Sherri Chessen on her 1962 abortion, end of Roe
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- Years before Roe v. Wade protected a woman's right to choose, an Arizona mother of four faced giving birth to a child with a congenital disorder after having taken thalidomide. With abortion unavailable to her, Sherri Chessen traveled to Sweden for the procedure, her every move followed by a breathless media. Now 89, Chessen talks with CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett about her choice (which she said "any mother would do to save her own child from suffering"), and her belief that the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe is awakening "a great dose of anger" among women.
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My great aunt was 15 when she got pregnant by the Minister's son. It was a scandal. She had a black market abortion and it ruined her. In her early 20s she wanted to have babies with her husband but couldn't. Access to safe legal abortion would have enabled my great aunt to have 2-3 babies when she was ready
Too bad she killed her first child.
...One more time - Abortion is a woman's health 'procedure'.
I had an abortion in 1985.
I was also left alone in a room for two hours while the Doctors asked for permission to do something they already knew to do.
Had I died, two children would have been raised without their mother, my youngest child would not have been born.
Four lives were saved that day, not just one.
Keep sharing your experience Susan + thanx
How is it a "health procedure" if one person ends up dead?
@@riverebec1 Because it’s her body and her right.
Why did u have an abortion
@@riverebec1 Hopefully nobody dies of course! Abortion is a very safe procedure. Millions of completely successful terminations with no complications
At least one 1 in 4 women have had one (or more) + are perfectly healthy for the rest of their lives, and live long into adulthood 👏
People often confused pro-choice to be pro-abortion. This is a poignant story. Thank you!
Then what do you call someone who is NOT anti-abortion?
You are smart
@@riverebec1 someone who isn’t a entitled racist Christian conservative republican .
@@victoriaharris8543 So being pro-life and a Christian conservative Republican automatically equates to being a racist? Wow, you're definitely NOT smart.
Anyone who supports abortion is Pro-Abortion, IMO.
🙏Appreciate this piece of history and for Mrs. Chessen's personal story, her wisdom and bravery.
How crazy is that Mrs Chessen was fired from her TV show Romper Room for having an abortion. Then gets fired again for giving birth to another baby. Men never have to go through this type of nonsense.
I'm GLAD she was fired.
@@mrsmarvelous1Loser.
Thank you for sharing this. I'm 58 and HAD NO IDEA the heroism and struggle of Mrs. Chessen. And still sharing with us all all these years....thank you sooooooooo much!
She stood up for her rights. She knew she couldn't keep the baby and bring like that in this world. Birth control is for many things unwanted pregnancies, fibroids, and controlling woman's cycles. A woman showed have say about their body.
Women do have a say. They choose to have sex and get pregnant.
Everyone knows where babies come from. You dont spontaneously conceive. They can choose to go on the teacup ride or stay on the sidelines. Those that are forced to go on the ride against their will or become sick and have to exit early can exercise their 2nd Amendment rights.
Not to mention how Sherri willingly subjected herself to public exposure and its negative consequences just so that she can publicly warn other pregnant women not to take Thalidomide.
Amazing what she went through. What a courageous and determined woman.
"The unborn" are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike orphans, they don't need money, education, or childcare; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. It's almost as if, by being born, they have died to you. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus but actually dislike people who breathe
Everyone needs to see this. Because of her bravery she saved many lives.
Because of her virtue signaling she became rich.
I learned in history that thalidomide was a standard of practice for a brief period of time. Surprisingly, it is still in use as a tightly restricted treatment for multiple myeloma and Hansen's Disease. It is so important to get a second and third opinion for anything medically related. Better yet, do as much research as you can yourself, especially if you're a woman. It is so important to listen to people like Mrs. Chessen to get a real world point of view. She felt that there was something wrong and this should matter regardless of what side of the aisle someone is on.
Yes! You are absolutely right that women need to do our own research, as sad and pathetic as that is. In 2022, we are still not taken seriously by medical professionals as a general rule. So few studies have been done on women’s health specifically, because the funding just isn’t there. It is instead allotted to men’s health research, which has forever been given priority. Science itself is political. Just like the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it is a testament to the fact that women continue to be second class citizens in what is hailed to a society that values freedom and equality above all else. The level of hypocrisy in this country is mind-blowing.
