Guide to Informed Choices
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who would also change their mind…if they were not so doped up. In November 2009 the ABC reported on a civil lawswuit being filed by a Michigan teenager who says she changed her mind after seeing the ultrasound of her 6 th month fetus. Caitlin says that the abortionist (Dr. Hoari mentioned elsewhere ) instructed his assistant, ―Hold her down.‖ The abortionist claims it was too late to stop the procedure yet even if he was speaking the truth, that is no excuse for his heavy-handed tactic. Caitlin says, ―They had my arm pinned, his weight was all on my chest, and then he took his hand, and he had it so tight on my mouth that it was muffled. I was screaming and I was crying.‖ 375
Finally as an example, I came across a consent form from Planned Parenthood of Maryland which specifically authorizes staff to ― give me medications they believe necessary‖ to ―safely continue or complete the procedure.‖ They state ― This may include medications to reduce pain and/or anxiety.‖ 376 In other words, not only if you‘re in pain but also if you‘re too emotional, they want your authority to up the meds to make you agreeable. Then they take your money ctually, they do that first. One
thing I could never understand is, why do all the clinics take your money upfront before they discuss your ‗options‘ as they promise. For example, Comprehensive Women‘s Health Center says: Shortly after you arrive, one of our female health educators will bring you to a private room. At this time, we will collect payment and give you some paperwork to complete, including a medical history form. You will discuss and learn about pregnancy options, the abortion procedure, and various birth control methods. 377
first they collect your money for the abortion, then they discuss your other pregnancy options? It sounds like they don‘t intend for you to change your mind!
Turn to Reason #60 to read what a rip- off abortion procedures are and how much profit the industry makes off desperate women annually.
―Abortion clinics are a business not a charity‖ A
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Reason #34 Abortion is an irreversible choice
What if it turns out you‘re further along than you think? t‘s 1998 and you go to your local abortionist, who just happens to be a fellow by the name of Dr. John Biskind. You‘re a young 17-year-old and he tells you you‘re probably 13 weeks, no worries; let‘s get it done now. He performs an abortion and it turns out that he didn‘t do a very effective job at killing the female fetus. Perhaps that‘s a good thing anyhow since your baby was full term. Your baby survives but is born with a fractured skull. 378
How would you feel if, when you went into Summit Abortion Clinic in Alabama, a member of staff examined you under ultrasound and let you know that you were 6 weeks pregnant. After you opted to have the abortion pill, your blood pressure rose dangerously high and six days later you found yourself in hospital with the head of your baby protruding. You deliver your dead baby — six pounds, four ounces (babies are born at that size)! So much for being 6 weeks pregnant — not that life wouldn‘t have been taken either way. 379
perhaps you
believe you‘re
somewhere between 12 and 16 weeks pregnant. The abortionist does a pelvic exam and all is okay, so he goes ahead with the abortion as planned. It‘s unsuccessful and the following day you deliver an 8- month-old, three and a half pound baby girl, who is alive and healthy — apart from missing an arm the abortionist lopped off, attempting to terminate her yesterday. Your girl will now go through life minus her right arm below the shoulder. 380
These things do happen. 381
Birthed alive, but no help given Keep in mind this clinic‘s promise of ―warmth and compassion, free of judgment or prejudice‖ 382 as you read the following true story. You‘re having an abortion and you‘re 22 weeks pregnant. It‘s an induction abortion and you‘re dilated and have taken the pills to induce labor. You‘re in pain when you arrive at the clinic. The doctor isn‘t there and they put you in a room to deliver your dead fetus. The room you are put in is grossly dirty and you can tell it‘s almost time to push, so you choose to sit on the toilet instead. Then whoosh, out comes your baby, I mean fetus. In one painful push you push him out. You‘re surprised when his moves I
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slightly – he‘s alive! You yell for the supervisor and tell her to call 911. She glances at the baby, says he‘s not moving and walks out. You call her back and show her he really is moving (and your baby startles because you called so loudly). The woman tells you to lie down and she‘ll get her supervisor. No one arrives so you keep stroking your little, red, barely alive baby. Then you think, there‘s a phone. You grab it and call your girlfriend, begging her to call an ambulance since the clinic has just left you alone. Meanwhile you keep kissing your baby and telling him you‘re sorry. After some time, he ceases all movement and you realize he‘s gone. THEN, the clinic director comes into the room and wants you to hand over the baby. You say no, I‘m not ready yet. She comes back and she‘s more irritated this time, but you don‘t care. She wasn‘t there for you when you wanted her. Your friend arrives and so does the police (not ambulance). You‘re mad when you hear the woman say she saw nothing – after all, you showed her herself, and that‘s when she‘d said she‘d get her supervisor. You tell her that no matter what she says, you and her know what she saw. She turns away and says nothing, and the clinic can‘t get you out of there fast enough. 383
