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A book intended to help people hurt by abortion<\/a>\u00a0featured the story of Kay, who was coerced by her mother into an abortion at age 16.\u00a0When Kay first learned she was pregnant, she wanted to abort. But then she spoke to a friend, who convinced her to choose life for her baby. Kay began to look forward to the birth of her child and adjust to the idea of being a mother. But when she told her own mother, the woman flew into a rage and demanded that Kay have an abortion. Kay says:<\/p>\n

My resolve [to have the baby] quickly dissolved in the face of my mother’s wrath. She told me I was only thinking of myself \u2013 that I was being incredibly selfish. What about the baby? I was too young to be a mother. <\/em>What about my schooling? I wouldn’t be able to get a decent job if I didn’t graduate from high school. What about college? I’d resent the baby if I had to give up my dreams. What about my career? I wouldn’t be able to support the baby and myself. What about our family? My family’s prominence in our small East Coast town would be ruined. When I protested, she threatened to kick me out of the house.1<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0After two coerced abortions as a teen, Janet struggled with substance abuse and suicidal thoughts<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kay saw no way out. Fearing abandonment and homelessness, she agreed to an abortion. She has suffered emotionally for many years, and she is not alone.\u00a0Live Action News\u00a0has covered other stories of teenagers coerced into abortions<\/a> by their parents. A former abortion worker wrote about this common phenomenon. Former abortion worker Tonya P wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[T]eens, young adults, and minors who are still living at home with their parents or legal guardians, are sometimes being forced to have an abortion or even feeling like they\u2019re being pressured into having an abortion by that parent or legal guardian. This happens a lot of times to minors and young adults\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

On the day of the appointment, you can usually tell the minor who does not want to be there just by their facial expression. Being upset and very emotional. When this is noticed, I\u2019ll pull that patient to a private room to have a one-on-one talk with them without the parent being present, and sometimes the patient will say, \u201cYes, I am being forced to do this, and if I don\u2019t, my parents will put me out or send me away.\u201d And in other words, just turn their backs on them. You have parents who try to convince their child\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

The parents will sometimes deny that they are trying to force their child to have an abortion because they put them in the spotlight, and I have heard a child making a comment saying, \u201cYes, you are, mama, I didn\u2019t know that I was coming to an abortion clinic. I thought this was just a regular doctor\u2019s appointment for my pregnancy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Other abortion workers who have attempted to take time to counsel women<\/a> who did not want abortions and give them other options have been\u00a0reprimanded by their employers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kermit Gosnell, who was convicted of murdering babies born alive after abortion, had his own way of helping parents who forced their teenage daughters into abortions. According to writers<\/a>\u00a0Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, Gosnell employee Kareema Cross told investigators about Gosnell\u2019s method:<\/p>\n

She told detectives about minors who were brought to the clinic against their will by their mothers. If Gosnell sensed the girls might not want the abortion, he would give them a pill. After they had taken it, he would tell them that it was a poison, and that their child was already dead so there would be no turning back. In fact, Cross said, she saw many babies born alive after these mothers were induced.2<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

It is unfortunately all too common for minors to be coerced into abortions by their parents.<\/p>\n

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    Michaelene Fredenburg Changed: Making Sense of Your Own or a Loved One’s Abortion Experience<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(San Diego, California: Perspectives, 2008) 68 \u2013 69<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
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    Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer\u00a0Gosnell: The Untold Story of America\u2019s Most Prolific Serial Killer<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Washington DC: Regnery Publishing, 2017) 124<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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