What An Early Pregnancy Looks Like: Doctors Explain Viral Photos

Photos taken of pregnancy tissue removed from the uterus at four to nine weeks look nothing like the image anti-abortion activists would have you imagine.

Dr. Joan Fleischman, a family doctor in New York City, has been providing abortion care for over 25 years. When she thinks it might be helpful, Fleischman asks patients after the procedure if they want to look at the pregnancy tissue she has removed from their uterus.

“When I show it to them, they’re shocked and surprised and relieved to see it,” Fleischman told HuffPost.