abortions
By DONTUWANNA
@DONTUWANNA (19)
United States
October 26, 2007 3:47pm CST
for those who have had abortions it's not the end once you understand and ask for forgiveness you will lift the weight off your shoulders. i never would have had an abortion and i was a proud single mom and had already lost a child please, i would never. and then i fell in love he was my everything i thought we could do anything but when i got pregnant after not using protection he didn't the baby it wasn't a good time this happened every time three abortions later i left and not until recently did i take the blame he suggested but i should have said no, i commited it under circumstances of not having an unwanted child, but that's no excuse
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@sweetcakes (3504)
• United States
27 Oct 07
Some wounds cut so deep that only one thing can begin the healing process: receiving forgiveness. Countless women cry out, "I didn't believe what they told me at the clinic. I knew better. I knew it was a baby-not lifeless tissue-in my womb, but I went through with it anyway. Even if God can forgive me, how will I ever forgive myself?"
Many others try to bury the pain: but they can't. The wound cuts too deeply--to the very core of a woman's being. Living in denial never helps; it may temporarily dull the pain but it can't take it away. Pretending not to know, denying what you do know, will ultimately only intensify the emotional trauma. The pain must be honestly acknowledged, brought to the surface, and released in order for the wound to be healed.
Abortion is contrary to all that is sacred to womanhood and true femininity. There is nothing this side of heaven that compares to the wonder of conception, the development of life in the sanctuary of the womb, and the miracle of birth. It is a woman's nature to give life. Abortion violates her most intimate instincts.
Some women say that the aftermath of abortion is worse than that of rape. In fact, in many ways abortion is akin to rape: abortion is a brutal assault on innocent life, on a woman's body, and on the dignity of womanhood. But in the case of abortion the victim consents to the "rape" and even pays the "rapist" for the assault. (I will draw parallels between rapists and abortionists in a future pamphlet. You may conclude that the comparison is faulty because a woman consents to abortion. But don't forget the other victims of abortion: not one unborn baby has ever consented to an abortion.)
Something sacred, something precious, is taken from a woman in both rape and abortion. In one case it Is taken by force; in the other, by consent. Because consent is involved, true healing can only begin when the wrong is acknowledged and forgiveness is sought. That's why pretense and denial are so devastating: forgiveness can only be experienced by those who honestly admit they need it.
