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Women of Facebook respond: ‘Would you have aborted if it had been illegal?’
live Action ^ | AUG 6, 2019 | NEWSROOM

Posted on 08/09/2019 9:02:23 AM PDT by Morgana

If abortion is made illegal, it will still happen anyway.” That’s the claim commonly made by abortion advocates when politicians speak of restricting or criminalizing abortion. But the fact that abortion is legal in society — and presented as an “easy” solution to an unplanned pregnancy — has made many people view it as more acceptable. Legality frequently equates to morality in people’s minds. The question is, would women who choose legal abortion truly still choose it if it were made illegal? We can’t know for sure. But we can find out if those who chose it would have chosen differently if it had been illegal at the time.

Canadian pro-life group Choice 42’s Laura Klassen has rocketed to pro-life fame with her pink wig and clever videos, and she also has a large Facebook following. Recently, she asked women who had abortions if they would have made the same choice if abortion had been illegal. The answers she received, which she then posted anonymously, were very revealing.

“If it had been illegal, I would not have done it….” wrote one woman.

“I believe if abortion was illegal, my family wouldn’t have made me,” said another, who was clearly pressured to abort.

“If abortion was a punishable crime, no way would I have done it…” another wrote. “Abortion has been normalized to be an easy way out.”

“I would not have had one. I was heavily pressured by my boyfriend and by my doctor,” another woman said. “I wanted the baby but did not stand up to the pressure.”

READ: Pro-abortion politician dismisses abortion regret as a ‘makey-uppy thing’

“No, I would not have,” wrote another. “For starters I would have known it was wrong!” She continued:

At the time (1995) my friends supported me and said I had to do what I had to do. So naturally I didn’t think it was wrong. Not to mention, I didn’t understand that I was pregnant with an actual baby until at the abortion clinic when they did an ultrasound to confirm gestation and it clicked in my teenage brain that ultrasounds were to see babies, so why were they doing an ultrasound on me?

Although it was my mom who pressured me, I was 15. I thought I was doing what you were supposed to do when you got pregnant accidentally as a teen. If it had been illegal, my mom would not have pressured me and put my life in danger. However, I did suffer many consequences and she inadvertently put my life in danger because of it. I had a 6 week long infection, and I became suicidal. I don’t think she realized how deeply it would affect me when she thought she was helping me in my future.

“… I was forced to have an abortion and I believe if it was illegal it would not have happened,” another woman said.

Many others expressed similar sentiments, saying that if abortion were illegal, “I would have my precious child today.”

When abortion was legalized, abortions skyrocketed. Legalized abortion has left in its wake millions upon millions of dead children and wounded parents, grandparents, siblings, and many more.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: abortion; facebook; forcedabortion; prolife; realstories
FReepers once in a while stories shock me, this one did and it should not have. I should have known. Most abortions are forced.

Most women say "I had no choice or I felt I had no choice". A lot of women have abortions because someone else pushed them into the clinic.

Most women want to keep the baby.

Pray to end abortion in America and around the world to protect women everywhere.

1 posted on 08/09/2019 9:02:23 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Of course leftist women will murder their babies regardless if it is legal or illegal.

JoMa


2 posted on 08/09/2019 9:09:09 AM PDT by joma89
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To: joma89

Yes there will always be that bunch but a lot of them would not.


3 posted on 08/09/2019 9:10:59 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

I know with certainty had my mother been able to attain an abortion, I would not be here. I’m 56 now. She later divorced my father because she could, and because it was the cool thing to do.

My heart breaks for all those in heaven whose mothers were able to legally kill them.


4 posted on 08/09/2019 9:22:20 AM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: Morgana

It’s like asking, would people still murder other people if it were illegal?


5 posted on 08/09/2019 9:23:42 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Morgana

Also, she admits more confirmed kills in her uterus than by my firearms.
6 posted on 08/09/2019 9:26:31 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: Morgana

Every woman that kills her baby ruins her life

No exceptions

A good friend of my wife had a wonderful husband 20 years ago

She got pregnant. Killed the baby. Ruined her marriage

Now she’s alone and has never had a good relationship since


7 posted on 08/09/2019 9:41:59 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: aquila48

Would people still steal if it were illegal?


8 posted on 08/09/2019 10:59:20 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

of course some would. Wasn’t that what back alley abortions were all about?


9 posted on 08/09/2019 11:05:10 AM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: Morgana

If they would do it even if illegal...

WHY do they think gun laws would prevent crimes?!


10 posted on 08/09/2019 11:46:03 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Morgana

They should ask, “if abortion were illegal, would you have taken more care to avoid pregnancy?”


11 posted on 08/09/2019 2:23:22 PM PDT by motor_racer (If you don't read the news, you are uninformed. If you read the news, you are misinformed.)
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