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Is Coercion of Women Acceptable ?

Sixty-four percent of post-abortive women surveyed indicated they felt coerced to abort, having no choice but to comply with the wishes of others.

The #1 cause of death among pregnant women is homicide.
Pregnant black women are seven times more likely to be murdered than pregnant white women. Often times the woman's refusal to abort precipitates the crime.

When women are threatened to abort, up to 80 percent feel guilt, regret, loss and depression afterward, especially if the coercion violated their conscience. They subsequently have shorter relationships, more divorces, live in poverty, repeat abortions, experience substance abuse and many more risk factors.

Studies indicate that there is a correlation between domestic violence and repeat abortions.

[3Dec2006, LifeNews.com, "MI Anti-Coercion Bill"]

 
Abortion Contributes to Increased Suicide Among Youth (8/03) PDF Print E-mail

A report from the National Institutes of Health finds that not only are girls and young women more likely to think about committing suicide, they're much more likely to follow through. Dr. David Reardon [dir, Elliot Inst] says abortion is partly to blame for the increase: "Given the fact that more than half of all women having abortions are under the age of 25, and more than 20 percent of women having abortions are teenagers, the increased suicide rate among teens and young women is sadly not a surprise". An Elliot Institute study published in 8/03 Southern Medical Journal found that women who had abortions were 7 times more likely to commit suicide than women who gave birth. [LifeNews.com, #3199, 3Mar04]

 

 
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