Featured Ad: Susanne & Other "Statistics"
"Get in touch with my Dad. Tell him I love him."
They gave Susanne a barbiturate that sent her into cardiac arrest. Without oxygen, she lapsed into a coma. Four months later, she awoke at a nursing home, unable to talk and paralyzed from the neck down. Three years later, she died of pneumonia. She tapped out her last words on a plastic synthesizer:
“... get in touch with my dad, tell him ... I love him.”
State law did not permit Maryland officials to prosecute the uncertified abortionist or the unregulated clinic, which grossed an estimated $10 million in 5 years.
When asked what she would tell a girl about to have an abortion, Susanne shook her head, “no,” and tapped out:
“They would be taking a chance."
Their daughters, sisters, family & friends at risk
What if she was your daughter, a close friend or your neighbor's granddaughter?
The ad above--part of The UnChoice series--features the story of Susanne and many like her whose injury or deaths are not even counted as a statistic. Ads like this can:
* Educate the public about the risk, coercion and aftereffects to their own loved ones.
* Expose the danger to both babies and mothers.
* Prevent abortion today while changing the views that tolerate abortion.
* Let individuals and families hurt know they're not alone, we care, and healing is possible.
Education matters. By documenting and exposing the risks, abuses and death rates before, during and after abortion, we can save lives, change hearts and open doors.
Action steps
Two things you can do to share the "UnSafe" message:
1. Link to our UnSafe page on your web site or blog, or share it.
2. Download, copy and share these "UnSafe" fact sheets & flyers:
Physical Risks
Psychological Risks
Portraits of Coercion
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