Forced Abortion in the USA, the Non-Choice

If someone does not want to get an abortion, they cannot be forced against their will into have an abortion. No matter her age or circumstance, because the way that Roe v Wade is written it is the women choice no one else's.

The Un-Choice

In a national study of women, 64% of those who aborted felt pressured to do so by others. This pressure can become violent. 65% suffered symptoms of trauma. In the year following an abortion, suicide rates are 6-7 times higher.

Forced Non-Choice .... "I'll blow her brains out."

Intense pressure to abort can come from husbands, parents, doctors, partners, counselors, or close friends and family. They may threaten or blackmail a woman into abortion.

These are not idle threats. Coercion can escalate to violence. Women who resist abortion have been beaten, tortured and killed. One husband jumped on his wife's stomach to force an abortion. A mother forced her daughter at gunpoint to go to the abortion clinic.

Unwanted Non-Choice ... Their Choice, Not Hers.
Reasons women give for having abortions:

• Forced by mother
• Father opposed
• Husband or boyfriend persuaded me
• No other option given
• Would have been kicked out
• Loss of family's support
• Lack of support from society
• Clinic persuaded

In 95% of all cases, the male partner plays a central role in the decision. Of men interviewed at abortion clinics 45% recalled urging abortion, including 37% of married men. Many of these men reported being justified in being the primary decision maker in the decision to have the abortion.

Coerced Choice ... Taken to the Clinic to Make Sure She Keeps the Appointment
A former abortion clinic security guard testified before the Massachusetts legislature that women were routinely threatened and abused by the boyfriends or husbands who took them to the clinics to make sure they underwent their scheduled abortions. Many women are also pressured by clinic staff financially rewarded for selling abortions.

Forced Choice ... Threats Can Escalate to Violence or Murder — the Leading Killer of Pregnant Women
The pressure can escalate. Many pregnant women have been killed by partners trying to prevent the birth, and being pregnant places women at higher risk of being attacked.

Murder is the leading cause of death among pregnant women. 92% of women surveyed list domestic violence and assault as the women's issue that is of highest concern to them.

Pro-Choice Advocates Are Rightfully Concerned About Coerced Abortions

While citing a different statistic, noted pro-choice ethicist Daniel Callahan, director of the Hastings Center, has acknowledged the same basic problem:

That men have long coerced women into unwanted abortion when it suits their purposes is well-known but rarely mentioned. Data reported by the Alan Guttmacher Institute indicate that some 30 percent of women have an abortion because someone else, not the woman, wants it.

The Aftermath. Women Coerced into Unwanted Abortions Pay a High Price.

• 31% had health complications afterwards.1
• 65% suffer multiple symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.1
• 65% higher risk of clinical depression.15
• 10% have immediate complications, some are life-threatening.16
• 3.5x higher risk of death from all causes.17

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[steelers7thheaven]

God gave you free will. If you chose to kill God's creation than you will live with God's judgement. I am pro choice when it comes to financing abortions. I chose not to have my tax dollars fund them.

[roevswade]

i see your point, I guess I'm pro choice too.

[MrGayKieran]

Unfortunately, women are forced into abortions by men every day.

Abortion - men's best friend!

[LavaMountainKat]

i have seen some people claim they are "pro choice" yet they want a one child policy like china, pro choice eh?

[dancerbabi34]

What are you talking about @ loner????? She PRO CHOICE!!!! And ANTI "FORCED" hence FORCED ABORTION. Listen to what shes saying. GEEZ

[fintyrock]

May God bless you!

[loner1878]

@n4kma Keep your propaganda to yourself.

[loner1878]

I think its hilarious how anti choicers rant and rave about "forced abortions" when their ultimate goal is forcing women to give birth against their will. Oh sweet, flagrant HYPOCRISY.

[RLhockey203]

@MrGayKieran but you are a man...

[n4kma]

Pro-lifers, learn the TRUTH about Abortion & Choice. Most abortions are unwanted or coerced. Many are forced. The legalization of abortion has facilitated the coercion of many girls/women into having unwanted abortions. Learn what you can do about it. Go to theunchoice(dot)com & clinicquotes(dot)com.

[ashatbulaparanormal]

@MrJoey123toad that wasn't fair to you and I'm sorry you that happen.She should have talked to you and let you be there at least.

[ashatbulaparanormal]

I don't agree with forced abortion,adoption or pregnancies.