@@dvezha Science and medicine have advanced to such a degree that babies with down syndrome and other birth defects can be detected in vitro. Surgeries are done on infants in the womb. Sex is determined before birth! How does that make women second class citizens?
It’s true women are 2nd class citizens. I bet eventually America will become like a form of Afghanistan.
I can’t believe a woman had to go through this. It’s ridiculous.
Get ready, there are gonna be thousands of stories of arrests, prosecutions + tons of persecution, surveillance, lawsuits + vigilante-ism stories soon + for years to come while this fight continues
It's medieval.
True. What I can't believe is that this sort of thing is happening in America in 2022. I really thought that this fight was behind us. I never thought that this right would be taken away. The will of a minority is being foisted upon the majority, and that is just plain wrong in a democracy.
My father signed papers for my mother to have her tubes tied in 1970 and my mom couldn't stop it because she had no control over her body. Husbands were in charge of their wives bodies. My mom supports roe v wade because she wanted her daughters to have a say in their lives when it came to reproductive rights.
@@doriwilson6991 🌱
The actions of the supreme court are disgusting and appalling. There needs to be term limits on their ability to destroy peoples lives.
Yeah their definitely should be the supreme court doesn't care that they have caused so much harm in many people's lives
That’s how those who oppose abortion have felt for 50 years. The Supreme Court in 1973 PASSED A LAW - 1) Laws should be passed through Congress by those who are elected to represent the people. Not by lifetime appointed judges. 2) They manipulated the Constitution to justify their decision. - the Constitution NEVER said what they claimed. 3) Within their decision, they stated that this would need to be reconsidered once technology advanced and we could better determine the personhood of the fetus.
In 1973, we didn’t have Ultrasounds to SEE the baby’s heart beating. In 1973, Abortion doctors didn’t yet have access to a 4D ultrasound to use during the procedure where they can SEE the baby kicking and screaming and moving away from the instrument that is ripping off its limbs at 13 weeks.
@@missmayte281 they don’t have limbs at 13 weeks but all this decision does is increase late abortions
@@missmayte281 your talking points are so tiresome
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Down with Theocracy!!!
There should be term limits for all politicians. No longer than two years and shorter if someone can't do the job. This includes all jobs.
Good to see this story on CBS Sunday Morning
Kristin, your mother is MY HERO too. All my best to you and to your mother, Sherri Chessen.
Thank you for this public service, and especially a service to all females.
I believe all woman, must have a choice. Amen
Yes, every woman should have a choice. Every woman, preborn as well as born. And therefore, abortion must be abolished.
AMEN!
@@ArthurCSchaperMR Explain why.
@@ArthurCSchaperMR Tell that to God. At least Planned Parenthood and other abortion doctors handle the procedure humanely. Hosea 13:16 “The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.”
@@ArthurCSchaperMR YOU WILL NEVER ABOLISH IT! Sexist. THAT IS NOT GIVING HER A CHOICE!!
God bless this brave woman. And thanks for telling her story, CBS News!
NOTHING brave about her.
@@XploitedbyAbortion DISAGREE!
"If I had to carry a baby around in a basket, I would have never had another child."
As someone with a significant physical disability (who was carried until she could use a wheelchair on her own), that cuts deep. I can't judge this woman or any other woman who has made the choice to abort or not, but it's essential in this discussion to (on all sides) be very realistic and plain spoken about why these decisions are being made, as well as the ramifications. It's essential not only to recognize the challenges of parents who have children with medical complications, but it's just as valid to carefully consider how we are referring to these children, as well as the predictions we make for their lives. I find her doctor's characterization of the fetus ghoulish. This was not a monster; this was a human fetus. It's intellectually dishonest to make the fetus out to be "other" in order to justify its termination. It's also ableist and equally disgusting to assume an "abnormal" child will have any less of a valuable or joyful life. If someone chooses to abort, of course emotion plays a huge role, but make that decision based upon as much objective fact as possible, and not dire prediction of their future, the parents' ability to handle the challenges, or mental gymnastics which "other" the fetus and essentially treat them as non-human. No decision (especially one as important as this one) should be made solely out of fear and worst-case scenarios. Not every disabled child goes on to be a Rhodes Scholar with a happy and fulfilled marriage, etc., nor does every severely disabled child go on to have a tragic life. The vast majority are like the vast majority of all of us - somewhere in the middle, with moments of great joy and great pain. That is what life is. Racism and homophobia continue to plague our society, but hopefully it is incredibly obvious how disgusting it would be to suggest aborting a fetus because of their race or sexual orientation, stating that the child would just go through too much. Obviously, there are nuances to this comparison, but even fetuses with mild disability are aborted with such reasoning ("they'll have a hard life;" "people are cruel," etc.). If we're going to have this discussion, let's be honest about how society and prejudice does impact at least part of the debate.
