Why Women "Choose" Abortion:
Reasons Women Abort (List):
- Three decades of "programming" that it is a woman's body,
a woman's right to choose
- Unchallenged lies in mainstream media, (many over a span of 30+ years)
such as:
- Abortion is safer than having a baby
- Abortion is a simple medical procedure like going to the dentist
- Abortion has no lasting side-effects
- Abortion is safe with little or no physical risks or complications
- It's merely a blob of tissue (not a baby)
- "You can have a baby later, when you're ready..."
- Abortion is the solution to the problem
- Abstinence pledges don't work
- Abstinence isn't cool
- "Everybody's doin' it"
- "Safe sex" philosophy
- Pressure (including threats) from outside influences: the father of
the baby, the girl's parents, friends, etc.
- Pressures from social standards relating to career-minded women
- Bad timing: too young; in high school; aspirations of getting a college
degree; etc.
- Perceived shame or exposure to gossip, ridicule, being judged, etc.
were she to carry the baby to term (especially prevalent among Christians)
- Financial issues
- Domestic violence issues ("Better off dead" line of thinking)
- Marital problems
- Medical reasons - upon advice from physician
- Fear of having to raise the child alone (Single-parenting)
- Date rape
- Rape (by
a stranger)
- Incest (protection
of the "family secret" and the family's reputation)(Fueled
by the prevalence of pornography in our society)
- Fear of abandonment
- Fear of the responsibilities of parenting
- Emotional immaturity
- Codependency
- Victim mentality (history of sexual abuse)
- Wrong view or understanding of God
- Lack of abstinence education/Errant sex education in public schools
- Prevalence and social acceptance of premarital and extramarital sex
- Diminished responsibility for personal actions within our society
- Lack of awareness of consequences for personal actions within our
society
- Propagation of a basic self-centered mindset within our society (The
"It's all about me" mentality)
- Relaxed social norms relating to sexual issues on TV and in movies
- Propagation of situational ethics
- Seared conscience
- Idea of abortion as birth control (Widespread acceptance and legitimization
of birth control)
- Absence of testimonials from those who have had abortions and how
their lives have been affected as a result