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The truth: abortion arguments based on maternal health are largely fabrications made to push the envelope of abortion restrictions. RELATED VIDEOS: - We Don't Need Abortion to Save Mom's Life: https://rumble.com/v1enxu0-we-dont-need-abortion-to-save-moms-life.html -What Are the Side Effects of Abortion?: https://rumble.com/v1ak5hh-what-are-the-side-effects-of-abortion.html -How Does Abortion Affect Mental Health?: https://rumble.com/v19it0n-how-does-abortion-affect-mental-health.html RESOURCES: -The myth of medically necessary abortions: https://www.hli.org/resources/what-percentage-of-abortions-are-medically-necessary/ -Can abortion preserve a woman's physical health? https://www.hli.org/resources/support-abortion-preserve-womans-physical-health/ -Should we support abortion for mental health reasons? https://www.hli.org/resources/support-abortion-preserve-womans-mental-health/

Abortion can cause dangerous side effects such as pelvic inflammatory disease, placenta previa, future ectopic pregnancy, cervical lacerations, uterine perforations, and maternal death. For sources and more detail on abortion risks: https://www.hli.org/resources/risks-of-abortion/

Some people think we should affirm a person's gender identity no matter what; others believe that gender identity should match biological sex. Who's right? More at https://www.hli.org/resources/gender-ideology-latest-assault-children/

Rape and incest are such terrible acts that even self-proclaimed pro-lifers sometimes support abortion in these cases. But is abortion really the best response? Keep learning: ➡️ Post-abortion stress syndrome: https://www.hli.org/resources/post-abortion-stress-syndrome/ ➡️ Abortion in cases of rape: https://www.hli.org/resources/shouldnt-allow-abortions-help-victims-rape/ ➡️ Abortion in cases of incest: https://www.hli.org/resources/shouldnt-allow-abortions-help-victims-incest/

The abortion debate tends to focus on the question of the humanity of the unborn: is it a baby, or a clump of cells? Many don't realize that the scientific community has already reached a consensus on the question of when human life begins: fertilization. Sources and more info: - When does a baby have a heartbeat?: https://www.hli.org/resources/when-does-a-fetus-develop-a-heartbeat/ - Fetal pain: https://www.hli.org/resources/fetal-pain-reason-end-abortion/ - The miracle of fetal development: https://www.hli.org/resources/miracle-fetal-development/ - Conception and the beginning of life: https://www.hli.org/resources/the-conception-conundrum/ - When does human life begin?: https://www.hli.org/resources/acorns-eggs-and-captive-violinists/

Birth control activist Margaret Sanger became the founder of America's number one abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. Get more info: About Sanger - https://www.hli.org/resources/margaret-sanger-biography/ Sanger's racism - https://www.hli.org/resources/the-difference-one-racist-made-margaret-sangers-world/ About the Birth Control Review - https://www.hli.org/resources/sangers-birth-control-review-part-i/

How does partial-birth abortion (dilation and extraction, or D&X) work? And why is it so controversial? RESOURCES: ➡️ Tools Used for Abortion: https://www.hli.org/resources/tools-used-for-abortion/ ➡️ Gonzales vs. Carhart Upholds Congressional Ban on Partial-Birth Abortions: https://www.hli.org/resources/gonzales-vs-carhart/ ➡️ Stenbeg v. Carhart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenberg_v._Carhart ➡️ Partial-birth abortion: https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/abortion/partial-birth-abortion ➡️ The facts of partial-birth abortion: https://www.nrlc.org/archive/abortion/facts/pbafacts.html

The 3 types of hormonal birth control pills suppress ovulation and thicken cervical mucus to trap sperm. However, the third way that the pill prevents pregnancy works AFTER conception. Sources and more info: https://www.hli.org/resources/abortifacient-brief-birth-control-pill/

Images are powerful. These images will help you grasp the number of abortions that have happened in the U.S. and worldwide. Keep learning from the articles below: ➡️ Societal impact of abortion on the U.S.: https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-affect-united-states/ ➡️ More abortion statistics: https://www.hli.org/resources/statistics-on-abortion/ ➡️ CDC Abortion Surveillance report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/ss/ss7009a1.htm

