By Sarah Terzo
Ultrasound of baby at 26 weeks
From an interview with then abortion clinic owner Patricia Baird-Windle:
Q: You owned and operated a clinic that performed abortions for more than 20 years. Yet in the early ’80s you said, “I’m not pro-abortion. I know no one who is pro- abortion.” That seems to be a contradictory statement.
BAIRD-WlNDLE: I no longer feel that way. I am now pro-abortion. I’ve come a long, long way….
I now consider abortion to be a major blessing, and to be a sacrament in the hands of women….
At the very crucible of the sacrament of abortion work is the sentence in a letter written to me by a woman when I retired, and that is some women have an abortion out of love for the baby.
From: Pam Platt, “A Radical Bows Out: Abortion provider Patricia Baird-Windle reflects on her career, her choices,” FLORIDA TODAY. This was reprinted in “The Forerunner,” August 29, 1999.
Editor’s note. Sarah Terzo is a pro-life author and creator of the Clinic Quotes website where this appeared ().