Posted on 09/15/2019 3:40:35 AM PDT by Morgana
Pro-Abortion activist Jan Wilberg had an illegal abortion with a wire in 1967. She writes about suffering grief and guilt:
“I grieved and was wild for a full year after that. I broke up with my boyfriend, realizing right away that any man who would advocate the wire wasn’t lifetime commitment material. I drank too much, bounced from guy to guy, and remember not much from that time except long times in the shower crying in grief and guilt. For years, I counted the days and months — how old the child would be if the pregnancy had not been terminated. The guilt was overwhelming. But as I matured, I recognized the decision for what it was, what I believed was right. I accepted responsibility and forgave myself. In the truest terms, I did what I had to do.”
Jan Wilberg “My illegal abortion” Salon AUG 26, 2012
Guilt motivates. At least two lifetime Democrat voters for every abortion.
“I accepted responsibility and forgave myself.”
WTF? I guess the forgiveness of the murder victim doesn’t come into play...
Yeah, but you're a keeper.
Very sad, how people can lie to themselves and rationalize what they have done so they can escape from their pain and the guilt. Even sadder to keep their pain & guilt at bay they encourage others to choose abortion. They must pretending as hard as they can that abortion was a moral choice so that they may fool themselves as well. The pressure of that suppressed anguish demonstrated by the irrational vehemence and intransigence they exhibit.
The path toward healing and the moral choice is to instead accept that it was a horrible thing to do but also understand that people can be forgiven if they accept their guilt and try to atone by doing good and bearing witness.
Doing good deeds such as helping other women not make that terrible choice, telling them how you were affected and working to give them other options and the strength to make a better choice.
My oh my, there are just some pitiful women in this world. Not a good sign if we want a healthy society.
JoMa
What a depraved soul.
That is exactly why the most rabid abortion promoters advocate abortion. In their inner narrative, abortion cannot be as horrific as they know it is if millions of other women are also using it for birth control.
Of course, they would be far less insufferable if they would use their own experience to warn young women of the ongoing pain and guilt they are likely to feel if they fall into the trap of believing that they have a right to irresponsibly conceive children that they intend to kill.
Repent, son.
My comment is correct, but I should have read the article first.
As a born again Christian, I KNOW the peace that salvation brings, in real time, for the waste of flesh I used to be.
EVERY born again Christian knows and understands true forgiveness AND forgetfulness.
Actually we are in agreement on this point.
I forgave myself...
She has forgotten, or never learned,
Who is the only person from which to ask forgiveness...
Horror grips us as we watch you die
All we can do is echo your anguished cries
Stare as all human feelings die
We are leaving, you don’t need us
CSN - Wooden Ships
So she seared her conscience and God allowed her reprobate mind to function clearly for all to see.
She is inexcusable before the truth of which she will be judged.
That child lives still, loved and with a name given by God.
God is loving and will cloth in His righteousness all who will turn in faith to Jesus.
It is all sin which separates us from the love of God unless we repent and look on His Son for Salvation.
Reconciliation is a vital step in healing. When one’s own actions cause grief and guilt there are 2 roads to reconciliation with oneself.
Forgiving oneself is a process of rationalization to justify the action and move on with a life twisted by an acceptance of sin.
By accepting Christ’s forgiveness the burden of sin is removed and the believer is given a new life in Him.
The one road leads to a life twisted and gnarled by sin. The other leads to the joy of salvation.
Choose which path you will travel.
“Forgiving oneself is a process of rationalization to justify the action and move on with a life twisted by an acceptance of sin.
By accepting Christ’s forgiveness the burden of sin is removed and the believer is given a new life in Him.”
Well put. It is my belief that unresolved guilt over abortion lies at the bottom of why so many feminists are rabidly anti-conservative and why many of them behave so hysterically.
A person’s soul always knows right from wrong, even when a person ignores the souls advice.
In the 70's I had 2 women friends who sought out my emotional support after their abortions.
They were liberal atheists and found no judgement from me. They were very open about their remorse and continual reliving the procedure. It had nothing to do with external pressure or any social stigma. It was very internal and personal.
Denying that consciously, while illing and doing it as ain intentional act, just sets up more guilt and conflict, turning the body against the brain and the mind against itself.
It become a bit of foul flaming hell enclosed in the secret room of your inmost soul.
That's what I think.
The takeaway from her account is that she had a conscience, and she had intense guilt over her abortion. Instead of repenting and asking God to forgive her, she seared her conscience and forgave herself. Now that she’s free of a conscience, she can convince other women to murder their babies as well.
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