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Abortion’s Hidden Trauma: Women’s Stories

Many, if not most women are traumatized after having an abortion. But you will never hear about that because Pro-Abortion proponents don’t want you to know the heart-breaking, hidden side of abortion.

The following quotes are just a few testimonies from real women who had abortions and what they want other women to know.

It’s been 50 years, but I am still grieved. Only through the forgiveness of Jesus have I been able to live with what I did.

Nobody will ever understand what you will go through after it’s all done. Abortion doesn’t make a baby go away, it just makes a dead baby.”

I pray God forgives me and that someday I’ll see my baby in heaven. It’s been 26 years and I will never forget.”

I’m 51 and had my abortion when I was 18. I think about my baby every day.”

I am 70 years old; I had an abortion 30 years ago. I still regret my abortion every day of my life. I think about the baby that I aborted.…

 I killed my baby, it has been 33 years, please don’t kill your baby it will change your life forever…”

I made the biggest mistake of my life and didn’t see it, until it was too late. I regret going through with the abortion. I’m lost, hurt, and the guilt is eating me alive. 

 We are told as women we have a choice but no one explains what we are choosing. I doubt many would choose to feel the way I have for 10 years so that is why I am SILENT NO MORE.

There is no safety net at Planned Parenthood to protect women who may be at risk for traumatization. They don’t care.

A textbook of the National Abortion Federation has identified many “negative reactions” (p.28-29) that some women have after abortion; some are trauma symptoms: nightmares about babies, insomnia, negative emotions of
guilt, anger, worthlessness, and shame, “blocking out the experience,” avoiding things that trigger memories about the abortion, “engaging in self-punishing behaviors such as substance abuse . . . and relationships with abusive partners,” suicidal thoughts, “relentless thoughts of
being a bad person,” and various self-destructive behaviors (Baker, Beresford, Halvorson-Boyd, & Garrity, 1999 pp.28-29).

Current Data on Side Effects of Abortion

In Rue et al. (2004), 30% of the American women reported nightmares associated with their abortion.

Intrusion symptoms reported after abortion include nightmares, flashbacks, and memories that “seemed to intrude despite trying to forget” (Dykes, Slade, & Haywood, 2010).

In a study comparing 331 Russian and 217 American women, 48% of the Russians and 65% of the Americans reported one or more intrusion symptoms
specifically related to a past abortion (Rue, Coleman, Rue, & Reardon, 2004).

There is a lot more data. You can read the article by Martha Shuping, M.D., M.A. at Counterpoint: Long-Lasting Distress after Abortion to access more studies.

Did You Know?

“Abortion is known as a main cause of maternal mortality, life-threatening complications such as hemorrhage, fever, and infection on the one hand, and psychological disorders such as regret, guilt, smoking, alcoholism, self-destructive behaviors, and even suicide on the other.” NIH (National Institutes of Health)

You probably haven’t heard about these studies and for obvious reasons. The abortion industry doesn’t want you to know! They want women to believe that pro-life groups want to take away their right to health care. They want women to believe that their pregnancy isn’t a baby. It’s a clump of cells. This is all propaganda. If they really sought the welfare of the woman as they purport to do, they would show her an ultrasound and make sure she had all the facts. But, well, they would lose a lot of money if they did that!

“Woe to those who call evil good
    and good evil,
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.” Isaiah 5:20

“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,” Romans 1:18 NIV Read full chapter

“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.” 1 Timothy 4:1-2

Read More:

Can’t Stay Silent

The Lasting Trauma of Abortion, Newsweek

If you have had an abortion and are suffering trauma, know that Jesus loves you. He will forgive you and cleanse you from a guilty conscience. See my page Who Is Jesus?

“since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus …  let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience …” Hebrews 10:19&22 NIV

In His Love, Cindy

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Tuesday’s Verse, 9/5/23

Blessed is one who considers the helpless;
The Lord will save him on a day of trouble.
The Lord will protect him and keep him alive,
And he will be called blessed upon the earth;
And do not turn him over to the desire of his enemies. Psalm 41:1-2 NASB (emphasis mine)

In His Love, Cindy

My Thoughts: If you are fighting for the lives of unborn children, God says you are blessed!

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Your Unborn Child Is Not Just a Clump of Cells

The photo above was taken the day after my daughter’s birth. She was born 5 weeks premature and weighed 5 lbs 12 oz when I took her home 7 days later.

If she had not arrived early, this is what she would have looked like while in the womb. The same baby you see in the photo above would exist, just in a different location. She would not have been “just a clump of cells”. But that is what pro-abortion advocates want you to believe.

Pro-abortion activists want you to believe that the child in the womb is not a human being. They say it is a zygote, a fetus, or even just a clump of cells, but certainly not a human being with the right to live. Of course, this is the entire point. That living, growing body in the womb IS a human being, an innocent child, dependent on her mother to grow and thrive until she’s ready to enter the world. Even then, she is dependent on her parents to nurture and care for her until she is an adult (or maybe forever).

Mothers who want their babies KNOW that the life growing inside of them is their baby. They don’t wonder if it’s a baby or a clump of cells. It’s only when having a child is inconvenient that the mother’s attitude and beliefs dramatically change.

The photo below was taken 35 years later in Africa where she volunteered in a children’s hospital for 6 months, her days ordained and written in God’s book before they came to be.

“For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well…

Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
” Psalm 139:13-14 and 16 NIV

In His Love, Cindy

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Quote of the Week, 7/19/23

“If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.”

— Joni Eareckson Tada

In His Love, Cindy

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Quote of the Week, 5/24/23

I’ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.”

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
THIS IS SO CUTE!

In His Love, Cindy

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All Scripture references are from the NIV unless otherwise noted.

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Quote of the Week, 4/19/23

“We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life — the unborn — without diminishing the value of all human life,”

Ronald Reagan

In His Love, Cindy

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Photo by LENNART NILSSON, TT / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Quote of the Week, 1/4/23

If we don’t want a baby, we must take responsibility for our actions before a baby becomes a reality. God has made us capable of having babies, and when one has been conceived, it is His intention for that child to come into the world. The moment the child is conceived, he is a person, and to abort a pregnancy is murder of a human being.”

J. Vernon McGee

Love, Cindy

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