why it's the unchoice

a pattern of injustices and injuries dressed up as "choice"
 
 

1. The rhetoric of choice hides the reality of coercion.

2. It's often someone else’s “choice.” 64% of American women who have had abortions felt pressured by others.¹ 

3. Her “choices” may involve losing her shelter, her family, her income or even her life. Coercion can escalate to violence. ²  Homicide is the leading killer of pregnant women.³

4. Coercion takes many forms, including undisclosed, deceptive or false information.^.4

5. Even though the majority felt rushed, 67% received no counseling; 79% were not told about alternatives.¹

6. Abortion is often a woman’s last choice, but her abuser's first choice.² America's teens are also at risk for coercion, health injury and suicide. ⁵

7. Many who pushed family or friends to abort were also deceived – by experts, authorities, even pastors – about fetal development, alternatives and risks.^{4, 6}

8. The overall death rate of women rises 3.5 times after an abortion.⁷ Suicide rates are 6-7 times higher after an abortion.⁸

9. 65% report symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder they attribute to their abortions.¹

10. "We were maiming at least one woman a month." – Carol Everett, former abortion clinic operator⁹

It wasn’t safe. It wasn’t fair. It wasn’t about “choice.”
 

Citations

1. VM Rue et. al., “Induced abortion and traumatic stress: A preliminary comparison of American and Russian women,” Medical Science Monitor  10(10): SR5-16, 2004.

2. See the special report, Forced Abortion in America at www.unfairchoice.info/Coerced.htm.

3. I.L. Horton and D. Cheng, “Enhanced Surveillance for Pregnancy-Associated Mortality-Maryland, 1993-1998,” JAMA 285(11): 1455-1459 (2001). See also J. Mcfarlane et. al., "Abuse During Pregnancy and Femicide: Urgent Implications for Women's Health," Obstetrics & Gynecology 100: 27-36 (2002).

4. Melinda Tankard-Reist, Giving Sorrow Words (Springfield, IL: Acorn Books, 2007).

5. Sobie & Reardon, “A Generation at Risk: How Pro-Abortionists Manipulate Vulnerable Teens,” The Post-Abortion Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, Jan-Mar. 2000.

6. Carol Everett with Jack Shaw, Blood Money (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Books, 1992). See also Pamela Zekman and Pamela Warwick, “The Abortion Profiteers,” Chicago Sun Times special reprint, Dec. 3, 1978 (originally published Nov. 12, 1978), p. 2-3, 33.

6. M Gissler et. al., “Pregnancy Associated Deaths in Finland 1987-1994 -- definition problems and benefits of record linkage,” Acta Obsetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 76:651-657, 1997. See also, DC Reardon et. al., “Deaths Associated With Pregnancy Outcome: A Record Linkage Study of Low Income Women,” Southern Medical Journal 95(8):834-41, Aug. 2002.

7. M. Gissler et. al., “Injury deaths, suicides and homicides associated with pregnancy, Finland 1987-2000,” European J. Public Health 15(5):459‑63, 2005; and M. Gissler, et. al., “Methods for identifying pregnancy-associated deaths: population-based data from Finland 1987-2000,” Paediatric Perinatal Epidemiology 18(6): 44855, Nov. 2004.

8. VM Rue et. al., “Induced abortion and traumatic stress: A preliminary comparison of American and Russian women,” Medical Science Monitor  10(10): SR5-16, 2004.

9. From The Ex-Abortionists: Why They Quit, by Frank Joseph, MD (The Human Life Foundation, 215 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10016).

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