This is such a profoundly helpful post.
Thank you for giving so honestly of yourself. 🌈
Thank you.
The discussion is that there is no discussion at all, if a woman doesn't want to have children with a physical disability, the only way to change that is to force her to continue with her pregnancy. Look at Iceland, they eliminated down syndrome through abortions which proves that any woman given the chance would end the life of a disabled child.
Thank you for your post. Yes, the way this was said did not resonate with me either. Most people don't truly understand what others are going through, or how strong someone can be.
The doctor described the fetus as an abnormal growth probably because it was so deformed it probably wouldn't have made it.
what I think is amazing....her husband stood. beside. her. during that time with her talking to the press. Awesome!!
There are many stories like this story to know 🙏🏻
Stories are better tales than arguments, dear.
This is a very important story of a truly remarkable, brave woman.
Yes this story is very important I never heard about this till now
I heard about this when I was in college
I agree abortion is a bad idea for birth control. Yet I remain uncomfortable telling a woman what to do in that situation; trying to adjudicate motives in our legal system would be a nightmare; and the only 'just' solution would be forced sterilization. Abortion should be legal. I'm truly grateful I've never faced that decision.
Abortion is the best idea for birth control being literally 90% of the cases for which it is used.
@@isaacvazquez627 Is this the voice of experience? How many have you had?
I am anti-abortion AND pro-choice. I had the right to choose not to have an abortion and I support EVERY woman's right to choose for themselves.
It's not anger. It's Rage! There is not one person on this planet that can tell my daughter what she can or can not do with her own body. I don't care what the Catholics on the court say.
I was born June of '62. It's been exactly 60 years. (just had a birthday)
You cannot be pro life if you you are for abortion.
Andrea, it’s comments like yours that make me want to fight harder for rights
@@andreawalbridge950 NOBODY is “for abortion.” I’m prolife. I volunteered for years at Birthright- a prolife organization, I will never assist anyone in anyway to have an abortion- ie. Drive to the clinic, help with paying, etc., anything that would assist. I would, however, be there for her after the fact if assistance was needed. Abortion is between a woman, God, and her doctor. We have absolutely no business telling her what she should or should not do. BTW-you cannot be prolife if you support the death penalty
@@andreawalbridge950 You cannot be "pro-life" and advocate that we should force rape victims to give birth to their rapists' spawn. You cannot be "pro-life" and support red state policies where poverty, illiteracy and infant/maternal death rates are the highest in the country. You cannot be "pro-life" and be for capital punishment. You cannot be "pro-life" and be for unfettered gun rights, while school children are being massacred in the places they should be safest. You, like many forced-birthers give priority to a fertilized egg over the living and breathing.
Exactly. I would never personally abort a child but I realize life is so complex and that there are many situations, e.g. when the mother's life is at risk due to sepsis, where abortion is absolutely needed.
sorry, but she still killed her baby. no way around that fact.
What wonderful to still be speaking out about her experience and to promote women rights and women health at this stage in her life. Thank you to this courageous and still outspoken women. We need to hear this story again.
And ROUNDUP STILL FILLS OUR SHELVES?
This is nothing more than a return to medieval religious witch hunting without the witches.Once again religion shows its ugliness.We shall overcome this foolishness.
#FunFact Alito cited a witch-burning medieval judge in his decision
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So proud of your lifetime dedicated to abortion and abortion rights, Sherri! I am a practicing Catholic and am pro life for myself and pro choice for every other woman because I firmly believe in the separation of Church and State. And I certainly would never listen to the judgement of a celibate man. Ridiculous.
People who judge don’t matter and people who matter don’t judge.
Early congratulations on your upcoming 90th birthday! Have a wonderful celebration!
PS Just to acknowledge: Never once have men been told or legally required to use contraception to prevent fertilization. Never!
Astoundingly true and speaks volumes as to how distorted this subject matter truly is.
Your words are so profound and true, thank you for posting your view.
