When Anti-Choice women decide to Choose

[Cypress]

When the Anti-Choice Choose

Abortion is a highly personal decision that many women are sure they'll never have to think about until they're suddenly faced with an unexpected pregnancy. But this can happen to anyone, including women who are strongly anti-choice. So what does an anti-choice woman do when she experiences an unwanted pregnancy herself? Often, she will grin and bear it, so to speak, but frequently, she opts for the solution she would deny to other women - abortion. In the spring of 2000, I collected the following anecdotes directly from abortion doctors and other clinic staff in North America, Australia, and Europe.


The stories are presented in the providers' own words, with minor editing for grammar, clarity, and brevity. Names have been omitted to protect privacy.

I have done several abortions on women who have regularly picketed my clinics, including a 16 year old schoolgirl who came back to picket the day after her abortion, about three years ago. During her whole stay at the clinic, we felt that she was not quite right, but there were no real warning bells. She insisted that the abortion was her idea and assured us that all was OK. She went through the procedure very smoothly and was discharged with no problems. A quite routine operation. Next morning she was with her mother and several school mates in front of the clinic with the usual anti posters and chants. It appears that she got the abortion she needed and still displayed the appropriate anti views expected of her by her parents, teachers, and peers." (Physician, Australia)

"I've had several cases over the years in which the anti-abortion patient had rationalized in one way or another that her case was the only exception, but the one that really made an impression was the college senior who was the president of her campus Right-to-Life organization, meaning that she had worked very hard in that organization for several years. As I was completing her procedure, I asked what she planned to do about her high office in the RTL organization. Her response was a wide-eyed, 'You're not going to tell them, are you!?' When assured that I was not, she breathed a sigh of relief, explaining how important that position was to her and how she wouldn't want this to interfere with it." (Physician, Texas)

The medical director of an Indianapolis clinic recalled one prospective patient who phoned to ask whether the clinic had a back door. He said no. How, she asked, could she get inside without being seen by fellow picketers outside? Pointing out that two orthopedists practiced with him, the doctor told the woman "she could limp and say she was coming to see the orthopods."

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Many anti-choice women are convinced that their need for abortion is unique - not like those "other" women - even though they have abortions for the same sorts of reasons. Anti-choice women often expect special treatment from clinic staff. Some demand an abortion immediately, wanting to skip important preliminaries such as taking a history or waiting for blood test results. Frequently, anti-abortion women will refuse counseling (such women are generally turned away or referred to an outside counselor because counseling at clinics is mandatory). Some women insist on sneaking in the back door and hiding in a room away from other patients. Others refuse to sit in the waiting room with women they call "sluts" and "trash." Or if they do, they get angry when other patients in the waiting room talk or laugh, because it proves to them that women get abortions casually, for "convenience".

[Cancel7]

I read all of this, earlier today. It made me sick. Just sick.

I think it's a case of self-hatred projected outwards and onto others, it has to be, but it doesn't make me feel bad for them. Those women need a good ass kicking.

[Cypress]

I read all of this, earlier today. It made me sick. Just sick.

I think it's a case of self-hatred projected outwards and onto others, it has to be, but it doesn't make me feel bad for them. Those women need a good ass kicking.

And you know that bitches like Ann Coulter will run their mouths against abortion, but they will be the first in line at a clinic if they get pregnant.

[LadyT]

Well, this is no suprise to me. Conservatives are filled with inconsistencies and hypocrisies. Its their nature.

[evince]

I dont think Ann is ever going to need an abortion.

It the same hypocracy they have with family values.

They talk all the shit and then have mistresses , prosititutes and numerous wifes.

[LadyT]

I dont think Ann is ever going to need an abortion.

True. Not many men do.

[uscitizen]

[Cancel7]

True. Not many men do.

LMAO

[doniston]

True. Not many men do.

Their abortiomns consist of a penalectomy

[LadyT]

I'm not even going to ask what that is. I'm eating.

[uscitizen]

yes please do not elaborate Don.

[doniston]

yes please do not elaborate Don.

OK, thos that are really curious already know. HEH HEH Ask Kristian Jorganson.