We Can Help You Make the Choice of Your Life
- and Your Baby's Life

An "informed choice" demands you know the truth!

ABORTION:
A Short-term Solution With Lifelong Consequences

PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES

An abortion facility may not have, and may never tell you about, the possible physical consequences of having an abortion, but there are many that make abortion dangerous to your health and well-being.

• Pelvic infection is a common and serious complication of induced abortion and has been reported in up to 30% of all cases."¹

• Women who abort a first trimester pregnancy before a full-term pregnancy have approximately twice the risk of contracting breast cancer.²

• Risk of miscarriage is almost doubled for women with one induced abortion but no prior deliveries.³

• About 10% of young women experience cervical injury.⁴  "Most uterine perforations go unrecognized and untreated."⁵

• There is a 600% increased risk of experiencing placenta previa - a condition producing extremely sever, life-threatening bleeding in future pregnancies.⁶

• Women of minority races are three times more likely to die of hemorrhage (following the legal abortion) than white females.⁷  They also have a higher rate of hysterectomy (due to hemorrhage, infection, or uterine perforation).⁸

HAVE YOU ASKED THE ABORTION FACILITY STAFF THESE THREE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS?

1. Can I see my ultrasound? (An ultrasound is used to locate and destroy the baby.)

2. Will the abortion hurt? (If awake, pain is experienced. If under general anesthesia, there are "well recognized risks and hazards."⁹  An abortion facility may have no emergency equipment should a problem arise under anesthesia.)

3. If it's not a baby, then what is it?  (See Facts About Fetal Development)

PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
Has the abortion facility mentioned the psychological consequences of having an abortion?  These can impact your future long after you have healed physically.

• Almost all those who have abortions "feel guilt and depression" afterward.  Planned Parenthood has recently stated the figure to be 91%.  Many require extensive therapy before they can begin to deal with their decision.  Ten to 30% experience "long-term psychiatric problems."¹⁰

The "...worst thing in the world."
So said Kelly V., age 20, after an 8-week suction abortion at a facility on Ball Street in Irvington, NJ.  She felt that she wasn't adequately informed about her baby. She would not have had an illegal abortion.  She returned twice because of hemorrhaging, infection, high fever, and pain (probably an incomplete abortion).

She now has experienced guilt, regret, a hostility towards men, feelings of dehumanization, despair, crying, depression, and an inability to forgive herself.  She has sought, and received, counseling from Abortions Aftermath.

Sixteen-year-old Amanda, a black American from Newark, received a positive test result from this same facility on Ball Street. She told her parents, who demanded she abort. Amanda hadn't told her parents of her abortion at fourteen, and the traumatic psychological effects that caused her never to want an abortion again.  She felt trapped.  Upon visiting a crisis pregnancy center, she found out she wasn't even pregnant!  The abortion facility had lied to her for $270!  She returned home thankful for the honesty of the nonprofit pregnancy center.

• 70% of women ended their relationship with their husbands or boyfriends within 30 days of having an abortion...and nearly all did so within two years.  Your decision can adversely impact even the most stable relationships in your life.¹¹

• Many women suffer a flashback effect triggered by the objects or events related to babies or the abortion for many months or even years after the abortion.  This may mean that everyday experiences like running the vacuum, food shopping, or watching television can cause an emotional breakdown.¹²

SOCIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
Rev. Jesse Jackson has stated, "Abortion is black genocide."  What happens to the mind of a person, and the moral fabric of a nation, that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience?"¹³

• 48% of black Americans believe abortion should not be legal under any circumstances.¹⁴

• Black Americans represent 9% of the US population (down from 12% in 1973, when abortion was legalized), yet 44% of all abortions are by black Americans.¹⁵  Rep. Hillman Frazier explains this situation as "a lack of information."¹⁶

• In abortion facilities in black neighborhoods, often the receptionist is black, but rarely is the abortionist or the administrator.  You need to ask yourself why. Black American entertainer Lola Falana has said, "We need to say 'no' to those who own abortion clinics in our neighborhoods."¹⁷

