Let Me Tell You About MY Abortion

CNSNEWS ^ | 8/9/06 | Pat Fish

[stands2reason]

There is no reason this thread should be turned into a tent revival.

[cyborg]

Between you and God. I hope one day you'll see things a little different. I'm off this thread cuz it's gonna get ugly.

[stands2reason]

I put on my asbestos underwear. I'm ready!

[contrarian]

The wonderful thing about where I go to church is that I can go to my Brothers and Sisters in Christ with my problems and know that, like Christ, they love me and will pray with me when I am in trouble. If you want to go stand in a field and hug yourself, feel free.This should not be construed as a criticism of your way of dealing with this terrible situation, but my (?our) choice has just as much weight.

[Paved Paradise]

Just remember the words of Jesus, honey. None of us is perfect and you seem to be truly repentent. God can forgive all.

For the record, I know a pastor, a friend of mine. His girlfriend got pregnant while he was still in highschool and she had an abortion. I remember a few years ago when my son was around 17, he told me his story and with tears in his eyes looked at me and said his child would be the same age as my son was (my son is now 29). He still grieves over this baby of his.

God bless you for your courage. May many babies live because you told the truth.

[cyborg]

A visual reminder of what's at the heart of the abortion issue...

Babies should be cherished, not seen as a speed bump on the road of materialism. I don't think abortion will ever go away. It will always be legal. I pray for the women and the men, many who enncourage the women to have them. I won't condemn anyone who has had one with fire and brimestone. I did have the misfortune of meetig a woman who was proud she had one because it was a financial inconvenience. It wasn't a misfortune because of the women herelf BUT I was left with a very unnerving feeling. Kinda like when an evil spiritual entity has been around and I feel ill :(

[cyborg]

Made one more post with a pic to keep things in perspective. Now I'm going grocery shopping. Take care.

[socialismisinsidious]

Too many women are hurt by abortion; paying the price for a lifetime. Where are the feminists? Out there trying to entice more women into joining their sick little club; after all, if everyone is doing it then it can't be that bad. That little game is what really pisses me off....if "feminists" really cared about women, if "feminists" really believe that women are smart then wouldn't they demand that women have all the information?! via stories like yours, sonograms etc......control the information control the decision. .....argh.


Thank you for the truth....which may save babies from death and other women from a lifetime of grief/regret.

If you don't know of it already check out Feminists for Life.

[stands2reason]

Just because I'm not a Christian doesn't mean I am alone.

And I wouldn't become one just so I can have more buddies.

The point is, Pro-life is not just a "Christian" issue. It's a human rights issue.

Why be exclusive? It doesn't help the cause.

[grellis]

Maybe because I'm not still "pro-choice."

I had an abortion in 1987. By about 1992ish, I was pretty pro-life. Since '95 I have been ardently pro-life, from conception on. And still I get the "baby killer" tag thrown at me from a select few freepers. The thing is, it doesn't bother me personally--I did, in fact, commit murder. The name fits. The really big problem I have is that the whole "baby killer" rhetoric does far more harm to the pro-life cause than it does good. There are a lot of women on this forum who have told me, via freepmail, that they cannot publicly admit that they have had an abortion. If they fear fellow pro-lifers, they will NEVER be able to share with the coming generations of young women how abortion has changed their lives. Winning situation for the pro-death crowd, eh?

Hildy, we have very different beliefs when it comes to the issue of abortion but you shouldn't have to put up with that crap.

[Hildy]

Thank you for stating the obvious.

[Hildy]

I inject myelf into these threads to show you there is another side...if everyone thought exactly like you, abortion would be illegal. I'm not saying that facetiously. So, you can all just pat youselves on the bat and agree with each other all the time, or you can really listen to what I'm trying to tell you ... and what I'm trying to tell you is that not every woman regrets having an abortion. That's not the argument to be hanging your hats on.

[Fishtalk]

That is just so interesting. Your post, I mean.

Love your forthrightness. Love your honesty. Got a feeling you understand where I'm coming from.

I'm telling you, it was the most difficult thing I ever did putting that post up there. I had butterflies in my stomach for a week. Still do.

So I guess you're right. Yeah I think my story's fairly compelling. In that I was BINGO, right in the thick of a changing world and was affected by it.

I'm not a Senator. I never clerked for the Supreme Court. I was never Secretary of the Interior.

But there a million ME's out here in la-la land and frankly I am sick to death of these people.

MS magazine wants women to be proud of their abortions. The freaking nerve of these people.

Man, I'm not going to sleep tonight.

[Fishtalk]

I'm trying to tell you is that not every woman regrets having an abortion.

Absent any statistics on this matter, I am simply going by my gut and disagreeing.

Sure, it's a womanly thing to do, but ever female gene I possess just plain disagrees with that statement. For sure not all, I understand not all.

But most. I'm sure of it.

[freedumb2003]

So I decided to post my story in its entirety right here on FreeRepublic. Understand I am scared senseless to do this as I am a right regular poster on this site and really don’t want to be judged harshly.

I didn't have to get beyond this to tell you that if anyone gives you flack, you send them to ME and I'll deal with them.

Your courage will not go unnoticed. And to the rest: "he who is without sin may cast the first stone."

Now, I'll go back and read the rest.

[MHGinTN]

Your courageous admissions are one of the only things that can turn the train around. That women area shamed to openly discuss this horrific moment in their lives works to the benefit of the crowd so invested in keeping this bloody rite legal and easily available. We see daily how the negative influence of dehumanizing the alive unborn has opened doorways to what were once unspeakable evils ... killing the unborn for tissue rejuvenation treatments, cloning for body parts, embryo dissection for their stem cells. As God gives you courage to speak out, we are assured that He wants us as a nation to turn around and affirm life. You are warriors on a battlefield you perhaps have little sense of, yet you are so courageous that you wade in with sword raised despite the noise from the enemy! Thank you, thank you for speaking truth ... your witness will set others free and perhaps corrode the heinous dehumanization of the alive unborn. I bow before you both, m'Ladies. Now, if we can just start to reach the Gregories of this nation ...

[freedumb2003]

A powerful testament to the toll abortion takes on a person of character.

I hope you can find a broader forum where some might learn from your sad lesson.

These types of stories need to be in the cultural milieu.

[jwalsh07]

We are the same age but I think my misspent youth somehow makes yours pale in comparison. We all make mistakes. Some of us acknowledge it, come to terms with it and try to do our penance. Being a lifelong sinner and a lifelong Catholic is at times very difficult.:-}

Here's what I think. I think you are a courageous woman whose baby and Lord have already forgiven you.

God bless you and those like you.

[Hildy]

You're wrong...how many women and girls have abortions? ALOT. You think they're all on the verge of nervous breakdowns? The ones who talk about it are very vocal..others just go on with their lives.

[pray4liberty]

I'm glad you wrote your story for us to read. If women who believe in abortion in a theoretical and political way (but don't know the long-term pain and guilt of the actual experience) wake up and take note that it is not at all what it's cracked up to be, then perhaps other lives will be saved through you. You did the right thing, by writing. Be comforted. Be healed.

God bless you for writing your story. Sign onto Rachel's Vineyard, they are a great help to post-abortive women still in suffering over the trauma and guilt. http://www.rachelsvineyard.com

The reality is: abortion has harmed more women than it has helped. It is truly the work of the Devil as Mother Teresa has said.