Opinion : Letter to the Editor: Dr. Bernard Nathanson

Dear Editor,

Have you ever heard of a man named Dr. Bernard Nathanson? Here are some things that you might want to know about him:

*He was a professionally well-recognized and successful New York obstetrician and gynecologist.

* He was the cofounder of NARAL who trained Planned Parenthood's doctors how to perform abortions in the early 1970's.

*He oversaw at least 75,000 abortions, 5,000 of which he performed himself. This included that of his own child of which he admitted afterward to feeling a fleeting gratification of doing so efficiently.

*He became known as America's "Abortion King' and "Keeper of Abortions's Keys".

*During the Roe vs. Wade hearing he set out to deceive the public, politicians and the Supreme Court Justices by telling blatant lies. (part of the manuever called the Catholic Strategy and the Negro Project.)

*He admitted that during Roe vs. Wade, the statistics of maternal mortality due to self-induced abortion were grossly exaggerated as were other findings.

*In a speech about his attempts to legalize abortion he said, "There was only silence from the opposition. We fed a line of deceit, of dishonesty, of fabrication of statistics and figures; we coddled, caressed, and stroked the press.(...) We were calling ourselves pro-abortionists and pro-choice. In fact, we were abortifiers; those who like abortion. Let me digress and speak for a moment on the question of 'pro-choice', and they euphemistically call themselves now. I reject that phrase, that euphemism. It is misleading. It is dishonest. It implies that in the issue of abortion there is a ethical choice whether to have an abortion or whether not to have an abortion;...Of courseabortion is not an ethical choice.

We succeeded in breaking down the laws limiting abortions because the time was right and the news media cooperated. We sensationalized the effect of illegal abortions, and fabricated polls which indicated that 85% of the public favored unrestricted abortion, when we knew it was only 5%. We unashamedly lied, and yet our statements were quoted by the media as though they had been written in law." (quoted in John Powell, Abortion; the silent Holocaust. Tabor, Allen, Texas. 1981.)

*He said that he had used the "Eight Points of Propaganda" to promote abortion.

*So tortured by the abortions that he conducted, he turned to alcohol, tranquilizers, self-help books, counseling, psycho-analysis and contemplated suicide to end the darkness that he felt.

*While still an Atheist, he changed his mind about abortion just by looking at the science, knowing that there is no doubt life starts at conception. (ultrasound imaging, fetal heart monitoring, hysteroscopy, fetoscopy)

*His pro-life views were completely scientifically based which he made known to all of his audiences

*....Until God showed him the way to mercy and redemption through His grace.

*He spent the rest of his life speaking out for the lives of precious children who deserve the wonderful gift of life.

*While terminally-ill, he gave the author, Terry Beatley, his personal parting message and instructions to teach how he and others purposely deceived our country. She writes of this in her book called, "What if We've Been Wrong?"

*Dr. Nathanson died on February 21, 2011, desperately wanting Americans to be liberated from the lies he once told to the world.

-Jill Struve

For more eye-opening information: https://thelifeinstitute.net/learning-centre/abortion-facts/witnesses/dr-bernard-nathanson

http://lib.tcu.edu/staff/bellinger/abortion/Nathanson-Hand.pdf