Barbara Chishko, executive director of Birth Choice in Oklahoma City, a crisis pregnancy center, said 90 – 95% percent of abortion minded women change their minds about having an abortion after seeing their fetus on an ultrasound.
“They have a developing baby within them. They have been told it is just a blob of tissue, but when they see the ultrasound, they are able to see arms and legs,” she said. “Women understand what is really happening after an ultrasound.”
The clinic operates to give women free access to health care to help them make more empowered decisions about a pregnancy, Chishko said. She thinks the new legislation will reduce the number of abortions. “The bottom line is that (the legislation) will make women think, and that is all we are asking,” she said.
The legislation she is referring to would require doctors to tell women they can get free ultrasounds before their abortions.
Jennifer Mock “New law targets abortion in state” The Oklahoman July 3, 2006
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