"And I certainly would never listen to the judgement of a celibate man"?! Roe v Wade was not overturned by a celibate man, was not a religiously based decision, and didn't ban abortion. It returned that decision back to the people and their elected representatives. If abortion is as popular as everyone seems to believe it is there should be no problem in getting it passed in every state that desires it.
@@riverebec1 : I am well aware that the Supreme Court pushed the abortion matter back to the states : many of which are now preventing abortions in their respective states. This is precedent setting but on a positive note, women in those states who can not afford to travel will have their travel and procedure out of state paid for by individuals who can raise and fund monies necessary to help them.
On another point : I was separating out my personal religious views with the laws in the country where I reside. They are completely separate as in separation of Church and State. Enjoy the day!
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I feel the same. I had my first child when I was two weeks shy of my 19th birthday, but that was my choice. I had a choice back then. I don’t pretend to think, however, that my decision would be right for every woman. That’s absurd and insane. I’m so disappointed and angry. I’m not going to celebrate the fourth this year. Why celebrate when women are not full citizens of our own country?
@@riverebec1 There are six Catholic Justices on the “Supreme” court, five of whom voted to overturn Roe. Seems pretty obvious they’re listening to celibate men. And another thing: Why should women have less physical autonomy in some states and more in others? Oh well. There were women who didn’t want us to vote either. There’s always a few that would cut off their nose to spite their face.
This is why each person's higher power is their own ultimate counsel...
Oh my goodness. I didn't know this story. But I am so grateful she didn't carry the fetus to term. It would have been a horrible life. We have more mercy for horses and dogs. Why can't we provide more mercy to babies? I would hate my parents if they brought me into this world knowing I would suffer like that.
You're glad she killed her child? How do you know what kind of life it would have had if adopted? Fact is, you don't.
Yeah me neither I never heard about this story till now
I went to school with a guy who was a thalidomide baby, and mentally he was normal. He just had deformed hands and arms, and walked with a limp. The guy adapted and even drove cars and rode horses. On one of his arms he had a metal pincher prosthetic to grasp things. The guy lived a happy life.
@@icontrolmyownguns2096 A minority. How about all those who were institutionalized?
@@icontrolmyownguns2096 What year was this?
Slippery slope. When it comes to disabilities.
These anti-abortion zealots don’t seem to care how it will affect the lives of women; and the responsibility of men never seems to come up either. It’s all about punishing women. You bet I’m angry.
Abortion shouldn't even be an issue if people were responsible. Don't get pregnant if you don't want kids.
@@Mr.Anonymous1987GS But then sometimes God is in a bad mood and demands an abortion: Hosea 13:16 “The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.”
@@Mr.Anonymous1987GS Of course, it is a "Mr" ... and an anonymous (read "cowardly) "Mr" at that. "Mr. Anonymous", your ignorance is EPIC.
@@Mr.Anonymous1987GS Usual garbage, just blame the women. What about children who are abused and raped? Did you read the story of the 10 year old girl in Ohio who was the victim of abuse and had to go to Indiana for an abortion? You, all other men, and the government need to stand on the sidelines and stay out of the discussion. This is between a woman and her doctor. The government shouldn't be dictating to any female that she isn't allowed to manage her own health.
@@Mr.Anonymous1987GS I’ve said this to you before. Can’t control if people have sex. And shouldn’t control women’s organs.
Okay define "normal child" 2:49
Exactly! Children with disabilities are not considered "Normal" to her.
CBS, until this horrible injustice is overturned, my hope is that you'll continue to share abortion stories every Sunday
Yeah I totally agree with you 💯
AMEN!
Yes!!! Make this so, CBS!!
Daily would be even better :)
Fortunately, in this day and age of scientific and medical advancements, there aren't many stories like this anymore.
Wow, I did not know this story. Thank you for telling this point of view. 🙏🏽💯
90 is the new 70.
Why won't you interview any of the women from the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, huh CBS?
God-- what A strong and wonderful woman, I am telling you women are going to come out by the thousands to vote for the mid terms in Nov. 2022 and the Dems will have the majority in the house and senate, there is no question!
hope so!
Thank you for your comment. I hope there will be an historic turnout, but in my experience, people just aren't voting when it counts. Maybe this time would be different.
here here!
the main obstacle to that is: $8 the gas gallon.
Nothing brave about her at all. She's a COWARD.
