Abortion Clinic Escort says Woman who had 10 Abortions is “Empowered”

An abortion clinic escort, whose blog can be found here, wrote the following in a post on March 18, 2013:

“There are times a client and/or companion is so empowered they instantly gain my admiration.”

What is she so impressed by? She goes on to explain:

The companion [of the woman who was having an abortion] got out of the car first. E [the pro-lifer] was hovering right behind me, ready to start shaming.

I was able to explain the vests and offer to escort them before he began his spiel. E handed the companion some literature. When I explained he was a protester, they handed it right back to him.

The companion and I escorted the client down the sidewalk. We were in a line: E, companion, client and me. E started with “Women regret their abortions. Don’t lead her into this place.”

The companion waved dismissively at him and said, “Oh, I know all about abortion. I have had 10 already.”

There was a pause then E leaned over towards the client and said “You don’t have to go into that place.”

The client turned to me and said, “I am not listening to him.” I replied that was best.

It was great to witness these two completely ignoring the words meant to hurt and shame them…I felt privileged to witness this calm confidence.”

Elsewhere in her blog, the clinic escort talks about sidewalk counselors offering to help the women with adoption or other alternatives. Pro-lifers often offer free help to pregnant women outside abortion clinics. To the escort, this is “shaming.”

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Post-abortive woman: “I want my son or daughter back”

An anonymous post-abortive woman writes:

“I was very, very confused. My feelings were so mixed. All along I was told it was the right thing to do, but then why was I feeling like it was so wrong and terrible? I hated myself so much. I wanted to scream. I wanted my son or daughter back but it was too late. The nurses wouldn’t talk to me. All they would say is “relax,” or “it’s okay, it’s all over now.”

Pam Koerbel Does Anyone Feel Like I Do? And Other Questions Women Ask Following an Abortion (New York: Doubleday, 1990) 3

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Pro-choice author admits that abortion statistics are “almost nonexistent” or “completely unavailable”

Pro-abortion author Johanna Schoen writes:

“If statistical information about women seeking abortion is almost nonexistent, statistical information about abortion providers is completely unavailable. We do not even know how many of them there are.

Only a fraction of physicians providing abortion care, for instance, are members of NAF [National Abortion Federation, an organization for abortionists], and its membership lists are, for security reasons, confidential.

Nor do we know what kind of abortion services abortion providers perform. Although there is aggregate data on the number of procedures performed across the country, for instance, there is no data that might tell us who performs these procedures – or where they are performed.

Proceedings of the annual meetings of NAF and information collected by the organization are confidential and cannot be disclosed outside the organization.

Sources about the two main participants in the abortion experience, then, are mainly anecdotal in nature, gleaned from correspondence, personal recollections and testimonies, and oral history interviews.”

Johanna Schoen Abortion after Roe (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University Of North Carolina Press, 2015) 17 – 18

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Abortion linked to suicide in men, says counselor

Reporter Corrine Barraclough writes:

“We know male suicide rates are soaring.

Did you know male suicides and abortion-related mental illness are interrelated? Neither did I. It’s poorly understood by professionals too.”

Julie Cook, national director of ­Abortion Grief Australia says:

“Most suicide counsellors aren’t trained to identify abortion trauma. In fact, the vast majority aren’t even aware that it can be an issue for men. Most women have no concept that abortion can hurt men…

Male suicides can be both directly and indirectly related to abortion. One of the biggest predictors of male suicide is relationship breakdown. Unless work is done towards resolution, abortion trauma often ­destroys relationships.”

CORRINE BARRACLOUGH “Corrine Barraclough: Piecing together the pain of loss for men after abortion” The Daily Telegraph June 3, 2017

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Abortion clinics with health code violations related to cleanliness

American’s United for  Life found health inspection violations relating to unsanitary conditions such as the following:

  • Equipment exam rooms, pre/post operation rooms and patient seating areas had torn, broken or makeshift repairs, preventing the surfaces from being properly sanitized.
  • Staff wearing used scrubs over and over again;
  • Staff performing procedures and examinations, and/or handling dirty objects without washing hands;
  • Blood and bodily fluid stained and/or splattered on floor, wall, lights and other equipment;
  • Medicine, blood testing, and fetal remains kept in the same refrigerators as food;
  • Autoclaves (sterilizers) that were not being properly monitored, not used to manufacturers’ standards, and/or not working;
  • Soiled and clean equipment stored in the same room;
  • Contaminated syringe containers being stored incorrectly;
  • Improper water temperatures for laundry and sterilization;
  • Single-use vials being used multiple times and on different patients;
  • Vaginal probes, surfaces, and other equipment not being disinfected between uses;
  • Infectious waste not being stored or disposed of properly

