{"id":166398,"date":"2017-05-24T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T17:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=166398"},"modified":"2017-05-24T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:20:51","slug":"womens-author-kathleen-meikle-i-was-deceived-by-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/womens-author-kathleen-meikle-i-was-deceived-by-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s author Kathleen Meikle: ‘I was deceived by Planned Parenthood’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kathleen Meikle, editor of the book A River of Tears<\/em><\/a>, which collected the stories of women who had abortions, wrote the following\u00a0about her abortion at Planned Parenthood:<\/p>\n

At Planned Parenthood there was no mention of options, only their reassurance that abortion was safe and sane. If I had been getting plastic surgery there would have been a discussion to ensure that I understood the impact. With my abortion, there was no discussion of the procedure or risks. I can\u2019t help but wonder if some thoughtful disclosure might\u2019ve caused me to change my mind….<\/p>\n

I was deceived by Planned Parenthood, the women\u2019s movement, our culture and by myself. Abortion is such an important decision because it cannot be reversed. It would seem, with an irreversible life and death decision, an organization that purports to support women would want us to have information on every option. If it\u2019s really about choice, why not support an open exploration of the pros and cons of all the alternatives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Meikle now deeply regrets her abortion. She put together River of Tears<\/em> to show people how harmful the abortion industry is, and how abortion hurts women.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0Kathleen Meikle A River of Tears<\/em> (2017) 2 \u2013 3, 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kathleen Meikle, editor of the book A River of Tears, which collected the stories of women who had abortions, wrote the following\u00a0about her abortion at Planned Parenthood: At Planned Parenthood there was no mention of options, only their reassurance that abortion was safe and sane. If I had been getting plastic surgery there would have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":56429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,3058],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWomen's author Kathleen Meikle: 'I was deceived by Planned Parenthood'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""There was no discussion of the procedure or risks. 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