Voice For Life Opposes “Abortion Conveyor-Belt”
Voice for Life put out a press release on 23 October expressing their opposition to Family Planning’s application for a license to commit abortions (initially) at their Hamilton branch,
“If approved, this means that women who turn to Family Planning for advice and information at a time of crisis pregnancy, are likely to be offered instead a ‘conveyor-belt’ to medical abortion and a future of unacknowledged loss and hidden trauma that often accompanies this procedure,” she says.
“There is no way around it. Abortion ends the life of a real, unique human being and has life long consequences for the mother”, she says. “Those involved in post-abortion counselling can already recall chilling descriptions from women who have followed the referral process into an abortion in order to end a crisis pregnancy, only to discover that they now have the consequences of that decision to deal with. The sad fact is that a decision made in a time of crisis which offers an immediate, short-term solution cannot be considered ‘informed consent’. What is worse, the moment these women sign the papers, they effectively sign away their right to redress if they later experience any of medical or psychological problems associated with crisis, trauma and loss.”
