Motherhood
Interrupted
A Catholic Ministry
For Post Abortion Healing
For Post Abortion Healing
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The Father of mercies is
ready to give you his
forgiveness and his
peace...You will come to
understand that nothing is
definitively lost...
The Gospel of Life,
Pope John Paul II
ready to give you his
forgiveness and his
peace...You will come to
understand that nothing is
definitively lost...
The Gospel of Life,
Pope John Paul II
| Were you pressured by anyone to pursue your abortion? Tell your story. |
Janet’s Story
I found myself pregnant at the age of 16 with having had
sexual relations with my boyfriend very few times.
have things like this happen to them. So she insisted I have
have things like this happen to them. So she insisted I have
an abortion. She made it clear that otherwise I would not be
able to celebrate my sister's birthday, graduation, etc. In
other words, I'd be basically abandoned and made to live in
an unwed mother's home.
an unwed mother's home.
I, being of that age and not being mature, plus being afraid,
felt pressured into getting the abortion. I fell for the 'it's only
a blob of tissue' line. We were told that we'd have to hurry
to get the abortion as in one week, I'd be too far along to
get the 'easy' abortion.
During the procedure, I felt the baby being taken, sucked
out of me. It wasn't until then that I realized it was in fact a
baby!! I grabbed towards the suction when the nurse
grabbed my hands and told me not to do that. She then
continued helping the doctor. It was done, over and I was
led to the 'recovery' room where I cried and cried. My
mother came in and asked what I was crying about. I just
looked at her and said, "what do you think"?
As the days and weeks went by, I drank more, took drugs,
and did not care about what happened to me. I slept around
with guys I didn't even know. I look back to that time with
such disgust and sadness.
I later found out that my sister, who is 14 months older than
me, also had an abortion and that her abortion was only 20
days after mine! Mine was Dec. 6th of 1975, her abortion
was the day after Christmas. I cannot even remember
Christmas that year. It had to have been very sad.
I could not forgive myself and could not imagine the Lord
being able to forgive me. I'd been so bad, I allowed my baby
to be murdered! I ended up marrying my boyfriend but we
ended up divorcing after 5 1/2 years of marriage and two
children.
I've remarried and have two other children. They all know
about my abortion and I have total support from them and
my husband. But, it wasn't until I went to a Rachel's
Vineyard Retreat that I found complete healing/forgiveness.
It was so wonderful that I did not even want to come home.
How could I explain the feeling to anyone? I had this
connection to all the women attending that retreat. We felt
like we belonged to a club that no one wanted to join, it was
like we were so close. We knew what the other was feeling.
The circumstances were different but the outcome was the
same.
I've since spoken out, gone to South Dakota to give my
affidavit, spoken at our state capital, etc. I, too, am Silent No
More!
I found myself pregnant at the age of 16 with having had
sexual relations with my boyfriend very few times.
have things like this happen to them. So she insisted I have
have things like this happen to them. So she insisted I have
an abortion. She made it clear that otherwise I would not be
able to celebrate my sister's birthday, graduation, etc. In
other words, I'd be basically abandoned and made to live in
an unwed mother's home.
an unwed mother's home.
I, being of that age and not being mature, plus being afraid,
felt pressured into getting the abortion. I fell for the 'it's only
a blob of tissue' line. We were told that we'd have to hurry
to get the abortion as in one week, I'd be too far along to
get the 'easy' abortion.
During the procedure, I felt the baby being taken, sucked
out of me. It wasn't until then that I realized it was in fact a
baby!! I grabbed towards the suction when the nurse
grabbed my hands and told me not to do that. She then
continued helping the doctor. It was done, over and I was
led to the 'recovery' room where I cried and cried. My
mother came in and asked what I was crying about. I just
looked at her and said, "what do you think"?
As the days and weeks went by, I drank more, took drugs,
and did not care about what happened to me. I slept around
with guys I didn't even know. I look back to that time with
such disgust and sadness.
I later found out that my sister, who is 14 months older than
me, also had an abortion and that her abortion was only 20
days after mine! Mine was Dec. 6th of 1975, her abortion
was the day after Christmas. I cannot even remember
Christmas that year. It had to have been very sad.
I could not forgive myself and could not imagine the Lord
being able to forgive me. I'd been so bad, I allowed my baby
to be murdered! I ended up marrying my boyfriend but we
ended up divorcing after 5 1/2 years of marriage and two
children.
I've remarried and have two other children. They all know
about my abortion and I have total support from them and
my husband. But, it wasn't until I went to a Rachel's
Vineyard Retreat that I found complete healing/forgiveness.
It was so wonderful that I did not even want to come home.
How could I explain the feeling to anyone? I had this
connection to all the women attending that retreat. We felt
like we belonged to a club that no one wanted to join, it was
like we were so close. We knew what the other was feeling.
The circumstances were different but the outcome was the
same.
I've since spoken out, gone to South Dakota to give my
affidavit, spoken at our state capital, etc. I, too, am Silent No
More!