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Free Plastic Surgery With Abortion? Gimmick Used in Miami
Life News ^ | 7/15/11 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 07/15/2011 1:34:38 PM PDT by wagglebee

Abortion businesses in Miami, Florida are reportedly using a new gimmick to lure minority women to abortion centers there to destroy the lives of their unborn children — but a leading pregnancy center organization is fighting back to help them.

Margaret Hartshorn, Ph.D., the president of Heartbeat International related the controversial new information in an email LifeNews.com received. She also says the abortion businesses are preying on women without financial means by putting them into high-interest payment plans for the abortions.

“Abortionists are now using gimmicks like “free plastic surgery with your abortion” to seduce women into their clinics,” he explains. “These predators seek to lure newly immigrated women from Cuba and South America by offering abortions up to 24 weeks for $120.”

“When a woman comes in for the abortion, she is presented with a payment plan and costly interest rates for a total cost that far exceeds the original price,” Hartshorn adds.

The gimmick is similar to one used in Orlando Florida by an abortion business there that took couponing to a new, sick level by offering two coupons related to purchasing abortions. One coupon has the Orlando clinic, one of a chain of abortion centers All Women’s operates throughout Florida, giving women a “Free Pap Smear” with the purchase of an abortion at both the Orlando and Tampa, Florida locations. The offer is “not valid without web coupon being presented to receptionist at time of abortion” and each abortion patient may only use one coupon — meaning the approximately 40 percent of women obtaining repeat abortions may not receive a second free pap smear.

All Women’s has a second coupon with a “Limited Time Offering” of $125.00 off or purchase of the abortion drug RU 486 (mifepristone). All Women’s advertises a typical fee of $350 for an abortion, meaning customers will receive approximately 35% off of the typical abortion cost.

Despite the Miami gimmick, Hartshorn says Heartbeat International, a national network of pregnancy centers that provide no-cost support for pregnant women considering an abortion or unsure about an unplanned pregnancy, is looking to add a third center in Miami to combat these deceptive abortion sales methods.

“When Heartbeat International showed up in Miami less than four years ago there were 37 abortion clinics and zero ultrasound-equipped pregnancy help centers in operation,” she explains. “We saw a great need for the gospel of life in Miami. Now, 4 years and over 15,000 clients later, Heartbeat of Miami is saving lives every day.”

“Heartbeat of Miami is taking more ground with plans to open a third clinic in Little Havana. But Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses will not give up Miami easily,” she said.

Hartshorn described the story of one woman lured by the tactics, who eventually chose life for her unborn child.

“Jessica was offered a $120 abortion. She was 22 years old, a college student with a loving family, a committed boyfriend, and a bright future. Now she was pregnant. Fearful of losing her boyfriend and jeopardizing her future plans, Jessica scheduled an abortion appointment. But her mother had no peace about Jessica’s decision to abort. Jessica’s mother and aunt urged her to visit Heartbeat of Miami,” she related. “Jessica was 8 weeks pregnant. She saw the image of her beautiful baby leaping in her womb and then the sound of the baby’s heartbeat filled the room. In tears, Jessica told her mom, “I cannot do this mom. I cannot kill my baby.” Leslie, the ultrasound technician, answered, “No one is going to kill your baby here Jessica. Your family brought you to the right place.”

“Each Heartbeat of Miami clinic serves nearly 20 women per day. Like Jessica, most of these women are abortion-minded,” Hartshorn continues. “When they arrive at the clinic, they find love, counseling, a free ultrasound, and the gospel of Jesus. Women who have suffered a previous abortion find forgiveness, healing, and acceptance through abortion recovery programs.”

Heartbeat of Miami President, Martha Avila, expressed her joy for this work with us in a recent interview: “When they come in they think we are one of the many abortion businesses in Miami. They are seeking an abortion, thinking, ‘This is what I want.’ But then when they leave, they leave with Jesus in their heart and a baby in their womb!”

You can be a part of the great work happening in urban centers across our country by supporting Heartbeat International. http://www.heartbeatinternational.org


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; moralabsolutes; prolife
“When a woman comes in for the abortion, she is presented with a payment plan and costly interest rates for a total cost that far exceeds the original price,” Hartshorn adds.

Unbelievable!

1 posted on 07/15/2011 1:34:48 PM PDT by wagglebee
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2 posted on 07/15/2011 1:35:31 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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3 posted on 07/15/2011 1:36:12 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Sick.


4 posted on 07/15/2011 1:37:23 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: wagglebee

>> Unbelievable!

Not really.


5 posted on 07/15/2011 1:41:24 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: wagglebee
Incentives to convince people to come in for an abortion doesn't sound like, “Freedom of Choice”, to me. It sounds like the same sort of marketing the fascist democrats complain about when an “evil corporation” does it. These people think it's just fine to murder an infant by ripping it into pieces or turning its brain into syrup, but they're putting gruesome warnings on cigarette packs. Abortionists, those who support abortion, and the whole democrat fascist machine, are all a really sick bunch of Satanic SOBs, not just people with a different opinion.

JMHO

Regards

6 posted on 07/15/2011 1:59:20 PM PDT by Rashputin (Obama is insane but kept medicated and on golf courses to hide it)
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To: wagglebee
What do they call it The Casey Anthony Makeover?

Kill your kid and get your party face on!

7 posted on 07/15/2011 2:13:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wranglers not Levis. Levi Strauss is anti-2nd Amendment.)
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To: wagglebee

Cosmetic surgery to repair the hymen...so the patient would be a virgin again.


8 posted on 07/15/2011 2:18:26 PM PDT by moovova (Obama rolled up his sleeves...and cut 2 strokes off his golf score.)
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To: wagglebee

“But then when they leave, they leave with Jesus in their heart and a baby in their womb!”

Thank you Lord! This statement brought me to tears.


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