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Forced Abortions in America: The Hidden Epidemic
http://www.afterabortion.info/news/Forced1.htm
Springfield, IL (July 12,
2004) -- The epidemic of coerced, unwanted abortions is rarely reported. Yet
every week, thousands of girls and women face threats and abuse from people who
want them to abort without regard for their own feelings or desires. A homeless
woman was denied shelter until she submitted to an unwanted abortion . . . a
teen was ridiculed by a school counselor and bussed to the abortion clinic . . .
a daughter was pushed into an abortion clinic at gunpoint by her mother . . . a
girlfriend was injected with an abortifacient outside a parking garage . . . a
13-year-old was returned to her molester after her abortion . . . three sisters
were raped repeatedly by their father and forced into abortions for nearly a
decade . . . a wife miscarried after her husband jumped on her stomach to force
an abortion . . . a waitress was fired after refusing to have an abortion. The
headlines above represent just a few of the many women who were offered only one
choice--abortion. They are just a few of the hundreds of appalling stories of
abuse, violence and manipulation that are found in the Elliot Institute's
21-page special report, "Forced Abortion in America." "Forced Abortion in
America" is part of a larger series of materials being prepared by the Elliot
Institute's Michleen Collins, examining ways in which legalized abortion has
exposed women to unwanted, unnecessary, and dangerous abortions. It includes
citations to research showing that 30 to 60 percent of women having abortions
feel pressured to do so by other persons. Release of the report coincides with
the launch of a petition drive by a coalition of national post-abortion
ministries asking both the Republican and Democratic national committees to
adopt language in their national platforms condemning coerced abortions. The
free special report includes numerous examples of girls forced to undergo
unwanted abortions by parents, sexual molesters, school officials, employers,
and others. The report also examines how pregnant women who refuse to abort face
increasing levels of abuse and violence intended to intimidate or cause
miscarriage. This violence against pregnant women has escalated to the point
that the leading cause of death among pregnant women today is homicide. Dozens
of cases of women who have been shot, stabbed, choked, burned, or bombed for
refusing to abort are also included in the report. "Forced Abortions in America"
can be downloaded from www.afterabortion.info/petition. #### Contact: Elliot Institute (217) 525-8202 The above news release, along with
other news on recent studies related to abortion complications, is posted at
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