Dr. C. Everett Koop, pediatric surgeon, former United States Surgeon General (1982-1989): “Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smokescreen. In my 36 years in pediatric surgery I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother’s life.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/c-everett-koop-ex-surgeon-general-dies-at-age-96-088050

 

Dr. C. Everett Koop, pediatric surgeon, former United States Surgeon General (1982-1989):

“Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smokescreen. In my 36 years in pediatric surgery I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother’s life.”

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Everett_Koop

 

https://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0143_Everett_Koop_quote

 

https://www.azquotes.com/author/8211-C_Everett_Koop

 

https://www.nrlc.org/archive/abortion/pba/HowOftenAbortionNecessarySaveMother.pdf

 

http://dickbohrerbooks.com/DownloadFiles/Opinion-8.pdf

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References:

https://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/c-everett-koop-ex-surgeon-general-dies-at-age-96-088050

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Everett_Koop

https://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0143_Everett_Koop_quote

https://www.azquotes.com/author/8211-C_Everett_Koop

https://www.nrlc.org/archive/abortion/pba/HowOftenAbortionNecessarySaveMother.pdf

http://dickbohrerbooks.com/DownloadFiles/Opinion-8.pdf

https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/9817-c-everett-koop/about-abortion

https://thisday.pcahistory.org/?s=c+everett+koop

https://www.christian-heritage-news.com/2015/10/dr-c-everett-koop-to-spare-mothers-life.html