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SHE COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR
DAUGHTER ... YOUR SISTER ... YOUR FRIEND.
ON A COLD AUTUMN DAY,
19-YEAR-OLD ARLIN DECIDED TO END HER LIFE.
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. MOST ABORTIONS ARE UNWANTED1
AND MOST INVOLVE COERCION,2 WHICH CAN
ESCALATE TO VIOLENCE.
EVERY DAY, WOMEN OF ALL AGES 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
FAMILY HOME . . . WITH A STUFFED RABBIT IN HER POCKET,
AND A SUICIDE MESSAGE THAT ALL OF US NEED TO HEAR.
LEARN MORE AT THE
UNCHOICE.COM.
ABORTION IS THE UN-CHOICE ... UNWANTED, UNSAFE, UNFAIR.
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RADIO :60 SPOT 3
The UnChoice:
Shotgun abortions
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DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST WOMEN
HAVING ABORTIONS FEEL PUSHED OR PRESSURED?2
COERCION IS COMMON AND CAN ESCALATE TO VIOLENCE.
IN MANY CASES, HER SO-CALLED
"CHOICE" IS NOT REALLY A CHOICE AT ALL. IT'S A THREAT, AN ULTIMATUM OR A SHOVE.
IT'S HIS FIST THROUGH THE WALL ... HER JOB ON THE LINE ... OR EVEN A REVOLVER IN
HER BACK.
IN FLORIDA, A MOTHER PUSHED
HER DAUGHTER INTO AN ABORTION CLINIC AT GUNPOINT AND TOLD THE STAFF TO "IGNORE
HER IF SHE GETS A LITTLE TEARY ..."
IN BALTIMORE, A FATHER RAPED
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS FOR 9 YEARS AND FORCED A TOTAL OF 10 ABORTIONS BEFORE
SOMEONE FINALLY REPORTED HIS ABUSE ...
IN MINNESOTA, A WOMAN
TESTIFIED THAT, WHEN SHE WAS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT, HER BOSS THREATENED TO PUSH
HER DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS WHEN SHE RESISTED HIS DEMANDS FOR AN ABORTION.
MOST ABORTIONS INVOLVE NOT
THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE BUT THE DUTY TO COMPLY.
NO WONDER WOMEN ARE CALLING
IT THE UN-CHOICE. BECAUSE AN UNWANTED, COERCED, DANGEROUS AND HEARTBREAKING
CHOICE IS REALLY NO CHOICE AT ALL.
ABORTION IS THE UN-CHOICE
... UNWANTED, UNSAFE, UNFAIR.
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THEUNCHOICE.COM.
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RADIO :60 SPOT 4
The UnChoice:
Workplace Coercion
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SOMETIMES, A CHOICE ISN'T
REALLY A CHOICE. ... IT'S THE UN-CHOICE – AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE BETWEEN A
ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
MOST ABORTIONS INVOLVE SOME
FORM OF COERCION,2 NOT FREE OR FULLY INFORMED “CHOICE.” IN SOME
CASES, WOMEN HAVE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN AN ABORTION ... AND A PAYCHECK.
IN CHICAGO, A COLLEGE
BASKETBALL COACH WAS FIRED FOR REFUSING AN ABORTION.
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THREE
PARAMEDICS WERE PRESSURED INTO ABORTION AFTER THEIR BOSS SAID, "YOU HAVE A
CHOICE TO MAKE."
A LONG ISLAND RESTAURANT
FIRED A WOMAN AFTER SHE TOLD HER SUPERVISOR SHE WAS PREGNANT.
NOT EVEN A MATERNITY SHOP IS
SAFE FOR PREGNANT EMPLOYEES.
IN PHILADELPHIA, A MANAGER
FILED CHARGES AGAINST A MATERNITY CLOTHING RETAILER FOR FIRING EMPLOYEES AFTER
THEY BECAME PREGNANT.
NO WOMAN SHOULD BE FORCED TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN HER PAYCHECK AND AN UNWANTED ABORTION WITH UNTOLD HARM AND
HEARTBREAK.
FOR MOST WOMEN, ABORTION IS
THE UNCHOICE ... UNWANTED, UNSAFE, UNFAIR.
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THEUNCHOICE.COM.
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