Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

One Man’s Story
“That Day Ripped Out My Gut”

For every woman who has had an abortion a man has been involved.
For me it was two abortions.

I think that because we live in such a visual world where we can't see the baby from conception, it just doesn't seem
real. I know this may seem like a simple analogy, but … we cannot see corn that was just planted; yet, that doesn't make
it any less a vegetable.
My story begins at 16 when I heard that first "I'm pregnant" from my girlfriend. I can remember being scared and a
little confused about how it all happened. I asked all of the questions like, "I thought you were protected," and anything
else I could think of to say rather than taking responsibility for my actions.
I can remember when the phone call came to my parents. My feelings of being scared and confused changed to terrified
and ashamed. I don't know how much time passed from the phone call until my parents came to talk with me, but it
felt like an eternity. I remember putting on my headphones with the music cranked up, not wanting to face the
consequences of my actions as my parents were trying to talk to me. I wanted it all to go away.

read the rest here:http://www.afterabortion.org/churchawarenessproject/planningkit/manstory.pdf