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Women victimized by sexual assault deserve our full support. Before you discuss this heartbreaking and sensitive issue, ask women who've been there.

 

surprising information from women who've been there

 

 

AFTER ASSAULT ...
“We have not been asked to tell our side of the story.”


“Why do even pro-lifers talk about exceptions for rape and incest as if that is a way to have ‘compassion’ for the mother? If you really want to be compassionate ... give this mother the opportunity to choose life.”
"Denise,” Incest Victim, Victim of a Forced Abortion

“I feel personally assaulted and insulted every time I hear that abortion should be legal because of rape and incest ... we’ve not been asked to tell our side of the story.”
Kathleen DeZeeuw, Rape Survivor, Mother

A Baltimore man used up to 10 abortions to hide the sexual abuse of his three daughters. At least five abortions took place at the same clinic. The girls were returned to their rapist’s custody. “Forced Abortion in America” Report, www.TheUnChoice.com

 

"I was never given a choice."

“I was violated again by the abortionist.”

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Victims and Victors:
Speaking Out About Their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting From Sexual Assault

"They say abortion is the easy way out, the best thing for everyone, but they are wrong. It has been over 15 years, and I still suffer."  Rebecca, who became pregnant through rape at age 15

Is abortion helpful for, or even wanted by, women who become pregnant following sexual assault? Learn the answer from nearly 200 women who have been there.

Price: $11.95 plus shipping. Call 1-888-412-2676.

Women victimized by sexual assault deserve our full support. They are asking us to hear their side of the story. Most say abortion is not the answer.

Abortion only intensifies their pain and can further traumatize women. One survey of assault victims found that:


70% had their babies; none regretted the abortion.
78% of those who aborted regretted the abortion.

 

Learn more by downloading Hard Cases: New Facts/New Answers booklet or fact sheet.

See also:  Teens at Risk fact sheet and Teens page

Petition to Congress and State Legislators from the Ad Hoc Committee of Women
Pregnant by Sexual Assault (WPSA)

 

1. Victims and Victors (Springfield, Acorn Books, 2000) 19-20.

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