Murdering children is now being lauded as bravery. And then saying killing the one child saved the other child's life. Absolutely abhorrent
I TOTALLY agree!
This woman grew up during a time when having a child with disabilities was looked down on in society. Children with disabilities were often put into institutions. Thank God, we have improved somewhat in our thinking since then, but there are still people out there who look upon a child with disabilities as a burden and not a blessing. That's a shame, because ALL children are a blessing, disabled or not.
There are oodles of stories like this. I don't think any one case brought to us Roe. I was 24 in 1965 when I had my illegal abortion. I was very fortunate in that I was perfectly ok. I couldn't get a legal abortion. I was on Romper room out of Oakland Ca with my music partner, Robin Goodfellow. Probably early in 1980's. We all know that men have never been held accountable for their
actions and as it stands now, women will bear the entire burden, no matter how it goes.
I thought even men could be "birthing persons" now? Regardless, did your baby have birth defects?
@@riverebec1 doesn’t matter if it had birth defects. It’s her body.
@@PP-zb3vt it's NOT her body. She's carrying the baby IN her body but the child is its own life, its own DNA. Are you anti -science?
@@eileen1820 science tells me the fetus resides INSIDE the woman’s body. Doesn’t matter who or what if anyone resides inside YOUR body without YOUR permission you have every right to remove them. On top of that, NO ONE is allowed to use ur organs without your permission.
@@PP-zb3vt do what you want with your kidneys, but leave the child alone. It is your religion that tells you it's yours to do what you choose with another human being. You'd have been a very efficient overseer of slaves. Dehumanizing humans seems to be your thing 😳!
Another irony is the Republicans wouldn’t have supported Govt. Programs for those babies and children with that birth defect caused by that drug.At least in England the NHS gives support to them.
IT IS THEIR JOB the MOTHERS and FATHERS to SUPPORT THE CHILD ,,, NOT the GOVERNMENT!
@@janettemartin4604 -Well in case they can’t it is good the Govt, is there or the children would die.The born are as precious as the unborn aren’t they?
@@janettemartin4604 -Another thing came to me what about private health insurance that denies treatment for pre-existing health conditions?The babies and children are turned down for treatment and die!”Pro-life”supporters care about the unborn but say nothing nor advocate for cases like this that affect the lives of the born,this is something that happens to these children yet nothing is heard about it from the people who protest abortion clinics who say they want to save a life.What about the lives of the children who are left to die because of the greedy private insurance companies?
Not true. I live in a RED state and we have programs in place to help families with disabled children. All states have services for children and adults with disabilities.
@@XploitedbyAbortion -There have been many budget cuts to those programs.
I was born in 1970 and have read a lot about the horrible things that women went through when abortion was illegal. I never dreamed that in the year 2022 Roe would be overturned and I'd be looking at abortion being illegal in half the states. So many people through the years said that this would never happen. I still am kind of in a state of shock that this is actually happening. I keep thinking this is a nightmare that I'll wake up from.
I think that many people have complex and even conflicting views about the morality of abortion, but I also don't think that most people actually want it to be illegal because circumstances vary greatly and women will die or be maimed if they have to resort to illegal procedures. I was raised Catholic by Republican parents who were against abortion, but for some reason I have always been pro-choice. I don't take the subject of abortion lightly, but I do believe that having the option of legal abortion is necessary for the freedom of women.
Like what horrible things. Don’t be vague. Let’s hear them.
@@whitebroccoli694 You honestly don't know what women went through in the days when abortion was illegal?
Desperate women tried to perform abortions on themselves with coat hangers and knitting needles. Desperate women went to sketchy illegal abortionists and were sometimes maimed and even killed. Sometimes they were sexually assaulted or robbed. Sometimes they'd bleed to death on a kitchen table or in a motel room. Others were never able to have children. Never a good idea to have someone who is not even a doctor perform surgery on you, but that's how desperate women were.
History shows that when abortion is illegal women still find ways to get abortions, it just can be very dangerous. Women will die because of abortion being illegal.
@@whitebroccoli694 Can't you easily read about those things yourself... She isn't being vague.
@@Annelie_perhonen5 because I can’t imagine them being worse than getting suctioned out of your safe space by a vacuum or having limbs removed by some “doctor” trying to end a life. Are these things worse than that? Doubtful
@@whitebroccoli694 AGREED!
