Ever hear the term "abortion industry"? Maybe not, but almost $500 million is spent on abortions each year. Some abortion proponents are probably involved because of their true beliefs on the matter, but a great many are lured in because of the vast sums of money that can be made off the grief of panicked women.
Carol Everett was involved in the abortion industry in the Dallas/Ft.Worth, Texas, area from 1977 untill 1983. As director of four clinics, owner of two, Ms. Everett was responsible for the clinics' daily operation. ...Q. What is the governing force behind the abortion industry?
A. Money. It is a very lucrative business. It is the largest unregulated industry in our nation. Most of the clinics are run in chains because it is so profitable.Q. How much money were you making in the abortion industry before you quit?
A. I was getting a commission of $25.00 on every abortion I "sold". In 1983, the year I got out, I would have pocketed approximately $250.000. But, in 1984 we expected to be operating five clinics, terminating about 40,000 pregnancies, and with that projection I planned to net $1 million. Money, Money, Money - that's where my heart was.Q. Why do you refer to "selling" abortions?
A. The product, abortion, is skillfully marketed and sold to the woman at the crisis time in her life. She buys the product, finds it defective and wants to return it for a refund. But, it's too late. Her baby is dead.Q. In what way is the woman deceived?
A. In two ways - the clinic personnel and the marketers must deny the personhood of the child and the pain caused by the procedure. Every woman has two questions, "Is it a baby?" and "Does it hurt?" The abortionist must answer "NO". He/she must lie to secure the consent of the woman and the collection of the clinic's fee. The women were told that we were dealing with a "product of conception" or a "glob of tissue". They were told that there would be only slight cramping, whereas, in reality, an abortion is excruciatingly painful.
Read the rest of Carol Everett's Q&A if you've got the stomach for it. I'd recommend not, unless you want to learn how babies were "re-constructed outside the uterus to be certain all the parts have been removed" and how the parts were then "disposed" of.
One of the hidden secrets of the abortion industry is that 33% of its victims are black, even though blacks make up only 12% of the general population. BlackGenocide.org has more details, and BlacksForLife.org has some history of the "Negro Project" initiated by Planned Parenthood's founder, Margaret Sanger.
Planned Parenthood’s founder and matriarch, Margaret Sanger in the 1930s ingeniously promoted her ideology that the "unfit" should be prevented from reproducing, "by force if necessary." Since the economic plight of many Blacks placed them and their families in the position of living in an environment that Sanger believed breed "unfit" individuals, her organization zeroed in on the "Negro" population. Establishing the "Negro Project," Sanger and her cohorts set out to push their birth control agenda which as she writes "is nothing more or less than the facilitation of the process of weeding out the unfit, of preventing the birth of defectives or of those who will become defectives" (The Pivot of Civilization written by M. Sanger)In November 1939 a "Negro Project" leader feared that the project would be in "a great danger" of failing because "the Negroes think it a plan for extermination." Therefore, "let’s appear to let the colored run it ...." (Gamble memo "Suggestions for Negro Project" excerpted from pamphlet issued by the African American Committee, A.L.L.) Sanger later wrote him back saying, "We do not want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population ..." She goes on saying that use of the Negro minister would effectively "straighten ... any rebellious members." (Letter from Sanger to Gamble, excerpted from pamphlet issued by the African American Committee, A.L.L.) "With social service backgrounds, and engaging personalities" the "hired ... Colored Ministers" would "propagandized for birth control ... "through a religious appeal." To help maintain control, the colored ministerial staff would be carefully controlled. "A project director lamented ‘I wonder if Southern Darkies can ever be entrusted with ... a clinic. Our experience causes us to doubt their ability to work except under White supervision’." Through her Negro Advisory Council, Sanger’s dream of discouraging "the defective and diseased elements of humanity" from their "reckless and irresponsible swarming and spawning" has been successful. (Excerpts from Grand Illusions: The Legacy of Planned Parenthood)
Apparently, Sanger's project is working quite well. It doesn't take a genius to connect the dots from Margaret Sanger, to the "Negro Project", to the modern Planned Parenthood Federation of America. (Here is Planned Parenthood's fact sheet on their founder, which addresses some of these issues, and puts some quotes in a different context.) Although some may claim that American blacks have more abortions than American whites because they tend to be poorer, I'm not sure that's the case. For instance, abortion rates are similar in rich and poor countries -- that may not translate well into America, but it could be indicative. If anyone has a breakdown of abortion rates by socio-economic class, I'd love to see it (I can't find one).
So where does all this money go? Surprisingly, only a few million dollars are given directly to political candidates each year (the vast majority to Democrats), but much more is spent on issue ads promoting "the freedom of choice". I particularly like a quote from an ad mentioned here.
A fifth television ad asked "what will we tell children? . . . That we had the right to choose, but that right is lost? Will we tell them we had control of our bodies, our lives? They never will."
And the new tagline: Abortion, it's for the children!
One of the undiscussed tragedies from legalized, fully destigmatized abortion is how it's acted to free the baby's father from responsibility for the conception.
Time was, a man who impregnated a woman was hauled to the altar by her relatives if he didn't have the decency to do the right thing on his own. Today, he can say to her, "Well, what are you going to do about it?", with that evil little half shrug that silently says "this is no problem of mine," and the poor girl finds herself having to cope alone, with the entire weight of her decision on her conscience.
