“I saw no file that justified abortions,” says Psychiatry Expert.
Wichita, KS — A Pschiatrist who has examined over thirty medical records subpoenaed from abortionist George R. Tiller, says women were given late-term abortions on viable babies so they would not have to miss rock concerts and sporting events.
Dr. Paul McHugh revealed last week that he examined medical records that showed women who were 26 to 30 weeks into their pregnancies were being given abortions by Tiller for “trivial” birth control reasons under the guise of “mental health” concerns that could not be substantiated by the records.
Dr. McHugh is a Harvard educated psychologist who headed the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 26 years and serves on the President’s Council on Bioethics. He was asked to review the abortion records by former Attorney General Phill Kline to determine if the mental health diagnoses were psychiatrically justified.
Dr. McHugh stated that the records “highlighted certain kinds of things, which…were sometimes of a most trivial sort, from saying that, ‘I won’t be able to go to concerts,’ or ‘I won’t be able to take part in sports,’ to more serious ones, such as, ‘I don’t want to give my child up for adoption.’”
Of Tiller’s psychiatric diagnoses, Dr. McHugh stated, “He had mostly social reasons for thinking that the late-term abortions were suitable…Again, these ideas that he was suggesting — these were not psychiatric ideas, these were social ideas that he is proposing. And by the way, again, there was nothing to back these things up in a substantial way.”
When asked if Dr. McHugh could find even one file that justified a late-term abortion by demonstrating that the woman would suffer substantial and irreversible harm as required by Kansas law, he responded emphatically, “I saw no file that justified abortion on that basis.”
“The people of Kansas have written these laws. Viable fetuses should not be aborted unless there’s a substantial and irreversible condition that the pregnancy will produce. Well, when a psychiatric diagnosis is brought forth, I think that people should understand that that requires a heck of a lot more than I found in these records,” Dr. McHugh said.
“It doesn’t take a Harvard education to understand that missing a rock concert doesn’t ‘substantially and irreversibly’ impair a woman, physically or mentally,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. “It is clear that Tiller is breaking the law at the cost of innocent lives. The public must rise up and say that enough is enough!”
Please continue to contact Attorney General Paul Morrison and ask him to charge Tiller for committing illegal late-term abortions.
Attorney General Paul Morrison
Phone: (785) 296-2215; Fax: (785) 296-6296
E-mail: general@ksag.org
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People who are in emotional stress don’t think clearly. I can’t count the number of post-abortion women who’se stories I’ve come across who “chose” abortion under pressure, in a state of panic, just as a “fight or flight” response to their situations, only to come to their senses afterward.
And Dr. McHugh addresses this issue — that the women are in a lot of immediate distress, and that nobody’s doing anything to help clarify their thought processes to keep them from running headlong into something they’ll regret later. They’re just rubber stamping the paperwork. Which is highly irresponsible and — frankly — unconstitional under Roe, which puts the responsibility on the abortionist for verifying that abortion is “necessary” for each patient before proceeding.
No one is doing anything to clear these women’s thought processes in their times of stress, because THEY DON’T CARE . All they want is the MONEY for the late term abortion…BIG BUCKS.
The almighty dollar is now, and always has been, the driving force behind ALL abortions.
Sad to say, Mike is probably right in lots of ways.
One issue, though: I think it’s much more complex than to say $$ is behind all abortions. I think what’s “behind” abortion depends upon one’s role in the transaction:
1. For the providers, it IS money, plain & simple. For example, what’s intriguing is the number of times Tiller signed off on women’s health, vs. the number of time he didn’t (apparently, never).
2. For the politicians, it’s political power. That’s more disturbing. There are lots of pols who knuckle under rather than do what’s right, because they like the trappings of power.
3. Worst of all, for the moms, it seems like the motivator is convenience. Too many sites — like Imnotsorry.net, have all these truly horrific stories of moms who aborted because they were in school, or didn’t have much $$, or who felt pressured…and who now don’t feel sorry for doing what they did…basically, because it was convenient for them to do so. Horrific. Just horrific.
4. Of course, as to what’s “behind” abortion at the end of the day, I think there IS ONE “item,” which is “Satan,” but that’s another story…
Don’t forget the social agenda, to reduce the population to “sustainable mass”…whatever that actually is. Funny how the population control freaks always want someone ELSE to exit the “overcrowded” planet…
This shows how cheap human life is to the abortionists. This is the logical result of a philosophy that separates human life from “legal person”. In Roe vs Wade The Supreme Court ruled that legal person hood is a result of recognition by society. This arbitrary definition of person hood allows society to butcher anyone they don’t want to live by saying that the are not a legal person. Roe vs Wade could be applied to justify the Nazi holocaust. Roe vs Wade has implications that go way beyond abortion that endanger all of our liberties.
Compare the sandy foundation of Roe vs Wade to the Biblical teaching that each individual human life is created in God’s image.Each person is therefore endowed with inalienable rights. The sanctity of human life was so important that God ordained government for the purpose of protecting human life by mandating capital punishment for murder.
God not only commands governments to defend human life but each individual. We are to rescue those innocent who are being led away to death Because respect for the sanctity and dignity of each human life is absolutely essential to a free and civil society. .Respect for the sanctity and dignity of each human life is the cornerstone of America’s freedom.
Now is the time for us to seek the Lord in solemn assembly. We must ask God to spare our land. The blood guilt of 50 million innocent babies and complicity in the murder of over 1 billion human lives is about to draw God’s vengeance.
These women need to be held accountable too. SELFISH PIGS!!
What a crazy world. “No, I dont want to give my child up for adoption”…What, you’d rather KILL IT?? Why not give it to a family who will love it like their own.
DALLAS, good point on the Roe vs. Wade!!
DALLAS SAID “The Supreme Court ruled that legal person hood is a result of recognition by society. This arbitrary definition of person hood allows society to butcher anyone they don’t want to live by saying that they are not a legal person. Roe vs Wade could be applied to justify the Nazi holocaust.”
Very true! I’m sure Hitler didn’t consider Jews human. Does that mean the Holocaust was okay? In that case, why don’t we just have a clinic that legally kills Jews?
God save us all.
Dr. Paul McHugh’s professional observations of Tiller’s medical records cannot be ignored, as he was the appointed expert to investigate the validity of these documents. As a respected psychiatritist his opinion must be acknowledged as a factual presentation to be considered in the prosecution of Tiller.