• The myth that without legalized abortion, blacks would "have Aunt Sadie take them to the back alley" is another stereotype created by Planned Parenthood, whose founder, Margaret Sanger, was an avowed racist.  She stated, "We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it occurs to any of their more rebellious members..."¹⁸  She also referred to minorities as "...inferior races... human weeds... menace to civilization... defectives... delinquents... dependents... irresponsible..." and ones who "...bred unhindered."¹⁹

Ask yourself: "Why a 'cash only, no checks' policy at abortion facilities in mostly black communities?"  All legitimate physicians will accept your check.

The struggle continues...and you need to know that abortion is, in Jesse Jackson's words, "black genocide."

"Will even our friends excuse - will God pardon us - for the part we act in making strong the hands of the enemy of color?"
Richard Allen, former slave and founder of the A.M.E. Church
 

"IF ONLY WOMBS HAD WINDOWS..."
NOW THEY DO!

Shari Richard has been told routinely to turn monitors away from the view of women considering abortions because "...it may just influence her."

Shari has been offering free ultrasounds to women considering abortion.  Ninety percent of the women considering abortion will not choose abortion after viewing the sonogram.

Ms. Richard further states, "The unborn babies are a part of the abortion debate.  If freedom of choice is to be anything but pro-choice rhetoric, it must include the freedom to see who is being aborted." ²³

Harrison Hickman of the National Abortion Rights Action League has stated, "Nothing has been as damaging as the advancement in technology which shows sonogram pictures of the developing fetus."²⁴

Carol Everett, former champion of abortion rights and former manager of three different abortion facilities, has said, "Ultrasound opens the womb to show the woman the truth about her baby.  If every woman had one, there would be less abortions."

She further has said, "The main purpose is to charge her the most possible for the abortion."²⁵
 

FREE SERVICES TO HELP YOU MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE
We want you to have the facts about all your options.  Our free services will aid you in making an informed decision.

• Free pregnancy tests with immediate results - our tests are 99% to 100% accurate and do not require written or oral explanation of why they "may be wrong."  One accurate test...not a second one that you can get if you pay for it!

• Free counseling - our women are trained peer counselors who truly care about your physical and emotional well-being.  Since our services are free, we have no financial motive as we offer you the truth.

• Educational information on all pregnancy options - so you may weigh all the options and make the choice that is best for you.

• Male Counseling: Men hurt a lot more than they're given credit for. "Counseling for men, to give them a chance to express bottled-up feelings..is very important."  Post-abortive regret affects 75% of all men involved.²⁶

• Free post-abortion counseling - for those who have experienced the trauma of past abortions.

 

WHEN YOU CHOOSE LIFE, WE'RE THERE TO HELP We want you to feel secure with your decision to have your baby, and we're here to support you throughout your pregnancy.  To help you take care of your health - and your baby's - we have a variety of free services to help ensure just that.

• Educational information on prenatal care and development.

• Referrals for WIC, Healthstart (temporary Medicaid), emergency housing, legal help, and medical care.

• Free baby clothes, baby furniture, and maternity clothes as needed - others have been through what you are about to go through and they want to make bringing your baby into the world the positive experience it was for them.

YOU'RE NOT ALONE
We care about you - you are a worthy person who deserves the facts prior to a decision that may affect you for the rest of your life.

We want to get you all of the support available to you as you bring a special life into the world.

We are non-profit; therefore, our desire to share the truth with you doesn't depend upon money.
 
 

WOULD WOMEN CHOOSE ABORTION IF WOMBS HAD A WINDOW? Ultrasonographer Shari Richard has performed sonograms on hundreds of women dealing with crisis pregnancies and  OVER 90% SAY NO! YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THE TRUTH! ULTRASOUND: "A WINDOW TO THE WOMB" is the: video that deters 90% of women from abortion images used in national commercials, "Life: What a Beautiful Choice." video seen by world leaders in Cairo that changed their view on abortion. video U.S. Congress censored. 50,000+ provided in public & private schools, churches, and pro-life groups SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF LIFE IN THE WOMB! 1-800-364-4942 Sound Wave Images

We'll Help You Make The Informed Choice Of Your Life

Free Tests, counseling, physical items, etc.

