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im, I think I’m pregnant.” My boyfriend sighed deeply, his gaze remaining fixed on the TV. He then muttered something that made me feel completely deserted.

I knew from firsthand experience how tough it was to raise a child as a single mother. I already had a two-year old daughter, Jennifer, from an earlier unsuccessful marriage. When my pregnancy was confirmed, Tim’s non-committal response to my distress and his move to Chicago, 400 miles away, left me despondent and convinced that abortion was the “easy way out.” I was already struggling financially with one child. How could I raise two?

I felt desperately alone. I often cried myself to sleep. I decided to confide in a couple of college professors who collected money to fly me out of town to have an abortion. Now I felt obligated to go through with it. Still, I agonized!

I was summoned to the room where the abortions were performed. I could hear a woman sobbing hysterically in the recovery room. That memory haunts me still.

As the doctor was examining me, prior to performing the abortion, he suddenly stopped and said to the nurse, “Get her out of here! She’s too far along!” Relief instantly washed over me! How odd. I had thought I wanted an abortion but now felt instantly relieved to know I was still pregnant.

I decided to muster every ounce of courage to deal with my pregnancy. My ambivalence turned into love for my preborn daughter, Melanie. It took energy and creativity to support the three of us, but my two daughters inspired me to do great things. I finished my degree; then I went on to get my Master’s and Ph.D.

When we endure something tough, our character and self-esteem are strength- ened. Many women who have confessed to me that they’ve had abortions have discovered that the “easy way out” is just an illusion. Some are in abusive relation- ships, on anti-depressants, or just seem detached from life. Some sadly remember their aborted child’s “would be” birthday each year.

I cannot promise that it will be easy. I can only promise that the anguish will pass and that there are people who will help you through this trying time. One day you will look back on the birth of your child and know that you did the right thing.

Sincerely,

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A Father’s Regret

I was a participant in two abortions with my ex-wife... It has been six years since the last abortion, nine since the decision for the first one. Every time I see children of the approximate age of the two lost ones, I cry, no matter where... church, the mall, the park, the library.

I want to call their names: Michelle, Danielle, Stephen, William. Their legacy is gone, their beauty unfinished, nullified by a decision to which I agreed...

I have gone from pro-choice to pro-child.

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S ince I had already enlisted in the Air Force, I thought I had to have an abortion in order to make something out of my life. My best

friend drove me to the abortion clinic. It was like an assembly line. When the ultrasound was being performed, I asked to see it. But this wasn’t allowed—so much for “an informed decision.” Then I

asked how far along I was. I was

told I was nine-and- a-half weeks pregnant.

That hit me hard. I started doubting and wanted to talk to

my friend, but I wasn’t allowed to. When it was my turn the nurse told me that I

was going to feel some discomfort, like strong menstrual cramps. The truth is that the abortion was more pain than

I’ve ever felt in my life. It felt like my insides were literally being sucked out of my body. Later, I went into shock. After the abortion, I tried to make up for it by trying to get pregnant again. I wanted my baby back, but I never got pregnant again. I don’t know if I can ever have another baby. I named my

baby. Later I found out this is part of the grieving process. Two-and-a-half years later, I ended up in the hospital

with bulimia. I felt that no one had punished me for what I had done, so I was punishing myself. I became obsessed

with women who were pregnant and my life was in shambles! I was suffering from post-abortion trauma.

When I was 21 years old, I received help from a woman who was involved with

pro-life activism. I went through a program

called “Conquerors.” Not only did I experience forgiveness, I was also challenged to help others. I answered the challenge and started sidewalk counseling.

There is a healing process that comes from getting involved in the pro-life movement. I talk to youth groups and students and share my testimony. To them, and to you, I plead, “Please don’t make the same mistake I did.”

Michelle

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hey tell you, “It’s a quick fix.” They say, “It will solve your problems and allow you to get on with your life.” They’re wrong. Few women have been told that having an

abortion carries lasting physical and psychological consequences. If they had been warned, would their “choice” have been abortion?

One woman who wishes she had known better is Ann Marie. As a post-abortive woman, she shares, “Abortion changes you forever. I thought the abortion would free me up from a responsibility I felt I was not ready for. Instead it held me in bondage to feelings of regret, remorse, depression and despair. My soul became a slave to self-hatred and worthlessness. My sanity was the price I would pay. Women deserve better than abortion.”

These feelings of depression and despair are some of the common psychological complications from abortion. Pregnant women who abort have a six times higher rate of suicide than those who carry their babies to term.1 Teenagers who abort are 10 times more likely to attempt suicide than teens who have not had an abortion.2 A recent study found that, compared to women who gave birth, women who aborted were 65% more likely to be at risk of long-term clinical depression.3

In addition to these psychological problems, women are susceptible to serious physical complications due to the nature of the procedures used to abort children. Women can face hemorrhaging that requires transfusion, perforation of the uterus, cardiac arrest, endotoxic shock, major unintended surgery, infection resulting in hospitalization, convulsion, undiagnosed ectopic (tubal) pregnancy, cervical laceration, uterine rupture, and death.4

Women who abort are more likely to experience future ectopic pregnancy, infertility, hysterectomy, stillbirth, miscarriage, and premature birth than women who have not had abortions.5

Women who abort are not only putting their own lives and health at risk; they also endanger the lives of their current and future children. Women who abort are 144% more likely to physically abuse their children.6 In addition, women who

have undergone previous abortions have a 60% higher risk of miscarriage.7 The physical and psychological consequences of abortion are devastating.

