Edith Young, a 12-year old incest victim who became pregnant when her stepfather assaulted her, writes this 25 years after her abortion:
“Throughout the years I have been depressed, suicidal, furious, outraged, lonely, and have felt a sense of loss…Often I cry. Cry because I could not stop the attacks. Cry because my daughter is dead. And I cry because it still hurts….As you can see, the abortion which was to ‘be in my best interest’ just has not been. As far as I can tell, it only ‘saved their reputation’ ‘solved their problems’ and allowed their lives to go merrily on.”
David C. Reardon “Aborted Women: Silent No More” (Chicago: Loyola University Press) 1987, 217-218
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