How ultrasounds transform the way pregnant women understand their unborn child

By Dave Andrusko One of my daughters was president of a local Women Helping Center. If anyone would know the crucial importance of ultrasounds, it would be her and the staff. By making concrete what to a woman facing an untimely pregnancy is essentially an abstraction, ultrasounds dramatically change the decision-making calculus. By slowing down …

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Pro-abortion individuals and organizations fiercely oppose informed consent legislation, which often requires that abortion-minded women be given the opportunity to see their unborn child.

What did the focus groups bring up again and again? “The ultrasounds — and the refinement of ultrasounds and 3D ultrasounds—and they just said, ‘Well, that’s a baby,’” Anderson explained. Read the whole story.

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Thanks to improvements in ultrasound technology, a discernible shift in the abortion conversation

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This post ran previously and was well received. I never tire of reading about the impact of ultrasounds. Especially improvements. As the New York Post’s Rikki Schlott recently wrote, “Today, ultrasounds are more advanced than ever. Gone is the era of the traditional, black and white, grainy 2D images. Now, through 3D, 4D, and HD …

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His response was a beautiful reminder that I was carrying a little person and not just a list of medical problems

As soon as Dr. Y walked in he congratulated me on my daughter. His response was a beautiful reminder that I was carrying a little person and not just a list of medical problems. He said that he had a sister with Ds and that raising a child with Ds would be more similar than …

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3-D ultrasounds of two unborn babies a huge hit on The Today Show

Not a “fetus” anywhere By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This delightful story and picture first ran in NRL News Today on September 22, 2022. When the topic is about unborn babies in their natural (safe) state, then people who probably aren’t on our side can feel free to treat them as…unborn babies. This has been …

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Abortion-seeking women want the option to view their ultrasounds

Research finds that women seeking abortion believe providers should offer them the option to view the ultrasound. But providers don’t always do so, and abortion advocacy groups (PP Action, NARAL, ACOG) oppose measures requiring providers to do so. Read the whole story.

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Never underestimate the power of an ultrasound to change a mind and to save a life

By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation It happened when I was scrolling through my Facebook feed one day. In between posts about the latest football games, I saw it—and it melted my heart. There was an Ultrasound of not one, but two babies—the latest additions to my Facebook friend’s family. I have seen …

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Abortion-seeking women want the option to view their ultrasounds

By Monica Snyder, Executive Director Editor’s note. This is reposted with permission from Secular Pro-Life. Research finds that women seeking abortion believe providers should offer them the option to view the ultrasound. But providers don’t always do so, and abortion advocacy groups (Planned Parenthood Action, NARAL, ACOG) oppose measures requiring providers to do so. Please …

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Were you to follow the actual science it leads inevitably to a pro-life conclusion

The transformative tool was ultrasound By Bonnie Finnerty While the celestial heavens and the deepest pockets of the ocean remain mysterious to us on many levels, modern technology has made them less so, providing new and fascinating insights that we once lacked.  The same is true of another once baffling frontier: the womb. Although it …

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A discernible shift in the abortion conversation, thanks to improvements in ultrasound technology

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This post ran previously and was well received. I never tire of reading about the impact of ultrasounds. Especially improvements. As the New York Post’s Rikki Schlott recently wrote, “Today, ultrasounds are more advanced than ever. Gone is the era of the traditional, black and white, grainy 2D images. Now, through 3D, 4D, and HD …

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NARAL Calls Use of Ultrasounds “Intimidation”

By Sarah Terzo Abortion clinics sell abortions. To expect an abortion clinic to be objective in describing abortion is like expecting a car dealership to be objective about buying a car. Clinics make money off of abortions. They don’t make money off of women having their babies. For some quotes from abortion clinic counselors revealing …

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