Ann Marie is just one of the many voices of hurting post-abortive women. Countless other women have come forward to share their stories about the aftermath of abortion. Read some of their accounts at www.silentnomore awareness.org/testimonies/index.aspx. There is hope and healing after

abortion—see page three for post-abortive resources. �

1 European J. Public Health. 2005.│2 Stress, Depression and Suicide: A Study of Adolescents in Minnesota. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Extension Service, 1986).│3 Medical Science Monitor. 2003.│4 Abortion Practice. 1990.│5 Detrimental Effects of Abortion: An Annotated Bibliography with Commentary. 2002.│6 Acta Paediatrica. 2005.│7 BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Dec. 2006.│*For full citations visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php.

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Emergency Contraception – Plan B (The Morning-After Pill) Emergency Contraception (EC) contains synthetic progestogen (not to be confused with naturally occurring progesterone) and is a large dose of the common birth control pill, designed to be taken as a single dose within 72 hours after “unprotected sex.” EC works in three ways. First, it attempts to stop ovulation. Depending on where a woman is in her cycle, ovulation may or may not have already occurred before EC was taken. Second, EC attempts to stop fertilization by impeding the transportation of the sperm and the egg. Third, EC tries to stop implantation by altering (thinning) the lining of the endometrium (uterus) so the embryo cannot implant and receive nourishment from the mother. The first two methods are contraceptive, but if they fail, the third method can cause an abortion because it occurs after fertilization. (see “What About Birth Control?” below)1

RU-486 – Mifeprex (The Abortion Pill) Mifeprex blocks the action of the hormone progesterone, which is needed to maintain the lining of the uterus and provides oxygen and nutrients for the baby. Without it, the baby dies. Mifeprex is used in conjunction with the drug Cytotec (misoprostol) which is taken two days after Mifeprex, causing uterine bleeding (sometimes profuse), strong contractions, and expulsion of the baby.

The pregnant woman first visits the abortionist to obtain the Mifeprex pills, returns two days later to receive misoprostol, and a third time to verify that the abortion is complete. The failure rate of this method is about 8% if the pills are taken within 7 weeks and up to 23% at 8-9 weeks. If the baby survives the abortion, there is an extremely high risk that he or she will suffer mental and/or physical birth defects from the misoprostol.2,3

Vacuum Aspiration In this first trimester procedure, the abortionist inserts a hollow plastic suction tube into the dilated cervix. The uterus is emptied by either a manual syringe or high-powered suction machine. The baby is torn into pieces as he or she is being pulled through the hose. 4,5,6

Dilation and Suction Curettage (D&C) This is similar to the vacuum aspiration but is generally used after 14 weeks. After the baby is suctioned out of the uterus the abortionist inserts a curette, a loop-shaped steel knife, into the uterus. With this the abortionist cuts the placenta and umbilical cord into pieces and scrapes them out into a basin. The uterus is again suctioned out to ensure that no body parts have been left behind. Bleeding is usually profuse.7

Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) Once the cervix is dilated considerably further than in first trimester abortions, the abortionist inserts a narrow forceps that resembles a pliers. This instrument is needed because the baby’s bones are

calcified, as is the skull. The abortionist inserts the instrument into the uterus, seizes a

leg or other part of the body and, with a twisting motion, tears it from the baby’s body. The spine is snapped and the skull crushed. Body parts are then reassembled and counted to make certain that the entire baby has been removed and that no parts remain in the womb. 8,9,10,11

Induction or Prostaglandin Abortion Labor is induced using prostaglandin drugs and the cervix is dilated. To ensure the baby will be dead upon delivery and to start uterine contractions, the abortionist may inject saline (salt water) or urea (a substance naturally found in urine and blood). To guarantee against a live birth and legal complications, doctors will inject the drug Digoxin or potassium chloride directly into the baby’s heart to kill the child before delivery. Other times the baby is delivered alive and left without medical intervention until he or she dies.12 This method is used in the second or third trimester.13

Partial-Birth Abortion or Dilation and Extraction (D&X) After undergoing two days of dilation, the abortionist performs an ultrasound to locate the child’s legs and feet. The abortionist then uses a large forceps to grasp one of the baby’s legs. He pulls firmly, forcing the child into a feet-down position.

Using his hands instead of forceps, the abortionist delivers the baby’s body in a manner similar to a breech birth. The baby’s head remains inside the birth canal. The abortionist uses surgical scissors to pierce the child’s head at the base of the skull. The scissors are forced open to enlarge the skull opening. The abortionist then inserts a suction catheter into the brain and vacuums out the child’s brain tissue with a machine 29 times more powerful than a house- hold vacuum.

