They said it.
One woman admits that her abortion was selfish, but it was her choice:
“The pro-life camp likes to label women like myself as selfish and doing what’s best for her and they’re right. I will not deny what I did was selfish, but as a women I have a choice as so how MY life and the lives of the people around me will be affected. When I took a look at my life abortion became the best choice. It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t pleasant, but it was what worked.”
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A woman posted the following on facebook:
Go here to see what this woman’s baby looked like after her abortion.
Share on FacebookA woman who was 12 weeks pregnant was interviewed in an abortion clinic:
“I feel pretty messed up. It’s different, just knowing. My husband told me not to look. This changes my feelings, but I’m sticking by it. Damn it, $650, I’m sticking by it.”
JOHN LELAND” Under Din of Abortion Debate, an Experience Shared Quietly” New York Times SEPT. 18, 2005
From one woman who had an abortion:
“I feel proud of myself that I made the choice to have an abortion and finish college. I never made a decision before that said I was the most important person. Choosing abortion is about empowerment. It’s about making a choice in favor of myself and my own future. It was giving myself a vote of confidence.”
Anonymous woman
Quoted in The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. The New Our Bodies, Ourselves. (Touchstone Books, 1992) 369.
A woman who had an abortion claims:
“i did the least selfish thing, which was what was best for the child, not myself. i would have LOVED to have a child, i had these plans for when i wanted kids, how far apart, etc… however, when i got pregnant, it really, really was not the right time.”
Below: Pictures of abortions at 10 weeks. Is this the least selfish thing? was abortion best for these children?
One woman who had an abortion says:
“Phil went with me to the abortion clinic. I saw all those other women there, and I was so curious. I couldn’t help wondering why they were there and how they felt about it. People were so wonderful to us. One of the nurses really wanted to hear about Jesse [her living daughter]. I didn’t think I’d laugh that day, but when we talked about my [other] baby [who she allowed to live] we ended up laughing together. I was a little weepy during the abortion, wishing it could’ve been different, but you can’t turn back the clock…
Sure, I’ve felt sad since. It was a sad decision to have to make. But it also felt right… We really look forward to our next baby, and will do that together, too!”
Carole Dornblaser and Uta Landy, PhD The Abortion Guide: A Handbook for Women and Men (Rockville Center, New York: Playboy Paperbacks 1982) 53
A book by abortion workers gives the case history of one woman who came to the clinic:
“Nancy had been through a turbulent adolescence, lack of caring for herself during her teens had resulted in two terminations and an episode of gonorrhea. She had taken on board the messages that her fertility could be affected which she felt would be deserved punishment for her past mistakes. She was now 23 and in a steady relationship. She was no longer able to stand the agony of not knowing if she could get pregnant, nor was she able to verbalize the distress, so she started having unprotected sex while her boyfriend still thought she was taking the pill. She got her answer to her doubts when she became pregnant and after some initial euphoria had to face up to the fact that she was still not yet in a position to be a mother. She decided to have a termination and also for the first time started being able to reflect and talk about herself.”
Joanna Brien, Ida Fairbairn Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling (London: Routledge, 1996) 19
Share on FacebookA doctor tells the following story:
“I had an infertility patient, 31 years old, walk in pregnant one day. Married to a husband who had no sperm and who knew he was azospermic. It didn’t take much to figure that one out… But she wasn’t concerned over having an abortion. She was worried her husband would find out she had been pregnant and had gotten rid of the baby. She wanted the abortion and she didn’t want him to know… Some time ago this couple had put in for adoption, and after a long wait, had just gotten two little nonidentical twins.
Later, when this woman came back for her checkup, she told me the whole story. It turned out that the guy who had gotten her pregnant was a friend of her husband’s. He also was married. The two couples used to go away on weekends together… After the abortion, she put a halt to their relationship because she wanted to keep her own marriage intact for three more months. At the end of that time, she and her husband could legally adopt the twins. Having accomplished this, she was going to reconsider resuming her affair or getting a divorce.”
William J. Sweeney III, MD, Barbara Lang Stern Woman’s Doctor: A Year in the Life of an Obstetrician-Gynecologist (New York: Morrow & Company, 1973) 210
Share on FacebookA woman named Charity explains why she had an abortion:
“My decision to have an abortion was a decision I made to care for the child that was within me. To adopt a child would be more cruel to me than just ending it, because it’s giving the child no help. It saying “Well, it’s not my problem.”
My decision to abort will affect my child in a humane manner, because I’ve got my child’s interests at heart. That’s why I decided to terminate, for that child’s sake.”
Leslie Cannold The Abortion Myth (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1998) xviii
This is what she did to her preborn baby. Is this really humane? Is this better then giving the baby to a loving adoptive home?
Elizabeth became pregnant and had an abortion when she was in high school. Later, she had a second abortion. She says of the second abortion:
“Over the months… I had formed this bond with my baby. I used to talk to her and try to do things that would be good for her. I knew that I was going to get rid of her, but until then I wanted her to be healthy. This will probably sounds weird, but I really did love her…
I am now taking precautions so that this will not happen again. The emotional part was a lot worse than the first time because I had grown to know and love my baby. She was there when Bruce was not. But I could not keep her. Selfishness probably had a part in it, I must admit. Also, I will never forgive myself for the fact that Bruce’s father died…. I killed his granddaughter on the day that his life ended. I have always looked at it this way and I still feel guilty about it. I have also always thought that my baby would have been a girl. I guess you could call it a woman’s intuition or motherly instinct.”
Carl Jones Should I Have This Baby? (Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group, 1996) 9 – 10
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