I urge everyone to read this post from Condom Depot’s Information Center on The Dangers of Crisis Pregnancy Centers.
While you may or may not be a supporter of abortion, clinics that offer pregnancy termination provide a legal service to women who choose (and usually not very casually) to exercise that option.
I had an abortion back in 1998. I found out I was pregnant after ending a three-month relationship with the man who got me pregnant. This man wasn’t the obvious douchebag. He was an extremely charming white collar professional type and treated me and my sons very well. I started getting really uneasy about him when he started pressuring me to move in with him and get married that summer. His behavior started taking on some very bizarre turns when I started hesitating and pulling back. The last straw when he showed up unannounced after I got out of work late one night under the pretense of offering me to drive me home. (I lived close enough to walk to and from work; he lived about 40 miles on the other side of town.) I got creeped out enough to hire a private investigator.
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I found out that he had lied about his age and marital status. His soon-to-be ex-wife (his divorce wasn’t final or happened like he claimed). She filed soon after some federal agents questioned her about loan fraud. She filed for divorce and a personal protection order against him after she immediately and willingly cooperated with the agents.
Obviously, he lied about his vasectomy, too.
As a parent working to support and be the mother of two children I already had, and having a medical condition that could have put me and a fetus at extreme risk, an abortion was my only realistic alternative. It was never my intention to get pregnant, nor did I give consent. I wasn’t provided with truthful information to give consent to having sex without a condom. Luckily, I found a clinic in my area that handled my abortion. It was the most horrific experience I ever went through. The front desk receptionist was curt and borderline rude. The nurses (probably likely patient care techs) and the physician barely had any bedside mannerisms. Luckily, I had a very good friend who took me to the clinic, drove me home, and spent the rest of the day with me while lay on the couch and cried.
I have seen clinics like the ones in the Condom Depot story in my area. They scare the shit out me. The women who are tricked into visiting them are already under enough stress and dealing with a high level of moral conflict. These clinics’ tactics — deceptive advertising, instilling fear and shame, projecting negative moral judgments, and providing dubious “medical information” — are truly reprehensible. Furthermore, many of these “clinics” are usually not staffed by certified physicians, nurses or mental health professionals. In other words, any information collected from “patients” is not protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which would normally protect patient confidentiality. Don’t even pull the “all in the name of virtue” line of crap on me. I don’t see anything ethical or compassionate about it. WWJD? Probably bitch slap them.
I don’t know anyone who takes glee in ending a life, but not having access to pregnancy termination carries much higher risks. My friend’s (the one who took me to the clinic) father was an OB-GYN. He opened and ran an abortion clinic in the 1960’s after treating way too many tragedies of back alley abortions while working in a hospital emergency room. My oldest son lived next to a Planned Parenthood Clinic during his sophomore year in college. Even with a high metal gate and fence that protected the clinic, my son said that it was impossible to study at his apartment during the day Monday-Saturday. There was always a mob of people picketing around the perimeter as far as the letter of the law would allow. I once also met a couple that volunteered their time to escort female patients in and out of legitimate women’s health clinics to protect them from intimidation and harassment.
The Condom Depot story is worth getting out and sharing. Hopefully it will get in the hands of women who have are seeking a qualified and bonafide women’s health care provider.