In the 2007 decision, Gonzales v. Carhart, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 was upheld. The Partial Birth Abortion Ban did not limit the frequency of late-term abortions. The “Ban” merely regulates one method used in late-term abortions. It is still legal for a doctor to kill a child up until the time he or she is born using a modified version of Partial- Birth Abortion. The baby can be delivered up to the navel and then killed. 14 �

ccording to scientific research, all hormonal contraceptives have the capability to cause an abortion (the pill,1 patch,2 mini-pill,3 shot,4 vaginal ring,5 emergency

contraception,6 intrauterine devices,7,8 etc). Hormonal contraceptives work in three ways: by attempting to stop ovulation (the release of the egg from the ovary), by thickening cervical fluids to prevent fertilization, and by thinning the lining of the uterus to prevent implantation. The first two methods are contraceptive, but if they fail, the third method can cause an abortion since it occurs after fertilization.

Hormonal contraception does not always stop ovulation. When breakthrough ovulation occurs there is a possibility of fertilization. Studies have shown that ovulation rates in women taking oral contraceptives ranged from 1.7% to 28.6% per cycle. Ovulation rates for women taking progestin only pills (the mini-pill) ranged from 33% to 65%.9 When these contraceptives do not stop fertilization, they are designed to cause an abortion by making it difficult for the embryo to implant and receive nourishment from the mother. Birth control manufacturers insist that their products do not terminate an existing pregnancy. However, they have redefined the terms “conception” and “pregnancy” to mean the moment of implantation rather than the moment of fertilization (implantation happens 7-10 days after fertilization).10

Emergency contraception (EC) is a large dose of the common birth control pill. EC is also known as the morning-after pill and is designed to be taken as a single dose after “unprotected sex.” Documented side effects from EC include nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, headache, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, breast tenderness, menstrual changes,11 and ectopic pregnancy.12 Contrary to popular arguments, increased access

to EC does not decrease the rate of pregnancies and surgical abortions.13 In England, sexually transmitted infection rates have increased significantly since EC became widely available.14 �

1 Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals. “Full US Prescribing Information.”│2 Ibid.│3 Ibid.│4 Pfizer Inc. “Depo-Provera and Depo- subq Provera US Physician Prescribing Information.”│5 Shering-Plough Corporation. “NuvaRing Prescribing Information.”│

6 Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. “Plan B Full US Prescribing Information.”│7 Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. “Paragard Full US Prescribing Information.”│8 Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. “How Mirena works.”│9 Larimore and

Stranford. Archives of Family Medicine. Feb. 2000.│10 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Terminology Bulletin. Sep. 1965.│11 Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. “Plan B Full US Prescribing Information.”│

12 Harrison-Woolrych, Mira, MD. “Progestogen-Only Emergency Contraception and Ectopic Pregnancy. Prescriber Update 2002.”│13 Obstet Gynecol. Dec. 2007.│14 Paton, David. “Random Behavior or Rational Choice? Family Plan-

ning, Teenage Pregnancy, and STIs.” Nov. 2003.│*For full citations visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php.

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Day 1: Fertilization The sperm joins with the ovum to form one cell. This one cell contains the complex genetic makeup for every detail of a new human life—the child’s

sex, hair and eye color, height, skin tone, etc. From that moment on, noth- ing new is added but oxygen, nutrition and time.1

1st Month (1-4 Weeks) The first cell divides in two and cell division continues as the

newly formed individual travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus. Over 500 cells

are present when this tiny embryo (the blastocyst*) reaches the uterus

7 to 10 days after fertilization.2 Foundations of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system are

already established, and by day 21 the heart begins to beat in a

regular fashion with a blood type often different from the

mother’s.3 Muscles are forming, and arms, legs, eyes, and ears

have begun to show.

*The blastocyst is the stage at which many researchers want to destroy the

embryo in order to harvest stem cells, which are the building blocks of life.

2nd Month (5-8 Weeks) By 6 weeks, brain waves can be detected by electroencephalogram and the brain is controlling 40 sets of muscles as well as

the organs.4 The jaw forms, including teeth and taste buds.5 The baby begins to swallow amniotic fluid, and some have been observed

hiccupping.6 During this time, the stomach produces digestive juices, and the kidneys begin to function.7 Fingers and toes are developing, and at 7 weeks the chest and abdomen are fully formed.8 Swimming with a natural swimmer’s stroke in the amniotic fluid, she now looks like a miniature human infant.9, 10

3rd Month (9-12 Weeks) Unique fingerprints are evident and never change.11 The baby now sleeps, awakens,

and exercises her muscles by turning her head, curling her toes, and opening and closing her mouth.

Even though mom cannot feel movement yet, the baby is very active. She breathes amniotic fluid to help develop her respiratory system. The gender

can be visually determined and family resemblances may appear as well!12 By the end of the month all the organs and systems of her body are functioning.13

4th Month (13-16 Weeks) By the end of this month, the baby is 8-10 inches in length and weighs about one half

pound. Her ears are functioning and she hears her mother’s heartbeat, as well as external noises like music. Mom begins to feel baby’s movement; a slight flutter at first that will

become stronger.14 Lifesaving surgery has been performed on babies at this age.6 weeks

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5th Month (17-20 Weeks) If a sound is especially loud, the baby may jump in reaction to it. Thumb-sucking has been observed during the fifth month.15 Babies born prematurely at this stage of development often survive, thanks to advances in neonatal medicine.16

