Abortion Clinics Gives False Information to Women

Sometimes abortion clinics give information to women that is blatantly false in order to try to convince them to have abortions. Here is a drawing  put out by the National Abortion Federation to be distributed in clinics. The National Abortion Federation is an organization of abortion providers, these are people who know the facts of fetal development intimately because they see the babies every time they perform abortions. They know the correct information. There simply lying. Note – the drawing is enlarged here.

Here is what an unborn baby really looks like at 6 weeks:

And here is what a baby looks like at nine weeks in the womb. Note the presence of hands, legs, fingers and toes.

Finally, here is a picture of an unborn baby at 12 weeks.

The drawings provided by the National Abortion Federation are completely inaccurate. It becomes obvious why abortion clinics fight so hard against informed consent laws. Planned Parenthood and other groups fight against laws that require women to view fetal development information before abortion – and they also fight against laws that require her just to be asked if she wants to view this material, laws that don’t say she has to look at it, but only that she’s given the opportunity to. That is very telling.

Also interesting is the fact that pro-choice activists attack crisis pregnancy centers (centers that help women with alternatives to abortion) and claim that they are deceitful. These crisis pregnancy centers give accurate information about the unborn baby and alternatives to abortion, information which is not given out by many clinics. Because these clinics compete with abortion clinics and lower the abortion rate, most abortion clinics try to hinder them and even drive them out of business if possible.

The Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office said the following about a bill attacking these centers:

“Women deserve truthful, accurate information about their reproductive health care choices. We applaud Congresswoman Maloney for taking steps to address a deceptive practice that undermines women’s constitutional rights.”

Press Release: Seeking a Crackdown on Deceit by Radical Anti-Choice Centers: 3-30-2006