Journalist Frank Main wrote an article about an abortion clinic and interviewed its administrator, Esther McGuire. He says:
“Women seeking abortions must walk past protesters with the protection of pro-choice clinic escorts. Some of the women become angry, while others burst into tears. Fewer women come back another day, while a handful decide to keep their babies, McGuire said.
“I’m not sure that’s so bad if they were that uncertain anyway,” she said.
Whether or not this abortion clinic administrator really is as accepting of women changing their minds as she seems, or whether she is merely trying to give that impression to an interviewer, this quote shows that women DO change their minds as a result of pro-life activity outside of abortion clinics. Sidewalk counseling DOES save lives.
Main goes on to say:
“McGuire said some women who have obtained abortions at the Delta women’s clinic went on to protest abortions at the clinic, underlying what she described as widespread hypocrisy about the issue.”
Or it could mean that these women were emotionally or maybe even physically hurt by their abortions, and that after they experienced the reality of how horrible abortion was, they wanted to spare other women the same trauma that they went through. Many postabortion women are now pro-life and are active in crisis pregnancy center work or sidewalk counseling. Many times, they are the most effective pro-lifers because they have been there. They are not hypocrites; rather, they know firsthand the destructive power that abortion has over women. They know what it’s like to face a crisis pregnancy, and they want to help others.
Even a “handful” of lives saved is a victory.
Frank Main “Clinic Administrator Believes Women Must Have an Option” (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Morning Advocate July 5, 1992
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