In a book by Patrick Lee called “Abortion and Unborn Human Life” a woman expresses her grief after an abortion. Her story is typical of the many other stories on this website.
“I am 34, married seven years. I had an abortion not quite four years ago. The pain of the knowledge of what I did is permanent, deep and fresh again when I least expect it. A word about a child, Mother’s Day, a song — can literally rip me apart. There is never any warning. In the middle of the happiest moments, something will trigger a sadness for my action.
I can’t make you feel how I feel or how I felt. I would be writing for hours. Even if I talked to you, you could not know the pain I set myself up for. It’s not just babies that abortion kills. It’s mothers too.”
Originally quoted by David Reardon
Patrick Lee “Abortion and Unborn Human Life” (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1996) 154
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