Abortion in Australia

From the Elliot Institute ...

A pattern of injustices dressed up as “choice”:

1. The rhetoric of choice hides the reality of coercion.
2. Abortion is often someone else’s “choice.” 64% of American women who have had abortions felt pressured by others.1
3. Pressure is significant. Her “choices” may involve loss of home, family or essential support, or abuse that can escalate to violence.2 Homicide is the leading killer of pregnant women.3
4. Coercion can take many forms, including undisclosed, misleading or false information about foetal development and alternatives.4
5. Even though the majority felt rushed and uncertain, 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 Teens face an especially high risk for coercion.5
7. Many who pushed family or friends to abort were also deceived – by experts, authorities or even pastors – about foetal 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 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 operator.


It wasn't safe.   It wasn't fair.   It wasn't about choice.
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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.theunchoice.com/Coerced.htm.
3. I.L. Horton and D. Cheng, “Enhanced Surveillance for Pregnancy-Associated Mortality-Maryland, 1993-1998,” JAMA 285(11): 1455-1459 (2001);
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.
7. 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.
8. 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.

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