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Guest Column This article originally appeared on the Alliance of Pro-Life Students (U.K.) blog and is reprinted with permission. I’ve learned that the word ‘choice’ is often the last word a woman in a crisis pregnancy feels applies to her when she’s looking for an abortion. As I put down my mobile having spoken to […]
By Deana Schroeder Note: The following is a guest post from a member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant By Sexual Assault (WPSA). I’ve been there. I was 17, drugged and raped. When I learned I was pregnant, my family, counselors, and doctors took control. They intended the best. They wanted to help me. […]
Today, Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers testified before the Congressional Executive Commission on China about the one-child policy. The policy requires Chinese couples to have a birth permit before having a child, with most being allowed only one child. The enforcement of this policy includes birth quotas, invasive medical examinations for women, and […]
Men have no legal say when it comes to abortion, and often little opportunity to support their partners and unborn children. Men and teenage boys who don’t want the abortion may be silenced, left out of the discussion, or be victims of coercion along with their partners. Research suggests that most abortions are unwanted or […]
Abortion does nothing to change a woman’s life situation. All it does is end the life of her unborn child. So why do we act as if abortion is the cure-all solution we’ve been looking for since the beginning of time? Abortion does not end poverty, so why do we offer it as a solution […]
“Some women in the United Kingdom are forced or coerced into abortions by their family or partners. Other women are injured during the procedure or die as a result of problems. I have witnessed fights break out between partners, and boyfriends forcing their girlfriends into abortion centers. Abortion providers are seemingly happy to play a […]
National Right to Life News has reprinted an important article by McGill University professor Margaret Somerville about what constitutes informed consent. She notes: Informed consent is not present if the information is inadequate — that’s medical negligence (malpractice). And even non-material information must be disclosed if it is raised by a person’s questions, which must […]
By Cushla Hassan, RN & Joseph Hassan, MBchB A year ago, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand published Rose Stewart’s challenging article, “Conscience ‘not always a force for good’,” giving her perspective on conscience and health care.1 In the article, Stewart expressed her concern that health professionals who invoke their conscientious objection to abortion or contraception […]
The recent 34th anniversary of China’s “one-child policy” has focused renewed attention on sex-selection abortions. According to Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, “there are an estimated 37 million more men than women in China today. This gender imbalance is a major force driving sexual slavery of women and girls in Asia.” In certain […]
“Nothing in human history compares to the magnitude of China’s more than 34-year assault on women and children,” said Smith, who has held almost 50 hearings on human rights violations in China. “Abortion is a weapon of mass destruction. Hundreds of millions of lives have been exterminated.”
10/9/2014 A new U.S. study of women who survived sex trafficking found that forced abortion was common among victims who became pregnant, calling it an “especially disturbing trend.” Laura Lederer, one the authors of the study, testified about the findings at a congressional hearing on on sex trafficking and health care on Sept. 11. The […]
Thirty-four years ago, China imposed its “one-child policy” across the nation, a policy that has been blamed for “causing more violence against women and girls than any other official policy on earth.” The policy requires Chinese couples to have a birth permit before having a child, with most being allowed only one child. The enforcement […]
First Lady Should Condemn China’s “War on Women,” But Will She? Note: The following is reprinted from Population Research Institute. When Michelle Obama arrives in Beijing today with her two daughters, Sasha and Malia, she will be the envy of Chinese women. She has what almost none of them have. Not only does she have […]
International Women’s Day was Saturday, March 8. But it is not too late to share this call to end forced abortion in China: Honoring the continuing significance of International Women’s Day, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers has called for the end of forced abortion in China. China’s One Child Policy has caused more violence against women […]
By Theresa Bonopartis I can certainly tell you what a coerced abortion feels like. I remember it as clearly as if it happened yesterday. I was a pregnant teenager kicked out of the house, isolated and alone. Nowhere to go, no one to help, no money, no job, nothing. I remember the desperation , feeling […]
By Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D. In February 2011, Philadelphia resident Tiffany Gillespie, 24, was six months pregnant with her 3rd child when she was allegedly shot to death by her boyfriend, Aaron Fitzpatrick. The killing apparently followed an argument wherein Fitzpatrick tried to convince her to have an abortion and she refused. A paper published in […]
The Population Research Institute has posted an eye-opening article about the spread of “franchises” using slick marketing tools to sell abortions and sterilizations to women in India and other developing countries: Franchising Abortion and Sterilization: Big Porn, Big Pharma, Big Government and NGOs are partnering to make abortion and sterilization salable in India By Celeste […]
“We have to stand for life, for babies, and for young women like my mom. While Planned Parenthood talks about ‘choice,’ the sad reality is that the abortion business depends on women who feel like they don’t have another option. We need to show compassionate action and offer help to the women who find themselves […]
By Sarah Terzo An abortion clinic escort, whose blog can be found here, wrote the following in a post on March 18: There are times a client and/or companion is so empowered they instantly gain my admiration. What is she so impressed by? She goes on to explain: The companion [of the woman who was […]
The past days have brought a lot of focus on the topic of women and violence, due to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which is meeting in New York under the theme of preventing violence against women. Unfortunately, abortion advocates have lost no time in using the occasion to lobby for the […]
Most assume that if a woman or girl is being pressured or forced to abort, that she will have the right or option of saying “no” at the clinic and be given the help she needs. But the truth is that vulnerable women and girls can’t count on clinics to help. For example, Operation Rescue […]
Abortion Isn’t Really A Choice When It’s The Only Option Offered Recently Planned Parenthood announced that it was dropping its use of the term “pro-choice” to describe its policies and activities (although other abortion advocacy groups are proudly continuing to use this term). There has been much speculation as to why Planned Parenthood is changing […]
Provision to to Pay for Abortions Remains in Military Funding Bill House and Senate negotiators working on a Defense Department budget bill have agreed to keep a provision that would authorize the military to pay for abortions for women who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest, it is being reported. The provision, […]