I think there are better ways to go about protesting abortion than making women who have gotten them feel like dirt. I do not really see what this accomplishes, other than further stigmatizing and marginalizing the act of abortion and therefore, the women who decided to get one. This is dangerous on many levels. Using junk science to further a political and moral agenda is irresponsible, but diagnosing a non-existent condition is simply reckless.
Even if you could not imagine ever getting an abortion, chances are you know someone who has. While both sides of the debate lob shots, our friends move on with their lives. Whether they see their abortion as the beginning or an end, we should give them the room to discuss painful issues an abortion can raise. Unraveling the PAS myth means realizing these issues may be there. It also means realizing that scare tactics and false maladies are not a means to an abortion end. This harms the very women pro-lifers claim to protect. In an ideal world, no woman would be faced with the abortion prospect. But until then, let us all open our ears and hear what they are saying.