No, we're not a nation of brutes. That is, not yet.
Do they listen to themselves?
Where can I order "Blood Money"?
Thanks
While each person, in my opinion, is entitled to their own belief, you do make several erroneous statements in your post. Firstly, if anyone working at an abortion clinic is trying to "sell" the abortion, or lying to women and telling them it's not painful or not a baby, I have never met them, nor heard of it happening outside of literature from pro-life groups' criticism of the industry. I've been through it, and the staff put absolutely NO pressure on me, explained everything in crystal clear terms, did in fact warn me of any known and some possible, but as yet unknown or unresearched complications with future pregnancies (in fact, they actually handed me information put together by pro-life groups to let me know there were alternatives, and there were risks.) They left the moralizing up to me, and offered me free counseling. Planned Parenthood (not the clinic I went to) gave me money toward the procedure, even knowing it was going to be at a completely unaffiliated office, since I was in the position in the first place due to the fact that I am not financially capable at present time of taking proper care of a second child. Yes, that's right, I terminated a pregnancy so that the SON I ALREADY HAVE can do things like have MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE and maybe one day GO TO COLLEGE. I considered keeping the baby. I am divorced, and the father of the second baby (long-term relationship, talk of marriage) decided he couldn't handle the strain. I left him a couple months later. Francis has a point; there would be far fewer abortions if the men in this country stood up and accepted responsibility; so why does the blame always get thrown at the women by the rabid pro-life evangelists? No woman alive uses abortion like birth control pills; she would have to be insane to wish that kind of pain on herself. I'm talking about emotional pain. The clinic I went to made sure I was as comfortable as possible, and gave me whatever I needed so that I was comfortably numb. Before the procedure they gave me a sonogram to establish gestational age, showed it to me, and asked me NO LESS THAN 15 TIMES if I was sure, there was no going back after I took the medication, did I want to go home and sleep on it, am I ABSOLUTELY sure?....here, talk to the counselor for a few more minutes just to be certain. They made sure I had a ride home. They gave me a hefty discount on my annual exam two months later(great for someone like me, a temp without health insurance) and gave me a free full workup on blood testing for any infections or STDs (a routine check for me. I do not engage in risky behavior, but I've known people who were infected by their unfaithful partners, and it never hurts to be sure.)
All that aside, there are reasons aside from finances and relationships that people obtain an abortion; but those seem to be the main two. I am all for anyone who wants to greatly reduce the number of abortions by improving education and socioeconomic conditions and raising our children to be responsible, respectful adults who have a sense of honor and marital piety. Also, it seems odd to me that so many Christians, especially Catholics, and otherwise religious people are shooting themselves in the foot by being staunchly set against sex ed and/or birth control. Failing to inform teenagers about birth control and disease prevention will NOT prevent them from having sex if they have taken that notion. I did what I wanted physically; my parents never informed me about "safe sex" but when I decided to go for it, I educated myself on the subject and took great precautions. Many kids do not have this foresight, and so this is not always the case.
Pro-life groups like to act like one more mouth to feed is not that big a deal.
If I had one more child:
Day care would cost me an additional $700/month,
Food an additional $150 (after I stopped nursing)
Diapers come to about $100
Healthcare after Medicaid stops at 12 months $75, barring anything big,
Clothes, toys, entertainment about $100
It would be many more years before I could go back to college (for a second degree)
It would be far less frequent that I had any personal time,
The child I already have would have things taken away to accommodate the second child, thus breeding resentment in my firstborn,
The likelihood of ever meeting and marrying a good man who will love me and my kids, even though I have two children from two different exes (who will both be involved in my life until the day I die because we have offspring together) becomes all but infinitesimal.
Add it all up, and it becomes a hell of a lot more than "one more mouth to feed." I also do not want to be on welfare my whole life (or at all) and the loudest groups fighting to reduce welfare and social services are also the same (by and large) that would like to see abortion illegalized. Again, this is a complete paradox.
A child is a huge undertaking, a gigantic responsibility, and you owe it to them to raise them right. We're not cattle; quantity is not what matters; quality of life is the key. Abortion is a terrible choice to have to make, but until we are approaching Utopian, it is and will continue to be a social necessity.
Valerie: I'm supposed to think you're noble because you killed one of your children to give the other better health care? Please. Also, many women use abortion as birth control. The reason women get most (not all!) of the heat from pro-life is that men have no choice when it comes to abortion -- every abortion is chosen by a women, who could choose to keep the baby instead. I'm sorry that having another baby would have cost you so much money and cut into your personal time, but last time I checked those aren't excuses for murder. Maybe you should have thought of those potential inconveniences before you had sex with and got impregnated by a man you weren't married to and who wouldn't stick around.
"you owe it to them to raise them right"... or to kill them? Ridiculous.
Could someone please explain the logic that a woman can have an abortion and it is not considered the murder of a person, yet if someone else kills the womans unborn baby without her consent, ie: Scott Peterson killing his unborn son, then it's considered murder of a person and that "murderer" can go to jail? Thanks.
How come "adoption" was not mentioned as an alternative to murder?
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