This episode of LegalDocke Podcast deals with sensitive matters that may be

unsuitable for young years.

We have here the child at four weeks, at eight weeks, at 16 weeks, and at 28 weeks.

As you can see, there is no revolutionary or dramatic change in the form or in the substance of this person

throughout this developmental stage.

It's hard to tell the entire abortion story.

I can talk to a woman in a crisis pregnancy.

I can talk to a doctor about fetal development.

I can talk to a man who doesn't want to be a father.

I can interview lawyers and historians to provide perspective.

But one of the parties to abortion I cannot speak to.

Now for the first time, we have the technology to see abortion from the victim's vantage point.

Ultrasound imaging has allowed us to see this.

Narrating this short film from 1984 is Dr. Bernard Nathanson.

He's describing what's happening in a real-time ultrasound video of a baby at 12 weeks gestation, being aborted.

Bear in mind that this is not an unusual instance, a late abortion.

Nathanson is no stranger to abortion.

He co-founded the Pre-Eminant Abortion Rights Organization known today as NARAL, the National Abortion Rights Action League.

But later, he changed his mind and became a pro-life advocate.

When the silent-screen film was made, 4,000 first trimester elective abortions occurred every day.

In 2017, the Gut Marker Institute reported that number had dropped to about half 2,000 abortions per day.

The vast majority of abortions performed are elective abortions during the first three months of pregnancy.

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