Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

 Abortion: Keep our military abortion-free

Jody Duffy, a former U.S. Army officer, responds to Lawrence J. Korb's June 30 Op-Ed article, "U.S. military's abortion policy is out of date." Duffy is a retreat leader for Rachel's Vineyard, a post-abortion healing program that is part of Priests for Life.

I was a second lieutenant in the United States Army when I had an abortion. The pregnancy was the result of a date rape.

My abortion changed me. I was no longer the person I had been. I lost my identity and could not do my job effectively; eventually, I left the military and a career I had so much looked forward to. My healing from that experience came many years later. However, the scar will always be there.

As a team member and leader of Rachel's Vineyard retreats for post-abortive mothers and fathers for the last 10 years, I have worked with women who also were serving in the military at the time of their abortions. I have seen the pain and anguish these women suffer as a result.

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http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/07/abortion-keep-our-military-abortion-free-blowback.html