It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
-Saint Mother Theresa
Mother Theresa took pleasure in the suffering of human beings. She believed that the more an individual suffered, that the more they got closer to God. All while getting paid in _millions_ to preach her garbage.
Why should anyone care what that psycho had to say?
As much as these vintage stories are inspiring and brave to hear and learn about, it’s so sad at how they are taken into realities that looks so dark and abysmal, especially by overturning Roe vs. Wade, too.
Overturning Roe v Wade is about as dark and abysmal as it gets....
Yes, protecting the right to life of an unborn human being is so dark and horrid. Killing our own unborn children without a moral justification however makes a bright happy day.
For the aborted babies?
@@karenmandina4706 no. For WOMEN.
@@Julieglam3 3rd
Yes ingest a chemical in which you don't know what the side effects are that's a smart decision
Millions of people did that with the 💉
Thalidomide...anyone else see how big pharma played a part back int the day?? MUCH RESPECT for you!! And THANK YOU!!!
Nothing to brag
Welcome back to 1962, America.
@Once Bitten Yeah, racism was much stronger in the 60's, is that what you mean by the good ol' days?
@Once Bitten as long as you were white.
@Once Bitten yeah - you would love it back then, when marital rape and beatings were legal.
yup scarier + more tragic by the day
We have a lot of choices in life, but we don’t get to choose the death of another human being.
That poor baby was a victim many times over.
AGREED!
This is very disturbing.
Thank you for sharing your brave story Ms. Chessen.
I was on newly married and on accutane I was told by my dermatologist that I had to go on birth control because of major defects, I went to several gynecologists and many didn't want to put me on birth control because I was married, I finally got on one and the side effect of accutane was I got major depression so I had to find a doctor to put me on antidepressants. I got pregnant not knowing the antidepressants I was on made my birth control inactive. I was on holiday in Greece and passed out and woke up in the hospital and was told that bloodtests told me I was pregnant. They did a scan and in broken English said "it's a tomato, there's no arms, legs or head, everything is organs in a little tomato." They asked if I wanted to miscarriage now or later, but later would mean birthing. Never once did I feel I was killing a baby, and not once was the word abortion used, but if I was to carry that to term in the US it would have been a full blown horror story and I don't think mentally I would have recovered. Now I have a beautiful daughter. I would have committed suicide if I had to carry that tomato.
Thank you for sharing your story
Your child was not a tomato. He or she was a living human being.
@@bruvlol9573 It sounded like a mutant, not a baby.
Great report! Thank you!
I went to HS with a guy that was a thalidomide baby, and mentally he was normal. He just walked with a limp and didn't have fully developed hands. His arms were also short, but he adapted and was able to drive. He even rode horses. What people don't know is big pharma and the FDA approved thalidomide for use once again in 1998 for treatment of leprosy and myeloma, with warnings for pregnant women not to take it .
Yeah there's way more horrific stories on thalidomide babies than his. At least today we have black box warnings for dangerous drugs before they're approved for any purpose
@@beantrader4723 The commenter you thanked is a copy/paste troll using several usernames.
@@beantrader4723 You're welcome my friend.
@@RobinHerzig That's true. At least they do have a black box warning on it today.
The Constitution isn’t part of the Bible
The Constitution was never considered to be part of the Bible. If you are not aware there is more than ONE Religion in the world and in America, the Bible is one part of ONE Religion.
The Bible: Hosea 13:16 “The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.”
I'm sure you're a legal scholar, Ed, but just in case you didn't know this wasn't overturned because of "The Bible"
And the Bible is not part of the constitution.
@@fluteloop6737 Of course it was. You actually believe that these justices told the truth? They lied to get their positions on the court. I heard them.
Let's be honest here. The vast majority of abortions performed are not of pregnancies like Sherri Chessen's. Before and after Roe, the vast majority of abortions performed were on healthy pregnancies and done out of a sense of convenience to the mother. When I came of age in the post Roe 1980s, abortion was more often than not considered a form of birth control. I've personally known women who'd had as many as five abortions by the time they'd reached their early thirties. Dangerous and problematic pregnancies like Chessen's are a tragedy, but let's not kid ourselves that they are the norm.
What’s it to you?
