I could really relate to this woman's story.Although I was 17 when I go pregnant, I could really identify with her pain and the relationship with her mom. My mom also carried it with her to the grave although thank God she did go to confession. I am so happy to see that the impact of abortion on not only the baby and the moms is coming to light, but the impact on everyone…I wish I could speak to this woman..I am going to try to find her…please keep her in you r prayers..
Abortion’s ‘other wounded souls’
Speaker tells of how abortion decision affected her mother
Monday, January 18, 2010
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choice made by a young girl and her mother 30 years ago continues to
affect the life of that girl, now a woman, and caused extreme pain and
guilt for her mother until the day she died.
Renee Carrier was the keynote speaker at the Mason County Right to
Life Silent March and Memorial Service Sunday afternoon at the
Community Church of Ludington. The service commemorated the 1973
Supreme Court decision in the Roe vs. Wade case, to legalize abortion
in the United States.
Carrier was 13 years old when she got pregnant.
“We are all aware that abortion kills innocent children,” she said.
“But, we must realize that it also leaves behind many other wounded
souls. My mother, for instance, was the one who made the decision for
my abortion as I was really too young to comprehend the situation.
Unfortunately, she carried this burden and guilt with her to her death
bed.
“She once said to me, ‘I know you wished you would not have had the
abortion.’ I felt absolutely horrible to find out how my problem became
her lifelong problem as well. I tried to tell her that we thought it
was the best thing to do at the time and now we can only try to do
better. However, it was still weighing heavy on her mind until the
moment she passed away.”
Carrier continues to live with the pain of that choice and has spent
the past 30 years suffering from what many have called post abortion
syndrome.
“Although I have accepted responsibility for the decision made to abort
my helpless child long ago — when I was still a child myself — I have
had a very long journey to find healing and forgiveness. There is still
a tremendous amount of hurt when I hear someone say something like,
‘how could anyone in their right mind ever kill their own child?’
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“Most of the time I can handle my insecurities through the grace of God
and his protection, but sometimes, when I least expect it, I fall
apart. All along, I know God is near, waiting for me to come to him.”
Carrier said she often falls short of recognizing God’s presence, however.
“What a burden to carry for so many years for doing something that was
legal, common and apparently easy — for the sake of trying to do what
is thought to be best.”
Carrier said she has spent her life as a mother trying to make up for the loss she suffered during the abortion.
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