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Before you choose.
Survivors of Abortion Ltd. has been helping post abortive women for over twenty years: women who were once at the crossroad making a choice, just as you are. Many have said in hindsight that they wished they had known, back then, what they know now: that pregnancy is for nine months but abortion is forever. If you have the 'right to choose' you also have the right to all the information you need before you make a choice, and this includes some truths about your pregnancy, and some truths about abortion, that you may be unaware of. Firstly, do you realise this is a baby you are carrying, not a blob of tissue or a bunch of cells? It is also NOT a "potential human being." Your son's or daughter's heart began beating even before you learnt you were pregnant. 
When she first saw this ultrasound of her baby, a young woman wrote me "Yesterday, I had an ultrasound. I saw my baby, I saw his/her heart beat rapidly, & I was so stunned, I have never seen anything like it in my life." She had first contacted me some time earlier, when she and her partner were considering terminating the pregnancy, and at the time of this ultrasound they had not made a decision, but were still leaning toward abortion. After a longer struggle, they decided to have their baby. Her photo is on the right with what her mum wrote when she first sent it to me. As this is a baby, you are already a mother. WHATEVER YOU DECIDE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE MOTHER OF THIS BABY. If your baby lives, you are the mother of a living child, but if the baby dies, you will be the mother of a dead child. Not convinced yet that this is a baby we are talking about? Check this out! Secondly, there are psychological, emotional and spiritual problems that can and often do, follow abortion. If you are unsure about the course of action to take, are being pressured by people or circumstances, are in your teenage years or feel you have no other choice - you are a candidate for what has been called Post Abortion Trauma. Thirdly,there are other physical and medical consequences of abortion that you need to think about also. The link between abortion and breast cancer, for instance, you need to read this, especially if this is your first pregnancy. The increase of problems in pregnancy following abortion has also been documented (search some of our offsite links for info about this.) It would not help to know that only a minority is affected, if you were in that minority! (see our Guestbook for actual instances of women being made permanently infertile!) Finally, it may be that you are reading this as a feminist. If so, perhaps you believe that being a feminist necessarily means being pro-choice. If this is how you feel, don't listen only to us - listen to your sisters in the feminist movement. Go to www.feministsforlife.org. There you will see that you can be a true feminist and make choices that will not cause you heartache and life long regret. Remember, take your time, do not allow yourself to be rushed into a decision...you will be living the consequences a very long time. |
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Choices...we
are making them every day...what to wear or eat; whether to marry and
if so, whom; where to live and work; what our goals for the future are.
Sometimes we're happy with the outcome, but other times we're not. Make
a poor job choice...and with a bit of luck you can find another. But
how about those choices we can't change? Cancer resulting from a life
long smoking habit, for instance...sometimes, it's too late. If you are
reading this because you are in an unplanned pregnancy, we realise that
you are at a crossroad: which road are you going to take? Whatever
choice you make, you are going to have to live with it for the rest of
your life, and with the outcome. This is one choice that you will not
have opportunity to undo.