Abortionist Defends Killing Babies: It’s “Normal” and Gives Women “Freedom”

Maybe it’s just a string of horrible stories, but of late I keep encountering abortionists who are proud not only of slicing little arms and tiny torsos off of unborn babies but who also boast—celebrate—this as if they had conquered some towering foe rather than a helpless baby.

They make me wonder if we belong to the same species. I’d like to think not.

And there are the stories of someone who was raised pro-life who proudly tells us that by talking about abortion, she was able to “break down the shame and stigma that many of grew up entrenched with.”

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The caption to the photo that accompanies abortionist Jennifer Lincoln’s essay is

Dr. Jennifer Lincoln at an abortion rights rally in Portland, Oregon in May 2022. Lincoln grew up with anti-abortion view but now supports abortion rights.

The headline to Lincoln’s essay is, ‘I Was Anti-Abortion, Then I Began Performing Them‘. When you read Caplan’s essay, it’s easy to see why Newsweek would be so eager to run it.

Here’s the opening paragraph:

After spending most of my life believing abortion was a sin, I performed my first one in September 2007 as an obstetrician-gynecologist (OBGYN) intern. I remember the exact date because it also happened to be my birthday, and the significance of those two events coinciding was not lost on me.

Lincoln does not forthrightly explore the “significance” of the coincidence of performing her first abortion on her birthday. That is unfortunate.

She tells us of her “teen parents” who sent her to Catholic schools “determined that I wouldn’t follow in their reproductive footsteps.” Lincoln, of course, makes fun of the elderly nuns and makes light of the church’s teachings on human sexuality.

But why/how did she come to be so cavalier, so proud of the “hundreds of those procedures” she had performed since September 2007?

How come nowadays she does so “all without the internal conflict of that first case”?

How had” Reproductive health advocacy” become “a core part of who I am”?

Sure that “reproductive freedom was essential,” Lincoln “sought out my residency training program, Oregon Health and Science University, because of their excellent access to elective abortion training.” However, when the day came to perform her first “procedure,” she was surprised to find herself “conflicted.”

After the “procedure” was over she ducked into an empty room and asked herself, “Was I a fake for saying I was pro-abortion when I found my first one to be so emotional?”

This was the moment when her last best instinct lost out:

After a few deep breaths, I realized that I was normal and that none of this was about me. The freedom I had given that patient was what mattered and overtook any momentary internal conflict I entertained. Years later, I’ve also come to realize overcoming purity culture is hard. When your formative years boiled down your entire worth to whether or not you’ve had sex, it’s not a quick unraveling.

Along the way, Lincoln “started to believe that religious beliefs should not be extrapolated into legislation that controls another human’s body.” Years later

“I am now an outspoken advocate for reproductive rights, most notably on my social media platforms, where I discuss topics like abortion, birth control, and more daily with more than 3 million followers. My mantra is that education is empowering and in talking about these topics, we break down the shame and stigma that many of us—including me—grew up entrenched with.”

She ends her essay with a rhetorical question:

Would the sixteen-year-old version of me be shocked if she saw who I’ve become? Definitely. But I’d tell her that it’s OK to change our minds about positions we hold when we realize we were only ever given one side of the story.

The other side being what?

That it’s okay to take the life of someone who is too tiny to defend himself or herself?

That the baby you are carrying can be evicted, as if ousted for not paying her rent on time?

That it’s the mother’s “life,” real and imagined, or the child’s life?

I don’t think so. And if Lincoln gave her 16-year self a fair hearing, perhaps she wouldn’t either.

LifeNews.com Note: Dave Andrusko is the editor of National Right to Life News and an author and editor of several books on abortion topics. He frequently writes Today’s News and Views — an online opinion column on pro-life issues.

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