These violations were found in the following clinics:

ALABAMA

Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives

Beacon Women’s Center, Montgomery

New Woman All Women Health Care

Planned Parenthood of Alabama, Birmingham

Planned Parenthood of Alabama, Mobile

Reproductive Health Services, Montgomery

West Alabama Women’s Center

ARIZONA

Camelback Family Planning, Phoenix

Desert Star Family Planning, Phoenix

Family Planning Associates Medical Group, Phoenix

Planned Parenthood – Flagstaff

Planned Parenthood – Glendale

ARKANSAS

Little Rock Family Planning Services

CONNECTICUT

Hartford GYN Center

Planned Parenthood of Connecticut Inc– Norwich

Planned Parenthood of Connecticut Inc– Stamford

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England – West Hartford

DELAWARE

Planned Parenthood of Delaware

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington Surgery Center

FLORIDA

A Jacksonville Women’s Health Center

A Medical Office for Women, North Miami Beach

A Woman’s World Medical Center

A-1 Women’s Health Care, Inc., Miami

All Women’s Clinic, Fort Lauderdale

All Women’s Health Center of North Tampa

All Women’s Health Center of Orlando, Altamonte Springs

All Women’s Health Center, Saint Petersburg

Blue Coral Women’s Care

Florida Women’s Center, Inc.

Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, Inc., South Tampa

Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida

Southwest Florida Women’s Clinic, Fort Myers

Today’s Women Medical Center

GEORGIA

Atlanta Women’s Clinic

Atlanta Women’s Medical Center

Cliff Valley Clinic

Savannah Medical Clinic

Summit Medical Associates

ILLINOIS

Access Health Care Center

ACU Health Center

Advantage Health Care

Hope Clinic for Women

Michigan Avenue Medical Center

Northern Illinois Women’s Center

Whole Woman’s Health of Peoria

Women’s Aid Clinic (Now operating as Women’s Aid Center)

INDIANA

Clinic for Women

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Bloomington

Potomac Family Planning Center

Prince George’s Reproductive Health Services

Silver Spring Family Planning (American Women’s Center)

Whole Woman’s Health of Baltimore

MASSACHUSETTS

Planned Parenthood/Preterm Health Services, Greater Boston (Boston)

Planned Parenthood/Preterm Health Services, Greater Boston (Fitchburg)

Planned Parenthood/Preterm Health Services, Greater Boston (Springfield)

Planned Parenthood/Preterm Health Services, Greater Boston (Worcester)

MICHIGAN

Heritage Clinic for Women

Northland Family Planning Centers

Planned Parenthood of Mid-Michigan, Ann Arbor

Planned Parenthood of Mid and South Michigan, Flint

Scotsdale Women’s Center

Summit Women’s Center

Woman Care of Southfield

Women’s Center of Flint

Women’s Center of Saginaw

Women’s Center of Southfield

Women’s Medical Services, Muskegon

MISSISSIPPI

Jackson Women’s Health Organization

MISSOURI

Comprehensive Planned Parenthood

Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood, Springfield

Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood, St. Louis

NEVADA

All Women Care

Birth Control Care Center

Safe and Sound for Women

NEW JERSEY

Cherry Hill Women’s Center

Metropolitan Surgical Associates

Pilgrim Medical Center

NEW MEXICO

Southwestern Women’s Options

NEW YORK

Unnamed (Redacted) (Redacted) New York Abortion Clinic

NORTH CAROLINA

A Preferred Women’s Health Center, Charlotte

A Preferred Women’s Health Center, Raleigh

A Woman’s Choice of Greensboro

A Woman’s Choice of Raleigh

Baker Clinic for Women

Carolina Women’s Clinic

Hallmark Women’s Clinic

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic of Central North, Chapel Hill

Planned Parenthood of Winston-Salem

Women’s Health Alliance/Chapel Hill Obstetrics and Gynecology

OHIO

Akron Women’s Medical Group

Capital Care Network

East Health Central Ohio (Planned Parenthood)

Founder’s Women’s Health Center

Northeast Ohio Women’s Center

Planned Parenthood, Bedford Heights

Planned Parenthood East Health Center

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Regional

OREGON

Lovejoy Surgicenter

PENNSYLVANIA

Allegheny Reproductive Health Center

Allentown Health Center (Planned Parenthood)

