 The UnLetter Follow-Up
Featured Letter to the Editor, 2 of 4
Here's another sample letter to use now or in your next planning meeting. Whether you write one letter or conduct a sustained, 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. Remind them that abortion endangers the fundamental human rights of both the unborn and women.
"Privately Funded Studies Expose Abortion's Abuses and Risks the Government Won't Research."
Dear Editor,
Most abortions are unwanted or coerced; many forced. "Choice" rhetoric overlooks this evidence plus post-abortion harm, heartbreak and higher maternal death rates.
Back in 1987, then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop called for a government-funded study to assess abortion's physical and psychological impact. Congress refused to authorize such a study.
To date, no major government study has ever been done on abortion's impact, yet privately funded studies published in major medical journals indicate that most abortions are unwanted or coerced and abortion causes trauma, deaths, reproductive damage and psychological illness. (See www.TheUnChoice.com for current research.)
Research published in a major peer-reviewed journal found that, among American women who had abortions, most felt rushed, yet 67% received no counseling and 79% were not informed about alternatives. 84% felt they did not receive adequate counseling before abortion. Americans have a right to be fully informed about unwanted abortions and other risks and aftereffects.
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. Do not limit yourself to traditional online or print news media. 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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