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You can also include your organization or ministry's contact information on the back of these cards. You can print or copy this information or use a stamp or label. This is a great way to draw attention to your ministry while also sharing an important message.
RADIO :60 SPOT
The UnChoice: Stuffed Rabbit
ANNOUNCER:
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR DAUGHTER...YOUR SISTER...YOUR FRIEND.
ON A COLD AUTUMN DAY, 19-YEAR-OLD ARLIN DECIDED TO END HER LIFE.6
SHE TUCKED A TINY STUFFED RABBIT INTO ONE POCKET AND A SUICIDE NOTE IN THE OTHER. SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO BE WITH THE BABY SHE HAD ABORTED JUST TWO WEEKS EARLIER.
ARLIN'S FRIEND SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT THE ABORTION ... MOST WOMEN DON'T. MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF ABORTIONS ARE UNWANTED.1 AND 64 PERCENT INVOLVE COERCION2 … AND SOMETIMES VIOLENCE.
EVERY DAY, WOMEN LIKE ARLIN ARE PUSHED INTO ABORTIONS THEY DON'T WANT.
AFTERWARDS, MANY DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE AS A NIGHTMARE THAT WON'T END..
SOME SAY THE WORST PART OF THE PAIN IS THAT THERE'S NO ONE TO SHARE IT WITH. FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND EVEN COUNSELORS OFTEN DENY THEM THE RIGHT TO GRIEVE.
FOR MANY, ABORTION HITS CLOSE TO HOME. SOMETIMES TOO CLOSE. THEY FOUND ARLIN'S BODY HANGING FROM A TREE NOT FAR FROM HER PARENTS' HOME . . . WITH A STUFFED RABBIT IN HER POCKET, AND A SUICIDE MESSAGE THAT ALL OF US NEED TO HEAR.
WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH AN UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY OR AN UNWANTED ABORTION, WE CAN HELP..
ABORTION IS THE UN-CHOICE ... UNWANTED, UNSAFE, UNFAIR. LEARN MORE AT THEUNCHOICE.COM
6 ways to stop the abuse, and help protect kids and families in your neighborhood |
1. Run our Teen Series ads in local papers and bulletins or magazines read by parents.
2. Run the small space ads in bulletins, newspapers or magazines read by parents, or print as business cards to distribute locally.
3. Join forces with other groups, churches and leaders and/or compassionate businesses to run a campaign using the co-op versions of the these ads.
4. Give your pastor, teachers and counselors a copy of Portraits of Coercion -- a simple but poignant intro to this issue.
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