All comments are welcome. Here's the conversation quoted in its entirety. Now, let's have a discussion!
Him: Well I am using this product as an advocate and trying
in education for our young sisters
Me: I am 55 now and when I was younger, I had several
abortions and none of them were done at a Planned Parenthood place.
I didn't even know what it was until recently
Him: I do not fault you because I understand the human
experience
Me: You see abortions will always be done, and let me
enlighten you.
The loophole to obtaining an 'abortion' is to have a
D&C--OB-GYN's in hospitals do it everyday
Him: True
Smart lady!!!!
Me: So you can shut down Planned Parenthood, but if you do
you will shut down the largest supplier of birth control information in this
country
Women will always be able to get an abortion or a D&C
Procedure
Him: I don't want to shut them down
Me: I think people are miseducated about PP
Because politicians are leading that charge
Him: My wife has her Doctorates degree in education we want
to add more education on the school level
Me: My mother and I were very close and we talked about everything!
I am the woman I am today because of her. When I asked her about abortions, she shared some horrific
yet promising information about them. The 1st thing she shared with me is that a woman is one of
the most determined thinking creatures God created. And if she wants something done bad enough she will do it
Me: That being said, women back in the day before abortions
became legal, would go to people who were not licensed, did not have sterile
environments for those procedures, and give women what used to be known as back
door abortions.
Him: So see I needed you on my team so now I can learn more
I told you I was stalking your page lol
My grandma had a backdoor abortion
Me: My mother told me a young girl she went to high school
with went to one of those places because she didn't have the money to get rid
of a child she didn't want to have. You see this young girl was being molested
almost daily by her stepfather.
She didn't want to have a child by the man who was abusing
her, because she thought it would be a lifelong reminder of the abuse and
helplessness she suffered from this man.
Him: My mom went through being molested by a uncle and went
through one as well
Me: And she felt her mother would throw her out if she knew
the circumstances of her pregnancy. So
she got together with a couple of her friends at school who knew a woman. A woman that would help her. This woman used a
clothes hanger to do her abortions. Well
the young girl went there, had the abortion, and went home.
She was found dead in her bed the next morning. She couldn't
stop bleeding and probably some kind of sepsis may have stepped in.
Me: My point is, saying misinformation about Planned
Parenthood won't help your cause. It will alienate you from a core audience that
will not forget this.
Women take it seriously when others try to tell us what to
do with our bodies. I don't believe it's anyone's business but God's what I
choose to do with my body.
Yes I am save, and I love the Lord and place no one above
Him. But one thing I know to be true is that no matter what I do in this life,
the only one who can stop me (if I allow Him) is Jesus' loving concern.
Him: So sad about that young girl
Me: The moral of the story is if we are to better educate
women, young and old about abortions, we must get to the core of the matter. We
have to have a spiritual foundational message that is in my opinion the best
way.
Him: I'm so glad I met you
Me: Because we have been given free will by God, we are
still going to choose whatever we want. That is the essence of free will.
However, at any time we can choose God's will for our lives.
Him: Yes you hit it on the head right there
Me: I don't like the political rhetoric and sometime
religious rhetoric surrounding abortions because I know I am nothing but a
sinner. For His grace I am saved. I have had several abortions, no I'm not
proud of it, and I am surely not bragging.
Me: I have my moments where I pray and cry that Jesus
forgives me for not knowing what I didn't know.
Him: I know you not bragging you are being honest and
genuine
Me: However, the conversation regarding Planned Parenthood
and abortions needs to be different.
Him: That is what would make you a powerful advocate for
change
Me: I believe it needs to have a different approach. One
that does not make women feel like they are demonic, or bad.
Him: Because you speak from experience
Me: Or not loved by God.
It needs to be one of healing, compassion and education.
Him: Agreed
I think education is the main ingredient
Outside o God
Of
Me: Compassion and healing as well. Don't for a minute think
women who have had abortions are proud of it.
Him: Agreed
Me: We live each day with the hurt and pain of what if. I
had 2 children, one was born without the use of his pancreas and at 9 months
old he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He had to take insulin twice a day
as a result of this.
You can not grow out of Type 1 diabetes.
Him: Type one is serious
Me: He lived until he was 23. This year will mark 12 years
he has been gone.
Him: I'm so sorry to hear that
Me: I often think of all the unborn babies I aborted either
because my ex-husband didn't want it or because I didn't want to have more
children by a man who turned out to be a crack addict and wife beater.
Him: Got me over here crying cause your story is so
compassionate I have boys and I know how it would be if I lost one
Me: Sorry. I'm crying as I type this. Because I miss my son,
and wonder how my life would have been had I not had those abortions.
Him: I am so glad you took the time to talk to me so glad
Me: And none of them were done at Planned Parenthood. See
those places were not in the hood in the beginning.
Him: Right on that
Me: When I said I was saved, that also means I accept God's
will by sharing my testimony any time I get the chance.
Him: Thank yu very powerful
You
Me: I understand it is powerful only because it is real
life.
Now think about this Planned Parenthood rhetoric we hear in
the news and online. Think of how many other women like me who have stories
similar to mine and are embarrassed and ashamed to tell their story as I have
today with you.
Him: I definitely get your point
Me: We have to change our dialogue, our conversations with
people just because we don't know their story.
Him: Agreed
Me: We have to stop assuming it's the poor folks in the hood.
Because quite frankly, the hood has the richest financial
underground (monies being made that is never ever taxed) in this country.
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