Contact:  Tracy Reynolds, Media Liaison, Operation Outcry, The Justice Foundation, 210-614-7157, 650-400-0436 cell, info@txjf.org

MEDIA ADVISORY, July 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on June 27th upheld South Dakota’s statute requiring abortionists to tell a woman that "the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being," defined as a member of the human species (Homo sapiens).

The most basic question many women ask before an abortion is "Is it a baby?"  One would assume that abortionists and courts would be able to answer this question.  However, Planned Parenthood does not want to tell women abortion kills a human being.  They consistently do not tell women that abortion is being performed on a human being, a member of the species Homo sapiens, a living organism. 

The women of Operation Outcry are extremely pleased that the Courts are now listening to real women who have been hurt by abortion and beginning to protect women from abortionists, rather than listening only to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion seller.  The women of Operation Outcry and other women are also extremely pleased that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals cited the portion of the Supreme Court's recent Gonzales v. Carhart decision in which the testimony of post-abortive women of Operation Outcry was cited to show that "some women come to regret their choice to abort the infant life they once created and sustained.  Severe depression and loss of esteem can follow." 

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals cited this Supreme Court passage on page 16 of its opinion. 

This citation of post-abortive women's pain by this second major court demonstrates again that the voices of the women of Operation Outcry are beginning to have a deep and long lasting impact on the courts of the United States.

While the Supreme Court and the Eighth Circuit have now recognized that abortion hurts some women, the Supreme Court also said "we find no reliable data to measure the phenomenon." That is why Operation Outcry needs more declarations (legally admissible evidence) to take back to the Supreme Court. Women can go to www.operationoutcry.org and complete the Declaration form online (confidentially) or download it and mail it in.  We need One Million Voices to take back to the Supreme Court to show them the size of the problem.

Lisa Dudley, Director of Outreach for Operation Outcry, and one who has suffered from abortion herself, said:  "I am thrilled that the courts have taken an important step towards protecting women's lives.  Women like me, who have had abortions, need to complete the Declaration to give more evidence to courts who are dealing with abortion.  It is time to stop the pain."

A copy of the opinion is available on our website, www.operationoutcry.org.