6th Month (21-24 Weeks) Oil and sweat glands are functioning. The baby’s delicate skin is

protected in the amniotic sac by a special ointment called vernix. She grows rapidly in size and strength while her lungs become

more developed.17

7th Month (25-28 Weeks) The baby can now recognize her mother’s

voice. She exercises by stretching and kicking as she grows even bigger. She

uses the senses of hearing, touch, and taste, and she can even look around with open eyes at her watery home.18 If the baby is a boy, his testicles descend from the abdomen into the scrotum.19

8th Month (29-32 Weeks) The skin begins to thicken, with a layer of fat stored underneath for insulation and nourishment. The baby swallows a gallon of amniotic fluid per day and often hiccups.20 Though movement is limited, due to cramped quarters, the baby’s kicks are stronger and mom may be able to feel an elbow or heel against her

abdomen.21

9th Month (33-36 Weeks) Gaining one half pound per week, the baby is

getting ready for birth. The bones in her head are soft and flexible to more easily

mold for the journey down the birth canal.22 Of the 45 generations of cell

divisions before adulthood, 41 have already taken place. Only four more come before

adolescence. Ninety percent of a person’s development happens in the womb.23 �

Footnotes: 1 American Baby. 1989.│2 Mayo Clinic Family Health Book. 2003.│3 Moore and Persaud. The Developing Human.│4 JAMA. 1964.│5 Langman’s Medical Embryology. 1995.│ 6 Early Human Development. 1985.│7 The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. 2nd ed. │ 8 Mayo Clinic Family Health Book. 2003.│9 Valman & Pearson. British Medical Journal.│ 10 Mayo Clinic Family Health Book. 2003.│11 Moore and Persaud. The Developing Human.│12 Flanagan. Beginning Life. │13 Cunningham, MacDonald et al. Obstetrics.│ 14 Flanagan. Beginning Life.│15 Clinical Reference Systems Annual 2001.│16 New York Times. Mar 18, 1989. Miami Herald. Oct. 4, 1985.│17 The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. 2nd ed.│18 Ibid.│19 Clinical Reference Systems Annual 2001.│20 Ibid.│21 Ibid.│22 Ibid.│23 Sassone, Robert L. “Interview with Prof. Sir A. William Liley.” The Tiniest Humans.│ *For full citations visit www.human life.org/icare.php.

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alive on TV and was moving…. That picture of the baby on the ultrasound bothered me more

than anything else…. We lost two nurses. They couldn’t take looking at it.”

— Dr. Joseph Randall, Former Abortionist

A Woman’s Natural Way of Resisting Breast Cancer Women who experience at least one full-term pregnancy in their lifetime develop four types of breast lobules. During adolescence, the majority of lobules are Type 1 and Type 2, which are immature and cancer susceptible. Throughout the first trimester of pregnancy, the number of Type 1 and 2 lobules rapidly increase. As a result, breasts have more sites for cancer to start. In the second trimester, the breast lobules start maturing into Type 4 lobules, which are cancer resistant. By the end of the third trimester, 85% of the breast has fully matured. Only 15% of the lobules remain immature and cancer susceptible, leaving fewer opportunities for cancer to start. After birth and weaning, Type 4 lobules regress to Type 3. There is evidence of permanent changes in the genes of Type 3 lobules which provide life-long cancer resistance.

How does abortion affect this process? A premature delivery before 32 weeks doubles the risk of breast cancer because it leaves the

breast with more places for cancer to start. In the same way, abortion also stops the progression of breast lobule development. This prevents the development of Type 4 and subsequently Type 3 cancer resistant lobules. Induced abortion of a normal pregnancy results in increased risk of breast cancer for the mother since more Type 1 and 2 lobules remain.

What about miscarriages? Approximately 90% of miscarriages occur in the first trimester. However, the vast majority of natural miscarriages in the first trimester do not increase the risk of breast cancer. In these cases, pregnancy hormones are lower than those of a normal pregnancy due to either a fetal or ovarian abnormality. Therefore, a breast may not have grown more Type 1 and 2 lobules (sites where cancer starts) in response to pregnancy hormones, or at least very few. �

As a breast cancer surgeon over the last 25 years, Ihave cared for ever younger women with breastcancer; my youngest was 28 years old. There has been a 40% increase in incidence of breast cancer over

my career as well. I have researched the causes of these alarming increases over the past ten years and

have become knowledgeable about the reasons for these trends, one of which is induced abortion.

The February 2003 Workshop on Early Re- productive Events and Breast Cancer which was initiated by the National

Cancer Institute (NCI) concluded that there was no association between abortion

and breast cancer,1 save for one dissenter who wrote a minority report, which is

available at www.bcpinstitute.org/factshts.htm. However, as a governmental agency, the NCI has a demonstrably poor record regarding

timely warnings to the American public about cancer risks. For example, in 1928, a British

journal reported a study linking cigarettes with lung cancer. Yet many decades passed before

the NCI strongly supported that link which impacted the economies of its Southern

tobacco-producing states as well as the health of the American public. In fact, it was only after the

1964 US Surgeon General’s report linked cigarettes to lung cancer that the NCI acknowledged a link.

In regard to breast cancer, there was data in the literature supporting links between estrogen- progestin combination drugs (those found in hormone

replacement therapy [HRT] and oral contraceptives [OCP]), and increased breast cancer risk for over

20 years.2 However, it was not until 2002 that the public became widely aware of those

studies on HRT through the popular press coverage of the Women’s Health Initiative study published by the British journal Lancet that year.3 Similarly, it was a full year after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer published a report in Lancet Oncology before the NCI acknowledged on its web site that OCPs increase breast cancer risk.4 Yet there has been no public warning to the 75% of American women who have taken OCPs by the NCI other than a web posting on May 4, 2006.