Some vaccines are developed using cell lines derived from the tissue of aborted babies. Are Catholics permitted to get these vaccines? Resources: - Is there aborted fetal tissue in vaccines? https://www.hli.org/resources/aborted-fetal-tissue-in-vaccines/ - May Catholics get the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine? https://www.hli.org/resources/johnson-and-johnson-catholic-church/ -Products that use aborted fetuses: https://www.hli.org/resources/products-that-use-aborted-fetuses/ -Dignitatis Personae: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20081208_dignitas-personae_en.html -Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note on the Morality of Using Some Anti-COVID-19 Vaccines: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20201221_nota-vaccini-anticovid_en.html -Pontifical Academy for Life, Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Fetuses: https://www.pdcnet.org/C1257D43006C9AB1/file/B3945E0E17A0025085257D94004A597D/$FILE/ncbq_2006_0006_0003_0145_0154.pdf -National Catholic Bioethics Center, Points to Consider on COVID-19 Vaccines and Abortion-Derived Cell Lines: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e3ada1a6a2e8d6a131d1dcd/t/606e09919576a84913c02975/1617824145839/COVIDVAX.pdf -Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute's vaccine charts: https://soundchoice.org/vaccines/vaccine-chart/ -Children of God for Life: https://cogforlife.org/

Black and Hispanic communities are targets of the abortion industry, which is creating a whiter and whiter American population. Here's the evidence of Planned Parenthood's racism. Sources and more info: "Planned Parenthood Is Willing To Accept Donations To Kill Black Babies" (Live Action undercover video): https://www.facebook.com/liveaction/videos/2881938725201085/ Planned Parenthood: Your Questions Answered - https://www.hli.org/resources/unbiased-facts-about-planned-parenthood/ "Investigation: Planned Parenthood Speeds Targeting of Minorities" (Life Issues Institute): https://lifeissues.org/2017/02/investigation-planned-parenthood-speeds-targeting-minorities/ "New Research Shows Planned Parenthood Targets Minority Neighborhoods" (Life Issues Institute): https://lifeissues.org/2012/10/new-research-shows-planned-parenthood-targets-minority-neighborhoods/ "Our History" (Planned Parenthood): https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are/our-history

Given Planned Parenthood's history of illegal practices and failure to advance women's healthcare, our tax dollars should be going elsewhere. Sources and more info: Why Defund Planned Parenthood?: https://www.hli.org/resources/why-planned-parenthood-should-be-defunded/ Facts about Planned Parenthood: https://www.hli.org/resources/unbiased-facts-about-planned-parenthood/

Most pro-lifers have a vague feeling that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger was somehow “bad,” but few realize the extent of her racism. ➡️ Sanger's ties to the KKK: https://www.hli.org/resources/margaret-sanger-kkk/ ➡️ Sanger's racism: https://www.hli.org/resources/the-difference-one-racist-made-margaret-sangers-world/ ➡️ About the Birth Control Review: https://www.hli.org/resources/sangers-birth-control-review-part-i/

Intracardiac injection abortions, also called induction abortions, are performed in the third trimester (between 25 weeks and 40 weeks, which is after fetal viability). The abortionist gives the baby a drug to cause cardiac arrest, soon after which the mother goes into labor to deliver a dead child. Sources and more info: ➡️ Abortion procedures: https://www.hli.org/resources/tools-used-for-abortion/ ➡️ Fetal development: https://www.hli.org/resources/miracle-fetal-development/

Planned Parenthood presents itself as a healthcare provider where abortions are available, but not a major part of the business model. Yet PP's own Annual Reports expose this image as a lie: abortion truly is Planned Parenthood's cash cow. Planned Parenthood abortion stats: https://www.hli.org/resources/planned-parenthood-abortion-statistics/ Facts about Planned Parenthood: https://www.hli.org/resources/unbiased-facts-about-planned-parenthood/ Planned Parenthood's 2020-2021 Annual Report: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/40/8f/408fc2ad-c8c2-48da-ad87-be5cc257d370/211214-ppfa-annualreport-20-21-c3-digital.pdf

Dilation and evacuation is a 2nd trimester abortion procedure. The baby's limbs and head are torn apart by a Sopher clamp and removed in pieces from the uterus. Sources and more info: - Abortion procedures: https://www.hli.org/resources/tools-used-for-abortion/ - Fetal pain: https://www.hli.org/resources/fetal-pain-reason-end-abortion/

