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Carolina Pregancy Center,abortion,pregnancy,clinics,free,Abortion Safety Checklist
Our commitment is to help women who are considering an abortion realize that they need to check out the credibility of the abortion clinic they are considering. Research needs to be done before selecting where the procedure will be done (just as in any other medical procedure.)
Call us to make an appointment, for more information, an ultrasound to determine how far along you are, and to discuss your unique situation. We want to help you avoid being hurt physically and emotionally, and to help you find solutions to the distressing circumstances that are causing you to feel that you have "no choice" but abortion. Empower yourself by getting all of the information you need to make an informed decision.
As with all surgery, abortion has inherent dangers that cannot be eliminated. Therefore, Carolina Pregnancy Center does not recommend or refer for abortion. However, our eight-point health and safety checklist can help protect you against physical and emotional injuries.
1. Get a blood test or laboratory quality urine test.
You may not be pregnant after all. Because of the conflict of interest involved, do not confirm your pregnancy at the abortion center. According to the Board of Registry for Medicine, some doctors have had their licenses revoked for performing unnecessary abortions. Carol Everett, a previous abortion provider, testified in Congress that she regularly sold abortions to women who were not pregnant but feared they were. The clients never knew and her abortion income was enhanced. Make sure someone tests you other than the abortion provider.
2. Do not allow anyone to sell you an abortion prior to the 8th week of pregnancy.
Providers will sell you an abortion but then will not "guarantee success" prior to the eighth week. The fetus is simply too small to locate. Abortion is already a blind procedure (by feel and guesswork) and when done prior to the eighth week, the danger of internal damage is higher. The suction tube may perforate your uterus and bowel. More commonly, the abortion can be incomplete, which means tissue is left behind, which could cause severe infection that may lead to infertility and, in some cases, toxic poisoning or even death.
3. Ask for the name of the doctor performing the abortion.
Abortion is legal; malpractice and substandard medical treatment is not. Unless you insist on knowing the name of the doctor, the abortion clinic will often not tell you. In case of injury, the abortion provider is relying on you not wanting anyone to know that you were ever at the clinic; he is also counting on you not knowing whom to hold accountable for the malpractice. In order to protect your interests, know the doctor’s name. Some clinics have malpractice judgments pending due to substandard care or injuries. Abortion providers routinely fail to inform clients about the risks of abortion, many also have quality care problems. You deserve competent treatment, not substandard care.
4. Check to see if the abortion center is a licensed medical clinic.
Abortion providers are not required by law to be licensed clinics and therefore are not required to provide the standard of medical care women deserve and expect. Abortion clinics are the only field of medicine that is unregulated. Make sure you only go to one that at least meets the minimum safety standards required for a medical clinic license. Some abortion providers may advertise themselves as licensed private practices. This gives a misleading sense of meeting high safety standards when the opposite may actually be true - ask and check!
5. Understand that abortion is surgery and has particular health risks.
Ectopic pregnancies: Studies show that the risk of an ectopic pregnancy is twice as high for women who have had one abortion, and up to four times as high for women with two or more abortions. Ectopic pregnancies account for 12% of pregnancy related maternal deaths.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): 30% of all women suffer PID following an abortion. PID leads to fever and infertility.
Breast cancer: An analysis of all reputable studies done to date suggests that women who abort their first pregnancy in the first trimester face a 50% increase in the rate of breast cancer. This rate doubles with each successive abortion. For full documentation, see the Breast Cancer Risks and Choices brochure available at Carolina Pregnancy Center.
Psychological/emotional trauma: 50% of post-abortive women report experiencing emotional and psychological disturbances that last for months or years. This includes acute feeling of grief, depression, anger, fear of disclosure, preoccupation with babies, nightmares, sexual inhibition, termination of relationships, emotional coldness, increased alcohol use, and thoughts of suicide.
Many go into the clinic thinking, "This is my only choice," but come out saying, "What have I done?" Be prepared. Your present circumstances will most likely change. You need to think of what you life will be like in the future as well as now. Your ambivalence indicates that you have conflicting feelings.
Take time to ask yourself why you have these mixed feelings. Do not abort your conscience and values; they are what make you a strong woman. Fight to overcome your circumstances, rather than submit to them. We will be glad to help you.
6. If you change your mind, demand your money back, even when you are on the table.
Ask upfront how this would be handled, should you change your mind.
Abortion providers know that this is an intensely agonizing decision. They see women change their mind at the last minute because the thought comes, "I simply can’t have this abortion, no matter how difficult the circumstances." Know your rights and don't be pressured.
7. Understand your legal rights following your abortion.
Some abortion providers insist that all patients sign a statement saying they will not hold the clinic or the doctor liable for damages which might occur because of the abortion. However, this document has virtually no legal authority. If you are physically or emotionally injured, you always retain your constitutional right to seek financial compensation in a court of law no matter what you may have signed.
8. Know what abortion is and why it is such a difficult and painful decision.
Why so painful? You cannot have a surgical abortion prior to the eighth week (seventh at best). By this time the fetus is well developed, complete with fingers, even fingerprints and a fully recognizable body to go with them. The heart has been beating for over a month; it has an entire nervous system and can feel pain. The fetus is a separate person with a different genetic code from yours; very likely a different blood type and possibly gender. The fetus is in your body but is not a part of your body. Make sure you don’t deny yourself this vital information.
You are not a child who needs to be protected from the facts; you are a mother in need of help.
We are dedicated to helping you make a decision you can live with.
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