It has been 50 years since the first study linking abortion to breast cancer was published in

1957.5 Before 1999, when the abortion-breast cancer debate had become even more prominent in the public arena, there were 17 statistically significant

studies linking abortion and breast cancer which remained largely unknown to both the lay public and professional medical community. In fact, 13 out of 14 epidemiological studies on American women then in the published record showed increased risk among women who had any induced abortions.6

The failure of the NCI to warn the public about the abundant published evidence of abortion’s links to breast cancer is particularly striking in light of the fact that abortion is one of the most common elective procedures performed on women. �

Dr. Angela Lanfranchi is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the co-director of the sanofi-aventis Breast Care Program Steeplechase Cancer Center, Somerville, NJ.

*Angela Lanfranchi, MD FACS. Statement on Senate Bill 690. “Limited Service Pregnancy Centers—Disclaimers.” Presented to the Senate Finance Committee. Maryland. 3/5/08.│1NCI Summary Report: Early Reproductive Events and Breast Cancer Workshop. Updated 3/25/03.│2 Cancer Res. 1988.│3 Lancet Oncol. 2005.│4 NCI Fact Sheet 3.13. Reviewed 5/4/06. www.cancer.gov.│5 GANN. 1957.│6 J Epidemiol Community Health. 1996.│* To see full citations or read the unabridged testimony visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php.

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After adolescence, a woman has Type 1 and Type 2 lobules.

After birth and weaning, lobules become lifetime resistant Type 3.

End of 3rd trimester - 85% of lobules become cancer resistant Type 4.

1st trimester - increase in Type 1 and Type 2 lobules leads to increased cancer risk.

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4

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Adapted with permission from: Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. “Reproductive Breast Cancer Risks and Breast Lobule Maturation.” 2007.│Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. “Breast Cancer Risks and Prevention: Fourth Edition.” 2007.│*For full citations visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php. Recommended Resource: See www.abortionbreastcancer.com

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he vision of Planned Parenthood, founded in 1916 by Margaret Sanger, became the working arm toward eugenic goals. The stated vision

was “reproductive freedom” through legalization of contraceptives to be used by the wealthy and imposed Eugenic Sterilization Laws as “birth control” for everyone else.

The organization most responsible for propagating the bigoted concepts of “Social Darwinism” is the American Eugenics Society. Founded in the early 1900s,

this organization was the sister organization of the British Eugenic Society which embraced the white—more specif-

ically, the Anglo-Saxon—race supremacy doctrine. In the United States, eugenics became more than an abstract philosophy. It degenerated into an active campaign to eliminate all those deemed inadequate and resulted in a worldwide crusade to abolish all human inferiority.1 The American Eugenics Society fostered the Jim Crow Laws of the South and Eugenic Sterilization Laws nationally. The Society’s anti-Semitic doctrines encouraged Nazi Germany atrocities during the Jewish Holocaust and defined South-African Apartheid.

Despite claims that Margaret Sanger was not a racist or an anti-Semite, the fact remains that “she openly welcomed the worst elements of both into the birth control movement.”2 Henry Pratt Fairchild who wrote, “Birth control and eugenics are by nature closely related, and neither one can attain its complete fulfillment, or render its maximum service to society, without the other”3 and Lothrop Stoddard, author of The Rising Tide of Color Against White World Supremacy, were two of many eugenicists who worked closely with Sanger.

Historical documents prove that Planned Parenthood acted as the willful arm of the American Eugenics Society and developed a plan, the “Negro Project,” as a propaganda program to infiltrate the black community with a “birth control for health” campaign through their civic leaders.4 Margaret Sanger expressed disdain for the poor and disabled whom she frequently dubbed “undeserving,” “unfit,” and “dysgenic.” Her call for their sterilization and segregation5 is well known and is likely to have been the motive behind her “Negro Project.”

Lest one think reproductive racism was merely an issue of the past, current numbers prove the problem persists. Racial targeting by abortion providers, Planned Parenthood being the foremost national provider of abortions, has demonstrably resulted in a disproportionate number of minorities obtaining abortions. White women are 75% of the female population and

account for 34% of all abortions, black women are 12.7% of the female population and have 37% of abortions, and Hispanic women are 12% of the female population and have 22% of abortions.6,7 According to updated census reports, African Americans are no longer the largest U.S. minority population.8 Abortion and population control have taken a devastating toll on the African American and Hispanic communities. � Akua Furlow, B.S., M.A. is the author of the book The Tuskegee Syphilis Study—What Really Happened. Contact Akua Furlow at [email protected].

Akua Furlow

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exterminate the Negro population...”

-Margaret Sanger Sanger, Margaret. Letter to Clarence J. Gamble, M.D.

December 10, 1939.

