Posted on 02/06/2006 4:20:23 PM PST by wagglebee
CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stacy Zallie ended her life at age 21, one year after undergoing a secret abortion. Although her family was close, Stacy never told them she had been pregnant and never talked about the abortion.
Her father believes it was pain over the abortion that led her to take her life. He has started a Web portal and foundation in her memory, the Stacy Zallie Foundation, that offers counseling and support to women who have had abortions.
"I knew it was a life event for her," Mr. Zallie told the CourierPost. "It was the most serious issue in that brief life of hers. I know, in my heart, it took a toll on her emotionally and mentally, that she couldn't recover from it. And it just breaks my heart that she didn't open up."
At one point Stacy asked to go in to therapy, but ended the sessions after only three months.
A successful businessman, George Zallie began the foundation after hearing women speak about the pain of living with the fallout from having an abortion, at a retreat following his daughter’s death.
"I heard guilt, remorse, loss," he recalls. "Their frankness was really astounding to me. It was helpful for me in understanding just what Stacy was going through . . . It became important to me to get the message out."
The site offers help to women who are suffering emotionally and spiritually from having ended their babies’ lives. The Foundation emphasizes the need for compassion and non-judgmental care, recognizing the depth of pain caused by abortion.
Dr. David Reardon, a post-abortion specialist and researcher, has collected extensive documentation on the effects of abortion. According to statistics, teenage girls are 10 times more likely to attempt suicide after abortion. 60 percent of women consider suicide and 28 percent attempt it after abortion.
“If I get one girl -- one girl -- to go to that site and realize that she's not alone, then it's worth it,” Mr. Zallie said.
To visit the Stacy Zallie Foundation site, go to:
http://www.stacyzallie.org
For further resources see:
http://www.afterabortion.org/
See related LifeSiteNews articles:
LifeSiteNews.com Interview with Angelina Steenstra: Coordinator of Silent No More Awareness Campaign
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/may/040510b.html
And the pro abortionists are worried about women dying from back alley abortions. /shake head in disbelief
I was making that suggestion long before you ever heard of FR. Furthermore, a quick trip to your homepage makes your protest laughable.
My only grandchild, beautiful little Teegan, age 2-1/2, was almost aborted. The joy she brings our entire family is immeasurable, and I cannot imagine our lives without her in it.
Aahh--nice fuzzies for women who choose abortion to make themselves feel better about it. Isn't that special?
That is a staggering statistic!
3 posted on 02/06/2006 7:25:51 PM EST by chaos_5
And one you seldom hear liberals or secular humanists
talking about when trumpeting the pro-choice line. Sad.
A little hearty vilification, along with the widespread recognition nobody can put an unborn baby to death except that poor little misunderstood, wimpering, traumatised, waif carrying it might save the t&s, but that wouldn't be "nice."
It's HER body!!
She HAD a CHOICE!!
If she wanted to remove that useless tissue; let her: it's her body.
If she wanted to remove that left hand; let her: it's her body.
If she wanted to remove that crummy life; let her: it's her body.
CHOICE is GRAND; ain't it!!!!
Kinda like my post below yours??
I'll bet it's true.
Not real sure I understand what you're getting at, but from previous posts I'm inclined to believe you agree with my thinking that more spritz on the hot house flowers is NOT going to make them heartier, or encourage others to take responsibility for their actions.
It's a business.......lots and lots of money to be made.
If the Christians divorce like everybody else, why should anyone imagine abortion would be any different?
Okay papertyger, what disingenuous thing do you want to scrap about?..........
Testimonies of women who were hurt by abortion:
http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/testimonies/index.html
FRiend, I have no reason to be disingenuous about anything, and what I'd like to scrap about is the inability of the pro-life movement to recognize and learn from its obvious failures.
If she had never told her father about her pregnancy and abortion, what makes the father think that was the cause of her suicide? There are probably a lot of other things about her life he didn't know.
That's almost a religious designation here on Free Republic, you know that, right (grin)
and what I'd like to scrap about is the inability of the pro-life movement to recognize and learn from its obvious failures.
Impart your knowledge to me.
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