Sarah Palin – the Post-Abortion Trig-ger?

Christian Newswire ^ | 9/5/08 | Christian Newswire

[wagglebee]

Contact: Jerry Horn, Rachel's Vineyard, 540-220-0095

STATEN ISLAND, Ny., Sept. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- Kevin Burke, co-founder of the post-abortion healing ministry Rachel's Vineyard, said today that anger directed at Sarah Palin and her family may stem from the repressed grief and pain of those who have had or been involved in an abortion.

"When someone publicly opposes abortion, this rejection can strike at a deeply repressed wound in the woman who has had an abortion or the man who has encouraged a woman to abort," said Mr. Burke. "We at Rachel's Vineyard know from our work with thousands of women and men that profound feelings of guilt and shame accompany abortion. The words or even just the presence of someone who believes abortion to be wrong can cause that repressed guilt and shame to erupt in anger."

"The venomous response to Governor Palin's family is probably heightened by the Palins' dual rejection of abortion - first, in the case of their Down syndrome son, Trig, and then in the case of their daughter Bristol's pregnancy," added Mr. Burke. "Rather than lash out, though, I would encourage those burdened by the guilt of abortion to travel the road of reconciliation and healing. Anger toward others will not bring peace; compassion and forgiveness will."

[wagglebee]

Kevin Burke, co-founder of the post-abortion healing ministry Rachel's Vineyard, said today that anger directed at Sarah Palin and her family may stem from the repressed grief and pain of those who have had or been involved in an abortion.

There is no doubt in my mind that this accounts for at least some of the anger.

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[William Tell]

It’s probably not just the guilt of having had an abortion. Even those who have decided that they would choose abortion in the future are probably very troubled by the implications of that decision.

[Jaguarmike]

Regardless, this has been the low water mark waged by any political campaign in my lifetime...debating whether or not a candidate’s child deserved to be born.

[Sacajaweau]

How the hell can you CHOOSE TO KILL YOUR OWN BABY and not feel guilty??

[NavVet]

Many of the most ardent pro-lifers out there are those that have had an abortion and are trying to cope with the mental anguish.

Althoug she never had an abortion, the woman at the center of the “Roe” v. Wade case is a pro-life actist.

[wagglebee]

debating whether or not a candidate’s child deserved to be born.

It is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen.

[CindyDawg]

I really think every pro life message should include addressing the hurt of the one’s who regret having an abortion and how they can seek forgiveness and be healed.

[cake_crumb]

Quite possibly. I try to get on most - at last, as far as I can tell without being on a ping list - pro life threads, and there have been some ...um. Some....not trolls...not spammers, exactly. Some...very repetitive posters who claimed to have had abortions and suffered from none of the physical or emotional side effects those threads (that I was on) detailed. They were SO insistent, it was obvious that they DID suffer from at least the emotional side effects and were trying to convince themselves - by convincing others - that they did NOT, in fact, feel them.

I'm bad with names, and like I said I don't think I[m any pro-life ping lists, but I'm pretty sure some of you who ARE remember the kind of posters I'm speaking of.

As an aside, I'm really proud of my fellow FReepers for trying to offer some understanding, comfort and emotional support to those people. Which is exactly the opposite of what one of us might expect from one of the Obama crowd if we were to, say, suffer a miscarriage.

[wagglebee]

I know at least one of the FReepers you are talking about (I also know of several other FReepers who have had abortions and have subsequently dedicated themselves to helping others AVOID this tragedy).

I’ve talked to hundreds of women who have had abortions and my experience is that they ALL eventually have to deal with the guilt and at that point they either become hardened to life or they seek and soon experience God’s Forgiveness and Grace.

[cake_crumb]

"Regardless, this has been the low water mark waged by any political campaign in my lifetime...debating whether or not a candidate’s child deserved to be born."

OR grandchild. Or whether or not a mother of a special needs child - got a special needs grandchild who's mother is pursuing a biology degree on the hope of becoming a veterinarian, too - has the RIGHT to run for elective office just because she's got a special needs kid. That REALLY burns me: you should treat a special needs child like any other kid as far as possible. Everyone knows that. Otherwise, all you do is hold them back and make them more especially needy than they otherwise could be. Thus the Special Olympics.

Judging Sarah Palin on the basis of how she's raised her own family is sick. If she were an abortion activist, the while feminazi crowd would be on her side.

[time4good]

I understand Kevin’s answer - but biblically, it’s a partial description. It’s the grief and pain cradled in unrepentence or unforgiveness. God will always forgive a repentent heart and heal. But, as the Pharisees were seething with rage to kill when Jesus spoke righteously, the unrepentent and/or outright evil hearts want to kill the righteous position of Sarah’s strong pro-life example.

[Fichori]

Abortion: Death sentence for the baby, life sentence for the mother.

Nobody wins, everybody pays.

[cake_crumb]

"I’ve talked to hundreds of women who have had abortions and my experience is that they ALL eventually have to deal with the guilt and at that point they either become hardened to life or they seek and soon experience God’s Forgiveness and Grace."

Me too. Yes, they either join up with the the NOW crowd in an effort to expunge their sin by making as may others as possible join in it or they become ardently pro life in atonement.

Religions consequences aside, it's downright depressing, knowing what these women are going through in order to put themselves in that position.

That said, there was some Obama spokeswomen on the morning news yesterday - the Today Show, I think - who actually SAID that Palin's choice not to abort her Down's baby was somehow nothing but a cheap ploy to further her own career. All I could think of was "HOW many abortions have you HAD, girl? Your callouses must have callouses!"

[pepperdog]

Absolutely, these women can’t admit to themselves that they’ll killed a baby and until they can admit and accept that fact they deny themselves the comfort of knowing the Lord can and will forgive them. Sad isn’t it? Their anger is from the deep font of guilt that they carry. If only they knew how they would feel once they admit they made a mistake and take responsibility for it. I feel very, very sorry for them.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Bingo.

With the pregnant daughter story it was bizarre. For liberals, actually carrying a pregnancy to term is such a rare experience they treat it like a UFO encounter or Bigfoot sighting when someone decides to have a child.

Looking at the five children and pregnant daughter, liberal journalists became unhinged because most of them have had abortions. And it would be natural for them to abort a child conceived outside of marriage. That explains some of the liberal hysteria over the Palin candidacy. They are outraged by the living example of a pro-life family.

A fit, healthy, happy working mother with five children flies in the face of all of the propaganda liberal feminists have pushed - that having children is a terrible burden, that they would never want a girl "punished with a child" (to quote Obama).

It is a post-abortion rage reaction.

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