Monday, August 20, 2007

10 Facts Women Deserve to Know About Abortion

1) Abortion creates emotional and behavioral problems for women.

2) Abortion creates physical problems for women.

3) Women still die from abortion.

4) Abortion affects women spiritually.

5) Women are pressured and coerced by family, friends, employers, institutions of learning, and sexual predators into having abortions.

6) Abortion negatively affects women’s future relationships.

7) Abortion is a band-aid that allows society to abandon women.

8) Abortion is a form of racism against poor and ethnic women.

9) Abortion has led to increased violence against pregnant women.

10) Abortion compromises who we are as women.

The specific items on this list, developed by the "Silent No More" Awareness Campaign, are further explained and documented in this 2 page brochure available at their web site. Check it out. Print it off. Pass it around.