Former abortion clinic worker says, “They all had sadness in their eyes’

By Sarah Terzo On January 22, 2012, a former clinic worker named Clarissa gave her testimony before a church congregation. Her speech appears on YouTube. Clarissa became involved in abortion work almost by accident. She explains: “I was just finishing my medical assisting courses and my internship was at a women’s health center. I was …

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Clinic workers excited to do abortions at 26 weeks

By Sarah Terzo Many people are not aware that abortions done in the late second and third trimester are legal, but they happen every day in the United States. Most late term abortions are done for elective, not medical reasons. Pro-choice feminist Wendy Simonds interviewed clinic workers who spoke about how they felt when their …

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Former clinic worker: “they all had sadness in their eyes”

By Sarah Terzo On January 22, 2012, a former clinic worker named Clarissa gave her testimony before a church congregation. Her speech appears on YouTube. Clarissa became involved in abortion work almost by accident. She explains: “I was just finishing my medical assisting courses and my internship was at a women’s health center. I was …

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Clinic worker: abortion work is isolating

By Sarah Terzo In a post from 2009, a clinic worker describes how she feels about her job: “I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel our work can be incredibly isolating….for me and my co-workers, it can sometimes feel like we’re alone. No one wants to hear about where you work or what …

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Former Planned Parenthood staffer: “we never discussed fetal development”

  By Sarah Terzo Catherine Anthony Adair worked at a Planned Parenthood clinic that performed abortions. In an interview I did with her, she spoke about what she witnessed there. Getting started at Planned Parenthood I asked Adair how she felt about abortion before she took the job at Planned Parenthood, and what led her …

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