Abortion: A Personal Pro-Life Testimony From Man Who Regrets Decision To Abort

RFFM.org ^ | Feb. 27, 2009 | Dan Zanoza

[Daniel T. Zanoza]

Author's note: A version of the following column first appeared in the Christian Coalition magazine. It also was posted on the Illinois Leader and, most recently, appeared on the Illinois Family Institute's web site.

To see a video of Dan and his wife Julie discussing the pain of their long past, but haunting decision to abort, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nuEU3YLlvg

Nearly thirty years ago, my wife and I aborted a child. That decision will haunt us for the rest of our lives. Since that time, I've developed deep feelings on the subject of abortion.

There are two primary reasons why I'm pro-life. Besides taking a human life, aborting a child robs society.

Since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, some say over 50 million unborn babies have lost their lives. The city of Chicago and its surrounding area are home to approximately 5.1 million people. The number of babies aborted during the past thirty-four years would re-populate Chicagoland tenfold.

How many doctors, teachers, poets and engineers will the world miss because of abortion? Maybe one of these aborted children could have discovered a cure for cancer or AIDS. In fact, my very own son or daughter might have developed a cure for the blindness that afflicts me today.

How many handicapped children has our culture missed, teaching us compassion and patience? Are we a different society because of the one out of three children, perfect or not, who weren't given the chance to survive? Can it be said the world is a better place because of the Roe v. Wade decision?

I recently asked a friend who supports abortion rights, "If by some miracle, you knew a pregnant woman's child would one day ...

[Mrs. Don-o]

I think there’s more buried remorse in this country than most people suspect.

[Edgewood Pilot]

More poignant words were never spoken or written.

Thank you Dan and Julie.

[mlizzy]

I think there’s more buried remorse in this country than most people suspect.

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You are correct. The remorse, crippling; the silence, deafening. Abortion comes straight from the devil's laboratory. He loves the "procedure" because it kills a tiny infant and absolutely destroys her mother, not to mention her father, too. With so many "hampered" people around, is it any wonder how He was able to get folks, even so-called "Catholics," to vote for a man as evil as Barack Obama? Satan weakened us through abortion, then went for the additional kill. To hell with the beast. Choose life instead!