Reproductive RacismReproductive Racism

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minous warnings of millions starving to death in a world overcrowded with people carried into the late 20th Century. Panic

struck. It was no coincidence that family planning programs—including the abortion procedure—were developed and accepted at the height of this scare. However, the 21st Century brought the realization that the sudden increase was actually due to a plunging death rate. Earth Report 2000 acknowledged that, “World population increased not because people were breeding like rabbits, but because they stopped dying like flies.”1 Although the world population has continued to grow, the number of children has decreased drastically and will therefore cause an eventual population decline.

According to Philip Long- man of the New America Foundation, “Global fertility rates are half what they were in 1972.”2 To merely maintain its population, a nation’s fertility rate must be at least 2.1 children per woman.3

Unfortunately, every developed country is

currently at or below this level.4 While the average fertility rate of the U.S. is 2.04,5 the current rate in Europe is a dismal 1.45.6 In addition, one must consider that 60% of the U.S. population growth since 1990 has come from immigrants and their children.7 With the acknowledgment of looming economic disaster, governments in Russia,8 Japan, Australia,9 and most European countries10,11,12 have

initiated monetary “pronatal” incentives for having children —incentives that have not yet proven effective in raising fertility rates.

Global demographic trends are continually studied at the highest levels of leader- ship, dominating any discus- sion of the United States’ long-term fiscal, economic or foreign policy direction.13

These studies show that population growth, which supplies an increasing source of workers and consumers, is vital to maintaining a stable economy, national strength and security, and ultimately a free society.14 However, this information isn’t getting to the average citizen.

Maintaining sufficient workers to share the economic burden of providing Social Security and medical care for the elderly proves crucial to a population that exhibits increased life expectancy. When considering that there are currently 26 elders (those 65 and older) for every 100 working-age adults (20-64), the future looks bleak. Predictions show 42 per 100 by 2030 and 49 per 100 by 2050.15 Carl Haub, of the Population Reference Bureau, believes tinkering with the economy and adjusting the retirement age will not solve the problem. He says, “You can’t keep going with a completely upside-down age distribution […] You can’t have a country where everybody lives in a nursing home.”16 �

1Bailey, Ronald. Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet. 2000.| 2The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity. 2004. | 3United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division 2007. | 4Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2008.| 5United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2008. | 6Ibid. | 7“Demographic Winter.” 2008. | 8The Washington Post. Jan. 3, 2007. | 9New York Times. May 11, 2006. | 10BBC News. Mar. 28, 2006. | 11United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. 2004. | 12Newsweek, Inc. Sept. 27, 2004. | 13Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2008. | 14 The Empty Cradle. 2004. | 15 Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2008. | 16The New York Times Magazine. June 29, 2008. | *For full citations visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php.

Recommended Resource: Demographic Winter: The Decline of the Human Family. 2008. (Order at www.demographicwinter.com).

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1War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race. 2003.| 2 Ibid.| 3 Birth Control Review. January 1933.| 4 Letter from Sanger to Dr. W. E. Burghardt DuBois, 11 November 1930, New York, MSCLC. DuBois served as director of research for the NAACP and as the editor of its publication, The Crisis, until 1934.| 5 Sanger, Margaret, The Pivot of Civilization. 1922.| 6 U. S. Census Bureau. 2000.| 7 Guttmacher Institute. July 2008. | 8 U.S. Census Bureau. 2007. | *For full citations visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php

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athleen DeZeeuw’s son Patrick was conceived in rape when she was 16. “I feel personally assaulted and insulted every time I hear that abortion should be legal because of rape and incest,”

stated Kathleen. “Having lived through rape, and also having raised a child ‘conceived in rape,’ I feel that we’re being used by pro-abortionists to further the abortion issue, even though we’ve not been asked to tell our side of the story.”

25 years after the abortion of her child, Edith Young, a 12-year- old victim of incest, agonized that, “the abortion which was to ‘be in my best interest’ just has not been. As far as I can tell, it only ‘saved their [my parents’] reputations’, ‘solved their problems’ and allowed their lives to go merrily on.”

As traumatic as rape is, abortion does not un-rape the mother. In fact, studies show that most women who become pregnant through rape don’t want an abortion. Patricia, a victim of rape, said:

In my experience, abortion only compounded the trauma and pain I was already experiencing[…] While it may seem to be the quickest and easiest solution to a painful, humiliating ‘problem,’ abortion is a band-aid approach. For me, the effects of abortion are much more far-reaching than the effects of the rape.1

In the only major study of pregnant rape victims ever done, Dr. Sandra Mahkorn found that 75 to 85 percent chose against abortion.2 Joan Kemp, a rape crisis center counselor, said, “I am familiar with no case of incest-related abortion that did not make matters worse for the victim.”3

Studies also show that incest victims rarely ever voluntarily agree to abortion. Instead of viewing the pregnancy as unwanted, the incest

victim is more likely to see the pregnancy as a way out of the incestuous relationship because the birth of her child will expose the sexual activity.

Researchers David C. Reardon, Julie Makimaa, and Amy Sobie completed a nine-year study on pregnancy outcomes of sexual assault victims. As part of their research the authors found that after any abortion, it is common for women to experience guilt, depression, feelings of being “dirty,” resentment of men, and lowered self-esteem. These feelings are identical to what women typically feel after

rape. Abortion only adds to and accentuates the traumatic feelings associated with sexual assault. Rather than easing the psychological burdens, abortion adds to them.

