Category: Women’s Stories of Abortion Counseling

Clinic Describes Removing “Tissue” from the Uterus

One woman talks about the counseling she received at an abortion clinic:

“The day of the abortion, my future husband was a real sport and drove me to the clinic and paid for the procedure. That is what it became known as that day. He left and said he would pick me up later. I stared around the waiting room and saw a lot of young girls, some alone, some with a boyfriend, a husband, a friend, not many with a mother, all of them looking scared. A young woman called me and made me take another urine pregnancy test. She showed me into a “counseling” room. She came back and told me that I was pregnant, took out a plastic model of a uterus and explained how they would remove the tissue lining of the uterus. There was never any mention of a baby, or fetus, just the tissue that lined the uterus and how it would be removed.”

 

A bill was proposed in Virginia that would’ve mandated the following:

“The bill would require the abortion clinic or hospital to provide a woman with information on the probable age of her fetus and details of the abortion procedure and to offer her information about the pregnancy and other options available. Unless her life is at stake, the woman would then have to wait 24 hours before having the abortion. The information could be given by phone or in person. “

Planned Parenthood oppose this law and lobbied against it, spending a great deal of money to defeat it. According to one pro-choice politician:

“I just think it is patronizing and unfair to women and women’s health.”

Stephen Dinan “24-Hour Abortion Wait Progresses in House” The Washington Times: February 3, 2001: 8

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Counseling was “Impersonal” Says Postabortion Woman

A woman that has no regrets about her abortion still said the following:

the counselor was :

“just really impersonal and did not try to determine whether or not you were psychologically ready to have an abortion.”

James D Slack Abortion, Execution, and the Consequences of Taking Life (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2009) 63

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Woman Calls Abortion Counseling “Phony”

One woman who had an abortion, whose name was only given as Annette, said that the counseling she received at the clinic was a joke:

“It was like a tea party. Everybody gave her reason, like, “I forgot to take my pill.” And the leader would go, “Oh my!” It felt so unreal, so phony.”

Frederica Mathews-Green. Real Choices: Offering Practical, Life-Affirming Alternatives to Abortion (Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Books, 1994) 64 to 65

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Pregnant Woman Given No Options But Abortion

Stephanie William’s Comment:

“I was deceived because I was not told the truth about what an abortion means to the life of an unborn baby. I was not told that there were other options. I was not told that at 10 weeks (which is when I had my abortion) my child was already fully formed. I was made to believe that I was doing something that was as natural as going to the dentist for teeth cleaning.”

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Planned Parenthood Pressures Woman About Abortion

Alicia went to Planned Parenthood to see if she was pregnant.

“When my name was called, naturally my mom and husband stood up to come with me and the nurse told them they were not allowed. I asked the nurse, “not even my husband?” and she said “no, just you!” I felt very disappointed and confused.”

She went in by herself. The nurse asked her if she wanted to keep “it” if she was pregnant. She said she did.

“You can be honest with me, are being forced to keep it against your will?” I said, “Absolutely not. I wasn’t expecting to get pregnant so quickly, but if I am pregnant I want to keep my baby” and again she asked “So your husband or mom are not forcing you to keep it if you are?” I said, more aggressively and upset, “NO!”

When she was asking me if I was forced to keep the baby she looked like she was reading from a script. I remember her saying that if I kept ” it,” it would be very expensive and life changing. She was poking at the fact that I didn’t seem like I could afford to have a baby. She also asked if I was scared to say that I wanted an abortion, and that if I had any questions I could talk to someone that can ease my nerves. She never really said baby she said “it” a lot. She also mentioned that if I was pregnant depending how far a long I was that there might not even be a heartbeat.”

Alisha didn’t give the woman a chance to go on, however, She said, “excuse me, If I am pregnant I am keeping my baby. I may not be rich but I know God will make a way!” and walked out.

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“I have not been able to shake that experience, it was very disturbing that I had someone trying to convince me to abort my baby especially after telling her over and over again that I wanted to keep my baby. I didn’t sleep for a week! I turned out not to be pregnant at that time, but I now have two amazing little boys Josué and Josiah!”

SUSAN MICHELLE TYRRELL “‘They kept asking me if I was being ‘forced’ to keep the baby’: Alisha’s Planned Parenthood visit” Life Site News December 1, 2011 http://www.lifesite.net/news/they-kept-asking-me-if-i-was-being-forced-to-keep-the-baby-alishas-planned

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Just a Clump of Cells

A woman getting an abortion at three months related the following conversation with an abortion clinic counselor:

“Are there psychological problems?” I continued.

“Hardly ever. Don’t worry,” I was told.

“What does a three-month-old fetus look like?”

“Just a clump of cells,” she answered, matter-of-factly.

Later the woman said:

“When I saw that a three month old “clump of cells” had fingers and toes and was a tiny perfectly formed baby, I became really hysterical. I’d been lied to and misled, and I’m sure thousands of other women are being just as poorly informed and badly served.”

Quoted by David C Reardon, Randy Alcorn “Pro-life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments” (Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Publishers, 2000) 198

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“Planned Parenthood Railroaded Us…”

From Kathy Walker, who had an abortion:

“I felt like my family had no control over anything. My parents felt as deceived as I was; we never really made an informed decision. Planned Parenthood railroaded us….But nobody ever really asked me what I wanted to do.”

David Kupelian “Abortion, Inc.” New Dimensions (October 1991) 14

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Abortion Is Not the Best We Can Do for Women

From the Washington Post.com 11 -9-2005, PBS Frontline: “The Last Abortion Clinic, quoted by Life Dynamics:

Atlanta, Ga.(Caller) :

“I am a woman that believed the lies that I was told by an abortion facility in Atlanta in 1978 and had an abortion as I was led to believe this was my only choice. There was no “counseling”, just sign your name here, give us your money and we will take care of “your problem” in just a matter of minutes. I was never told that the problem was “my baby”. I almost died by bleeding to death weeks after and was never helped by that clinic, only told NOT to call my doctor. What makes pro-choice people afraid of showing the client an “ultrasound”?. Believing the lies that I was told “it is just a clump of tissue and cells”, I went through with the abortion and have regretted it every day of my life. For 25 years I lived in a pit of hell, not being able to forgive myself. It is about time that woman know the truth, that woman obtain “rights” and women are protected! Abortion is not the best we can do for women.”

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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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