but straightaway know you made the wrong choice? aley had been planning her abortion for weeks. Still, when it came down to it, she wasn‘t fully decided and regretted her choice pretty quickly. Would I take this pill and kill my baby, or would I do the right thing and give my baby a chance? After all, he/she had done nothing to me. I went in the room, and the doctor went through the process of what would happen, and handed me some papers to sign. I signed them without thinking. He explained the risks. I didn‘t care about the risks. If I was going through with it I deserved something bad to happen. I signed them. Then he put a pill and a glass of water in front of me. Without thinking I took the pill; that was it. Straight after I knew I had done the wrong thing. I wanted to take it back so much but I couldn‘t, what the fuck had I just done? I had started the process of killing my baby, who had done nothing wrong to me or anyone! I wanted to die. I wanted to die like my baby would have to die! I didn‘t deserve to be here! ...I went to my room and just held my tummy and said how sorry I was to my baby, who was going to be parted from me in 2 days. I cried nonstop that night. The H
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following day, I constantly held my tummy and said how sorry I was and how I shouldn‘t of done it. I prayed nonstop. I didn‘t get any feeling of peace. Well, I guess I wouldn‘t.
Kelly also regretted her mistake moments too late.
I went ahead with it and immediately knew after having the shot and taking the pill that I made another huge mistake. Another mistake I couldn't fix. It was too late… Once the abortion is done, there is NO turning back, no undoing of it.
For Christine, she woke up to her choice too late when there was no going back. Halfway through the procedure I realized the magnitude of my ―choice,‖ but it was too late. I couldn‘t go back and change my decision. I wanted to get off the procedure table and wake up from my self- inflicted nightmare, but I couldn‘t — it was too late. I immediately felt remorse and cried uncontrollably.
What about women who regretted their choice later, after the procedure — what do they say? Well, we‘ve got a whole section on that! Read on in Reason #41: You may regret your abortion for a very long time .
There is still time for you to change your mind This was a choice that cannot be taken back. One I will regret forever. —Kathy
hether you are just thinking about it, or even if you‘re sitting in the abortion clinic and you‘ve paid and booked, it‘s not too late.
You can change your mind right up until your abortion starts, though don‘t count on it, as some women who have asked the abortionist to stop have been told to shut up and lay still.
You can read one example of this in Reason #81: Abortion after rape is a double tragedy . In fact, they may even dope you up to continue the procedure (see
Reason #33 ).
If you‘ve had an abortion it‘s too late to say no, but you can seek healing. Turn to
Reason #94: Had one abortion: Don‘t make it two .
―Some choices are permanent and abortion is one of them‖ W
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Reason #35 Counseling at abortion clinics is a joke
Our facilities are recognized for candor and truthfulness. 384
ow‘s this prize winner for the ―Clear as Mud‖ award: The physician will perform the surgical abortion after dilation is complete in a manner similar to, but more extensive than, the method described for first trimester abortion. 385
Or this one for the ―Glossing over the Truth‖ award: Under general anesthesia, once adequate dilation is achieved, all products of conception are removed from the uterine cavity. This is done as gently as possible. The procedure takes 5-10 minutes and is followed by an ultrasound inspection to assure that the cavity is empty. 386
Hello! We‘re talking about the abortion of a 24-week baby here — babies sometimes survive at this age! 387 That
should give you some idea of how well developed they are, at the same time the clinics are calling them ‗products of conception‘.
Finally, this one wins the ―Best Doctoring of Reality‖ award: The D&E procedure consists of two parts: dilatation and evacuation… Dilatation means a slow and easy enlargement of the opening of your uterus, which is your cervix…. Evacuation is the removal of the contents of the uterus. 388
from 15-26 weeks — a time when the fetus has fingernails and is developing eyelashes — yet none of that information is supplied on the abortion clinic‘s website. 389 You
might not think that it‘s the clinic‘s job to do that. But if it‘s not their job, how can they be providing informed consent? Some women truly have no clue.
