In the debate over abortion, our conversations often focus on women and the preborn. But sometimes we forget another group of people whose lives are affected by abortion: the clinic workers. Their reasons for working in the abortion industry vary, as do their life stories. Many of these men and women courageously leave the industry after learning the truth about their work. Here are six people who made that brave decision.
He performed 1,200 first and second trimester abortions, while at the same time struggling with infertility with his wife. They adopted a little girl, whom they named Heather. After being hit by a care, Heather tragically died just before her sixth birthday.
“I realized as never before,” said Levatino, “that the child I was killing in each abortion was somebody’s precious child. […] One day it was my turn to perform a second trimester abortion. As I started the procedure, I inserted a clamp and ripped out the baby’s arm. Then I paused for what seemed like forever, staring at the arm in the clamp. A procedure I had done over a hundred times before suddenly made me ill.”
After that, he explains, “It was too difficult to continue. […] As an abortionist, I was at the epicenter of the earthquake, but since I stopped doing abortions and became involved with pro-life efforts, I can clearly see how abortion affects everyone connected with the child who dies. I regret performing abortions.”
“By the time I was a senior resident, I was medical director of one of the clinics and spent my vacation time at pro-abortion seminars and political functions,” Dr. Moor said.
Dr. Beverly McMillian
Dr. McMillian was “trying to run the best abortion clinic in the country,” and as part of her routine, examined what she removed after every abortion.
“Standing at that sink, I guess I just started seeing these bodies for the first time. I don’t know what I did before that. I think I just counted. I was cool. Blood didn’t make me sick. I could handle all the guts and gore of medicine just fine. But I started seeing this for the first time, and it started bothering me,” McMillian said at The Meet the Abortion Providers Convention in Chicago. She continued, explaining a particular incident that changed her:
Jewels Green
As a post-abortive mother, Jewels Green describes her ardent pro-choice views as a way she tried to justify her own abortion. One day, though, had a change of heart:
For more testimonies of former abortion workers, you can look through Clinic Quotes. If you know someone who works in the industry, you can connect her or him with And Then There Were None — a ministry which has helped over 300 workers through the process of making this courageous decision to leave. No one is beyond conversion. Pro-lifers believe in the dignity of every life, so let’s make sure abortion facility workers know pro-lifers are here for them, too.
Human Interest·By Laura Peredo