Allentown Medical Services

Allentown Women’s Center

Berger and Benjamin

Drexel OB/GYN Associates, Philadelphia

Hillcrest Women’s Medical Center

Philadelphia Women’s Center

Planned Parenthood of Central Pennsylvania, York

Planned Parenthood of Keystone, Allentown

Planned Parenthood of Keystone, Harrisburg

Planned Parenthood of Keystone, Reading

Planned Parenthood of Keystone, Warminster

Planned Parenthood of Keystone, York

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Far Northeast Health Center

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Locust Street Health Center

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Norristown

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, West Chester Health Center

Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania

Planned Parenthood – Warminster

Medical Center

Women’s Medical Society

SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston Women’s Medical Center

Columbia Health Center (Planned Parenthood)

Greenville Women’s Clinic

SOUTH DAKOTA

Planned Parenthood Sioux Falls

TENNESSEE

Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health

Memphis Center for Reproductive Health

Planned Parenthood Memphis

TEXAS

Aaron’s Women’s Center

Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services Clinic, San Antonio

Hilltop Women’s Reproductive Clinic

Houston Women’s Clinic

Planned Parenthood Babcock Sexual Healthcare, San Antonio

Planned Parenthood Center for Choice Stafford

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas El Paso

Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (Aaron Women’s Clinic (“Aaron”)

Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center

Women’s Pavilion and Northpark Medical Group

Reproductive Services El Paso

Reproductive Services San Antonio

Suburban Women’s Clinic Houston

Whole Woman’s Health, Austin, Beaumont, Fort Worth, and McAllen

Whole Woman’s Health Austin

Whole Woman’s Health Fort Worth

Whole Woman’s Health, San Antonio

UTAH

Wasatch Women’s Center Inc.

VIRGINIA

A Capitol Women’s Health Clinic

A Tidewater Women’s Health Clinic

Alexandria Women’s Health Clinic

Amethyst Health Center for Women

Annandale Women and Family Center

Charlottesville Medical Center for Women

Charlottesville Planned Parenthood

Falls Church Healthcare Center

Hillcrest Clinic

NOVA Women’s Healthcare

Peninsula Medical Center for Women

Planned Parenthood, Blacksburg

Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, Falls Church

Planned Parenthood, Roanoke

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia

Richmond Medical Center for Women

Roanoke Medical Center for Women

Virginia Health Group

Virginia League for Planned Parenthood

Virginia Women’s Wellness

Whole Woman’s Health of Charlottesville

WASHINGTON

Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Northern Idaho

WISCONSIN

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin

Catherine Glenn Foster, Steven H. Aden, ed. UNSAFE: America’s Abortion Industry Endangers Women (Americans United for Life, 2021)

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Woman hospitalized for six days after botched abortion at Planned Parenthood

Pro-life author and researcher Kevin Sherlock documented the following:

Stephanie M charged Aleksander Jakubowski with botching an abortion he performed on her at Planned Parenthood in Merrillville, Indiana in 1984. He perforated her uterus. She had to be taken by ambulance from Planned Parenthood to a hospital. At the hospital, she had to undergo corrective surgery. She spent six days in the hospital recovering from her injuries. Planned Parenthood abortionist Clarence Boone performed the corrective surgery.

“Stephanie, in deposition, said she was one of 35 or so women and girls packed into the Planned Parenthood facility that day. She also said Jakubowski, while performing her abortion, “stopped everything,” and said, “it’s all your fault.” When the nurse asked Jakubowski what happened, Stephanie said, Jakubowski replied, “I perforated her uterus.” Stephanie said, “He [Jakubowski] ran out of the room, and I never saw him again.” She said nurses and other staffers came into the room and summoned an ambulance for her. In the excitement, Stephanie said, one Planned Parenthood nurse tried to insert an IV needle in her arm but couldn’t do it properly.

Even though Boone wanted her to come back for follow-up treatment [to Planned Parenthood] after her hospital stay, Stephanie said, she sought medical help elsewhere because she “didn’t want nothing to do with Planned Parenthood after that.” Jakubowski and Planned Parenthood evidently reached an out-of-court settlement with Stephanie in 1986.”

Source: Case No C85–1248, originally filed in Lake County Circuit Court in Crown Point, was venued to Porter County Superior Court and received the number 85 –PSC– 1237

Kevin Sherlock The Scarlet Survey (Akron, Ohio, Brennyman Books, 1997) 11

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Pro-choice activist: women abort because they “take lives sacredly”

One pro-choice activist wrote:

“There is nothing moral about giving birth to children we cannot feed and care for … It is precisely because women take lives sacredly – our own as well as our children’s – that some of us choose not to bring into the world those we cannot take care of.”

