Medical Procedures Quotes

• Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures, because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

  Potter Stewart

  Abortion, Different, Medical

  "Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 30, 1980.

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• I'm a big believer in anesthesia. I think it should be used for every medical procedure, indlucing routine physicals.

  Dave Barry

  Thinking, Routine, Anesthesia

  Dave Barry (2010). “I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood”, p.83, Penguin

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• Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion.

  Bob McDonnell

  Abortion, Ears, Medical

  "McDonnell Talks Super Tuesday". Interview with Jim Geraghty, www.nationalreview.com. March 5, 2012.

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• The technology used to detect if vehicles are carrying radioactive material is so sensitive it can tell if a person recently received radiation as part of a medical procedure.

  Timothy Murphy

  Technology, Radiation, Medical

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• There may perhaps be a new generation of doctors horrified by lacerations, infections, women who have douched with kitchen cleanser. What an irony it would be if fanatics continued to kill and yet it was the apathy and silence of the medical profession that most wounded the ability to provide what is, after all, a medical procedure.

  Anna Quindlen

  Doctors, Rights, Medicine

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• All medical procedures require two hands, so in a sense it's like when you play an instrument. That's what they call things that they use in their work: They call them instruments. A lot of people start out majoring in medicine and drop it and change their major to music.

  Tom Waits

  Medicine, Hands, Play

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.

  Tamar Braxton

  Noses, Done, Pieces

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• I unfortunately had a lot of medical procedures throughout my life, so I decided to paint all of my surgeries as a way to heal and as a way to grow.

  Paz de la Huerta

  Way, Medical, Paint

  "Exclusive Interview: Paz De La Huerta on Beauty, Acting, and Her Infamous Cameos". Interview with Alex Catarinella, www.elle.com. August 10, 2012.

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• I embarked on a risky course of plastic surgery and silicone injections, major dental realignments and gruesome medical procedures. I pray that young dancers, those who imitate me at their peril, will avoid this blind alley. It is more than a dead end; it is a dead beginning.

  Gelsey Kirkland

  Dancer, Medical, Praying

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• At Planned Parenthood, we see the impact of abortion stigma firsthand, in the women who delay getting reproductive health care because they fear they’ll be labeled and judged. We see the effect of stigma on doctors, health center staffers, and others who help provide abortion services. And we see the impact in laws that regulate and restrict abortion in ways that would never happen with any other medical procedure.

  Cecile Richards

  Impact, Doctors, Law

  "Ending the Silence That Fuels Abortion Stigma" by Cecile Richards, www.elle.com. October 16, 2014.

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• I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.

  Dave Barry

  Phones, Medicine, Doctors

  Dave Barry (2010). “I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood”, p.96, Penguin

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• It represents a place women go and are left confused because they do not hear the truth about abortion and their choices. They are in a sense abused by the medical procedures that are performed without quality medical instructions/information. It's a tragic place.

  Abby Johnson

  Confused, Choices, Pro Life

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• Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.

  Alice Sebold

  Ruth, Medical, Patch Up

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  In the druidical religion of liberalism, not separating your recyclables is a sin, but abortion is just a medical procedure.

  Ann Coulter

  Abortion, Medical, Sin

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