Planned Parenthood assembled a panel of experts to review and critique this video. The panel members were Sally Faith Dorfman, MD; Hart Peterson, MD; William Rashbaum, MD; Seymour L. Romney, MD; Allen Rosenfield, MD; Herbert G. Vaughan, Jr. MD; and Ming-Neng Yeh, MD. These doctors found many mistakes in the movie. The following are just three of the claims that are made in the movie and the facts. Many women who have an abortion suffer severe and lasting psychological problems. Actually, serious emotional problems following abortions are uncommon. Most women report a sense of relief, although some may experience temporary depression. The 12-week fetus experiences pain. With out a cerebral cortex (gray matter covering the brain), pain impulses cannot be received or perceived. The cerebral cortex is not formed until later in pregnancy. Ultrasonogram depicts the open mouth of the fetus, as if in a "silent scream." The mouth of the fetus cannot be identified in the ultrasound image with certainty. The statement is subjective and misleading. Many people on the pro-life side of the spectrum also say that abortions are for the irresponsible who just get pregnant and repeatedly abort their children. But there are many reasons that people, who have been responsible, need abortions. There are many cases where the safety of the mother is compromised. A sickness or a medical problem could put the mother's life in jeopardy if the child was born. Many other cases involve rape or incest. In 1945, Sherry Matulis, was 23 and the mother of two when she was brutally raped and almost killed, when she was attacked outside her apartment complex. When she found out she was pregnant, she faked sickness to get prescription drugs, went of a five-day castor oil diet, and drank two pints of Everclear. She damaged her own body but could not self-abort her child. Desperate, she went to a back-ally abortionist and had her child aborted with more pain than was ever necessary.
