Category: Abortion

Coming to grips with the sanctity of life. by Teresa Cook*   I sat deep in thought at the nurse’s station as monitors beeped softly from the darkened rooms of the four-bed intensive care unit. “Your patients are all stable,” my head nurse had said earlier when she made assignments. “It should be an uneventful…

If God can forgive us, why can’t we forgive ourselves? by Lin Russell*   The summer after I’d graduated from high school, I realized I was pregnant by my on-and-off-again boyfriend of the previous three years. The doctor advised me to quickly schedule an abortion because I’d already missed two periods. I chose to believe…

The creative ways of the Creator in protecting life. by Janet Brown   I was unmarried and pregnant. I knew abortion was wrong, but my boyfriend, Bob, insisted I have one. He was a musician, a “free spirit” who didn’t want to be tied down with children. I, on the other hand, had been raised…

by Ruth Gartner   We had just gotten home from church when the phone rang. It was the Medical Center South. A nurse in ICU said she had been unable to reach the chaplain on duty for that day. Would my husband Dave, a minister, come in his place? Dave agreed to go. When we…

Finding a voice in the present forwhat happened in the past. by Julie A. Christenson   The menacing topic came up in college. I arrived late to class and spotted the bright red letters penned on the dry erase board: ABORTION. Great, just great, I thought, taking my seat. As the discussion unfolded, I took…

by Lezlie M. Winberry   Life after abortion: Is there really such a thing? Although this thought didn’t consciously run through my mind, it burned deep within my heart. I was young and single the first time I became pregnant. Because of morning sickness, I quit my job. I was not eligible for unemployment and…