Some medical conditions require procedures that will cause the end of a pregnancy, but these procedures areNOT the same as direct abortions. Resources: ➡️ The "mother's life" exception in abortion laws: https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-to-save-life-of-mother/ ➡️ The myth of "medically necessary" abortions: https://www.hli.org/resources/what-percentage-of-abortions-are-medically-necessary/ ➡️ Health risks of abortion: https://www.hli.org/resources/risks-of-abortion/ ➡️ Is abortion safer than childbirth? https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-really-safer-childbirth/ ➡️ Can abortion preserve mom's physical health?: https://www.hli.org/resources/support-abortion-preserve-womans-physical-health/ ➡️ What about abortion for mental health? https://www.hli.org/resources/support-abortion-preserve-womans-mental-health/ ➡️ About post-abortion stress syndrome: https://www.hli.org/resources/post-abortion-stress-syndrome/ ➡️ Why women abort: https://www.hli.org/resources/why-women-abort/

Pro-lifers often promote adoption as the more loving option than abortion, taking the baby's point of view. But there are plenty of reasons why adoption is a great choice for mom as well! Resources and more info: -Alternatives to abortion:https://www.hli.org/resources/alternatives-to-abortion/ -Adoption or abortion?: https://www.hli.org/resources/adoption-vs-abortion/

Vacuum aspiration abortion is a surgical procedure done either manually or by machine in the first trimester (when the woman is 5 to 13 weeks pregnant). The abortionist inserts a tube into the uterus and uses suction to tear the fetus to pieces and out of the mother's body. Sources and more info: Abortion procedures: https://www.hli.org/resources/tools-used-for-abortion/ Fetal development: https://www.hli.org/resources/miracle-fetal-development/ The Grantham Collection: http://abortioninstruments.com/new_index.html#instruments CS Mott Children's Hospital: https://www.mottchildren.org/health-library/tw1078

Hormonal contraceptives have side effects as dangerous as breast cancer, stroke, heart attack, ectopic pregnancy, and deep vein thrombosis. Why are women being prescribed birth control with no knowledge of its health risks? Sources and more info: https://www.hli.org/resources/negative-effects-of-the-pill/

Is abortion the "compassionate" choice for babies with birth defects? RESOURCES: ➡️ Shouldn't abortion be allowed for serious or fatal birth defects? https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-serious-fatal-birth-defects/ ➡️ Should parents opt out of prenatal testing? (podcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zuWNnqT-o ➡️ Sex-selective abortion: https://www.liveaction.org/what-we-do/investigations/sex-selective-abortion/ ➡️ When they warn of rare disorders, these prenatal tests are usually wrong (NY Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/upshot/pregnancy-birth-genetic-testing.html ➡️ Why Down syndrome in Iceland has almost disappeared: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/down-syndrome-iceland/

In vitro fertilization raises some big ethical questions, especially regarding the treatment of human embryos. What does the Catholic Church say? MORAL ways to overcome fertility: https://www.hli.org/resources/catholic-teaching-on-infertility-treatments/ SOURCES AND MORE INFO: ➡️ IVF ethical issues: https://www.hli.org/resources/in-vitro-fertilization-ethical-issues/ ➡️ Embryo freezing: https://www.hli.org/resources/embryo-freezing/ ➡️ Catechism of the Catholic Church on IVF: https://www.hli.org/resources/catechism-of-the-catholic-church-ivf/

Stats show that condoms help stop STI's in a single sexual act, but NOT long term, due to the high failure rates of condoms. Sources and more info: https://www.hli.org/resources/likelihood-of-std-with-a-condom/

All intrauterine devices have both contraceptive and abortifacient effects. For women with IUDs, the health risks can be life-threatening. Sources and more info: https://www.hli.org/resources/abortifacient-brief-intrauterine-device/

Dilation and curettage is a first-trimester procedure that relies on powerful suction to tear the baby to pieces and pull those pieces out of the uterus. Sources and more info: - Abortion procedures: https://www.hli.org/resources/tools-used-for-abortion/ - Fetal Development: https://www.hli.org/resources/miracle-fetal-development/