They also suffer together. That abortion is destructive to women as well as children is now well established. According to Dr. Joel Brind, of New York's Baruch College, the link between abortion and breast cancer is now undisputed. Reports of physical injuries and deaths at clinics are already alarmingly common. And clinics themselves have pamphlets detailing post-abortion problems, including guilt and depression.
Abortion is, of course, a fundamentally destructive act.
It destroys not just a child, but a part of the child's mother as well. The authentic pro-life effort therefore helps mothers as well as infants. Finally, abortion is a question of human rights, and should be discussed as such. Millions of Americans have reacted to abortion just as anyone would to the dismemberment of a newborn infant - because abortion is the very same thing, only occurring within the womb rather than outside it. If ever our law and culture are to protect the mother and child in pregnancy, it will be because the nation as a whole understands why this should be so.