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Theresa Bonopartis

An article from the Clarion Herald in New Orleans:

Her post-abortive pain fueled a healing ministry

Published on Tuesday, 09 April 2013 01:54 |

Written by Peter Finney Jr. |

finney    It was the early 1970s – just before Roe v. Wade – and Theresa Bonopartis, then 18, discovered she was pregnant.
   She and her boyfriend decided to get married, but when she blurted
out the news to her parents, their reaction was immediate and visceral.
   “My dad kicked me out of the house and told me to forget I was his daughter,” Bonopartis recalled.
   In New York, where Bonopartis lived, women legally could have an
abortion, but she wanted her child. She was sure that her parents,
practicing Catholics, would understand that at the very least.
   While Bonopartis roomed with a friend, her father sent her several
messages urging her to abort her unborn child, even offering to pay for
it. At that point, Bonopartis capitulated.

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