mberkley@watdcsu.UUCP (J.M.Berkley - Computing Services) (09/19/86)
In article <2614@cae780.UUCP> louann@cae780.UUCP (Lou Ann Puetz) writes: >In article <398@ingres.Berkeley.EDU.ARPA> tandy@ingres.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Tandy Warnow) writes: >> >>Furthermore, what makes you think having an abortion is far more >>emotionally damaging than going through with a pregnancy, and then >>giving up the child? Women who do that remain tormented throughout >>their lifetimes, wondering what happened to the child they gave birth >>to. >> Tandy >Perhaps women who have an abortion wonder what kind of person their >child would have become if the child have been given a chance to live. >At least women who have given up their child know they have given him/her >a chance at life. > Lou I agree with Lou. A few years back, while I was in college, I got to know one of the local families quite well (big brother to the four youngsters). The father had died a short time before I met the family, so I helped out a lot with "fix-it" things, Christmas Tree lights, etc. One evening, I was sitting with the mother in the evening and she began to cry. She explained that years ago (in her teens), she had an abortion and that this was the anniversary of that day. The baby would have been the same age as I was and she couldn't help wondering if the child would have turned out to be like me. Mike