Category: post-abortion

By Sarah Terzo How did you come to have the abortion(s) and who was involved? “I was unmarried, pregnant by a man I dated for two months.” How would you describe your abortion(s)? “I remember the noise of the suction machine. I remember crying all the way home. I remember being the first to get …

By Sarah Terzo According to pro-choice author Miriam Claire, who wrote an entire book defending abortion: “Some women are surprised by the depth of their feelings of loss after an abortion, and they assume responsibility for this grief through a sense of guilt, because their choice to have an abortion brought about the loss.” Miriam …

By Dave Andrusko We’ve commented more than once on militant pro-abortion par excellence Jessica Valenti (see, for example, “But that was then and this is now–‘Free Abortions on Demand Without Apology’”). They illustrate unmistakably where she is coming from and who she is. In this essay, Valenti argued that pro-abortionist feminists had become soft—so no more …

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This ran previously but so much has happened in the battle over chemical abortions that it seemed a perfect time to re-run this eye-opening story. When there is even an ounce of honesty in them, any series of accounts of women who have undergone abortions will accomplish exactly the opposite …

By Sarah Terzo  In her 2020 memoir, author Sharon McFee wrote about an abortion she had at 18. She calls her abortion “the greatest mistake I had ever made” and only found healing from the emotional trauma 25 years later. McFee discovered she was pregnant after she’d broken up with the baby’s father. When she told him, …

By Sarah Terzo In her memoir, “I Was Once Ashamed but I Am Now Forgiven: From Abortion to Healing,” a woman named Mary Sullivan wrote about her abortion and the negative effects it had on her life. A troubled marriage and a one-night stand Sullivan wrote that she married her husband Mike when they were both teenagers. Together, …

By Dave Andrusko The blog is titled, “Postabortion journey, walk with me: A story of hope and healing after abortion“. Although the author stopped posting sometime ago, her poignant, heart-wrenching observations remain very much worth reading. I would like to make just two observations, besides encouraging you to read the longings and candor of a …

By Bonnie Finnerty My body is not their property. So said Madi, a 21-year-old college senior who was 13 weeks pregnant.  Featured in an ABC News story, Madi flew to Mississippi’s lone abortion facility, with her mother’s blessing it should be noted, to get the abortion she could no longer get in Texas. “I had to keep …

By Sarah Terzo One woman wrote: “I had my abortion 35 years ago, and I have regretted it every day of my life since then. He or she would have been born in July, and every year when July comes around, I think about how old my child would have been, and I cry and …

By Sarah Terzo From a post-abortive woman named Bernadette: “I became pregnant in my late teens, and 10 weeks into the pregnancy I had an abortion. A trusted doctor assured me that the procedure would be simple, effective, with no after effects. I was never told that abortion would lead to deep depression, that every …

By Sarah Terzo One woman’s story about her struggles after an abortion: “While in recovery I asked why I felt so sad. Would it go away? They told me it was relief from all the pressure that I had been under. They gave me something for pain and I fell asleep, crying. I woke up …

By Sarah Terzo  Angel L. Murchison wrote a memoir about her abortion, the trauma it caused in her life, and her eventual healing. Murchison’s mother died when she was only eight. She became pregnant at 15, and her boyfriend broke up with her soon afterward. When Murchison went to a family member for advice, she suggested abortion. The …