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Pro-life group condemns abortion bookings over the internet
Westminster, 11 July 2000--The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children has described a website through which women can book abortion consultations as "an insult to the hundreds of women hurt by abortion every day."John Smeaton, the society's national director, said: "We are very
saddened by this development which is a grave disservice to women.
"Marie Stopes International's website shows the ease with which unborn
babies can be killed in Britain.
"Their website welcomes visitors to a brave new world where
obtaining an abortion is made easier than a visit to Tesco's to buy
your weekly shopping. The tragedy of abortion is trivialised and
reduced to the level of a simple customer choice. It is an insult to
the hundreds of women hurt by abortion every day.
"The description of abortion is outrageously misleading. A
procedure which dismembers a tiny but completely formed baby by the
force of a powerful vacuum is described as follows: 'We usually use
gentle suction to remove the contents of your womb through a narrow
tube'.
"The overwhelming worldwide evidence of the adverse psychiatric
aftermath of abortion is also swept aside with the false claim that
abortion has no effect on a woman's general health.
"This website should be condemned by everybody regardless of their views on abortion."
