Anthony Levatino

Anthony Levatino is a pro-life obstetrician/gynecologist. He formerly served as a professor and Student and Residency program director at Albany Medical Center.[1] At the time of his graduation from medical school, he was adamantly pro-choice and later performed over one thousand abortions. However, after his daughter was struck and killed by a car in 1984, he changed his views on abortion.[2] He is well known for his interviews on abortion, as well as his testimony to congress on abortion procedures.

Biography

Dr. Anthony Levatino graduated with a medical degree from Albany Medical College in 1976.

Levatino and his wife attempted to conceive a child without success, and they consequently adopted a young girl, Heather. During the adoption process, Levatino's wife got pregnant with a baby boy. After the family adopted Heather, Levatino continued to perform abortions. Two months prior to Heather's sixth birthday, she was struck and killed by a car. After this event, Levatino had difficulty performing abortions.

For the first time in my career after all those years and all those abortions, I looked… I really looked at that pile of body parts on the side of the table... And I didn't see her wonderful right to choose and I didn't see what a great doctor I was helping her with her problem, and I didn't even see the $800 cash I just made in 15 minutes. All I could see was somebody's son or daughter.

— Dr. Anthony Levatino [3]

He stopped doing second and third trimester abortions, and eventually stopped them completely. In his career, he performed over 1,200 abortions.

gollark: It wasn't an "alpha", it was a reasonably successful one which ran for a while but had problems.
gollark: ????
gollark: I mean, it's more accurate at least!
gollark: Um. Okay?
gollark: We should at least get "ruthlessly exploited a broken system" badges.

References
  1. "About Dr. Levatino". AbortionProcedures.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  2. "Fox Host at Point of Tears as Former Abortionist Describes 2nd-Trimester Abortion". CNS News. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  3. Doctor walks away from performing abortions after daughter's death. Fox News. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
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