A reader of my old blog submitted this article about the importance of finding quality abortion information.  I edited it a bit and decided to post it here (with her consent of course). Editor

Finding Quality Abortion Information

If you are a pregnant woman in many places, especially if you are a teenager or living in a poor community, it can be very hard to get good quality abortion information. Much of the information about abortion that is routinely handed out is actually being disseminated by so-called “pro-life” groups masquerading as organizations trying to help young women make the “right choice”. They will use scare tactics, disguised as abortion information to try to frighten you out of having an abortion, instead of being honest about their motives. In no case should you put any trust in these groups. They care about your fetus which is made up of only a few cells, and has no higher brain function at all, but they don't care at all about you.

Where to find good abortion information?

If you want to get good abortion information, the best thing that you can do is to contact Planned Parenthood. They exist to help women make their own choices about their reproductive health, taking advantage of the freedom over their own bodies that women in America can enjoy. While these anti-abortion groups terrorize women and the doctors who help them, organizations like Planned Parenthood help out women by giving them good abortion information, as well as information about birth control, and any other sexual information that they might need. There is no point subjecting yourself to right wing propaganda, when you can get quality abortion information instead!

True story: I had a cousin who became pregnant when she was 17. She lived in a very conservative town in rural Kentucky, and there was no place to get good abortion information around. She finally found an “abortion counseling” clinic, and went there to get abortion information. What she found out scared the heck out of her. They told her that she would likely get serious complications from the abortion, and possibly die, that she would regret the decision for the rest of her life, and that her friends and family would find out all about her abortion, and ostracize her for the rest of her life. It turns out that all of this supposed abortion information was spurious, and that she was actually in the clutches of the religious right. Fortunately, she figured this out in time, and was able to terminate her pregnancy without having to reveal it to her parents, a decision which she has never regretted. She would have been disowned by her family if she had believed the false abortion information and told them that she was pregnant.

The bottom line is to make sure you have proper information before making a decision that could be life-altering (in more ways than one).

Random excerpts from other pregnancy articles on this site (click the link to read the full article):

Current Abortion info from Yahoo: