Response to Ronald:
Thank you for your support of unborn babies.
I do implore you, however, to focus most of the blame on the abortion industry, Democrat propaganda and our coercively controlling society.
I know that your question was rhetorical when you asked “do [mothers] even know how these doctors/demons are ripping these poor babies apart?” But I would like to share some insights in response.
Firstly, 60% of abortions are now done via the abortion pill. And no, in that case, mothers are often not fully aware that this destroys a baby, because women are regularly told by the clinic and propaganda that it’s not a “baby.” The clinic doesn’t even use the word “embryo” or “fetus.” They say that it’s just “tissue.” They say it doesn’t really have a heart, just “cardiac activity.” They don’t say that abortion ends a life, they say it ends a “pregnancy.”
In fact, a couple years ago, one abortion doctor claimed that unborn babies up to nine week gestation were “not visible to the naked eye” and that they just looked like balls of fluff. The Guardian posted those photos, and to this day, pro-choice activists repeatedly repost those photos as a way to claim that pro-lifers are ignorant and crazy.
Regarding second trimester abortion, Planned Parenthood still calls the baby “tissue” or “pregnancy” and explains the process in a vague way. They neglect to tell the mother that the baby may very well be awake to feel the procedure, or about the chance of being born alive. I’ve read the horror stories from outspoken nurses, mothers and doctors on pro-life websites, but as you can imagine, most people are not going to broadcast their stories on such a sensitive issue that they’d rather keep as a secret.
In-Clinic Abortion Procedure | Abortion Methods
Abortion clinic workers are actually abortion sales-people, and they are known to be manipulative, coercive and dishonest because have sales quotas and they are under pressure from the top.
Why I Left the Abortion Industry (Part 1) - Abby Johnson, Sue Thayer, and Annette Lancaster
Also, the majority of abortive women experienced various degrees of coercion from their partner, family or the economy. Some of these men even follow/escort the woman into the clinic. These men believe that abortion is their decision, too. The pressure can be intense, and by the time the woman reaches the clinic, it might be too difficult for her to step back and run through that thick cloud of coercion surrounding her. When surveyed, the majority of women said that they would not have aborted if they had received whatever support that they were deprived of.
My first pregnancy was unwanted and my husband tried to bully me to abort our child. It was scary enough that I was still working and going to school full time, knew nothing about babies and had a high risk pregnancy (per my type one diabetes). But my husband’s constant bullying and threatening to leave my child fatherless, put me in the biggest, most overwhelming darkness, shock, fear, stress and pain of my life. I felt my life was ruined and that no matter what decision I made, I’d be filled with a bitter emptiness for the rest of my life. I can now see why so many women, who would have preferred to keep the baby, might turn to abortion under those circumstances. He completely weakened me; he took my soul; he took away all strength I had; I wasn’t brave enough to shout “no!”; I could only cry at his feet… I only barely squeaked by, holding on to a tiny speck of light because I knew that my child deserved life and eventually our child was born full term. It was only after the point of viability that my husband’s coercion attempts stopped, as he knew that by then it was no longer legal. Regardless, he loves his son now and spends lots of time with him.
We are constantly told that being a mom is the “toughest job in the world” and a baby is an interruption to our lives and careers, and abortion is merely our right, our one power, and that only college and a stable career will save us. Employers and college campuses will not care if you have to balance the work of a mom on top of your 40 hour work week or 12 unit coursework. If that unborn child has a severe abnormality, it can make that already unsteady balance, almost impossible.
Some women have abortions because they would rather have a family when they are more “ready” or because they already have enough children, and they think that another baby will only put a bigger strain on their existing parental relationships.
None of these are excuses but important to understand.
You mentioned that these “women that do this have no motherly instincts at all.” That is tragically untrue. Again, coercion, in its many forms, is a top driver for abortion, and the natural “motherly instincts” that all women have, is exactly what makes the abortion experience so traumatic and dehumanizing… Many post-abortive women experience deep regret and sorrow.
Here is one pro-life link called “I saw the baby” with short stories of abortive women.
I Saw My Baby | Live Action
Even in the infamous turn-away study, 94% of the mothers who were initially rejected for abortion, went on to have a normal bond with their children and even more of them were happy to get to keep their children, as opposed to the abortion they had originally sought.
It is for these reasons, that I advocate for more awareness as early as high school, about things like fetal/child development, what abortions are really like, parenting skills/experiences, and the harms of all forms of coercion, exploitation, abuse and absent fatherhood, etc. because we need to learn these things ahead of time, not when it’s too late/difficult to change your mind. In addition to having basic regulations regarding abortion and healthcare, we have to fight to fix our culture, to get at the root of the problem.
