Lack of help and support leads woman to abortion clinic

One woman who regretted her abortion talked about how no one was there to help her when she became pregnant. What she really needed was a friend, someone to encourage her.

“It was weird. I didn’t want abortion. I didn’t want all that guilt again. But all the people at the abortion clinic were real helpful and friendly and tried to make you feel like you were doing the right thing. Nobody else in my life had tried to help me. Everybody else would just look down their noses at me for being pregnant. It seemed like the abortion clinic was the only place to find help.”

David C Reardon Aborted Women: Silent No More (Westchester, Illinois: Crossway books, 1987) 33

This woman’s story illustrates how important it is to just be a friend to women facing an unplanned pregnancy. It also speaks to how important crisis pregnancy centers are, these organizations that provide free counseling and help to women considering abortion. It’s also important that a single woman who is pregnant is not responded to with judgment and condemnation. Shame can push a woman into abortion.