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Catherine Herring of Texas was unknowingly given the abortion pill seven times by her husband, in his attempt to kill their unborn child [1A][2A]. Thankfully, the baby girl, Josephine, survived. Tragically, this was not an isolated incident.
Coercion
Forced abortions are employed by men seeking to evade the responsibility of having fathered a child, by parents seeking to avoid social stigma, by child abusers seeking to hide their crimes, and by sex traffickers seeking to eliminate the inconvenience of a pregnancy among their victims [2B].
“Abortion clinics cannot claim to be pro-woman while at the same time allowing the majority of their clients to be pressured into unwanted abortions [5B].”
-David Reardon, PhD
A 2023 peer reviewed study published in the Cureus Journal of Medicine found that nearly 70% of abortions in the United States were unwanted, coerced, and/or inconsistent with the mother’s values [2C][3][4].
That confirms earlier research which indicated over 60% of women who had abortions faced high levels of external pressure to end their pregnancies [5A].
Aftermath
These women afterwards experienced negative emotions, including feelings of loss, grief, and/or sadness about the abortion [5C]. Intrusive thoughts, including flashbacks to the abortion, interfered with their daily lives, work, and relationships [5D].
These findings run counter to the Turnaway Study which had reported a 99% post-abortion satisfaction rate by women, but had a low participation rate and relied on a single query [5E]. It, also, runs counter to the pro-abortion rallying cry “My Body, My Choice”. Continue reading
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