 The UnLetter Follow-Up
Featured Letter to the Editor, 1 of 4
Check out the featured sample letter below. Use it now or in your next planning meeting. Whether you write one letter or conduct a group letter-writing campaign over several months, you'll reach many compassionate, interested people. You can change hearts and minds, inspire action, or give hope and options to those already hurt.
In print or online, Letters to the Editor are a well-attended public forum. Use the sample below as an idea-starter. But remember to write in your own words and maintain a respectful, non-presumptive tone that simply educates people about important new evidence they may not have heard.
"Most Abortions Are Unwanted or Coerced, with Serious Aftereffects.
Abortion Puts Women at Risk, Too."
Dear Editor,
Research published in major peer-reviewed medical journals indicates that 64% of abortions involve coercion. It is no surprise that women are significantly more likely to suffer from clinical depression and other aftereffects. One study found that 65% suffered symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, which they attributed to their abortions. They also have a higher risk of death from accidents, violence, natural causes, and suicide. (See www.TheUnChoice.com for summaries of published research.)
Other studies indicate that women who abort are nearly 4 times more likely to die than those who give birth. This is not about "choice" nor is it "safe."
An unwanted, deceptively or negligently informed, traumatic and deadly choice is not a choice by authentic standards. Women have a right to freedom from unwanted abortions and other pregnancy- and abortion-related abuses that put the rights and lives of both the unborn and mothers at risk.
Take action. It matters!
Find this and similar messages to share in a downloadable MS Word document, plus other tips and resources on our Letters to the Editor page.
Abortion touches everyone in one way or another. You can write anywhere -- from school, church or civic news sites and publications to youth groups, parents, men's, women's, or senior citizen publications -- and you will reach individuals and families who need to hear this or others who can help.
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