A clinic worker described one of the women who came to her clinic for an abortion:
“Another [woman coming in for an abortion] who identified herself as Christian, was very active in her church. Before the abortion she said, “I’m in church six days a week, yet here I am.”
She said that her religion forbids abortion, but after a good conversation she said that maybe her church was “too comfortable” in its position against abortion. She thought maybe they needed to examine the aspects of the issue that they were comfortable with.
Even though she was steeped in her religion and its teachings, she knew in her heart that she was making the right choice.”
Krista Jacob. Abortion under Attack: Women on the Challenges Facing Choice (Emeryville, CA: Seal Press, 2006) 150
Had this woman gone to a crisis pregnancy center, the counselor would have immediately seen that her ambivalence and religious beliefs were red a flag that indicated that she might have extreme emotional distress after her abortion.
The counselor would be talking about support systems, about getting help from her church in handling the unplanned pregnancy. The counselor would be finding a way that both mother and baby could live.
This also goes to show that even Christian women active in their churches get abortions. Pro-lifers should not assume that just because a woman is Christian, she will never be an abortion patient. Christian women can panic and feel desperate, just like non-christian women.
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Sorry, font believe you. Kill your child an still claim to be a Christian?
this scatology is the stuff of aol etc message boards on HOW good catholic girls or baptists etc go and get their abortions.
” Even though she was steeped in her religion and its teachings, she knew in her heart that she was making the right choice.”
yeah steeped in deep,right ?
if she was active in her church she knows all about crisis pregnancy centers,ones located AWAY from her home on and on.
the abortion fitted her “”needs”” and she MOST LIKELY would have gotten one way back when the same as her mind was made UP regardless of her alleged church and traditions.