Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

On July 24th the New York Times had this editorial in its paper regarding Judge William Pauley III of Federal District Court in Manhattan barring the newly passed law placing unfair restrictions on Crisis Pregnancy Centers.

I wrote to the Times as a post abortive women in answer to this editoral, but as usual, they declined to print my response. Here it is for you to read

To the Editor:

 The NYT editorial of July 24^th, “Why Won’t They Say?”, considers it a setback that the law requiring, what they refer to as “so-called” crisis pregnancy centers, to post ads in waiting rooms stating what they do not do, was temporarily barred by a NYC federal judge. As a post abortive woman who has worked with thousands of others who have experienced abortion, I disagree. There also is not one piece of evidence that this law is needed or that any Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC’s), has broken confidentiality as this editorial implies. This law is a blatant attempt by the extreme pro abortion lobby to put CPC’s out of business and certainly is a free speech issue.

 As someone who testified at the hearing for this law, I was appalled that those on the City Council spoke to each other through my entire testimony. Not only was it rude, it showed they had no interest in what the truth may be. I have to wonder why the City Council has not sought to pass a  law to ensure abortion clinics post signs telling women of abortions dangers, especially since NYC itself has seen several suits.

 Council member Jessica Lappin, the bill’s primary sponsor, said this legislation is imperative to protect women who go to CPC’s. I would hope the Ms Lappin and the rest of the Council, as well as NARAL, would be as concerned with the manipulation and coercion of countless women who are pressured to abort by boyfriends, husbands, and parents, or those who feel they need to abort so they can continue college, where abortion is free and accessible, but child care is not. Coerced into an abortion myself, like countless other women, I was never told of the dangers of supposed “safe, legal” abortion, which continues to leave women emotionally hurt, sometimes physically damaged and, yes, even dead. No outrage there, no sign requirements, nothing but support.

 We have been told over and over again that women are capable of making their own choices. It has been one of the main arguments in the pro abortion debate. Why then don’t the council and others trust women enough to be able to make this choice? If they do not want to be in CPC they can leave. How can you say a woman can handle making a potentially life changing decision such as abortion, yet not trust her enough to handle going into a CPC? Either she is capable of making decisions or she is not. Perhaps you are the ones using the fear often felt by women to limit alternatives that would give her the resources she needs to allow her to have her baby. I know countless women who wish they had known of such resources.

 If CPC’s can help and support women to have their children, I say more power to them. As a society that claims to want to lower the abortion rate, so should you.

Judge William Pauley III made the right decision and I know countless others who have experienced abortion or have been aided to have their children would agree.

 Theresa Bonopartis

The battle is far from over in New York as pro aborts Christine Quinn and Mayor Bloom berg continue to try to have this biased law enforced. I wish they would spend their time passing laws like this  in MD that truly protect women. Please continue to pray!