Abortion protestors, a question about follow-up.?

Question

What are your feelings about follow-up care regarding the women stopped from getting abortions by the protesters? How many of those who stand in the rallies holding signs and yelling 'baby killer' who actually prevent an unwed mother from having an abortion come through for her in the end? Seriously, not to get in a yelling match or hurl insults, but how many would take the girl home, feed her, clothe her and see that she gets proper medical care until the child is born and then either adopt it or see that it is placed in an adoptive situation and the girl sent on her way better than before the pregnancy? We hear so much about stopping abortion, but nothing about what to do with the pregnant girls once they decide against it. Would like honest answers, not diatribes.

I know there are good and bad in most movements. I know of a pregnancy service in Philadelphia that does provide counselling services for girls who decided to abort as well as provide service for those who don't including housing and medical care, those running such organizations work behind the scenes with little or no fuss. They don't protest in front of planned parenthood and other women's clinics, but rely on flyers, referrals and word of mouth. These people are wonderful and light years away from the group in Allentown who picket the women's center there and physically accost the women entering. I know someone there who provides security on a regular basis and he said it gets really ugly with the ones trying to stop women who may be only going in for a pap smear. I think I would like to see if these are the ones who quite literally 'put their money where their mouths are' and step up, they make such a big fuss trying to stop abortion, but where is their fuss when they do.

Answer 1

Thank you!
The protesters out there have this idea that every woman who gets an abortion is using it as a form of birth control and that's just not the case.
Where are you guys when the baby is born? Where is your support then?

Answer 2

The child's father should feed and clothe the child. Who's
fault is it that she got involved with a deadbeat and was so
- uninformed - that she gets stuck dealing with it by herself?
Freedom of choice they say!! Where was that choice when
it was time to take the pill, use a spermicide or diaphragm.
Ever hear of a condom? There is four choices right there to
say nothing of the most obvious. Girls will blew off five good
- choices - and then demand an abortion on the grounds of
freedom of - choice -. How dose that make since? Abortion
for the sake of birth control. Can the supporters of birth
control not see the fallacy of that? Then the fact that much is
done at tax payers expense dose not help the cause either.
I hope at least some may see this for what it is. After five bad
- choices - why would a person be allowed another? It would
most likely be another bad one also. Pregnancy is avoidable.
Avoid it if you don't want a baby. Remember. Five choices!
Not six! Good luck.

Answer 3

How about the people who counsel a girl to get an abortion, but do not tell her about the life thoughts she will have for she's about to snuff, and the pain and depression she will feel all her life because she murdered her own baby?

But again, here you want someone to make the problem go away, rather than there be repercussions from foolish decisions. Why aren't the pro-choicers supporting that? Why does pro-choice seem to cater more to abortion than having a child? When you don't give anything to support that girl if she chooses to have the child, how much is that supporting a choice other than abortion?

Answer 4

I am against 95% of abortions. But the law is that women get to choose. So these people who harass women outside of the clinics are self righteous asssholes. You can have an opinion or belief but until they change the law then what they are doing is legal. And I know that no woman who has an abortion is smiling all the way to the clinic, its hard enough without people judging. Protest on Capitol hill where the laws are made, not where law abiding citizens are practicing their LEGAL rights. Go live in another country where it is illegal if you don't like it.

Answer 5

I do not promote any violenece for/against any cause. Therefore i woudl love to answer your question, but I really cant since I do not support poeple yelling and screaming outside of abortion clinics.

