They said it.
One abortion facility says that after their “counseling”:
“[It is estimated that 90% [of women who are counseled] will choose to have an abortion, about 8% continue with their pregnancy, and 1% will have presented too late for an abortion.”
Birth Control Trust “Model Specification for Abortion” (London: Birth Control Trust, 1994) 5.4
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 54-55
Share on FacebookA book that instructs abortion clinic workers in how to counsel women before their abortions and help them decide what to do cites a study that shows:
48% of women who showed up at the abortion facility had already made a clear decision as to whether to have an abortion- they were sure of their choice to abort
32% were ambivalent about having an abortion
20% were unprepared to make a decision and needed more time
MJ Hare and J. Hayward “Counselling of women seeking abortion” Journal of Biological Science 1981 13: 269-271
From the book:
“This leaves an estimated 52% that could benefit from counseling.”
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 55
Share on Facebook“And Katherine Speckhard, PhD of the University of Minnesota reported that 81% of the women she surveyed said they felt victimized by the abortion process. These women felt either that they were coerced into the abortion or that important information about the pregnancy resolution and abortion procedure had been withheld.”
Journal of Social Issues 1997
Dorinda C Bordlee, ESQ “Abortion Alternative Legislation and the Law of the Gift” in Erika Bachiochi. The Cost of “Choice”: Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion (San Francisco, CA: Encounter Books, 2004) on page 136
Share on FacebookAccording to am abortion counseling study publicized in David Reardon’s book Aborted Women: Silent No More, out of 252 women who experienced postabortion trauma:
– 66% said their counselors advice was biased
– 40 to 60% described themselves as not having been certain of their decision prior to counseling
– 44% stated they were actively hoping to find an option other than abortion during counseling
– 5% reported that they were encouraged to ask questions
– 52 to 71% felt the questions were inadequately answered, sidestepped, or trivialized
– 90% said they were not given enough information to make an informed decision
– 83% said it was very likely that they would’ve chosen differently if they had not been so strongly encouraged to abort by others, including their abortion counselors
– “95% of women who had abortions at Planned Parenthood said that their Planned Parenthood counselors gave “…little or no biological information about the fetus which the abortion would destroy”
Share on FacebookIn this article from The Center for Bioethical Reform, the results of a survey given to post-abortion women revealed some telling facts about the counseling in abortion clinics.
The survey asked:
What was your opinion about the nature of the fetus before your abortion?
Human (26%)
Non-human (30%)
Other (40%)
No answer (4%)
What is your opinion about the nature of the fetus afteryour abortion?
Human (97%)
Non-human (0%)
Other (0%)
No answer (3%)
Were you given information about the biological nature of the fetus?
no (93%)
yes (2%)
Do you feel their opinions were biased?
no (6%)
yes (72%)
If so, for abortion?
yes (89%)
no (0%)