{"id":192109,"date":"2018-12-10T08:19:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T14:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=192109"},"modified":"2018-12-07T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T22:51:38","slug":"abortionist-dont-women-need-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionist-dont-women-need-information\/","title":{"rendered":"These abortionists don’t think women need information before abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a previous article, I described how abortion workers falsified<\/a> paperwork in order to avoid waiting periods and counseling required by informed consent laws. Informed consent laws require abortion providers to give information to women about fetal development, alternatives to abortion, and abortion risks. These laws have been passed because abortion facilities have a long history of lying<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0withholding information<\/a> from women. Most informed consent laws also implement waiting periods, which give women a chance to think over the information they have been given. Abortion facilities undermine these laws in various ways.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dennis D. Christensen, who commits approximately 3,000 abortions a year, told the New York Times<\/a> that he changed the wording of the state-mandated script he is supposed to read to women. In order to save time so he can do more abortions, he put the speech on videotape. The New York Times article<\/a> says:<\/p>\n

[Christensen] made a few of what he said he felt were corrections. While the state form says ”unborn child,” he says ”the developing pregnancy.” To the risks of abortion, he adds that statistically, women are more likely to have complications in pregnancy and childbirth.<\/em><\/p>\n

By altering the script, Christensen lessens its impact. Nevertheless, he says that one out of every 10 abortion-seeking women changes her mind and leaves after seeing the tape.<\/p>\n