Rosalie DiMaggio was firmly pro-choice when she had her abortion, but she came to regret it anyway:
“I knew abortion was an option for me, and I loved having that choice. It gave me power over my life. I talked to a supportive girlfriend who offered to go with me to the clinic. …
I was not influenced by any one person but by the society and culture I lived in. I was in favor of legalized abortion, I supported the women’s movement. …
Afterwards, my life took a downward turn, but I didn’t know it was related to the abortion. I can only see that now. I got divorced and involved with another man right away, and he became cruel and abusive. I started to drink excessively and spent a lot of time crying. I wanted to die and even planned my suicide…
When I stopped living in denial, I came to terms with the fact that I had killed my child.”
Wendy Williams, Ann Caldwell Empty Arms: More Than 60 Life-Giving Stories of Hope from the Devastation of Abortion (Chattanooga, Tennessee: Living Ink Books, 2005) 44 – 45
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