Abortion can 'turn women into child sex abusers', claims clinic

Termination can 'really confuse' relationships with children, says counsellor at Crisis Pregnancy Centre

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AN 'INDEPENDENT' clinic in London has been wrongly advising women that they could become child sex abusers if they have an abortion. The Daily Telegraph secretly recorded counsellors giving misleading advice at two Crisis Pregnancy Centres last month.

One counsellor at the Central London Women's Centre claimed there is "an increased statistical likelihood of child abuse" because women had to break "natural barriers that are around the child that you don't cross" in order to terminate a pregnancy.

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