{"id":1586,"date":"2024-03-11T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T22:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2024-03-11T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T23:00:17","slug":"maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/2024\/03\/maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Maslow’s Hierarchy Applied to Unplanned Pregnancies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This guest blog comes from Heroic Media, <\/strong>a pro-life charity that is leading the branding war against Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry to become women\u2019s #1 preferred provider of women\u2019s healthcare. See: https:\/\/heroicmedia.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I was so impressed with their blog \u201cUnderstanding Desire: Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy and Planned Parenthood<\/strong>\u201d that I requested permission to share it here. The following is a clear explanation of the abortion strategy. Understanding this approach that attracts and deceives women into abortions through negative<\/em> conclusions helps us to devise a positive<\/em> counter-appeal and provide women with what they truly want and need.<\/p>\n

What Do Women with an Unplanned Pregnancy Want?<\/strong><\/h3>\n \ What does it mean to want something? To truly desire? If we do not understand the answer to this question, then we are far behind in the 2024 abortion landscape. Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers have made it their number one priority to understand what women want, how and when they want it, and how to get it to them as easily as possible.<\/p>\n \ For many in the pro-life movement, this type of thinking is unintuitive and could be seen as distracting from the main goal: saving lives. However, taking a philosophical step back from the day-to-day and looking at the core desires of the human heart may provide more actionable results than you might expect.<\/p>\n \ \ Photo by Alexis Fauvet on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMaslow\u2019s Hierarchy<\/strong><\/h3>\n**** \ Maslow\u2019s hierarchy of needs is a psychological tool developed in the 1950s to represent the different types of needs human beings experience at different times in their lives. At the bottom is our most basic needs, food, water, shelter, and the like. At the very top is what Maslow calls \u201cself-actualization,\u201d or, put more simply, the ability for a person to be completely free and fulfilled in their life. But what does this have to do with Planned Parenthood and abortion?<\/p>\n \ Our contention at Heroic Media is that Planned Parenthood\u2019s abortion services offering is so attractive to women facing unexpected pregnancies because those pregnancies are positioned by Planned Parenthood as a threat to ALL of the five levels on the hierarchy. They understand deeply both the fear and desire that a woman experiences before, during, and after a pregnancy, and have placed themselves in the woman\u2019s mind as the provider of the solution to those fears and desires.<\/p>\n \ Planned Parenthood Strategy<\/strong><\/h3>\n \ Here\u2019s how Planned Parenthood uses psychology to position themselves effectively:<\/p>\n \ Level 1 \u2013 Physiological Needs<\/strong><\/p>\n \ The need: food, clothes, water, sleep, shelter, warmth<\/p>\n \ The Planned Parenthood angle: \u201c\u2018Having a baby will take up all of your resources.\u2019 \u2018You won\u2019t have enough money to pay rent, buy food, or afford clothes.\u2019 \u2018There are barely any resources out there to help you physically or financially, and those that do exist cannot help you sufficiently.\u2019 \u2018Having an abortion will save you from all of this hardship.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \ Level 2 \u2013 Safety and Security<\/strong><\/p>\n \ The need: health, employment, property, family and social stability<\/p>\n \ The Planned Parenthood angle: \u201c\u2018You will have to take time off work when you give birth to your child.\u2019 \u2018You might not ever be able to return to work.\u2019 \u2018Your parents or your boyfriend will kick you out of their house if you go through with birth.\u2019 \u2018Forget owning a home \u2013 all of your money is going to be spent on childcare, so you\u2019ll be stuck renting for the rest of your life.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \ \ Image by John Hain from Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n \ Level 3 \u2013 Love and Belonging<\/strong><\/p>\n \ The need: friendship, family, intimacy, sense of connection<\/p>\n \ The Planned Parenthood angle: \u201c\u2018The father of your child is likely to not stick around after the child is born, and you even risk losing some friends because your lifestyle will change so drastically.\u2019 \u2018You are going to be alone with the child, and there will not be anyone around to help you.\u2019 \u2018You are much better off as a single woman, free to spend time with whomever you like whenever you like and start a family when you feel more ready.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \ Level 4: Self-esteem<\/strong><\/p>\n \ The need: confidence, achievement, respect of others<\/p>\n \ The Planned Parenthood angle: \u201c\u2018You are going to have to put your college degree on hold indefinitely.\u2019 \u2018That promotion is not likely to happen anytime soon.\u2019 \u2018Forget becoming a leader or a breadwinner, because your whole life is now defined by the choice to give birth instead of the choice to be a liberated, empowered woman.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \ Level 5: Self-actualization<\/strong><\/p>\n \ The need: morality, creativity, spontaneity, acceptance<\/p>\n \ The Planned Parenthood angle: \u201c\u2018You were not made to be a mother.\u2019 \u2018You were made to be a woman, however you define it.\u2019 \u2018You have no obligations to anyone or anything.\u2019 \u2018You can craft your own reality and become the woman of your dreams.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \ Their Message, Our Mission<\/strong><\/h3>\n \ Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers have saturated their advertising with this type of messaging for so long, that we hear echoes of it in the media we consume, the language our politicians use, and sometimes even the language we hear from our church leaders. These examples are meant to show how comprehensive the abortion industry is in spreading its message to women.<\/p>\n \ It would be good practice for all of us in the pro-life movement to reflect on how we address women\u2019s needs at each of these levels and take the steps necessary to ensure that they are loved and respected no matter their situation.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \ This guest blog comes from Heroic Media, a pro-life charity that is leading the branding war against Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry to become women\u2019s #1 preferred provider of women\u2019s healthcare. See: https:\/\/heroicmedia.org\/ I was so impressed with their blog \u201cUnderstanding Desire: Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy and Planned Parenthood\u201d that I requested permission to share it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4580,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1436,1433,1439],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patheos-catholic","tag-abortion-strategy","tag-maslows-hierarchy","tag-womens-needs"],"yoast_head":"\nMaslow's Hierarchy Applied to Unplanned Pregnancies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maslow's five levels of needs are used by the abortion industry as a strategy to conclude that a woman's needs are met by abortion.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/2024\/03\/maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maslow's Hierarchy Applied to Unplanned Pregnancies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maslow's five levels of needs are used by the abortion industry as a strategy to conclude that a woman's needs are met by abortion.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/2024\/03\/maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Musings From the Pew\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lois.kerschen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-11T22:55:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-11T23:00:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/1433\/2024\/03\/nutshell-2122598_640.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"614\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lois Kerschen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@llkerschen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lois Kerschen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/2024\/03\/maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/2024\/03\/maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies\/\",\"name\":\"Maslow's Hierarchy Applied to Unplanned Pregnancies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-11T22:55:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-11T23:00:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/#\/schema\/person\/69dc96c459773f7eaf12d1f5bdfd1d44\"},\"description\":\"Maslow's five levels of needs are used by the abortion industry as a strategy to conclude that a woman's needs are met by abortion.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/2024\/03\/maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/2024\/03\/maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/2024\/03\/maslows-hierarchy-applied-to-unplanned-pregnancies\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Maslow’s Hierarchy Applied to Unplanned Pregnancies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/musingsfromthepew\/\",\"name\":\"Musings From the Pew\",\"description\":\"Commentary on being Catholic; 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