I have a personal belief that it is wrong and totally preventable

Answer 6

This is a wonderful question! I ask the same thing. Who will take the unwanted? No one steps up to the plate and says "I will"

Answer 7

many do. but of course you never hear of them do you? and you just assume they are abandoned at the protest. there are homes all across this nation all privately funded by individuals and churches and some smaller companies. i have personal knowledge and worked with a crisis pregnancy center for several years, now this is only one center mind you. what we did was take the girl from the pregnancy test through delivery and helped her decide what she wanted to do, whether adoption or keep the child, her choice. then we determined what was needed, did she need to finish high school or was she in need of college or vocational school. we helped provide day care, paid hospital bills and provided counseling on all of that plus tried to mend family relationships that were broken because of the pregnancy. all of us were certified counselors too, so we made sure that we were up to date on counseling practices and law, our training was at our expense and we volunteered our time. there are home programs where people take in the girls until they are able to get on their feet with a job and housing both of which are sometimes provided by caring individuals. so that means someone is either providing their home, money to meals, money for school, their time outside of their own families to bring these girls to school, doctors appts, childcare training and any extra activities they are participating in. i have personal knowledge of a girl who was abandoned by her parents when she was 13 she had a friend run away with her and they were living at 13 and 14 in a trailer park with 6 guys all over the age of 24. she came to us thinking we were an abortion clinic and i told her no, but provided her with counseling and a pregnancy test which turned out positive. she had a decision to make, we provided her with all the information regarding abortion, adoption and keeping the baby and all the risks and problems she might encounter with each. i didn't hear from her for a couple of days and she was back later, bruises on her arms and face, we took her in got her well, back in school, where 6 months later she had a baby boy, she finished school while the home program provided day care. she worked a part time job and graduated from high school with honors. she grew as a person and accomplished so much on her own with just a little basic help from us. she started to college after high school and is now a registered nurse, with an 8 yr old boy who is a beautiful and smart as she is. she regrets her old lifestyle but like we tell her we all make mistakes its just whether or not you continue them or do something about them. the thing is usually its not the pregnancy that is the problem its the choices before hand and/or the lifestyle. i have hundreds of success stories very similar to this girls and only a hand ful have continued in their lifestyles. we help any woman who needs help and we also counsel families in crisis pregnancies, fathers come to us for help too. if we can't handle a family or woman's psychological needs then we send her to a professional, so too with physicians. we have several ob/gyn's that donate their services so that the only expense is the hospital. so when you think that the girls are just saved from aborting their babies at the door, think again. we are only one of several in my area and there are many more doing just like us or more. we don't get any federal or state funding like planned parenthood we operate solely on donations and volunteers. we have one paid employee who is the director because she has to work full time to provide for her children and the job is so time consuming. she works at least 80 hrs a week. try doing a websearch on the number of abortions over the last few years and ask yourself why have they dropped but the birthrate risen. ask yourself why none of these clinic's that provide birth information ever get media attention? and just for your info ew provide information on abortion, adoption and raising the child, we give no nonsense truthful information without slanting it. we feel that the truth will speak for itself and once a woman has the truth she can make an informed decision. we don't own her body or her child's we just want to make sure she has all the truthful information she needs. and to make sure you understand, we have had women go on to seek abortion, we do not recommend them nor do we refer to clinics that provide them. but we offer help, financially and otherwise which is much more valuable.

too, i just want you to know that many of the children being released for adoption by these women are adopted by many of those who run and volunteer at the crisis centers. i have several friends who have adopted the special needs children, crack babies and those with autism and down's syndrome. i have myself. so when those of you throw around accusations that all pro'lifers yell 'baby killer' and don't care that is just a lie. those that do are hurting not healing. those of us who stand on the side lines don't protest, we are there for the women not to disrespect or hurt them. all you see are the loud mouth extremists and we are not all like that, in fact there are more of us working silently to help than standing up making the loudest noise. be careful how you judge, sometimes things are not as they appear as i have even been at rallies where pro-abortion ppl masquerade as 'pro-lifers' and spit, cuss and scream at the women who walk by.

Answer 8

I think abortion is wrong, but also do not think I should force my belief on others.

Answer 9

Excellent Questions also how many of the protestors adopt these children they want to bring to the world. Are these the same rightwinger who want to cut funsing to help these poor kids and their mothers. And are they the same rightwingers who want to fry the poor kid when he/she lights up a joint 15yrs later.

Answer 10

Those people live their lives superfluously through the pain of others.