Postabortion Woman Wished She Had Been Given More Information

A woman identifying herself as Melissa gave her testimony to the site Teenbreaks.com

“I did ask the family planning counselor about the possibility of emotional or physical risks and was told that women feel relieved after abortion and that it was much safer than childbirth. And that’s all I was told, even though, at the time, I told the doctor I really wasn’t sure I wanted the abortion. I know now that if I had basic information about abortion, I probably would have resisted the pressure to abort and would have carried my baby to term. Then my baby would not have lost his or her life and I would have been spared this endless anguish.”

quoted by Life Dynamics

Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice organizations adamantly oppose legislation that would regulate abortion counseling and insure that women are given full and accurate information. When a law was proposed in Georgia that said that the clinic must provide information on abortion and its aftereffects and medical risks, then give the woman 24 hours to think about her decision, Planned Parenthood made the following statement:

Supporters of the Woman’s Right to Know bill say it would allow time for reflection, but this bill is really about deception. Under Georgia law, women already receive full informed consent before having an abortion…..”

Kay Scott (Executive director of Planned Parenthood of Georgia) “ABORTION: 24-HOUR-WAIT SUPPORTERS TRY TO DECEIVE” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jan 21, 2005 pA15

 

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Planned Parenthood Refused to Give Woman Information

An author who works at a crisis pregnancy center (a pro-life organization that offers help and support to pregnant women who might otherwise seek an abortion) told this story:

“A woman came to us several years ago who had gone to a Planned Parenthood clinic, trying to get some information on their abortion procedure. She was in the waiting room, trying to talk to an assistant behind the glass window. The clinic worker was reluctant to give her information about the abortion, relating to methods, anesthesia, and recovery. She finally said that if the woman would bring in her $350 cash she would be given that information.”

Gail M. Hamilton “Feminism Reconsidered: How Women Are Exploited by Abortion” (Encino, California: Family of Man Publishing)P. 19

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“They Misled Me When They Counseled Me…”

A woman who had an abortion wrote the following:

“They misled me when they ‘counseled’ me in individual and group settings….One ‘counselor’ told me the abortion was simply a matter of “starting my period for me.” How natural that sounded- as if the delay of a mere bodily process was all that was involved and [the abortion providers] would get it back on track for me! They also showed me a uterine model. This didn’t show the inhabitant of the womb, the unseen victim whose agony I would learn about later….[nor did they tell me] that the death date of my baby would be etched on my mind permanently….Looking back on at the impact of Bill Baird’s [the abortionist] abortion profiteering on my life, it’s ironic that this herald of “compassion” and the “right to privacy” for all women should violate mine so grievously after my abortion. Once when I was picketing him, Baird threatened to make public my medical charts, called me a ‘secondary virgin’ in a mocking manner and added that my “problem was that I didn’t get enough sex.”

Kathleen Kelly “Victim of an Abortion Profiteer” Human Life International Reprint #4

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Two Women Defy Abortion Counselors – Have Their Babies

“I thought there would be no way to survive being sixteen and pregnant. They did abortions at the clinic. The woman was giving me all these pamphlets saying that I could go to New York, and she told me about all of these places that would do abortions after five months…I didn’t know what I wanted, I hadn’t even thought about anything…they made it sound so easy. The woman said that if they did a vacuum the worst part would be the noise,and it’d be quick and easy.” [a suction abortion was the wrong method for use in the second trimester, she would most likely had a D&E, a much more complicated procedure]

Kristine Lee Brown in the article “The Real Choices” by Christy Brown from “Voice” magazine Vol 1 issue 4, p 18. Kristine had her child.

In another issue of the same magazine, same column, the following quote was made by a different teen:

“When [my mother] found out I had been pregnant for seven months, she wanted to know why I hadn’t let her know. I told her it was I was afraid she would make me have an abortion, which I did now want to do. We called Planned Parenthood for help, and they asked me how old I was. I told them I was sixteen and they told me I had to have an abortion. They said it was the only thing I could do. I told them I just couldn’t, and asked them to help me with an alternative. They just said abortion was the best thing for me. I said, “I don’t think so.”

The speaker did have her baby, although Planned Parenthood refused to help her. She connected with a private adoption agency.

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Planned Parenthood Calls Unborn Baby a “Blob of Jelly”

One woman who had an abortion and suffered grief afterwards says the following:

“My husband was with me. He was nervous. I was nervous. We were both wrecks. Planned Parenthood counseled me. They gave me a pamphlet that I hung on to. They told me that a fetus was just a little blob of jelly at three months.

Even so, I began having these nightmares, and my husband would always be dead in them. Sometimes the baby I killed would be calling to me, “Mommy, Mommy, why did you kill me?”

Then, after this, I found out the real truth about my baby, and it blew me away. About six months after my abortion, I started quietly looking into fetal and baby books, and one book just devastated me. I wanted to bury that book. I went into drinking and severe depression. I couldn’t live with it. I didn’t want my children to touch me. I wouldn’t let my husband touch me. I wouldn’t even take a shower or comb my hair.”

