Post-Abortion Syndrome
For Max Baker,44, the pain after an abortion is not just a woman’s issue.
“The shame and the guilt — I guess the way that I dealt with that was, don’t talk about it. We don’t talk about it - we don’t bring it up. But the shame was always there,” Max said.
Max and his wife Judy have been married for 16 years. But before they tied the knot, Judy got pregnant. Not wanting to be parents yet, they agreed to end the pregnancy. That decision to have an abortion is one Judy will never forget.
“When I lay down on that table, I knew it was wrong,†Judy admitted. “I knew that I was making the wrong decision. It was horrendous pain — it was very painful. And then they put you in a room, in a recliner, and you sit there by yourself and you contemplate what you’ve just done for the next hour and a half, until they allow you to go home.”
And when Judy wanted to talk about the abortion, Max just wanted to put the whole thing behind them.
“I didn’t want to talk about it — sort of like, out of sight, out of mind,†he said. “And if we don’t talk about it, I wouldn’t have to deal with it.”
Abortion is often trumpeted as a quick, guilt-free solution to a tough situation. After more than 35 years of abortion-on-demand, the evidence is growing that for millions of people, abortion is a lingering, painful experience. It even has a name: Post-Abortion Syndrome.
The symptoms include depression, grief, sexual dysfunction, drug and alcohol abuse, and even attempted suicide. (more…)
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Isnt it interesting that the same factors involving mental health that pro-abortionist use to invalidate restrictions on abortions, calling it a woman’s “health” concern, are roundly dismissed when spoken us in connection with abortion’s adverse consequences. At all costs, pro-abortionists have to maintain the illusion of choice without consequences. The holiest of holies when it comes to extremist liberals & secularist, taking authority over human life.
Comment by vvarnado | May 2, 2006