You would think but, aparently it's easier to just go in from the front and just push everything aside to get to the cervical spine than to go from the back. That's how they did it on my dad too.
I don't like this. Like I know he's trying to subvert expectations for the sake of the joke, but it's in poor taste, and the bigots won't read past the first sentence anyway and be outraged for no reason.
Bigots will find/make up literally anything to confirm their beliefs. If they somehow can't find anything, then they'll ignore it. They're a lost cause, focus on the ones who aren't lost yet.