By Sarah Terzo
Sallie Tisdale, abortion clinic nurse:
“How can you stand it? Even the clients ask. They see the machine, the strange instruments, the blood, and the final stroke that wipes away the promise of pregnancy. Sometimes I see that too. I watch a woman’s swollen abdomen sink to softness in a few stuttering moments and my own belly flip-flops with sorrow.”
From Sallie Tisdale, “We Do Abortions Here,” Harpers Magazine, October 1987.
Editor’s note. Sarah is a pro-life author and creator of the clinicquotes.com website. She is a member of Secular Pro-Life and PLAGAL. This appeared at Clinic Quotes.