The term "pro life" is deceiving because it is hypocritical. These people who claim to be pro life believe that all rights of the baby, even the right to live, supersedes the mother's life. This is unfair to the mother as she is also a living person. She has rights, feelings and purposes other than serving as a container for future life. Not only this but mothers also go through extreme judgement. Often times, those who choose not to get abortions deal with slangs such as slut and whore for becoming pregnant in the first place. To have her rights be completely stripped from her and then be judged afterwards is cruel. This cruelty can lead to depression and suicide. Studies from the CEMD show that suicide is the leading cause for maternal deaths. This fact only further proves the hypocrisy of pro-lifers. Pro life activists also would prefer that the mother keep the child, despite having financial or health problems. Forcing a mother who struggles to keep a child she is not ready to raise will only cause her future child to suffer along with her and be raised in a unprivileged environment. The results of a survey from Brown Deer High School shows that 50% of the surveyors thought the mother should be obligated to take care of their child no matter what her living situation is (Her). For example, in January 2014, a 10-year old girl from Paraguay was denied an abortion by her government, who stated that "this girl became a uterus. She became a birth canal" (Theguardian). In other words, the government is saying that as soon as she became pregnant, she was nothing else but a host for her child. This sounds more like pro-force rather than pro-life.
Another story that shows the hypocrisy of pro-life activists is the story of Geraldine Santoro. Many people have not heard of the wonderful woman named Geraldine Santoro. She was a mother of two daughters and a sister of fourteen siblings.