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| Dr. Bernard Nathanson, known as a "King of abortion", would later be an active member of a pro-life/anti-abortion organization. (Photo: Jorosmtz) |
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
U.S. physician Bernard Nathanson, a leading campaigner for abortion rights in the 1960s and 70s before turning into a fierce opponent of the practice, has died in New York City at the age of 84.
His wife says Dr. Nathanson died after a long battle with cancer.
An obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Nathanson helped found the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws in 1969. When abortion was legalized in New York state in 1970, he became director of the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health in New York City.
Nathanson later says he began having serious reservations after overseeing 75,000 abortions, feelings which grew stronger after viewing ultrasound images of the human fetus.
In 1986, he narrated an anti-abortion film, The Silent Scream, which graphically depicts the abortion of a 12-week-old fetus. He produced a later film about a later-term procedure critics describe as partial-birth abortion.
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