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April 7th 2008, 08:57 PM
“I have a son. His name is Christopher. He would be nearly thirty-three years old, if I hadn’t made that fateful choice when I was nineteen.…On July 2, 1973, I walked into the hospital pregnant, and walked out without an infant in my arms.”
So begins the story of Marie’s motherhood—a story tragically pierced by her decision, as a terrified college freshman from a nice and average family, to undergo an abortion. But that is not the end of Marie’s story, nor the end of her motherhood.
Motherhood Interrupted: Stories of Healing and Hope after Abortion poignantly details sixteen journeys—sixteen children lost, and mothers found—in the women’s own words. “It is my hope that after reading my story and the stories of the other women in this book,” says editor Jane Brennan, “many women who have had abortions will not be afraid to tell their own secrets. We all need to let other women know that abortion is not just a clinical procedure or fundamental right, but tragedy. In and beyond this tragedy, there is forgiveness, but if we don’t speak out, other women will have to endure the pain.”
http://www.firstthings.com/blog/2008/04/07/motherhood-interrupted/
So begins the story of Marie’s motherhood—a story tragically pierced by her decision, as a terrified college freshman from a nice and average family, to undergo an abortion. But that is not the end of Marie’s story, nor the end of her motherhood.
Motherhood Interrupted: Stories of Healing and Hope after Abortion poignantly details sixteen journeys—sixteen children lost, and mothers found—in the women’s own words. “It is my hope that after reading my story and the stories of the other women in this book,” says editor Jane Brennan, “many women who have had abortions will not be afraid to tell their own secrets. We all need to let other women know that abortion is not just a clinical procedure or fundamental right, but tragedy. In and beyond this tragedy, there is forgiveness, but if we don’t speak out, other women will have to endure the pain.”
http://www.firstthings.com/blog/2008/04/07/motherhood-interrupted/