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Planned Parenthood Proudly Peddles "I Had an Abortion" T-Shirts.

National Right to Life News

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To the outrage of women who have experienced the pain of abortion, Planned Parenthood is selling t-shirts that proclaim, "I Had an Abortion."

"Once again, the callousness and insensitivity of Planned Parenthood provides another example of just how out of touch it is with the reality of abortion and the impact it has on women," said Olivia Gans, director of American Victims of Abortion, an outreach of National Right to Life. "It is clear that Planned Parenthood puts promoting abortion above concern for women."

Gans said rather than falling off, the storm created by PPFA's initial decision to sell the shirt and subsequent decision to continue even though many people objected has only grown more intense.

"Not a day goes by that I don't receive calls from outraged people," she said. "This gross insensitivity has touched a raw nerve."

Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt told CNN that the t-shirts support the view that "the decision to have a child or not is one of the most profound and personal that any of us make."

Pro-lifers, however, argued that a t-shirt is not the appropriate venue to advertise such an admittedly "personal" issue. "Every abortion not only ends a life, but it can leave a woman emotionally wounded," said Gans. "The experience of abortion is traumatic and devastating and I am appalled that Planned Parenthood would exploit the tragic experience of women like myself to further its agenda."

Even some Planned Parenthood affiliates have spoken out against the sale of the shirts. "This is going beyond ...

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