Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

“I don't know about any of you ladies, but I am going to run out and get a few abortions this weekend just in case. Better safe than sorry, right?”

“I like to schedule one a month, rain or shine.”

“I will probably just take them home and put them on a shelf in my pantry. Do you know how far past the expiration date it is safe to use an abortion? 20 weeks now, is it?"

These are just a few of the comments I found on the blog, "Jezebel," in response to an article on restrictions on abortion in the New York Times entitled, "Surge in Abortion Restrictions Awful, May Be Gaining Momentum."

You have to wonder how we have gotten here. Abortion, most times an act of desperation, was supposedly legalized so women would not die in back alleys. Now, abortion has become so commonplace and taking the life of the unborn so insignificant, that some women are joking about getting “a few abortions this weekend - just in case.”

I wonder, who are these women? No matter what your feelings are about the legalization of abortion, how can anyone be so cold and callous, so heartless, about a procedure that has taken the lives of over 54 million unborn children and left millions of women suffering spiritually, emotionally, and physically?  And, yes, sometimes woman have died. 

When did abortion and its legalization become more important than the reason why it was legalized? When did abortion become a god to so many?

In over 20 years of doing post abortion work, I have seen a lot. The devastation to countless women, men, siblings, and others has truly left a huge mark on our society. As the years pass, the devastation to society becomes manifested more and more. Many people who suffer from the wound of having an abortion do not even realize that it is the motivating problem in their marriage, or perhaps the reason why so many young people are acting out. We act surprised at the implications, yet, what child would not feel guilt or hurt that a sibling was aborted? It is difficult not to feel guilty for being alive and wanted when you know your sibling is dead.

How many relationships lacking intimacy are born out of an abortion experience, perhaps without a spouse even knowing? I am sure the numbers are staggering.

We need to pray for these women who are obviously cold as stone and incapable of connecting with the heart of abortion. Sadly, one day, most of them will probably find themselves faced with the truth of what they have been doing. Thankfully, there will be others who have gone before them to help them work through this blindness of spirit.

In the end, they fail to see that people are changing their minds about abortion, and yes, laws restricting abortion are being passed because people are realizing the truth about abortion because of personal experience and because they hear women such as the ones above. Thank God, so far, most people still have a heart. Let us pray the tide continues to turn as more women and men reach healing and the truth of the devastation of abortion becomes known.

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