I have thought often of a WWII story. American GIs were ordered to lead German civilians into a liberated concentration camp. They wanted them to witness the atrocities. Going in the civilians were lighthearted. After seeing the brutality and unspeakable carnage, they left in anguish. If Americans could see what happens in an abortion center, a similar reaction would occur.

I will never forget watching an abortion procedure, recorded in the documentary "Silent Scream." It showed the last few minutes of a 10-week pre-born baby's life. This child tried to get away from the suction instrument.

If Americans witnessed with their own eyes, how this baby, and 1,060,000 babies are annually killed in the U.S., they would be shocked. Americans would protest in enormous numbers against our government giving $540 million annually (nearly $1.5 million per day) to Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood is on pace to kill as much human life as the Nazis did during the Holocaust. They killed 327,166 boys and girls in the womb in 2012. They have killed close to six million babies since their founding.

If Americans literally saw all 57 million abortion victims, abortion would be not only unlawful, but utterly unthinkable.

BRIAN BEAL, Hermitage, Mercer County