Pregnant women who view their child in utero by ultrasound are less likely to have an abortion and are more likely to experience a desired pregnancy and childbirth.
Studies repeatedly show that requiring an ultrasound to be administered to abortion-minded women results overwhelmingly in their choosing to carry to term.
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One study
conducted in a pregnancy resource center in the U.S. reported that women
planning to abort their child were 2 - 3 1/2 times more likely to
keep their children after viewing their ultrasounds.
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A study
conducted in Oregon concluded that women at high risk of having abortion who
viewed ultrasounds were only 30 percent likely to continue with the procedure,
as compared to the 75 percent of women who did not view ultrasounds.
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One study
reported that women at risk for abortion who viewed ultrasounds and received
counseling were 60 percent more likely to choose life than those who had
counseling without ultrasounds.
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Eight in ten
pregnancy resource centers report that "abortion-minded" women decide
to keep their babies after seeing ultrasound images.
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According to an
executive director of an Iowa pregnancy resource center, 90 percent of women
who see their baby by ultrasound choose life.
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One pregnancy
resource center director in Baton Rouge states that "Ninety-eight percent
of women who have ultrasounds choose to carry to term."
'"Ultrasound examination may thus result in fewer abortions
and more desired pregnancies."
Dr. John C. Fletcher, National Institutes of Health and
Dr. Mark I. Evans, George Washington University Medical School
