WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2000: Re: abortion

Re: abortion

From: Jaime (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:10:48 -0600

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Hi- Wow, what a tough decision for your daughter! Anti-choice (aka pro-life) groups often ignore medical facts or give false medical information. There is not any research that I've found or heard of (I work as a pregnancy options counselor for a pro-choice agency) that states a fetus feels pain during an abortion. It may be helpful for your daughter to contact a local pro-choice agency or a clinic in the area. Many times, good clinics that provide abortions have options counseling on site. As previous people have posted, adoption is also a good choice for some people. It's not for everyone, just as abortion and parenting are not for everyone. There are many people out there looking for a baby to adopt, but she should remember this is *her* pregnancy and *her* choice. Each of the options takes a lot of thought, and this is not a simple, easy decision to make. Best of luck. Thanks for being such a wonderful, supportive mother!

Jaime

>At Tue, 18 Jan 2000, virginia wrote:
>>
>>My 18 year old daughter is pregnant. Unfortunatly, before coming to me,
>>she found a phone number in the yellow pages which proclaimed help for
>>unwed, pregnant teens. It turns out that this is an organization run by
>>a Right-to-Life group. They told my daughter, who was 5 weeks pregnant
>>at the time, that the embryo can feel pain at this early stage. She is
>>now 81/2 weeks pregnant, and is agonizing over a decision whether or not
>>to have this baby, because she was told by these people that the embryo
>>will feel the pain of an abortion. She has to make a decision soon-very
>>soon. I need to be able to give her an informed, unbiased answer to
>>this. I will support her, no matter what her decision, but I know she
>>is not ready to be a mother, and I would hate for her to make this
>>momentous decision based on erroneous information. Please help-and
>>soon!!!!!
>

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