Clinics make misleading claims So, where do you turn for help and honest information? 390
—Houston Women‘s Clinic
website advertising an early
abortion procedure makes it sound like you are not actually getting an H A
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abortion: Gentle pressure is applied with a handheld device for about two minutes. The pressure brings down the thick tissue lining of your uterus that forms before your period each month. 391
An abortion clinic selling the procedure is just as deceitful: The Aspiration Procedure is a quick and gentle, NON-surgical Procedure. The Doctor uses a handheld device to bring down your missed period. 392
What an outright lie! Later on when they explain the procedure in detail, they tone it down a little, saying it is ‗like‘
deceptive. What they mean is, by sucking the lining of your uterus they are removing what would have flowed out of you during your period at the end of the month. The catch? There might be a growing embryo attached to that lining. In fact, if you‘re going for an abortion, it‘s likely there is. However, they deny it: Early abortion can be completed before a pregnancy develops. Under ten weeks, the pregnancy consists of a thickened tissue lining of the uterus (similar to the tissue that develops before menstruation) and an empty amniotic sac. 393
No mention of the baby developing as an embryo inside the ‗empty‘ sac. Another clinic likewise states, ―In early pregnancy that sac is all that can be seen by ultrasound examination.‖ 394 While they‘re probably correct in that the embryo might not be discernible on the screen, it implies that that nothing is being destroyed — which of course is a lie. If you want to read about what is developed before 10 weeks turn to Reason #9: It‘s not just a bunch of cells
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Even the abortion training manual Abortion Practice remarks that the term ‗menstrual extraction‘ ―originated as a euphemism for early abortion... and was perceived by its originators as a useful deception.‖ 395 A useful deception indeed. Clinics play down or deny fetal development I did not receive any counseling prior to the abortion to inform me that at 6 weeks of age my baby had brain waves and at just three weeks earlier my baby‘s heart had begun to beat and pump blood. —Christine
ou‘ve had a long day and are up late at night looking at abortion clinics online.
While you‘ve
looked through many of them, none of them have yet been able to answer a question you have. Clicking around the website of a clinic that performs abortions to 24 weeks, you finally lock onto what you are looking Y
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for. Yes, that‘s it. Under ―common questions‖ you find, ―What will the embryo (baby) look like?‖ 396 Yay! Now you‘re sure to find the answers. It‘s been a long time. You read on eagerly, Surgical abortion patients do not see their tissue. Medical abortion patients may or may not notice the pregnancy tissue as it passes from their body. The embryonic tissue is usually small, irregularly shaped, and white, and sometimes inside a blood clot. Even if you see it close up, it does not look like a baby because it is much too soon to have any real shape. If you do not see it, there is no need to worry, since it is easy to miss. A pregnancy embryo of 49 days is 1/5 of an inch. By 63 days, the pregnancy could be as large as 1 ½". An early pregnancy would be even smaller.‖ 397
mutter to yourself, half amused at your earlier concern. You consider calling it a night and close off the page. It‘s a good thing your roommate is an avid fan of all things science and just happens to have the National Geographic magazines everywhere. Heading to the bathroom you grab something to read and it just turns out to be one of your roommate‘s magazines. Normally you‘d
not be
interested in their stories, but the picture on the front cover looks intriguing. They do have great photography. As you flick through the pages your eyes widen as they land on an article on fetal development. You would never have thought to look here. But here it is. Scanning down, you start reading at a section discussing the development of a 49 — 56 day old embryo — right around the age you were just looking at the clinic. An image begins to form in your head as you read the words: In the process [of growing] she has metamorphosed from a nubbin no bigger than a grain of rice into a distinctly human being who would only just fit inside a walnut shell. 398
yourself and stifling a yawn, ―Did it say, distinctly human?‖ You put the confusion down to the lack of sleep you‘ve had lately. It‘s been so stressful, this unplanned pregnancy and everything. ―Read it again,‖ you say, this time unable to stifle the growing yawn. You read it again, and yes, that‘s what it said. This shocking claim startles you a little and your tired eyes open a little wider. I mean, you trusted the clinic and all, but then, here is this well-known scientific institution saying different. Washing your hands you decide to do a little research of your own. This is clearly not as basic as it first seemed. But that can wait for tomorrow. For now, a soft pillow is the only thing you want to face. The next morning with coffee and
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laptop at the breakfast table, you‘re ready to do a little investigating of your own. The information you come up with astounds even you. The National Geographic says that movement has been observed on ultrasound during this same age, including thumb sucking, kicking and the stepping reflex. 399
On closer examination, you see that the clinic performs abortions to 24 weeks but only answered the question till almost 15 weeks. You find out what can be expected in those last few weeks. Swallowing, opening and closing her eyes and sticking out her tongue have actually been observed on the fetus this age with ultrasound! (See Reason #8
for more info). This is amazing. You didn‘t think that kind of thing happened until birth, let alone halfway through pregnancy! By now it occurs to you that the abortion clinic was definitely pulling one on you. While you couldn‘t find their word Yüklə 4,63 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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