The book Thank You for Saving My Life tells the tragic story of a pregnant young woman named Maddie, who was on her way to a crisis pregnancy center when her mother called:
“When she reached the parking lot, her cell phone rang. She saw it was her mother, so she answered it.
“You’ll make a terrible mother! You’ll ruin the life of the child, so you might just as well terminate the life now!” Her mother yelled into the phone…
Confused and now even more scared, she didn’t know what to do. She put her car in reverse and headed toward the Planned Parenthood office…
[S]he filled out the papers for the WebCam doctor to review. …The questionnaire asked if she was sure about her decision and Maddie answered, “I don’t know.” But that day the doctor did inquire about her “I don’t know” answer. He just told her to go ahead and push the button to receive the two pills needed to terminate the pregnancy. Maddie took the first pill and drove home.”
After the abortion:
“Six months later, Maddie called the center crying hysterically. No one could even understand her on the phone, she was crying so hard. We encouraged her to come in to the center.
Maggie sat in my office and cried for an hour. The only thing I was able to get out of her was that she had had an abortion. She never looked up. She just cried a heart wrenching cry…
The next two appointments were much like the first time we met. Maddie hung her head and cried the whole hour.”
She eventually found healing through counseling at the crisis pregnancy center
Mike G Williams Thank You for Saving My Life (2016) 68 – 70
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