Quoted in:

Rosalind Pollack Petchesky Abortion and Women’s Choice: The State, Sexuality, and Reproductive Freedom (New York: Longman, 1984) 376

Aborted at 10 weeks. Is this “taking lives sacredly?”
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Pro-choice researcher: contraception increased the need for abortion

Pro-choice author and researcher Rosalind Pollack Petchesky writes:

“As I argued initially, the “contraceptive revolution,” especially the pill, has increased rather than decreased women’s need for access to abortion.

This is true because of two interacting developments: the widespread availability of the pill and legal abortion, reinforcing women’s awareness of fertility control as their right; and a newer political consciousness that refuses to accept risk to reproductive health as fate’s decree.

The current status of contraceptive techniques underlines more than ever that as long as it remains possible for a woman to become pregnant without wanting to be, abortion will be a necessity and its denial a punishment of women – for having sex.”

Rosalind Pollack Petchesky Abortion and Women’s Choice: The State, Sexuality, and Reproductive Freedom (New York: Longman, 1984) 190

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Pro-choice researcher admits Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist

Writer and researcher Edwin Black, who supports the work of Planned Parenthood, said the following about its founder, Margaret Sanger:

“[Margaret] Sanger was an ardent, self-confessed eugenicist, and she would turn her otherwise noble birth control organizations [which would be renamed Planned Parenthood] into a tool for eugenics, which advocated for mass sterilization of so-called defectives, mass incarceration of the unfit, and draconian immigration restrictions.

Like other staunch eugenicists, Sanger vigorously opposed charitable efforts to uplift the downtrodden and deprived, and argued extensively that it was better that the cold and hungry be left without help, so that the eugenicly superior strains could multiply without competition from “the unfit.”

She repeatedly referred to the lower classes and the unfit as “human waste” not worthy of assistance, and proudly quoted the extreme eugenic view that human “weeds” should be “exterminated.”

Moreover, for both political and genuine ideological reasons, Sanger associated closely with some of America’s most fanatical eugenic racists. Both through her publication, Birth Control Review, and her public oratory, Sanger helped legitimize and widen the appeal of eugenic pseudoscience. Indeed, to many, birth control was just another form of eugenics…

[Margaret] Sanger always considered birth control a function of general population control and embraced the Malthusian notion that a world running out of food supplies should halt charitable works and allow the weak to die off.”

Edwin Black War against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race (Washington DC: Dialog Press, 2003, 2012) 127, 128

Black cites the following sources to back up his claim:

Margaret Sanger The Pivot of Civilization (New York: Brentano’s, 1922) 101 – 102, 104, 108 – 109, 113 – 117, 120 – 121, 123

Julian Huxley “Toward a Higher Civilization” Birth Control Review (December, 1930) 344

“Editorial” Birth Control Review (March, 1928) 73

Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography (WW Norton & Company, 1938; New York: Dover Publications, 1971) 376 – 377

Margaret Sanger “A Plan for Peace” Birth Control Review April 1932, pp. 107 – 108

Margaret Sanger “Racial Betterment” The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger: Vol. 1: The Woman Rebel, 1900 – 1928, edited by Esther Katz (Chicago: University Of Illinois Press, 2003) 446, 333 – 334

Margaret Sanger “Is Race Suicide Probable?” Collier’s (August 15, 1925) 25

Ellen Chesler Women of Valor (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992) 343 – 344

Margaret Sanger Papers Project “Notes on Sources” The National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control 1929 – 1937

Henry Pratt Fairchild The Melting Pot Mistake (Boston: Little, Brown and Company: 1926) 109 – 112

Roswell H Johnson “The Eugenic Aspects of Population Theory” Birth Control Review (September 1930) 256 – 258

Eleanor Dwight Jones “Practical Race Betterment” Birth Control Review (July 1928) 203 – 204

American Medicine “Intelligent or Unintelligent Birth Control?” Birth Control Review (May 1919) 12

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African pro-lifer shows abortion minded women ultrasounds

African pro-life author Kiboko Francoise Machozi writes:

“Several times women come for an abortion [and] I just do a free ultrasound showing them how the fetus is and what he is able to [do] on that particular stage; I explain what abortion really means and that I can never help them doing what I believe it is murder because it is against my calling…

Many come to show me their children later, telling me that it is the product of what I told them. This makes me believe that many lives could be saved if a proper counseling could be done to women willing to abort children.”

Machozi is a registered nurse and midwife in South Africa.

Kiboko Francoise Machozi Abortion! Crime or Right? (Saarbrucken, Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2014) 29 – 30

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