At least give some data to back that up, then you can start forming an argument about why it's bad
Opinions ≠ Facts
@@darkphoenix2 My "data" may have been anecdotal but it was hardly unique. Otherwise, why are the majority of abortions done at PP clinics, which I've been to, rather than hospitals? But in this society filled with birth control and abortifacients, why would I need "data" to know terminating innocent life in the womb is bad?
@@RobinHerzig Where are the facts that back up your contention that I'm wrong?
Abortion should not be used as birth control. But the sad fact is that there are women out there using it as birth control.
She’s a hero. That’s a woman with reason, not a feminist roach.
STOP HIDING PEOPLE'S COMMENTS YT!
She'd already had 4 children and brought 2 more into the world after. I happen to know one of them is a fantastic person. So why do we care if she didn't want to have a 7th that would've been born with half the life of her other children? Doesn't make sense to me.
Let's put your same argument in another scenario: " J.K Rowling is a great writer who brought countless hours of fun and happiness to millions kids, I happen to know one of her childs and is a fantastic person. So why do we care if she had a couple of bigot tweets? Doesn't make sense to me"
It’s ableist of you to assume her disabled child that she killed would’ve been born with half the life as her non disabled children. And it matters because human beings matter.
@@bruvlol9573 I'm not assuming the child's abilities, I'm assuming its quality of life. Get out of here with your phony virtue.
@@darkphoenix2 Yes, and it’s ableist to justify the killing of disabled people based on untrue assumptions about their “quality of life.” Daily reminder that disabled people have good and bad qualities of lives. Just like the rest of us.
@@bruvlol9573 But we're not talking about people. That's the problem. You think a gestating baby should have all the same rights as the fully grown woman it's inside. I don't. There's no value, IMO, to giving rights to something that can't exercise or even comprehend them.
What an amazing woman!
The pride of her daughter, calling her her hero, brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.
It must be a woman’s choice to determine her reproductive destiny.
Father forgive them, for they know not what they do! No child is a “ bad seed”. How sad!
I was suppose to be aborted, but my dad saved my life. Even though he was only 19 and my mom was 17 they married. And I went to school with a little girl who had those birth defects and she was as worthy of life as I was. Someone saved her life too.
YES!!!!
Good story for you. Everyone not that lucky. I'm happy it worked out for you and your classmate.
@@tricejenkins6573 It worked out that we are alive and not condemned to death because of our inconvenience? Yes, it's nice to be not dead. You might want to look up the term life unworthy of life. At least you'll know what side you're on.
And luck had nothing to do with it
Totally agree.
This should be played over and over again.
We're so smart. We can determine a person's worth before they are even born. It's all our fault that we don't only impregnate our women with only the specimens that we determine to be worthy, determined, of course, before they are delivered.....you know, by the stork.
“Our” women? Eww.
Kristen Atwell Ford: Your mom is my hero too!!
I know a young man who was born without limbs of any kind. He is now a very busy public speaker and is happy he was given a chance to live his life.
And I’m glad his parents and the people around him had the ability to raise him to be a happy human being. But not everybody has that ability. Just because you know one good story of someone with disabilities there are 15 or 20 more stories of people with disabilities who are struggling and don’t wanna be alive.
@@mslettucebfrank
Attitudes can change with them and at least they have the possibility for that. But abortion is like suicide…..a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
You're havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin' how much you love me
Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin' what you're thinkin' of me
I can see it, your face is glowin'
I can see it in your eyes, I'm happy you know it
Well stated!
How did I not know about this story?!? She set the stage for women rights! So we'll spoken
Thanks Sunday Morning, this is an important story in the history of abortion that I didn't know and I'm sure many others don't either. SCOTUS conservative majority have turned the court into a heartless theocracy. If this isn't a good argument to be pro-choice... nothing is! 🇺🇸
Stories are never good arguments. It's just thoughts and feelings. Better try using feasible and testable evidence.
So you believe that babies with disabilities do not deserve to live? Thank you, Margaret Sanger acolyte.
It was a baby.
She looks fantastic.
I dont think abortion should be readily available. People need to be more responsible (in most cases) and not get abortions for convenience. But I dont think it should be illegal. It should be rare.
Brave, then and now; nice to hear a first person story presented on an even keel. Thank you.
Just wow.
Due to Texas's strict anti-abortion laws making abortion due to a fetus's severe birth defects illegal, that issue will come up again.
There’s a reckoning this NOVEMBER!! REPUBLICANS WATCH OUT!
