Late abortions: A retrospective of posts

A lot of folks are being drawn to my blog looking for information on third-trimester abortions in the wake of the murder of George Tiller.

This is a topic I've blogged a lot about, so for your convenience I'll pull together a retrospective of those posts. I'll also bring in posts about Tiller. They're grouped by topic, with posts in multiple categories if they fit in more than one.

TILLER:

What proportion of Tiller's late abortions were for fetal indications?: Tiller himself indicated that the number was 8%.

An analysis of those "medically necessary" Tiller abortions: Dr. Paul McHugh is interviewed about his review of Tiller's patient files.

The measure of a "hero": An overview of Tiller and the late abortions he did.

The Death They Didn't Mourn: Christin Gilbert, mentally disabled teenager, loses her life thanks to Tiller's bad habits and worthless staff.

Which is safer for the mother?: A side by side comparison of late abortion versus obstetric care for pregnancy complications

Which is safer for the mother?: A side by side comparison of a Tiller late abortion versus obstetric care for pregnancy complications

Tiller's Defense: Larry Said I Could: A look at what Tiller admitted on the stand in his trial

Tiller Trial: The Plot Thickens: Words from Kristin Neuhaus, the disgraced erstwhile abortionist who rubber-stamped post-viability abortions for Tiller

Tiller Getting Favorable Jury: Jurors were dismissed for being "too prolife" but not for being "too prochoice"

A Credible Claim?: A complaint filed by a Tiller patient

One That Got Away: A child that had been scheduled to die at Tiller's facility returned to plead for other children's lives

Them mean old prolifers help woman avoid unwanted abortion: Prolifers brought Tiller patient next door for real help

Read Complaints Against Tiller and Associates: Including a summary of the 30 illegal abortion charges based on his own patient records

REASONS THIRD TRIMESTER ABORTIONS ARE DONE:

Why are women having third trimester abortions?: Examples of women facing pressure from health care professionals to abort when the women themselves don't want to.

An analysis of those "medically necessary" Tiller abortions: Dr. Paul McHugh is interviewed about his review of Tiller's patient files.

Examples of late abortions: Mostly fatal cases from my files.

What proportion of Tiller's late abortions were for fetal indications?: Tiller himself indicated that the number was 8%.

Obama, McCain, and "Health": A look at the real "health" reasons behind most late abortions

WHO DOES LATE ABORTIONS:

Post Viability Abortions in Your State: A look at who is advertising late abortions online

Planned Parenthood Admits to Live Births: Which means they're doing post-viability abortions

1988: NAF Member Kills Teen: Note Karpen's response to the fact that the prolifers outside were helping patients who'd changed their minds

Accountability at Last for Pendergraft?: Florida's notorious late term abortionist faced criminal charges

Parents Lied to Save Preemie: With list of abortion mills that would gladly have killed a baby that age or older

New (to me) Article on Midtown Hospital: An infamous Georgia abortion hospital with a history of routinely performing illegal third trimester abortions

ON VIOLENCE AGAINST ABORTIONISTS:

Response to the Tiller Murder: Is somebody who kills an abortionist being "wise as serpents, innocent as doves"?

Abortion Vigilantism Worksheet: Link to an excellent teaching tool in Biblical ethics

REJECTING LATE ABORTION:

Excellent article, sure to send the kind and loving abortion fanatics into an apoplexy: Link to an article about women who rejected abortion after a grave prenatal diagnosis

Why are women having third trimester abortions?: Examples of women facing pressure from health care professionals to abort when the women themselves don't want to.

93 Days of Love: Link to the story of Baby Faith, a little girl with anencephaly

One That Got Away: A child that had been scheduled to die at Tiller's facility returned to plead for other children's lives

Them mean old prolifers help woman avoid unwanted abortion: Prolifers brought Tiller patient next door for real help

Joyful Anniversary for a Happy Mommy: It wasn't the end of the world after all

Parents had to Fight for Baby's Short Life: The gymnastics of avoiding an unwanted abortion

HOW LATE ABORTIONS ARE DONE:

Which is safer for the mother?: A side by side comparison of a Tiller late abortion versus obstetric care for pregnancy complications

Applauding a Child's Death: Audio from Dr. Martin Haskell's presentation on how he does late abortions, with video by Priests for Life illustrating what he's describing

Tools of the Trade: Sopher Forceps: A description of a specialized tool for taking apart fetuses in the second and third trimester, and how that tool is used by guys including Tiller abortionist LeRoy Carhart

Too Cruel for Killers, Just Right for Babies: A drug used by many late term abortionists is considered "cruel and unusual" when used to execute murderers

Just For Comparison: VERY GRAPHIC, with photos of a living preemie, then aborted babies of similar size

LIVE BIRTHS FROM LATE ABORTIONS:

This Baby Won't Stop Breathing: William Waddill strangles a baby in front of multiple witnesses -- then beats the murder rap

Why the Sudden Interest: The killing of a liveborn infant after an abortion seizes public attention

Planned Parenthood Admits to Live Births:

A Fetus With Attitude: A survivor of a late abortion speaks out

A Question About Born Alive Babies and Criminal Charges: Why aren't these cases always prosecuted?

Another Born-Alive Baby: A baby was injured for life by a post-viability abortion attempt

Another Fetus With Attitude: Melissa Ohden tells her story

More Born Alive Babies: Links to stories about abortion survivors

More Born Alive Babies and their Fates: Further examples of babies that survived attempts to kill them in-utero

Obama and the Born Alive Babies: A graphic look at live births following late abortions

More on Baby Rowan: His mother's story

MISCELLANEOUS LATE ABORTION LINKS:

Shanda's Abortion Nightmare: Sent to the hospital in a car with her fetus hanging out of her vagina

Data Collection Suggestion: How to fill in the gaps in our knowledge about post-viability abortions

Can We Really? Tell Me the Truth: Reflecting on a Dostoyevsky quote and third-trimester abortions

Obama Comments, I Respond: A response to Obama's contention that late term abortionists simply never make mistakes

Third Trimester Abortions and the Law: Where they're legal and for what reasons

Answering a Question: A reminder that Martin Haskell made a video of himself doing a partial-birth (D&X) abortion, and that Mark Crutcher will pay any disgruntled abortion clinic employee big bucks if they fork one over

Where Does Obama Say He Supports 3rd Trimester Abortion?: At Planned Parenthood

Jill Stanek and FactCheck's Faulty "Facts": Was FactCheck ill-informed, or deliberately misleading>

Search: Abortions for Health Reasons: Explores how ill-defined "health" is in statistics about why women abort

Obama, Babies, and the Benefit of the Doubt: A look at Obama's assumption that late term abortionists never make mistakes

Who Needs Hope When You Have These Guys?: Abortion for "fetal indications" -- shutting the door on all hope

One That Got Away: A child that had been scheduled to die at Tiller's facility returned to plead for other children's lives">Astonishing new levels of abortion advocacy cluelessness

Finally, courtesy of Spanish TV, see what these late abortions look like in real life:

The difference between these abortions and Tiller abortions is that Tiller's staff chased the patient off to the bathroom to push her baby into a toilet and leave it there for staff to either clean up for photos, or dispose of in the crematorium that Tiller had on site. Or both.