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American women have been lied to about motherhood and it’s time to fix it

If we are going to empower women to choose life, it starts with meeting women where they are and walking alongside them

By Clare Ath Fox News

Published May 9, 2026 7:00am EDT

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Our culture has sold women one of the greatest lies of all time: abortion is the best and only option. Rather than empowering women to become mothers, our society has convinced her that an abortion is a "quick and easy fix" to her problems. But in reality, abortion robs women of one of the greatest joys that we celebrate on Mother’s Day. 

As a mom to three young boys, my heart breaks for the woman struggling to make ends meet. It breaks for the woman who feels the mounting pressure to support her children alone. But most of all, my heartbreaks for the woman who walked into Planned Parenthood thinking an abortion would be part of the solution to her problems. 

Human Coalition and Planned Parenthood see the same abortion-seeking woman, and less than one in four of those moms express confidence in her decision to abort. In fact, the majority would prefer to parent if their circumstances were different. 

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Read that again: most women walking into abortion........

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