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Pro-lifer outside abortion clinic witnesses coerced abortion; pro-choice activists prevent him from helping

Pro-life activist John Cavanaugh–O’Keefe tells the following story:

“I was outside the Hillcrest abortion clinic in SE Washington, talking to women and couples approaching the place. There were a dozen or so pro-choice folks outside, blocking my way so I couldn’t converse…

A car pulled into the lot, and a man got out of the driver’s seat. He went around to the passenger side, and talked a bit, then shouted a bit, and then wrenched the door opened, grabbed the woman sitting there, and pulled her out. She screamed and cried, but he dragged her toward the door.

I tried to speak up a bit, although I can’t remember what I said. The pro-choice group blocked my way. If either the man or the woman tussling their way to the door noticed anything from the sidewalk, they probably heard just noise.

The man won: he dragged her inside. I don’t know anything more about their story; as far as I know they were in there for a few hours, long enough to complete her planned procedure…

[T]hey watched the man drag a woman inside – physically, no metaphor here – and they had nothing to say about it. They took the man’s side against the woman’s choice.”

John Cavanaugh–O’Keefe Pro-Life Democrat: 50 Brief Insights an Apologia (2020) 109 – 110

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Woman talks to her two babies before aborting them

A woman who had three abortions describes saying goodbye to two of her preborn children. She says of her first aborted baby:

“I was young and much more centered on myself and my life circumstances than on the baby. I was not really in contact with this baby.”

Later on, she had two more abortions, 18 months apart. She says:

“I was able to go inside myself and have an intimate relationship with these two babies. I was older, wiser, and able to focus on the meaning of these two close experiences…

Actually, I felt I was talking to the same being both times. I felt gratitude because he/they accompanied me during difficult times. I never felt I was doing them harm.

Just before the abortion for each of them, I asked the lady who showed me the ultrasound screen to give me five minutes alone with the baby, before the intervention. I spoke to each of them in a fluid, soft manner, more like saying, “Thank you, see you later…”

With the second, I said, “I guess I didn’t really get it the first time. You had to come back for me to realize fully that I had to leave this man. And I promise you I will do it.”

It was so clear for me that these two children had not come to me saying, “Let me be born.”…

These babies helped me, and I acted on what they helped me with. I honored them. And they had a tremendous healing effect on the guilt and angst which I carried a long time during and after my first abortion. I realized that I had not understood the meaning of this first baby’s presence in my life. I was incapable of going inside myself and relating to that baby.

I was able to recognize the last two babies as beings who were my equals, partners in learning. The ultrasound screen conversations were a way of recognizing the relationship, expressing my gratitude.”

Claudette Nantel “Conscious Abortion: Engaging the Fetus in a Compassionate Dialogue” Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health 35 (2) Summer 2021, pp. 14 – 15

This post-abortive woman believes that her babies existed to teach her life lessons and that they weren’t meant to be born. In reality, she chose to violently kill them through dismemberment. See what abortion does to a preborn baby here.

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Woman chooses life after seeing Live Action video of abortion

Live Action founder and president Lila Rose told the following story of a pregnant woman who was considering abortion and changed her mind after seeing the video produced by Live Action:

“Unexpectedly pregnant at 16, Veronica considered all her options and went to Planned Parenthood. They confirmed her pregnancy and then tried to sell her on an abortion. Unsure of what to do, Veronica went home and did a YouTube search for “What is an abortion?” It led her to one of Live Action’s Abortion Procedures videos.

In tears, Veronica decided right then that she could not allow what she’d seen on that video to be done to her baby. A fierce protectiveness rose up within her, and she decided to fight for the life of the child within her. She would eventually give birth to a little boy, whom she named Myles. Veronica would contact us and share her story, sending us a picture of her beautiful baby son.”

Lila Rose Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World (Nashville, Tennessee: Nelson Books, 2021) 200

You can see Live Action’s abortion procedure videos here.

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Woman abuses alcohol and drugs, becomes suicidal after abortion

Carol Jackson wrote a book about her trauma after an abortion. She writes:

“… I led a secret promiscuous lifestyle and numbed myself with food, alcohol, and sometimes drugs… My life looked good on the outside, but I hated myself.

