{"id":2027,"date":"2022-07-14T17:01:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T22:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2022-07-14T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T22:31:58","slug":"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-pediat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/14\/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-pediat\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. C. Everett Koop, pediatric surgeon, former United States Surgeon General (1982-1989): &#8220;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&#8217;s life.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2003\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-Politico-photo-20220714-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-Politico-photo-20220714-300x211.jpg 300w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-Politico-photo-20220714-150x105.jpg 150w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-Politico-photo-20220714.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/02\/c-everett-koop-ex-surgeon-general-dies-at-age-96-088050\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/02\/c-everett-koop-ex-surgeon-general-dies-at-age-96-088050<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Dr. C. Everett Koop, pediatric surgeon, former United States Surgeon General (1982-1989):<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>&#8220;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&#8217;s life.&#8221;<\/strong><b> <\/b><\/span><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2009\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-photo-wiki-20220625-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-photo-wiki-20220625-187x300.jpg 187w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-photo-wiki-20220625-94x150.jpg 94w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-photo-wiki-20220625.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2007\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-wiki-20220625-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-wiki-20220625-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-wiki-20220625-116x150.jpg 116w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-wiki-20220625.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C._Everett_Koop\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C._Everett_Koop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2006\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-Forerunner-20220714.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"856\" 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(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrlc.org\/archive\/abortion\/pba\/HowOftenAbortionNecessarySaveMother.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nrlc.org\/archive\/abortion\/pba\/HowOftenAbortionNecessarySaveMother.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2008\" src=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-long-quote-20220623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-long-quote-20220623.jpg 458w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-long-quote-20220623-161x300.jpg 161w, http:\/\/christiansforpersonhood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Koop-long-quote-20220623-81x150.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dickbohrerbooks.com\/DownloadFiles\/Opinion-8.pdf\">http:\/\/dickbohrerbooks.com\/DownloadFiles\/Opinion-8.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment -->References:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/02\/c-everett-koop-ex-surgeon-general-dies-at-age-96-088050\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/02\/c-everett-koop-ex-surgeon-general-dies-at-age-96-088050<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C._Everett_Koop\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C._Everett_Koop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forerunner.com\/forerunner\/X0143_Everett_Koop_quote\">https:\/\/www.forerunner.com\/forerunner\/X0143_Everett_Koop_quote<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azquotes.com\/author\/8211-C_Everett_Koop\">https:\/\/www.azquotes.com\/author\/8211-C_Everett_Koop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrlc.org\/archive\/abortion\/pba\/HowOftenAbortionNecessarySaveMother.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nrlc.org\/archive\/abortion\/pba\/HowOftenAbortionNecessarySaveMother.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dickbohrerbooks.com\/DownloadFiles\/Opinion-8.pdf\">http:\/\/dickbohrerbooks.com\/DownloadFiles\/Opinion-8.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiringquotes.us\/author\/9817-c-everett-koop\/about-abortion\">https:\/\/www.inspiringquotes.us\/author\/9817-c-everett-koop\/about-abortion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thisday.pcahistory.org\/?s=c+everett+koop\">https:\/\/thisday.pcahistory.org\/?s=c+everett+koop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christian-heritage-news.com\/2015\/10\/dr-c-everett-koop-to-spare-mothers-life.html\">https:\/\/www.christian-heritage-news.com\/2015\/10\/dr-c-everett-koop-to-spare-mothers-life.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/02\/c-everett-koop-ex-surgeon-general-dies-at-age-96-088050 &nbsp; Dr. C. 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