Abortion is not about choices, rights, rape or incest; it is about money, said a former abortion clinic owner turned pro-life activist.

"Abortion is a skillfully marketed product sold to this woman at a crisis time in her life," Carol Everett said Thursday during the final event of Human Life Awareness week.

Unregulated business in the abortion industry and post-abortion syndrome are two reasons why abortion rights should be restricted, she said.

Everett told about 30 audience members that abortion is the largest unregulated industry in the country.

Everett, who said she had an abortion 16 years ago, made the decision to support the pro-life movement when she became involved in religion. She aims first to close every abortion clinic in the nation, but if that cannot be accomplished, she will then strive toward industry regulation, she said.

During her speech, Everett cited what she called post-abortion syndrome as another reason abortion rights need to be restricted, noting it may lead to promiscuity and to relationship problems.

The Surgeon General in 1989 did not find significant evidence of the syndrome, but Everett said research is being done on the subject.

The outlook on adoption had to be changed and the laws surrounding adoption had to be "cleaned up," she said.

Kathleen Hanrahan, president of Penn State Students for Life, said she hoped students would reconsider their view on abortion after the speech.

"Hopefully from listening to her speak they realize that there's more to it," Hanrahan said.

It is important for students to have the opportunity to listen to a pro-life advocate, said Catherine McLaughlin (senior-human development and family studies).

"My feelings are still the same, but I've gained more understanding. A new perspective was brought to me about the financial gain with abortion that I don't think I really realized," she said.

Another student said she thought the group's solutions were too simplistic.

"The problem with the opposition of the two movements is they always forget the main issue," said Lilliam Jeng, an audience member. "Both movements have concern and compassion for the quality of human life. But both sides seem to fling accusations at each other that each side cares about only part of it."