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She doesn’t know that many women report feeling regret
about their abortions for the rest of their lives and experience guilt,
shame, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders,
and substance abuse because of their abortions.
She doesn’t know that the industry telling her she only has
one choice also profits from that choice. The abortion industry
tells her, abortion is female empowerment. But she doesn’t feel
empowered.
At the Center for Pregnancy Choices Metro Area, we don’t
have to imagine this young woman. We meet her every day. It is
our sincere hope and desperate prayer that before a woman ever
begins to find avenues for abortion, she will first find the Cline
Center, our medical clinic.
While searching for abortion pills online, this young woman
finds the Cline Center. Online it says that the Cline Center offers
reproductive healthcare and support at no cost. She calls the Cline
Center, and they ask about her and her circumstances. She learns
that the Cline Center can offer her honest and respectful options,
counseling, advocacy, accurate and objective abortion consultations,
safe and professional reproductive healthcare including a
lab-grade pregnancy test and limited ultrasound, and a plethora
of continued support options to meet all her needs. She decides
to make an appointment.
At her appointment, the staff is warm and welcoming,
and she is beginning to feel safe and cared for. Her pregnancy is
verified, and she is given all the information she needs about all
her options – parenting, adoption, and abortion – so that she can
make a well-informed choice. She learns about fetal development
and the abortion procedure. She has an ultrasound to determine
the location and viability of her pregnancy. She is given lots of
resources and support options. She never feels judged for whatever
is going through her mind, all her questions are answered, and
everything she says is kept confidential.
After her appointment at the Cline Center, she doesn’t feel
alone anymore. She feels empowered, educated, and equipped.
Now, she knows that she is stronger than her circumstances.
She knows that she is capable of so much more than abortion.
The Cline Center continues to follow-up with her and care for
her every step of the way.
In a world after Roe, we have seen, firsthand, that the desperation
for hope and help is even greater. At the CPC Metro Area,
we work to meet that need by entering the crisis of an unplanned
pregnancy with the woman and doing the real work to walk
alongside her, offering personalized and comprehensive support
from the first moment she finds out she is pregnant to long after
her decision.
72 • JULY 2023