An article on crisis pregnancy centers said:
…the results of performing sonograms have been startling, abortion opponents say. A survey by the Heidi Group, a Christian evangelical nonprofit organization that advises such centers on fund-raising and administration, found that those using counseling alone reported persuading 70 percent of women considering abortion to abandon the idea. In centers with ultrasound machines, that number jumped to 90 percent, said Carol Everett, the group’s chief executive.
Ms. Palumbo, director of another cpc, always weighed in:
About 45 percent of women who test positive for pregnancy at the Bowie center are “abortion-minded,” Ms. Palumbo, the center’s director said. The use of ultrasounds has convinced 50 to 75 percent of those women to change their minds, Ms. Palumbo said.
NARAL Pro-Choice America fights tooth and nail against laws that would require abortion clinics to show the sonogram to women. NARAL even spends untold amounts of money fighting in court against laws that say the clinic must only ask the woman if she wants to see it.
Nancy Keenan, president of Naral Pro-Choice America, says:
“With or without ultrasound women understand the moral dimensions of their choices.”
NEELA BANERJEE “Church Groups Turn to Sonogram to Turn Women From Abortions” New York Times February 2, 2005
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