{"id":194241,"date":"2019-01-24T09:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T15:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=194241"},"modified":"2019-01-25T20:03:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T02:03:47","slug":"abortion-workers-mother-force-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-workers-mother-force-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I was dragged into the room’: Abortion workers help mom force daughter to abort"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pro-abortion activists claim that abortion<\/a> is all about giving women choices. But many minors are forced or pressured into having abortions.\u00a0In one study, researchers examined cases where the minor did not tell her parents about the pregnancy, but the parents found out some other way. Among these families, 18% of the parents forced<\/a> their daughters to have abortions. In 6% of cases, physical violence was involved. 18% may not seem like a high number, but tens of thousands of minors have abortions every year. The numbers add up.<\/p>\n

Kelly Lang was in high school when she became pregnant. After the pregnancy test came back positive, she told her mother, who demanded she have an abortion. Kelly pleaded with her mother to keep her baby, but her mother made an appointment for the abortion anyway. She was a few weeks shy of her 18th birthday, and her boyfriend was over 18. Her mother threatened to have him arrested for statutory rape and put in jail if she did not go through with the abortion. Kelly considered him “the love of my life”, and she did not want her boyfriend to go to jail.<\/p>\n

READ: \u2018You\u2019re not alone\u2019: Woman forced to abort encourages other victims to heal<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kelly’s mother said she would drive her to the abortion facility. After the abortion, Kelly could continue her relationship with her boyfriend. But she was not allowed to contact him until after the abortion was over.<\/p>\n

Kelly writes:<\/p>\n

Over the next few days, my mother spent more time with me than at any other time in my life. Sadly, this was not because she wanted to share my few moments of pregnancy with me. Rather, it stemmed from a fear that if I were to spend time with my boyfriend, we would find a way to not have the abortion.<\/em><\/p>\n

No amount of tears changed my mother\u2019s mind. She was determined \u2013 and that was that.(1)<\/em><\/p>\n

Kelly pleaded with her mother the whole way to the abortion facility:<\/p>\n

The trip to the clinic was filled with pleading and begging. But no amount of pleading touched my mother\u2019s heart. Arriving at the clinic, my mother signed the paperwork handed to her. As we waited for my name to be called, I tried one last time to sway her, pleading with her, \u201cPlease, mom! Please don\u2019t do this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The abortion workers helped Kelly’s mother force her to go through with the abortion.<\/p>\n

The nightmare continued as my name was called and I was led to a small office halfway down a long hallway. The lady behind the desk asked me if I had any questions. As the last word left her mouth, I was on my feet, running down the hallway, throwing open the double waiting room doors \u2013 still pleading and begging for mercy. I fell to my knees sobbing. It was then that I felt my arms being pulled upward and I was dragged to a room where my baby was sucked away.<\/em><\/p>\n