{"id":323,"date":"2004-08-02T16:27:43","date_gmt":"2004-08-02T20:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=323"},"modified":"2004-08-02T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2004-08-02T20:27:43","slug":"planned-parenthood-defends-i-had-an-abortion-shirts-despite-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/planned-parenthood-defends-i-had-an-abortion-shirts-despite-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood Defends “I Had an Abortion” Shirts Despite Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steven Ertelt
\nLifeNews.com<\/a>
\nJuly 30, 2004<\/p>\n

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Criticism from pro-life groups, women who have had abortions, and even from their own local affiliates hasn’t stopped the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from selling t-shirts with the slogan, “I Had an Abortion.”<\/p>\n

In a statement responding to the national outrage, PPFA president Glora Feldt, says, “The shirt is not a cavalier statement, but a way to challenge the silence and shame around an experience many women have shared, however difficult that decision may have been.”<\/p>\n

Feldt blames pro-life groups for making it necessary to sell the t-shirt.<\/p>\n

“One in three American women will have an abortion before the age of 45, and anti-choice extremists are doing everything they can to turn that choice into a scarlet letter, and ultimately to criminalize this option,” Feldt explains.<\/p>\n

“In that effort, some anti-choice activists have publicly disclosed that they had an abortion, only to cast this option in shame,” Feldt added.
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\nBut Feldt comments are offensive to many women who have had abortions, suffered from extreme physical and emotional consequences, and regret their decision.<\/p>\n

At age 18, Pennsylvania resident Karen Bodle learned she was pregnant from her first sexual encounter and had an abortion when she felt she had no other options. <\/p>\n

The abortion experience left Karen depressed and confused and plagued her ability to develop a relationship because she was continually haunted by her experience.<\/p>\n

“I want America to know that abortion hurts women. Women are created to love and nurture their children, not have them ripped from their wombs and thrown away,” Bodle says.<\/p>\n

“I did not want more women to go through the intense pain and suffering that I had experienced,” Bodle added.<\/p>\n

Read the entire article on the LifeNews.com<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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