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The volunteers in this video are taken aback out of compassion for the mothers, because they know how much suffering women endure after an abortion. The physical and psychological side effects include:Abdominal pain and cramping
NauseaVomiting
Diarrhea
Spotting and Bleeding
Heavy or persistent bleeding
Infection or sepsis
Damage to the cervix
Scarring of the uterine lining
Perforation of the uterus
Damage to other organs
Death
Regret
Anger
Guilty feelings
Shame
Loneliness or isolation
mpaired self confidence
Insomnia or nightmares
Relationship issues
Suicidal thoughts and feelings
Eating disorders
DepressionAnxiety
They also know that many of the women are uniformed or misled by the doctors and staff. However, some good news arrived this week. According to Lifenews.com:
A ground-breaking bill ensuring that women will receive specificinformation about the possible physical and psychological complications of abortion was passed yesterday by the Nebraska legislature on a 40-9 vote.
Family First applauds the passage of this second pro-life bill, which was sponsored and prioritized by Sen. Cap Dierks of Ewing.So, does this dismiss the possibility of jail time for mothers who have abortions if it were made illegal? If a person can go to jail for killing a dog or a cat, it wouldn't be so unbelievable that they may need jail time for killing their baby. Women have gone to jail for taking drugs or alcohol during pregnancy as this is seen as a form of child abuse, but the doctor down the street gets paid for cutting up babies and throwing them in the trash? Strange justice. Alot would depend on the mothers ability to give informed consent.
Paula Talley, one of the organizers of Stop Forced Abortions, said the bill has a provision that is monumental in that it makes Nebraska the first state to allow women to sue for mental health problems following abortions.
Women will be allowed to file lawsuits against abortion practitioners for psychological injuries related to unwanted, coerced or unsafe abortions.
"This is the first law in the country that allows women to hold abortionists accountable for negligent pre-abortion screening and counseling," Talley told LifeNews.com. "If it had been in place in 1980, I would have been spared the years of grief, depression, and substance use which followed my own unwanted abortion."
(Project Rachel is the Catholic Church's healing ministry for women who have had an abortion. You can visit their website at http://www.hopeafterabortion.com/ )
Judicial rules normally do not allow women to sue for psychological injuries after abortion unless the injuries stem from a physical injury, Talley explained. But the new Nebraska lawis the first law in the country to eliminate the requirement that the woman must prove that psychological injuries from an abortion stemmed from a physical injury.
The law also puts into place a specific standard of care for appropriate pre-abortion screening. Abortion providers may be sued for negligence if they fail to ask a woman if she is being pressured, coerced or forced to have an abortion. They may also be held liable if they fail to screen women for other statistically significant risk factors that may put them at higher risk for psychological or physical complications following an abortion.
Research has found that as many as 64 percent of women feel pressured by others to have an abortion. In addition, one study found that even though more than half of women reported feeling rushed or uncertain about the abortion, 84 percent said they did not receive adequate counseling and 67 percent said they weren't counseled at all.
(You can read the whole article, including good news about a second law passed to protect unborn babies after 20 weeks here.)
And what about the doctors? Certainly if those who murder a pregnant mother are charged with two murders, it's quite conceivable that doctors who murder the unborn should be charged as well.
What do you think? Leave me a (courteous) comment and let me know what your opinion is. :) (click "comments" under my name at the bottom of this post.)
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Although I'm in favor of any measure to protect unborn children and their mothers, I'm not so sure how I feel about lawsuits. I suppose that if a doctor's liability insurance went through the roof if he/she offered abortions, that would be one fairly serious deterrent; on the other hand, this tack seems very "locking-the-barn-door-ish" to me and -- although you could argue that no lawsuit against an abortionist could be a frivolous one -- open to potential abuse.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, the part about providing clear and complete information beforehand is right on.
Ultimately, of course, it's about the humanity of the unborn child. You're correct to point out that right now the law is inconsistent -- that a pregnant woman can be punished for abusing her unborn child by her drug and alcohol consumption, because that child is a person, because (presumably) she hasn't explicity taken action to demonstrate its unwantedness. A "wanted" child (ie, any child not aborted) may be protected as a human being under the law, but the same child has no rights at all, no personhood, if his or her mother explictly does not want him or her. As long as the law may be construed to confer humanity, and therefore human rights, on the basis of another person's desire, we are in trouble.
Off the top of my head, here's how I would answer the question: The abortionists should ALWAYS be prosecuted, no matter what. As for the women, it might need to be done on a case-by-case basis. Is she an adult? Was she coerced into the abortion? If so, by whom? Who else was complicit in the abortion? It's complicated. "Doctors" who perform illegal abortions should face the harshest penalties.
ReplyDeleteLucy,
ReplyDeleteGreat informative post. I'm very proud of you.
Love,
Matt
Thanks for joining in today,Ladies. :)
ReplyDelete@Sally--I'm also a fan of tort reform and feel that frivolous lawsuits are part of what is driving our country towards socialized medicine. I'm just happy that the truth is coming out about the real suffering women are experiencing as a result of abortion. Planned Parenthood keeps claiming that since abortion is the most common medical procedure in this country, it's therefore perfectly safe. They are not informing women of the nightmare to come, and it seems that this is the only way hold them accountable for this.
@Sharon--That's a well thought out answer. I like it.
Well... I agree with what was said, but I think that arguing that way would make you look like the bad guy, and you will have played into their hands.
ReplyDeleteThat question has always annoyed me because it completely frames the issue. After abortion has been outlawed, the law enforcement will be directed toward THE CLINICS, so no more doctors will be around. Who will go to jail? The doctors, not the women. If a doctor chooses to break the law, then he would go to jail. Women won't be able to break the law and the question won't actually matter at all, because they won't be able to get an abortion.
Now they could get back alley abortions. That much is true, however that would account for around 1% of the amount of abortions currently occuring. And those 1%, yes, they should go to jail, because like you said, they have murdered, and they must be punished for that, however it would be a relatively small amount of women.
Basically, you're right, but I think first you need to point out the flawed basis of that question.