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Have you had an abortion?
30 years ago
I was in a horrible marriage with an abusive husband. He didn't want our child to be born. I drove myself to the clinic, far away from my home. I cried & struggled with myself, all the way there, and all the way home. I had been told that my child was "only tissue, not sentient", but some part of me didn't believe that. When it was over, I was obsessed to know if the child had been a boy or a girl. I asked the nurse, who giggled and said there was no way to tell.
There has never been a day since the abortion when I haven't grieved for my lost child, for my lost innocence, for my own willful actions which led me to that horrible situation. I still cannot think about it without weeping. It has cast a pall over my entire life.
There has never been a day since the abortion when I haven't grieved for my lost child, for my lost innocence, for my own willful actions which led me to that horrible situation. I still cannot think about it without weeping. It has cast a pall over my entire life.
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