Category: Ultrasound

By Dave Andrusko 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 ultrasounds — which were developed and entered commercial use in the …

Not a “fetus” anywhere By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This ran last September and received a tremendous response. I think it is worth reposting. 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 …

By Sarah Terzo Editor’s note. Today is President’s Day, a federal holiday. We’re running stories from the past that you’ve indicated you particularly like. We’re back on Tuesday will the latest pro-life updates. Kelcie McCrae, a pro-choice writer: “having an abortion was one of the hardest things one of my closest friends has ever done, …

By Sarah Terzo Pro-choice author Lisa M. Mitchell writes: “For some parents, the ability to see fetal parts [in the ultrasound] – especially the beating heart – and to see the fetus sucking its thumb, kicking, excreting, and responding to external stimuli may demonstrate that the fetus is aware of its surroundings and has the …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Science has now confirmed what parents the world over have known in their hearts—that ultrasounds of preborn babies are important for parent-child bonding, including fathers.  An article in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology reveals that a simple sonogram can increase the emotional attachment of parents to their …

By Dave Andrusko Over the years, one of my daughters has played a key role at a local Women Helping Center including serving as president of the board. 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 …

By Bonnie Finnerty, Education Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation 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 …

By Maria V. Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation The image flashes in my mind’s eye like a scene from a movie. I vividly recall the visage of my baby on the screen—an image that was captured in a photo that I treasured. I could see in that image my mother’s smile, re-drawn in the …

By Sarah Terzo From an article in The Oklahoman: When Oklahoma resident Pam Brown realized she was pregnant for the second time in 18 months, she felt like an abortion was her only option. At the clinic, the doctor performed an ultrasound to gauge how far along Brown was in her pregnancy. She saw something …

By Dave Andrusko I never tire of reading about the impact of ultrasounds. Especially improvements. As the New York Post’s Rikki Schlott wrote over the weekend, “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 ultrasounds — which were developed and …

By slowing down the rush to death, ultrasounds offer an abortion-prone woman (or girl) a chance to catch her breath and calm her nerves. Which is why, of course, pro-abortionists hate women helping center in general, ultrasounds in particular. Read the whole story.