Girl who was a victim of incest and forced to have an abortion:
“Throughout the years I have been depressed, suicidal, furious, outraged, lonely, and I felt a sense of loss.… Even if my daughter had been put up for adoption, instead of killed, some of the pain would not be present. Often, I cry. Cry because I could not stop the attacks. Cry because my daughter is dead. And I cry because it still hurts. They say time heals all wounds. This is true. But it doesn’t heal the memories, at least not for me.… 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 reputations,” “solved their problems,” and “allowed their lives to go merrily on.”
David C Reardon Aborted Women: Silent No More (Westchester, Illinois: Crossway books, 1987) 217
Abortion does not resolve the trauma of incest- often, it is used to cover up the crime. Abortion clinics have done abortions on young women and sent them back to their abusers.
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