In 2011, sidewalk counselors outside an abortion clinic in Wisconsin witnessed the scene where a very young teenager (probably 11 – 14 years old) was being forced into an abortion by her parents and clinic escorts. Life site news told the story:
“Tobey Neuberger, a sidewalk counselor from Cedarburgh,[Near Milwaukee] said the incident occurred just before 10 a.m. outside Affiliated Medical Services, where she and two other female pro-life counselors gave a “very young” African-American girl literature as she entered the clinic, and told her that she could get more information at a pro-life center across the street. Witnesses said the girl looked anywhere between 11 and 14 years old.”
The girl came out to try and talk to pro-lifers, but was“physically stopped” by clinic escorts.
“Once she said she wanted to go across the street, she [the escort] held up her arm and blocked her, then she put her hand on the kid’s shoulder to stop her,” said Dan Miller, another pro-life sidewalk counselor and witness present at the scene. “The whole group of vigilers were pleading for her to let her go across the street to get free help, and they wouldn’t let her.”
“We could hear her say, ‘please take your hands off me,’” Neuberger, 42, told LifeSiteNews.com. “You could see it in her eyes.” The counselor said that the guardian, who appeared to be her mother, eventually came out of the clinic appearing “very irritated” and “literally pulled her back into the clinic.”
Neuberger said that while they have often seen girls appearing to be forced into the clinic, this situation was different, as the girl had actually asked the counselors to take her across the street. “We’ve seen it before, with the girls going in with red eyes … you get the eyes glazed over, you can tell. She vocally asked for help,” she said. “It was heartbreaking.”
During the conflict, the group of sidewalk counselors nearest the clinic asked for help from Miller, who was across the street, and who then called the police. But, he says, the operator responded by saying there was nothing to be done, and no officers were dispatched.
“I told her what the situation was, they said, well, there’s nothing we can do, she’s with her parents, so there’s nothing going on here,”
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Miller also noted that the girl’s guardian responded angrily to the pro-life group as the pair left, calling out, “free help my a**.”
KATHLEEN GILBERT “Young teen forced into Wisconsin abortion clinic: witnesses” LifeSiteNews Nov 03, 2011
It is uncertain whether the girl in this case went through with her abortion that day, but she was not allowed to turn to the pro-lifers for help. So much for her “freedom of choice.”
Coerced abortions are sadly common. Read more about them here.
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