Women Exploited by Abortion state director. from the book “Women Exploited: The Other Victims of Abortion” Paula Ervin, ed. Our Sunday Visitor; 1ST edition (1985) 68

 

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11 Week Unborn Baby Called a “Blob of Tissue”

“I don’t remember a lot of it. It hurt too much. The nurse checked me. I was eleven weeks along. I thought that seemed pretty far. I wondered if it looked like a baby. I was assured that it was just “a blob of tissue.” Look at a picture of an 11-week old fetus sometime. It looks just like a baby. With fingers, toes, and all organs functioning! When I found out a few years later, I was devastated!”

Legs of baby at 11 weeks

Testimony of Carole K. Women Exploited by Abortion state director. from the book “Women Exploited: The Other Victims of Abortion” Paula Ervin, ed. Our Sunday Visitor; 1ST edition (1985)53

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They Told Me Just Enough to Scare Me

19 year old “Barbara” went to a clinic at her mother’s insistence after becoming pregnant. When she went, she wanted to keep her baby.

“The woman at the clinic started spewing facts so fast. They told me just enough to scare me….they mentioned all three points but made adoption sound negative and birth tragic, then really pushed abortion. I told them I was more than 14 weeks. She said they had to do it really quick because they couldn’t do more than a 14-week limit and pushed me to make the appointment for absolutely that day.”

During the abortion, Barbara says she almost passed out from the pain. She goes on to say:

“They played on my emotions. I didn’t get any time to think about it, then it was over. When I came back for a checkup, they didn’t care anymore.”

Trish Diggins “Selling Lies: Deception & The Abortion Industry” The Forerunner March 1, 1992

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Planned Parenthood Counselor Pushes Abortion

When Jennifer Clifford went to Planned Parenthood and found out that she was pregnant, she did not want to have an abortion. In her article “UN-Planned Parenthood” (1998) she tells her story.

“Next, the nurse asked me how I felt about the possibility that I could be pregnant. I let her know that I was excited at the idea but unsure of my future. She honed in on that uncertainty and probed further- what would I do with the child? Could I support it? What would my parents think? These were issues that I had not yet allowed to enter into my mind; I was taking the whole thing one step at a time. Consequently, I could not answer her questions as quickly as she blurted them out. As I floundered for responses, a look of smug resolution came over her face, as if she had already decided what I was going to do. I was a textbook abortion customer to her- young and afraid, and not knowing where to turn. She thought that all she had to do was prey on my worries and shoot down my childish dreams of being a ‘mommy’, and she could add another abortion to the paperwork. I, however, had other plans.”

Clifford’s interpretation of the counselor’s motives might be a bit subjective, but she then goes on to relate what happened when the pregnancy test came back positive:

“I’m sorry Jennifer,” the nurse shook her had and tried to look sympathetic. I was confused by her apology. I remember the dismayed look on her face when I began to smile. She grasped again at my concern, desperately trying to save her sale. She reminded me of my age and of my state in life. I knew I could not support the child on my own, so I asked her for a number I could call for government assistance. She claimed she didn’t have one to give me. It struck me as odd that she couldn’t provide me with a point of contact. Surely other women had been in this same situation before me and had needed information on how they could get help to keep their children as well. Why did Planned Parenthood, then, not keep such an important number handy?

I asked the nurse to give me a list of doctors from which to choose, as I felt the next reasonable step would be to see an obstetrician. The nurse breathed a heavy sigh of disapproval and curled her lip, as if I wasn’t understanding her point. “We don’t deal with pregnant women.” Shocked, I wondered how this company could call itself “Planned Parenthood” when it was unable or unwilling to deal with expectant parents….She seemed to sense my uneasiness and pressed some more.

She mentioned my parents again, appealing to my utter terror in having to break the news to them. The nurse bombarded me with negativity, playing on my fears and concerns and continuing to offer me the “easy way out.”… When I disagreed, she thrust a package of pamphlets at me on abortion costs and procedures, adoption information, and a small except on prenatal care. She presented this to me and told me to come back when I had made up my mind… I knew I had been very clear that I wanted to keep the baby, and that this was not bad news to me. That concept seemed to escape her….She had absolutely no concern for me as an individual with needs and desires; she was interested only in making money for her company.”

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Planned Parenthood Deceived Me

“Planned Parenthood suggested only an abortion. No other options were ever discussed. They never said the word “baby” – only “fetus.” you can’t imagine my shock and horror when I saw my dismembered baby after my “nice and easy” abortion. They deceived me. I’ve suffered severe emotional problems.”

Karen Sullivan-Ables, Taylor, Az

From “What to know before you choose abortion as your option” by Dianne Monahan and Karen Sullivan-Ables, published by Heritage House.

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Abortion Counseling Study

According 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”

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