Category: Ultrasound

By Dave Andrusko Let’s see if I get this correct. When pro-abortionists find something—anything—they think can further the process of desensitizing the public to the horrors of abortion, it is “real science.” When pro-lifers find something—anything—that offsets the callous attempts of the Abortion Industry, we’re indulging in “phony science.”  When we are offering is irrefutable, …

By Tom Strode NASHVILLE (Baptist Press) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission announced Thursday (December 10) it will donate a record 10 ultrasound machines to pregnancy resource centers in the next six months. The ERLC will make the donations to Gospel-focused, pro-life centers across the United States through its Psalm 139 Project, which …

By Sarah Terzo Autumn Williams was planning on abortion, but changed her mind when she saw her child on the ultrasound. She tells her story: My mind was set on abortion. Finding out I was pregnant a week before leaving for college was devastating. I was mad at my boyfriend, my parents, myself, this baby. …

By Sarah Terzo A woman discusses her pregnancy and ultrasound “… What is a sonogram? A picture, produced by sound waves. It is a factual thing, a part of reality, difficult to manipulate. Which doesn’t mean that it doesn’t involve emotion. When I saw James’s [her son’s] first sonogram, at 4 ½ months, I fell …

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 …