{"id":206177,"date":"2019-07-12T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=206177"},"modified":"2019-07-12T00:28:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T05:28:02","slug":"former-abortion-worker-woman-18-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-abortion-worker-woman-18-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Former abortion worker says woman came in for 18 abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The pro-life group And Then There Were None<\/a> held a webcast<\/a> in which former abortion workers told their stories. Former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson asked Adrienne Moton<\/a>, who once worked for Philadelphia “House of Horrors” abortionist Kermit Gosnell<\/a>, whether women ever came in for repeat abortions. Moton responded:<\/p>\n

Oh yes. To the point where we’re calling each other by first names. There is one woman, I don’t remember her name and I wouldn’t say her name \u2013 she was there 18 times. And she was just \u2013 I said, “18?” And she was just like, hey. It was like a birth control for her. That was her birth control method.<\/em><\/p>\n

Repeat abortions happen overseas as well. British reporter Daniel Martin wrote, \u201cIt is not unknown for some women to have seven, eight or even nine terminations in their lifetime.\u201d According to public records, in 2010, 85 British women each had their eighth<\/em>\u00a0abortion.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Studies: Over half of women seeking abortion are using birth control<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have written in the past about it is often frustrating<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0abortion workers and doctors<\/a>\u00a0to see women coming for multiple repeat abortions.\u00a0There are many examples of abortion workers complaining about these women. One abortion worker said:<\/p>\n

Women attending for repeat abortions do evoke powerful primitive feelings in us. We both have experience of women attending up to their fifth termination. It is hard to remain open to a woman and not fall into the easier position of being judgmental of her (or other health professionals).1<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

Author Louise Kapp Howe quotes another abortion worker, saying:<\/p>\n

It can be sort of tricky. Someone like that mother of three, what are you supposed to say to her? \u201cHey, after today, I hope we never have to see you again?\u201d What purpose would that serve? Aside from making her feel guilty. None of us can be so sure we won\u2019t wind up back here no matter how carefully we use birth control. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

You know, it\u2019s one thing if the woman has an abortion when she\u2019s, say, 17 and then she\u2019s back again in four years and then in another five years. These kinds of accidents can easily occur over time. But when you see someone back year after year\u2026 I think it\u2019s important to take her aside and try to help her figure out what\u2019s been going wrong.3<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

Howe later says that many people consider women who have repeat abortions irresponsible. She says, \u201c[I] heard this position expressed most angrily not only in expected political circles but also among numerous staff members at other abortion clinics.\u201d4<\/sup><\/p>\n