Here’s an article about the pro-life movement’s “shift to focus on health issues,” namely the health of the mother. Pro-lifers have always been concerned about the life and health of the mother, especially considering the damage that abortion does to a woman emotionally and psychologically and yes, even physically.

Sadly, many women opt for abortion because they feel that they have no other choice. JivinJehoshaphat links to a woman who says just that:

I know I do not have another option…I would love to [have the child], but there is no way I could afford it and I cannot bring a baby into the world knowing I cannot properly support it.

In the immortal words of Spider-Man 3, “you always have a choice” to do the right thing. But a woman cannot make the right choice if she is not first given the right information and the other possible options that lay in front of her. That is why, in recent years, we have been taking an active role in our concern for women by pushing for more and better informed consent laws. The latest buzz has been about making ultrasounds available in abortion clinics.

Women deserve better than abortion and in order to reduce abortion numbers, special attention must be given to helping a woman make the best decision for herself and her unborn child.