What Happened to the Bloody Coathanger
The Coathanger Buzzword
"Prior to Roe, pro-choicers were fond of saying that nearly a million women every year obtained illegal abortions performed with rusty coat hangers in back-alleys that resulted in thousands of fatalities. Given the gravity of the issue at hand, it would go beyond the duty of kindness to call such claims an exaggeration, because several well-attested facts establish that the pro-choice movement was simply lying."
The "coat hanger" argument is one of the most emotionally compelling appeals of abortion activists. It is also misleading and would seem to have little substance.
- Some women have chosen dangerous methods to rid themselves of their children in the past and some died as a result.
- People often choose a course of action that has disastrous consequences.
- Many of the women aborting today would never have chosen an illegal abortion.
- Most 'legal' abortion related deaths are misreported and misrecorded.
- Women are 600% more likely to commit suicide after having an abortion.
- The Life Information Website, New Zealand, "The Coat Hanger Argument"
Maternal Mortality in Finland [Abortion is a "Non-Issue" there] – Women of reproductive age (15-49) who died between 1987 and 1994 – 9,192 women studied. Source: STAKES, the statistical analysis unit of Finland's National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health."No Pregnancy" set as baseline-1.0, against which are measured rates for Birth, Miscarriage and Abortion.