’ve never seen it.” New York Daily News October 12, 2006. Above three pictures: Legal to abort …

By Sarah Terzo The pro-choice author of one book described observing a workshop teaching how to use ultrasound to date pregnancies: “The workshop was for primary care clinicians who were beginning to offer medication abortion in their practices and were planning to use ultrasonography to date their patient’s pregnancies precisely. (Ultrasounds are not required as part …

By Sarah Terzo “We average two or three turnarounds per day. We average about 800 saves a year just at the mobile facility.” — Pro-Lifer Chris Slattery, president of EMC Frontline. EMC Frontline Pregnancy Centers has a van equipped with ultrasound machines. Volunteers park in front of abortion clinics and attempt to reach abortion minded women. Jaboy …

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. My family will be gone on vacation through August 24. During that span we’ll run prior posts from the past year that remain timely and/or were particularly well-received. We will also add a new story or two as events dictate. Simply because it is so important, we’ve posted multiple stories …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation If you doubt the power of ultrasounds to save women from the heartache of abortion, consider this observation from a sonographer named Ann, who was quoted in the summer newsletter of central Pennsylvania’s Morning Star Pregnancy Services. “To show someone that it’s an actual baby and …

By Sarah Terzo Physician Michael R. Harrison  said of ultrasound: “It was not until the last half of this century that the prying eye of the ultrasound (that is, ultrasound  visualization) rendered the once opaque womb transparent, stripping the veil of mystery from the dark inner sanctum, and letting the light of scientific observation fall on …

By Sarah Terzo Pro-choice columnist and author  William Saletan writes about informed consent laws that require women seeking abortions to be offered the chance to view an ultrasound: “Critics complain that these bills seek to “bias,” “coerce,” and “guilt-trip” women. Come on. Women aren’t too weak to face the truth. If you don’t want to look …

By Kelli Editor’s note. Today’s look back at a story that appeared in NRL News Today one year ago is an account of a remarkably life-affirming new ultrasound device. In case you missed it, the post is a great read. The Times of Israel reports that a new “handheld ultrasound device” is in its finishing stages. It …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation When UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care battling Coronavirus, many concerns were voiced he would not survive. During his stay in St. Thomas Hospital in London, Carrie Symonds, the mother of his unborn child, sent him ultrasound images of their baby in utero. She wanted him to continue …

By Sarah Terzo Testimony of Steve Calvin, M.D., specialist in maternal – fetal medicine, before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing on “The 25th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade: Has It Stood the Test of Time?” January 21st, 1998: “… At the time of the Roe V Wade decision, …

By Sarah Terzo A woman named Jill was in a Planned Parenthood clinic when she accidentally saw a printout her ultrasound. She says: “I accidentally saw my ultrasound when I went up to pay the Planned Parenthood cashier. I saw little arms, little legs, and a head.” Jill writes that the photo was just sitting there …

By Sarah Terzo Rebekah Nancarrow had an ultrasound at Planned Parenthood (for which she paid $80), but wasn’t allowed to see the image. She was told by a Planned Parenthood worker that seeing the fetus on the screen “will only make it harder on you.” Nancarrow later went to a crisis pregnancy center and was …