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If you are a pregnant woman in many places, especially if you are a teenager or living in a poor country or community, it can be very hard to get good quality abortion information. Different arguments have been on the table since the controversial abortion debate began, and especially regarding the precedent setting case Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal. Much of the information about abortion that is routinely handed out is actually being disseminated by so-called “pro-life” groups masquerading as organizations trying to help young women make the “right choice”.
They will use scare tactics, disguised is "abortion information" to try to frighten you out of having an abortion, instead of being honest about their motives. Many groups site religious and ethical concerns about the procedure and the developing fetus, and they have the right to express these concerns, but they do not have the right to unfairly influence any woman’s right to choice.
Abortion information made available by pro-choice groups, such as Planned Parenthood, discusses abortion procedures in detail, when each can be performed, the risks, and outcomes of each. They exist to help women make their own choices about their reproductive health, taking advantage of the freedom over their own bodies that women in America can enjoy. Trained professionals are available to provide women with pertinent abortion information and lead them to an informed decision.
While these anti-abortion groups terrorize women and the doctors who help them, organizations like Planned Parenthood help out women by giving them good abortion information, as well as information about birth control, and any other sexual information that they might need. Abortion information is available from many different sources, to all women no matter the size of the community. There is no point subjecting yourself to right wing propaganda, when you can get quality abortion information instead!
I had a cousin who became pregnant when she was 17. She lived in a very conservative town in rural Kentucky, and there was no place to get good abortion information around. She finally found an “abortion counseling” clinic, and went there to get abortion information. What she found out scared the heck out of her. They told her that she would likely get serious complications from the abortion, and possibly die, that she would regret the decision for the rest of her life, and that her friends and family would find out all about her abortion, and ostracize her for the rest of her life.
It turns out that all of this supposed abortion information was spurious, and that she was actually in the clutches of the religious right. Fortunately, she figured this out in time, and was able to terminate her pregnancy without having to reveal it to her parents, a decision which she has never regretted. She would have been disowned by her family if she had believed the false abortion information and told them that she was pregnant. Abortion information is essential, and a woman should not feel that there is no choice. Health care providers are in a position to present accurate abortion information and assist women to make the choice that is right for them.
www.abortionfacts.com - Abortion information and facts
www.afterabortion.org - Information on the aftereffects of abortion and post-abortion healing
www.pregnancycenters.org - Provides information on abortion alternatives