Had I not feared the devastating effects on my three living children, I would have committed suicide. I spent hours planning how to do it and trying to work up the courage. I did make one halfhearted attempt…

At the same time as my life was unraveling behind the scenes, I was also active in my church, having grown up in the church. I taught Sunday school, went on a mission trip, and worked on the Billy Graham Crusade team when he came to Cleveland. I had a responsible job, moving up from an administration position into management. I got elected to the local school board…

Because I had been so successful in blocking memories of the abortion, I never made any connection with the mess my life was, until I turned on the car radio one day. I was driving and listening to Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family interview some woman about post-abortion syndrome… By the time she got done explaining it, I was crying so hard I had to pull off the road… I had all but one of the symptoms.”

Carol Jackson I’m Sorry: Recovering from the Right to Choose (2020) 28, 29, 30, 32 – 33

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Mother: If not for a sidewalk counselor, “my beautiful daughter would not be here today.”

A woman named Nancy was walking into an abortion clinic when a pro-life sidewalk counselor stopped her. She says:

“When I stepped out of the taxi, I was gently approached by an older lady who handed me a brochure. Her only words were, “Do you really want to do this?” I burst into tears and said “No!”

If not for the pro-life advocates outside that abortion clinic that day and the advice they offered about other options, I would also have ended that pregnancy – and my beautiful daughter would not be here today.”

Dr. Debbie Garratt, PhD Alarmist Gatekeeping: Abortion (2021) 123

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Pro-choicer: abortion is the loss of a “distinct life”

Pro-choice advocate Margaret Olivia Little:

“Even at early stages, human life has a value worthy of respect. Miscarriage or abortion represents a loss. Not just a loss for those with hopes of a child, but the loss of a distinct life that had a good in at least the organismic sense and that was, as it were, on its way to becoming one of us.”

Margaret Olivia Little “Abortion and the Margins of Personhood” Rutgers Law Journal 39, no. 331 (2008): 342

(Emphasis in original)

Nevertheless, Little supports abortion.

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Abortionist: people who have abortions are brave

Abortionist Meera Shah writes:

“[W]e can say that someone is brave to choose themselves when often societal and familial actors actively try to take away their reproductive autonomy. When someone chooses the healthcare they need despite the backlash they may face, yes, that’s brave.”

Meera Shah You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion (Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2020) 7

By “chooses the healthcare they need” Shah means “aborting a baby.” Abortion is killing, not healthcare. And aborting a child isn’t an act of bravery.

What is brave is to fight for your child and carry him or her to term despite difficult circumstances. That is true bravery.

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Women suffers “self-destructive behaviors” for three decades following abortion

Author Carol Jackson wrote a book about her postabortion trauma. She writes about how she struggled emotionally after her abortion for 30 years, and it led to the breakup of her marriage:

“The next three decades were rough ones. I spent a great deal of time in self-destructive behaviors, subconsciously punishing myself. I sabotaged my marriage…

Subconsciously I blamed my husband for not standing up to me and saying no to the abortion because I wasn’t able then to accept responsibility for my actions. Women who abort their babies instinctively know that what they’ve done is wrong…

When my husband and I got divorced on our ninth anniversary, my life further unraveled, and I sank into depression.”

Carol Jackson I’m Sorry: Recovering from the Right to Choose (2020) 26 – 27

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Father feels “powerless” about partner’s abortion

From one post-abortive father:

“I’ve never felt so powerless in all my life. The depression and anger really worry me. The trouble is, I am not sure I have the right to feel this way. She never even asked what I wanted. I felt I didn’t have the right to voice my feelings.”

Rev. William F Maestri Choose Life and Not Death: A Primer on Abortion, Euthanasia and Suicide (New York: Alba House, 1986) 42

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Counselor: 75% of post-abortive women who seek help were pressured to abort

Clare Bremner is a counsellor with the Abortion Recovery Care and Helpline in Scotland. She says:

“In my long experience, typically 75 per cent of the women who summon up the courage and bravery to make a call for help regarding an abortion were pressurised or bullied into having one, in almost all cases by the man involved…

We have come to realise that most of the men involved do not even realise that their behaviour is abusive. That is quite remarkable but moreover worrying for those of us who want to see change.”

Clare Bremner “Hidden victims of coerced abortion being recognised by law at last” The Times February 09 2018

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