help raise awareness
sample letters for newspapers and political leaders
write a letter to the editor |
Newspaper editorial pages are widely read and a very important forum for raising awareness of the UnChoice message. Click here to download sample text that can be used as a basis for your own letter to the editor.
Your letter can remind people that:
most abortions are unwanted or coerced, coercion can escalate and it can be direct or indirect, such as deceptive information from experts, withdrawal of emotional and financial support or housing, job loss or personal and professional coercion that can come from social workers, school principals, employers, landlords or even pastors
most abortions are based on non-support and inadequate information …
abortion clinics provide little or no screening for coercion or known risk factors …
many abortion clinics practice assembly-line "medicine" and put profits before the health and well-being of patients
abortion often results in trauma and injury
abortion is followed by high rates of clinical depression, trauma and death
Visit our research and resources pages for more information that you use in your letters.
See our sample fundraising letters for a list of helpful tips on writing letters to the editor.
write to your legislators and political leaders |
Writing to legislators and political and civic leaders is also an important task. Urge your elected officials to support policies that protect the authentic rights of women, including model legislation consistent with this strategy.
Also, share a copy of our booklet: Hard Cases. New Facts. New Answers, so political leaders have a compassionate response to sensitive questions about sexual assault pregnancy and abortion. Abortion is unwanted, unsafe and unfair for women in these circumstances. Studies show that they do not want abortion. Share the Petition for Hearings regarding sexual assault pregnancy and abortion (included in the Hard Cases booklet).
Click here to download a sample letter for political leaders that can be used as a basis for your own letter.
