They said it.
Antonia Clissa, abortion counselor:
“If they choose to terminate the pregnancy, there is the loss of parenting the potential life… Some women may not have any associated grief at the time and may experience it many years later or not at all, but the women I see all seem to share some element of grief.”
Antonia Clissa “Unplanned Pregnancy” On the Level 4 no. 2 (1996): 32
Share on FacebookTheresa Burke of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries talks about how many women participate in the healing retreats her organization runs:
“In 2006 our organization will provide 450 weekend retreats for healing after abortion. Each retreat will have between 12 and 25 participants.
That means that between 5,400 and 11,250 people will be coming forward for treatment in the upcoming year.
Our ministry is growing at a 40% rate each year…..
There are hundreds of other post-abortion ministries popping up everywhere.”
“Abortion and Depression” Interview With Theresa Burke of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries ZENIT 04 MARCH 2006
Share on FacebookPsychologist Wanda Franz, PhD, testifying before Congress on March 16, 1989:
“Women who report negative aftereffects from abortion know exactly what their problem is… They report horrible nightmares of children calling to them from trash cans, of body parts, and blood. When they are reminded of the abortion, the women reexperienced it with terrible psychological pain… They feel worthless and victimized because they failed at the most natural of human activities – the role of being a mother.”
National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund “Abortion: Some Medical Facts” Washington DC NRLETF, 1989, 5
Share on FacebookKermit Gosnell, who was convicted of murdering babies who were born alive after abortions in his filthy clinic, tricked young women into having abortions even when they did not want them. This came from Kareema Cross, who worked with Gosnell. According to writers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer:
“She told detectives about minors who were brought to the clinic against their will by their mothers. If Gosnell sensed the girls might not want the abortion, he would give them a pill. After they had taken it, he would tell them that it was a poison, and that their child was already dead so there would be no turning back. In fact, Cross said, she saw many babies born alive after these mothers were induced.”
Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer (Washington DC: Regnery Publishing, 2017) 124
Share on FacebookIn a textbook meant to teach future abortion workers, it says:
“Adolescents can present the counsellor with sharply delineated views and feelings, they tend to be dissatisfied with the choice of abortion, viewing abortion as “wrong” and perhaps because of this often present late. Research shows that they can report greater severity of psychological stress and deserve careful counseling.”
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 56
Share on FacebookAn article in National Right to Life News quotes two women who had abortion by pill saying that other women may not want to go through their experience:
“According to the New York Times, two RU-486 [abortion pill] patients selected by the Population Council to appear at its October 27, 1994, press conference “agreed that some women who wanted to remain unaware of when the embryo was flushed out of the body would not like the procedure.”
Randall K O’Bannon “RU-486” National Right to Life News Jan 1995
Share on FacebookPro-Choice author Jodi Enda complains that not enough people who have had abortions are publicly speaking about their experiences. Of course, she only wants stories from women who are glad they chose abortion. She laments the fact that the only people speaking out about their abortions are women who regret them.
“… Now, when a right they’ve taken for granted is in jeopardy, virtually the only people speaking out about their choice to terminate a pregnancy are those who say they regret having made it…”
Jodi Enda “The Women’s View” The American Prospect April 2005
Enda wants more women who are happy with their choice to tell their stories. What does the fact that so few women come out with “happy” abortion stories mean?
Share on Facebook“A study at the University of Pennsylvania found that repeat abortion patients had more difficulty in getting along with others and evidenced significantly higher distress scores on interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid ideation, phobic anxiety, and sleep disturbance than women undergoing abortion for the first time.”
Ellen Freeman “Emotional Distress Patterns among Women Having First or Repeat Abortions” Obstetrics and Gynecology 55 (5), 1980, 630
Share on FacebookFrom a reporter who interviewed abortion doulas, abortion doulas work in clinics and help comfort women as they kill their babies:
“Vicki Bloom, who does birth and abortion work in New York, told me that … seeing tears on the table doesn’t mean the patient is having an emotional response — sometimes it just physically hurts. “There are people who can say, ‘I made this decision it was kind of tough; it was a really crappy day, but life goes on,’”
Alex Ronan “My Year As an Abortion Doula” The Cut SEPTEMBER 14, 2014
Share on FacebookAn article in the New York Times tells of an abortion performed by Dr. Abu Hayat, which led to severe complications
“Ms. Olivo paid cash in advance. After a 30-minute wait, she said, the nurse took her into a room, put her on an examining table and injected her with what proved to be an ineffective anesthetic. Then, she said, Dr. Hayat appeared and, without a word, began the abortion.
“It lasted two minutes,” she said. “While he was doing it, I could feel everything.” After a few minutes in a small recovery room, she said, she was sent home and told to call if she felt ill. There was pain in her abdomen, and later it became worse. “I felt sick at my house,” she said. “I had a lot of cramps and pains.”
Four days later, the pain and cramps were still growing worse. She went to a hospital and was admitted with a 103-degree fever. A doctor examined her, found that she had endured an incomplete abortion and removed parts of the fetus that were still in her uterus. After five days, she went home.
Later, Ms. Olivo returned several times to Dr. Hayat’s office “to tell him how I felt,” but was told each time that he was not there. That, officials say, is also typical of abortion mills, which provide little if any follow-up care.
Now, two years later, Ms. Olivo is still weak from the experience. She said she was stunned by reports last week that the doctor had botched other abortions. She said she wanted to sue him, but knew now that she could never collect damages.
“I would never have imagined that a clinic wouldn’t have insurance,” she said. “I thought it was required by law that you have insurance.” But Mr. Slocum said doctors are not required to have medical malpractice insurance, and other officials said it was unlikely that abortion mills had such insurance.
The realm in which Dr. Hayat operated is a largely hidden one. The State Health Department, which licenses doctors and dozens of legitimate abortion clinics in the city and investigates complaints of malpractice and negligence against physicians, acknowledges that it does not know enough about illegal or incompetent abortion mills and says it needs more authority to regulate them.
ROBERT D. McFADDEN “Abortion Mills Thriving Behind Secrecy and Fear” New York Times November 24, 1991
Yet pro-abortion groups such as NARAL Pro-Choice America, NOW, and Planned Parenthood use all thier resources to fight legislation requiring abortion facilities to be inspected and live up to basic safety standards.
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