• Gateway Pregnancy Center, Inc.

960 Springfield Avenue, Irvington, New Jersey 07111
(at the bus stop)
973-399-TEST

65 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 403,
Elizabeth, New Jersey 07201
(near N. Ave/bus # 59)
908-353-0604

Post-abortion counseling
(973) 399-8378

Facts About Fetal Development You may not have been given the facts about the stages of fetal development, in spite of how important it is for you to understand.  Consider these stages of a baby's life: At 18 days, the baby's heart has regular beats.20 Although one can observe the family environment shaping a child's personality from birth or soon thereafter, such shaping actually begins at conception. 21 At 41 days, brain activity can be recorded by an EEG device. Fingerprints have formed. As early as 8 weeks, the baby feels pain and moves away from painful stimuli.22

To contact our staff for help:

email: dean@gateway.org

telephone and street address

Footnotes:

1    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1984, pp 699-703.

2    British Journal of Cancer, 1981; 43:72-76.

3    New England Journal of Medicine, September 1979, pp 677-681.

4    Lancet, December 1971, pp 1245-11249 and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, August 1984, pp 99-105.

5    Steven G. Kaali, MD, George Barlfai, MD, Ph.D., and Ivan A. Szigetvari, MD, Ph.D., American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1989; 161:406-408.

6    American Journal of Obstetrical Gynecology, 1981;141:769-772.

7    Dr. D. A. Grimes (CDC), Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1983;157:461

8    Dr. D. A. Grimes (CDC), Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1984;63:457.

9    Bernard N. Nathanson, MD, Bernadell Technical Bulletin, 1989;1(2):2.

10    British Medical Journal, December 1980; pp1115-1122, also, study by Planned Parenthood's Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1991.

11    Woman's Life, 1975; also quoted by Vincent M. Rue, Ph.D., St. Thomas More Clinic, Downey, CA.

12    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

13    Rev. Jesse Jackson, speech, 1978.

14    Boston Globe poll, March 31, 1989.

15    Planned Parenthood (Alan Guttmacher Institute), and the US Center for Health Statistics, 1987.

16    Mississippi State Rep. Hillman Terome Frazier, Black Americans for Life Newsletter, Spring 1990, p1.

17    Lola Falana, speech, 1990.

18    Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America, Linda Gordon, NY, Grossman Publ., 1976, p333; also, Margaret Sanger: Founder of Modern Society, by Elasah Drogin; and Exposed: Planned Parenthood (St. Paul, MN), Peace of Minnesota Press, 19896, pp 332-333; and The Pivot of Civilization, by Margaret Sanger, NY, Brentano's Press, 1922, p108.

19    Sanger, p175.

20    GROWTH. Time-Life Books, N.M. Tanner, G.R. Taylor, et al, NY Life Science Library, 1965 p64.

21    Introduction to Psychology and Counseling, Paul D. Meier, M.D., Frank B. Minirth, M.D., Frank Wichwern, Ph.D., Baker Bookhouse, Michigan, c. 1982, p.93.

22    V. Collins, MD, Diplomate and Fellow, American Board of Anesthesiologists, British Medical Journal, January 26, 1980.

23    Phone interview, Shari Richard, R.D.M.S., Sound Wave Images, Inc, Birmingham, Michigan, 1992, quoting from Sally Faith Dorfman, MD, p42, International Medical News Service, OB/GYN News, 2-15-96.

24    Harrison Hickman, before the N.A.R.A.L. convention, Octover, 1989.

25    Phone interview, Carol Everett, Dallas, Texas, 1992.

26    Arthur Shostak, PhD (Drexel University), from Abortion and Men: Lessons, Loves, and Losses. Greenwood Press (Praeger), Westport, CT, 1984.

text of this page copyright 1992, AARC

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