Pro-Life Advocates and Ultrasounds

"When they get the information to make an informed choice - once they see the ultrasound - the majority of women chose to carry the pregnancy to term.''

"Shame on NARAL (Michelman's group) for opposing a woman's right to choose life,'' he said. ``This scares them, because they know what women do when they see the images,'' said Tom Glessner, president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates. Associated Press-NY-02-01-02

"Anecdotal evidence of ultrasound’s persuasive powers has been steadily accumulating since 1983, when two government researchers published an article in the "New England Journal of Medicine on pregnant women who underwent ultrasound tests while considering abortions.

Viewing their unborn children early in pregnancy, before movement is felt by mothers, may “influence the resolution of any ambivalence toward the pregnancy itself in favor of the fetus,” wrote Drs. John C. Fletcher, then of the National Institutes of Health, and Mark I. Evans, then of the George Washington University Medical School. “Ultrasound examination may thus result in fewer abortions and more desired pregnancies.” Michelle Malkin, national syndicated columnist Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, 1/2/2001

"One of the reasons abortion continues is that the victims are largely unseen. Yet in our day, they have become more visible than ever before, thanks to a wide variety of imaging techniques that allow us not only to view, but also to diagnose and operate on the unborn child. Ultrasound is one of those imaging techniques."
Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life www.PriestsforLife.org

"When she saw her daughter on ultrasound, Madonna said: "I was stunned when I saw on the ultrasound a tiny, living creature spinning around in my womb. Tap-dancing, I think. Waving its tiny arms around and trying to suck its thumb. I could have sworn I heard it laughing."Madonna said this after seeing her then pre-born child on ultrasound when she visited her OB-GYN. Could Madonna become a national pro-life spokesperson? Nobody knows for sure, but it's possible. www.LoveMatters.com

"From my own statistics of a 90% decreased rate in abortion with the use of ultrasound, I know that this program will be the most effective means of reducing crisis pregnancies and changing hearts. Shari Richard, Sound Wave Images

"Chris Slattery, along with others, is making the truth undeniable with the addition of a three-dimensional ultrasound unit to the Expectant Mother Care network. The diagnostic device is literally a "window to the womb," allowing the curtain to be drawn back on some of the most hallowed ground known to humanity."
"Tell it Like it Isn’t: State Attorney General , Puts Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Crosshairs" By: Rick Kern, The Word, On-Line March, 2002 edition

"Pregnancy help centers have grown in numbers and have grown in influence and sophistication. A particularly good development, in the last few years, has been that many of these centers are turning themselves into full-service medical clinics. The centers are acquiring ultrasound machines and the technicians to run them. They are staffing them with, or becoming affiliated with, licensed medical personnel. Their help for women is better known as a result of advertising more widely..." "NARAL Attacks Women Help Centers, by J.C. Willke, M.D. April 2002, Life Issues Connector

"Those who advocate "freedom of choice" must be willing to accept that women desire the scientific and technological information to make "informed choices." The abortion lobby is making it more difficult for women in crisis pregnancies to see the image of the ultrasound. They know that ultrasound is factual and the most effective agent for pre-natal bonding. It's time to stop trying to strip women of their inherent need to protect their child and allow them to see the truth. We must give women the benefit of complete information and pre-natal care." Shari Richard, Sound Wave Images

" 'Propaganda' is what Gloria Feldt [President of PPFA] calls an accurate image from inside a pregnant woman's womb. Her suggestion that this is in some way unfair to her cause is as damning an indictment of the PPFA [Planned Parenthood Federation of America] as any that has ever been leveled by its enemies.

That's why Planned Parenthood believes that ultrasound is only being properly utilized when its use results in an abortion. "They See NUTH-thing 'Pro-choicers' can't handle the truth" by Daniel Clark, March 1, 2002