Hahahaha
I think if inflation, high crime, homelessness, rising gas prices, high food and other consumer goods costs caused by delayed supply chains don't get better by November, abortion won't be very high on the list of immediate concerns.
Rive Rebec, for someone who doesn’t think abortion will ride right up there you sure have a lot to say about it
She had an abortion because she did not want to raise a child with disabilities. So Sherri, let me ask you this. Should all children with disabilities be aborted?
Some of the lucky thalidomide babies survived with disability. Many lived a short painful existence then died. There was more to it than just disability, which I wish they would of touched on more.
She should not be hailed as a hero. She took the easy way out --- not wanting to possibly give birth and care for a disabled child, a disabled child who in this case would have birth defects because of the drug she swallowed. But even if she had not willingly swallowed the drug, the point here is that the inconvenience of having to care for a child with birth defects warrants killing it. This is SHAMEFUL! She should be ashamed of herself but sadly she sees herself as a hero. She is no hero.
Pro-Life IS Pro-Woman.
Proud of you Miss Sherri and honored to know such a brave Woman who set the trail on fire for women's and human rights, common sense and doing the right thing. Thank you for speaking your and millions of other women's truth. Personal choice over one's own body and the sanctity and safety of it, is not up for legislation, period.
This is a super important story + I bet it changed a lot of minds in a time of too much backwards thinking. Bravo Sherri Chessen! Hope this story gets a lot of traction + goes viral
E X P A N D T H E C O U R T 👏
Down with theocracy
Amen !
I still go back to the question the VP asked during her years as a Senator, "What laws are there governing a man's body?" And yet, these people will complain about one unborn life than to worry about taking out 2 lives. What if she wasn't able to give birth to the child w/o her life hanging in the balance? My other problem is the Vatican, passing judgment on her and husband. They're supposed to be a vessel for God not He themselves, therefore, they shouldn't have anything to say, and leave that with her and God.
So sad that good people die young.
I'm a USA Thalidomide survivor
Yes. Abortion for birth control IS the reality of Abortion. I work in the industry and the VAST MAJORITY of Abortions are for convenience. Look up the stats.
And….
It’s not your abortion.
You work “in the industry”? What a help
And because of that, there will be collateral damage, but that's ok?
And because of that, there will be collateral damage, but that's ok?
Deep down in her heart this woman knows what she did was wrong. I will pray for you Sherri. It's not too late for you to repent. I pray that you will get your heart right with God, before you pass away.
Repent for your limited perspective
This woman seems to espouse the eugenics views of Margaret Sanger.
Yep...thanks to Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood clinics were set up in many black neighborhoods...easy access to abortion. That is what Sanger wanted -- the extermination of the black race.
An American hero.
I'm a pro-life woman and I am ECSTATIC that Roe v. Wade was overturned!
Right out of Mao Tse-Tung LITTLE RED BOOK
AGREED!
BRAVE women choose LIFE.
@6:44, she says her daughter is Baby No. 6. No Sherri, that's Baby No. 7. You killed Baby No. 5.
I am pro-choice, not pro-abortion. I was raised anti-abortion. My mother worked in the medical field. When she had an unexpected pregnancy in the late 60’s she could have obtained a safe, secret abortion. She chose not to. When I was 17 there was a chance I was pregnant. I would have probably kept it. I wasn’t pregnant. It opened my eyes to the right of choice.
1:38 That Hat !!!
Who cares?
There has been abortion as long as there have been people
thalidomide was taken off the market in 1961, yet she had to warn people about the danger? it was already known.
Some people knew but many people still had no idea.
I respectfully disagree. When the doctor told her it wasn’t a baby - that’s a lie. And there are thousands of doctors who lie about the horror of what an abortion is and thousands of nurses who will vouch for that. She says she didn’t know an abortion was. That is apparent. Also you can’t say it’s right in one instance but not in another.
Equal protection under the laws. You can't allow one person to claim its an organ and another person to claim its a human life. It is one or the other.
Her choice period, no matter what you feel, period.
And who are you to know or judge? Are you a medical doctor? Were you there? Did you see what the doctor removed from her? No, you didn't. Calling that doctor a liar is not for you to say. It's not for anyone to say what another person needs to do for their own well being.
Next time you're pregnant maybe your comment will merit some respect.
@@jbtpa895 or maybe when he's actually spoken with these "thousands" of doctors and nurses.