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From Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood's Web site (www.plannedparenthood.org) lists and discusses the three options to pregnancy (abortion, adoption and parenting); a toll-free number (800-711-9848, choose number 904 and then number 170) also gives the three options, but in the reverse order.

The phone site says this about "continuing your pregnancy": "Every women who becomes pregnant has the right to continue the pregnancy, regardless of her age, marital or financial situation. She is also entitled to financial and medical assistance from the state if she can't adequately provide for herself or her child."

The abortion information says that procedure usually takes "between five and 10 minutes" and "by means of gentle suctioning, the contents of the uterus is removed."

The Web site warns women to "beware of so-called 'crisis pregnancy centers.' These are fake clinics run by people who are anti-abortion. They often don't give women all their options. They have a history of scaring women into not having abortions."

This story was originally published January 23, 2009 at 1:23 PM with the headline "From Planned Parenthood."

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