The three stories above are just the beginning

of what is being exposed surrounding the tragedy of abortion due to rape and incest. Reardon, Makimaa, and Sobie identified testimonies from 192 women who became pregnant as a result of rape or incest and 55 children conceived in sexual assault and compiled them in their provocative book, Victims and Victors.4

Pregnancy resulting from sexual assault is actually a contraindication for abortion. A doctor treating a sexual assault victim should advise against abortion precisely because of the traumatic nature of the pregnancy. The testimonies and studies quoted in this book confirm that both the mother and child are helped by preserving life, not by perpetuating violence.�

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Abortion accentuates traumatic feelings associated

with sexual assault.

A Living Choice

1 The ‘Hard Cases’ of Abortion. 2000.│ 2 The Psychological Aspects of Abortion. 1979.│ 3 The ‘Hard Cases’ of Abortion. 2000.│ 4 Victims and Victors. 2000.│ *For full citations visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php.│For further information visit www.afterabortion.org.

sat on the floor of the shower trying to muffle

the noise of my sobs. I wanted to crawl inside myself, run, hide, disappear. I had never felt so lonely or

confused. I wanted my boyfriend to be supportive. I wanted him to be the man he didn’t yet know how to be. I shouldn’t have been surprised when he told me to have an abortion, and my mind raced to justify the procedure. Perhaps my child would be better off dead than in a broken family with parents who didn’t even love each other. I decided that abortion could be the answer to my problem. Then I tried to convince myself that my child wasn’t really a baby, he was just tissue. I told myself lie after lie until I finally made the appointment.

But no matter how hard I tried to fool myself, I knew I carried a baby. I knew, deep down, that if I were to take my baby’s life I would forever regret it. I didn’t show up for the appointment. I began to see my baby as a gift, and

realized it was my duty as a mother to protect my child’s best interest and give him all that I could. Out of love for my child, I began to look at adoption.

Many relatives didn’t understand why I was even thinking about adoption. Who in the world would give up their child? Me...that’s who. Of

course I wanted to be the one to watch him grow. But beyond my wants, I realized that my child

deserved more. My child deserved a stable, loving mother and father.

Although my boyfriend was not overly thrilled about adoption, he was willing to interview several different couples with me. The couple we chose was married, deeply in love, and welcomed our child as their own. Their love for my child is divine.

The birth father, my family and friends came to congratulate my decision and under- stand that it was out of pure love. I thank God I don’t have to visit the memory of an aborted baby, the grave of an innocent life. Yes, I grieve the loss of my child and it’s hard, but the joy far exceeds the sorrow. I rejoice in all he has gained!

Through pictures and letters full of heartfelt thanks, I hear the laughter of a living, breathing son with loving parents. I can live with my decision...and so can my son.

With no regrets,

I can live with my decision...and so can my son.

Mahli

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uring sexual activity, powerful hormones are released in the brains of men and women that produce

lasting bonds with their partner. The most influential neurohormones of these are oxytocin and vasopressin.

Oxytocin is a bonding hormone released during childbirth and nursing that causes the mother to bond with her infant. It is also released during sexual activity and acts as emotional super glue between partners.1 Both men and women have oxytocin and re- lease it during sexual activity, but women are more affected by oxytocin and men by vasopressin, another bonding hormone released during sex. Vasopressin helps a man bond to his partner and instills a protective instinct toward his partner and children.2,3

This bonding effect of sex, due to the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin, can be compared to duct-taping a couple’s arms together. Imagine ripping off the tape and using the same piece of duct tape to wrap the girl’s arm to a new guy’s arm. What happens is not exactly pleasant. By switching partners several times, particles of skin and hair left on the tape reduce the adhesiveness so it doesn’t attach effectively. The same is true of sex. Research suggests the ability to bond and produce oxytocin is damaged by the stress hormones released during a break- up. Just like debris on duct tape, previous sexual experiences reduce the ability to bond correctly. Oxytocin levels can return to normal if sexual activity is stopped and time is given to address physical and emotional

healing.4 Refrain from getting into a new relationship for a year or two and commit to save sex for marriage. Conversely, imagine the duct tape was never removed. The duct tape would begin to feel like a part of the

arm and the adhesion would be strong.5 When a couple waits until marriage to have sex, and remains faithful to each other during marriage, oxytocin and vasopressin increase the biological bond between the husband and wife. � 1 The Female Brain. 2006.│2 Nature. Oct. 7, 1993.│3 Progress in Brain Research. 1998.│4 Keroak, Eric, M.D. “Oxytocin: Is This Nano-Peptide a Chemical Type of Human Super Glue?” 2006.│5 Ibid.│*For full citations visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php.

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The Science

Size: Yes, embryos are smaller than newborns and adults, but why is that relevant? Men are generally larger than women, but size doesn’t equal value.

Level of Development: True, embryos and fetuses are less developed than you and I. Should older children have more rights than their younger siblings? Some people say that self- awareness makes one human. If that were true, newborns would not qualify as valuable human beings.

Environment: Where you are has no bearing on who you are. Does your value change when you cross the street or roll over in bed? Location cannot change the essential nature of the preborn from non-human to human. If the preborn are not already human, merely changing their location, moving 8 inches down the birth canal, can’t make them so.

