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ABORTION IS THE UN-CHOICE ... LEARN MORE AT THEUNCHOICE.COM
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SHE COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR DAUGHTER...YOUR SISTER...YOUR
FRIEND.
ON A COLD AUTUMN DAY, 19-YEAR-OLD ARLIN DECIDED TO END HER
LIFE.
SHE TUCKED A TINY STUFFED RABBIT INTO ONE POCKET AND A
SUICIDE NOTE IN THE OTHER. SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO BE WITH
HER BABY.
HER FRIEND SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT THE ABORTION ... MOST WOMEN
DON'T. OVER 60% INVOLVE COERCION.
THEY SAY THE WORST PART OF THE PAIN IS THAT THERE'S NO ONE
TO SHARE IT WITH.
LEARN MORE ABOUT UNWANTED ABORTIONS, AND HOW TO HELP OR FIND
HELP AT THEUNCHOICE.COM
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RADIO :30 SPOT 3
The UnChoice:
Shotgun abortions
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DID YOU KNOW THAT OVER 60 PERCENT OF ABORTIONS
INVOLVE COERCION?
IT
CAN ESCALATE TO VIOLENCE OR EVEN HOMICIDE -- THE LEADING
KILLER OF PREGNANT WOMEN.
IN FLORIDA, A MOTHER PUSHED HER DAUGHTER INTO
AN ABORTION CLINIC AT GUNPOINT ...
A BALTIMORE
FATHER
ASSAULTED HIS DAUGHTERS AND FORCED 10 ABORTIONS BEFORE SOMEONE STOPPED
HIM ...
IN MINNESOTA, A BOSS THREATENED TO PUSH HIS PREGNANT
EMPLOYEE DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS IF SHE DIDN’T ABORT.
NO WONDER THEY’RE
CALLING IT THE UNCHOICE. LEARN MORE AT THEUNCHOICE.COM.
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RADIO :30 SPOT 4
The UnChoice:
Workplace Coercion
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SOMETIMES, A CHOICE
ISN'T REALLY A CHOICE. ... IT'S THE UN-CHOICE – WHEN THE
DECK IS STACKED AGAINST MOTHERS.
THEY’VE ASKED SOME WOMEN TO CHOOSE BETWEEN AN ABORTION ...
AND THEIR PAYCHECK.
... IN CHICAGO, A BASKETBALL COACH WAS FIRED WHEN SHE
REFUSED TO ABORT.
... IN WASHINGTON, D.C., PARAMEDICS WERE COERCED TO ABORT
AFTER THEIR BOSS SAID, "YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE."
... A LONG ISLAND RESTAURANT FIRED A WOMAN AFTER SHE
SAID SHE WAS PREGNANT.
NO WONDER THEY CALL IT THE UNCHOICE ... LEARN MORE AT
THEUNCHOICE.COM
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Citations
1.
David C. Reardon, Aborted Women, Silent No More
(Springfield, IL: Acorn Books, 2002) 11- 21.
2.
VM Rue et. al., "Induced abortion and traumatic stress: A
preliminary comparison of American and Russian women,"
Medical Science Monitor 10(10): SR5-16, 2004.
