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RADIO :60 SPOT
The UnChoice: Stuffed Rabbit
ANNOUNCER:
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR DAUGHTER...YOUR
SISTER...YOUR FRIEND.
ON A COLD AUTUMN DAY, 19-YEAR-OLD ARLIN DECIDED TO
END HER LIFE.6
SHE TUCKED A TINY STUFFED RABBIT INTO ONE POCKET AND
A SUICIDE NOTE IN THE OTHER. SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO
BE WITH THE BABY SHE HAD ABORTED JUST TWO WEEKS
EARLIER.
ARLIN'S FRIEND SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT THE ABORTION ...
MOST WOMEN DON'T. MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF ABORTIONS
ARE UNWANTED.1
AND 64 PERCENT INVOLVE COERCION2
… AND SOMETIMES VIOLENCE.
EVERY DAY, WOMEN LIKE ARLIN ARE PUSHED INTO
ABORTIONS THEY DON'T WANT.
AFTERWARDS, MANY DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE AS A
NIGHTMARE THAT WON'T END..
SOME SAY THE WORST PART OF THE PAIN IS THAT THERE'S
NO ONE TO SHARE IT WITH. FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND EVEN
COUNSELORS OFTEN DENY THEM THE RIGHT TO GRIEVE.
FOR MANY, ABORTION HITS CLOSE TO HOME. SOMETIMES TOO
CLOSE. THEY FOUND ARLIN'S BODY HANGING FROM A TREE
NOT FAR FROM HER PARENTS' HOME . . . WITH A STUFFED
RABBIT IN HER POCKET, AND A SUICIDE MESSAGE THAT ALL
OF US NEED TO HEAR.
WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH AN
UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY OR AN UNWANTED ABORTION, WE CAN
HELP..
ABORTION IS THE UN-CHOICE ... UNWANTED, UNSAFE,
UNFAIR. LEARN MORE AT THEUNCHOICE.COM
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