Anti-Choice groups are targeting The Girl Scouts

[DamianThomas]

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And my argument to sum it up for you is that preventing unplanned pregnancies is always a far better option then terminating them

I hate to tell you this, but no form of contraception is 100% failproof.

and that termination leads to long term psychological and psychophysiological disorders

Sorry, but that is absolute bullshit. Although anti abortion fanatics love to spread those lies to scare women away from abortion, ACTUAL evidence indicates the exact opposite:

In 1987, President Reagan asked Surgeon General C. Everett Koop to study the topic of alleged “post-abortion syndrome.” Despite powerful political pressure to identify such a syndrome, and his own personal anti-choice beliefs, Dr. Koop concluded that “the data do not support the premise that abortion does or does not cause or contribute to psychological problems.”

A 1992 American Psychological Association (APA) review found that severe negative psychological reactions to abortion are rare and that the vast majority of women experience a mixture of emotions after an abortion, with positive feelings predominating.

The findings were reaffirmed in 2008 after a 2-year review of the “best scientific evidence published,” APA’s Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion found that women who choose abortion are at no greater risk for mental-health problems.

A 1997 longitudinal study showed that the experience of abortion has no independent effect on the psychological well-being of a woman.
(Source: S. Edwards, Abortion Study Finds No Long-Term Ill Effects on Emotional Well-Being, 29 FAM.PLAN. PERSP. 193, 193-94 (1997).)

A study published in 2000 revealed that two years after the procedure, 72 percent of the women surveyed were satisfied with their decision to have an abortion, 69 percent said they would have the abortion again and 72 percent reported more benefit than harm from their abortion. The small proportion of women who did experience problems tended to have a prior history of depression. (Source: Brenda Major et al., Psychological Responses of Women After First-Trimester Abortion, 57 ARCHIVES GEN.
PSYCHIATRY 777, 777-784 (2000).

and thus adoption is a preferred option to avoid these

Another clueless statement. Many women who have had to give their children away suffer lifelong issues. Post Adoption Syndrome/Depression is actually a recognized issue.

And that's backed up by facts and not emotion/opinion.

Wrong.

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As CapnAwesome said, how is it magically different from those who pulled their children out of Boyscouts because of their anti-gay policies?

As I recall, those people didn't target and yell at children:

While a Midland Girl Scout troop sold cookies at Wal Mart, a man walked up to an 8-year-old girl to talk about abortion.

“My 8-year-old was there and he was right up in my face and he used the term. He said ‘how dare your troop leaders teach you about abortion,’” said Tasha Riddle, Girl Scout troop leader.

“The lady walked up to her 5-year-old and was talking to her 5-year-old about Planned Parenthood,” Riddle said.

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