The Truth About Abortion

Taken from theunchoice.com:


Before abortion:

"There were about 100 women in the waiting room and no one was talking."

"We were herded like cattle."

"I had so many questions. The doctor told me to be quiet."

"Every Tuesday a scheduled bus took students to the clinic. It was all so organized."

"The school counselor said, 'One day you'll back on this and laugh."


The statistics:

* 52% felt rushed, 54% uncertain,

* 64% feel pressured to abort, yet

* 67% had NO counseling beforehand,

* 79% were not told of available alternatives1

* 84% were not given enough information to make an informed choice.1

* Coercion can escalate to violence (see Forced Abortion in America report)


After abortion:

"My sister was crying as she entered the clinic, she cried throughout the procedure, and she was crying as she left. Three children are growing up without their Mom because nobody wanted to ask questions." - sister of post-abortion suicide victim

"She typed her last words on a synthesizer: 'Get in touch with my Dad. Tell him I love him." - Susanne, who was paralyzed by and eventually died from complications of abortion

"Many, many girls and women have wound up in the emergency room of hospitals bleeding uncontrollably or deathly sick from infection because the doctors botched their abortions. Many, many of these girls and women have had to undergo hysterectomies. Quite a number have died. - Kevin Sherlock in The Scarlet Survey


The statistics:

* 65% suffer symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome

* 31% suffered health complications, some of which are life-threatening

* 65% higher risk of clinical depression

* Death rates from all causes are 4.5 times higher

* Suicide rates are 6 times higher

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