Degree of Dependency: If viability makes us valuable human beings, then all who depend on insulin or kidney medication are not valuable. Conjoined twins who share blood type and bodily systems would also have no right to life.

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Why is the only difference between abortion and unjustified killing the short distance of the birth canal? Stephen Schwarz uses the acronym SLED to show there are only four differences between a preborn child and a newborn: size, level of development, environment, and degree of dependency.

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1Doe vs. Bolton. U.S. Supreme Court. Jan. 1973.│2Guttmacher Institute. July 2008.│3Ibid.│4Ibid. │5Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nov. 2008.│6 U.S. Census Bureau. 2000.│7Guttmacher Institute. July 2008.│8Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nov. 2008.│9Color Atlas of Life Before Birth. Yearbook Publishers.│*For full citations visit www.humanlife.org/icare.php. │Advertising Supplement │humanlife.org 11

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In short, although humans differ immensely with respect to talents, accomplishments, and degrees of development, they are equally valuable because they share a common human nature.�

On January 22, 1973, abortion was legalized in the U.S. through the 9th month of pregnancy.1

Since 1973, 50 million preborn babies have been killed due to surgical abortion.2

22% of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.3

Each year,47% of women in the U.S.who have abortions have had at least one previous abortion.4

Women age 20-24 have the most abortions.5

White women are 75% of the female population and account for 34% of all abortions, black women are 12.7% of the female population and have 37% of abortions, and Hispanic women are 12% of the female population and have 22% of abortions.6,7 (See“Reproductive Racism” on p.9)

11,700 late-term (>21 weeks of pregnancy) abortions were performed in 2004.8

A developing baby’s heart begins to beat at 21 days.9

1 Lime 5. 1996.│2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2007.│3 Prenat Diagn 1999.│4 Am J Med Genet. 1998.│5 Genet Med. 1998.│6 GeneLetter. 1997.│7 National Council for Adoption. Accessed 5/18/09.│8 The ‘Hard Cases’ of Abortion. 2000.│

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The term "pro-choice" avoids talking about what

you’re choosing. Most people agree that we can be "pro- choice" about many things without offending anyone (i.e.

chocolate or vanilla, paper or plastic). The term "choice" is in fact value-neutral and meaningless unless we have some idea of what we are choosing. Society generally limits people's choices when it comes to behaviors that are harmful or potentially

harmful to other people. We, as a society, are "anti- choice" when it comes to theft, arson, murder, and

a whole host of other crimes. (See p. 6-7)

My body,

Many young women believed this lie until it was too

late. The book Lime 5 documents over 200 cases of women injured or

killed by legal, so-called “safe” abortions.1 The end result of an abortion is

a dead baby, and the potential for cervical cancer, breast cancer,

infertility, and psychological pain. Where’s the “safe” part?

(See p.4)

“Safe”abortion

As traumatic as rape is, abortion does not un-rape the mother.

The baby doesn’t deserve to die for the crime of his or her father either. In fact, most women

who become pregnant through rape don’t even want an abortion. People often assume that abortion is the best answer for incest victims. However, Joan Kemp, a rape

crisis center counselor, said, “These abortions are done for the benefit of the adults involved, not

the incest victim.” 8 (See p. 10)

Consider the following facts: Simple tissue does not have a beating

heart, brain waves, fingerprints, and unique DNA. A woman can carry a baby with a differ-

ent gender or blood type from her own. After the moment of fertilization, nothing new is added to the baby except oxygen, nutrition, and time. The only differences between a newborn and a preborn baby are size, level of development, environment, and

degree of dependency. All of these facts confirm the reality that you are a person

worthy of protection from the moment of fertilization. (See p. 11)

It’s just tissue.

What if U.S. citizens had been willing to accept this justification for tolerating slavery? Our forefathers took

away the “rights” of slave owners in order to give freedom and respect to African American people. Our youngest

and most vulnerable are still slaves to the life and death decisions of others. (See p. 9)

No one’s perfect. Abortion for fetal deformities is a form of discrimination against disabled people.

Recent U.S. studies have indicated that when Down syndrome is diagnosed prenatally, 84% to 91% of those babies will be killed by abortion.3,4,5,6 Who’s to say their lives aren’t worth living? There are waiting lists of people who would be willing to adopt a special needs child.7

When we make life and death judgments based on “quality of life,” it can lead to eugenics.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 39 maternal deaths

occurred due to illegal abortions in 1972 (the year prior to the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationally).2 Any loss of life is tragic,

but this is nowhere near the alleged “thousands of deaths by back-

alley abortions.”

How about fetal deformities?

“Back-alley” abortions

It sounds almost patriotic. Our great American freedoms are freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, etc. Individual rights are important, but you will not find a

right to abortion anywhere in the Constitution. We have come too far to reduce a woman’s “right” to mean

the right to kill her own children.

A woman’s right to choose

I’m personally opposed but can’t tell others what to do.MY CHOICE

Your value does not depend on the degree that

someone wants you. A child is a child. No baby can be called unwanted when there are over one million couples waiting, hoping,

and praying for a chance to adopt a child. (See p. 10)

What about rape & incest?

A “wanted” child