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There will be women out there, just as there are women on this forum, who are still so tattered by what they have done that just a whisper of those words will make them clam up

Well, one has to be clear that it is the sin and not the sinner that is being condemned, in the overall message. But awareness of sin is a necessary motivator for repentance.

Also, understand that one repents to God. One does not have to repent publicly. If by broadcasting "baby killer" 100 guilty ones come to private repentance and 100 pro-aborts rethink their "choices" in the abstract in light of the murder accusation, but 1 who was ready with a testimony does not make it for fear of invective, it is a good outcome.

No, repenance does not have to be public in order to be complete--that is not what I was trying to say, but I now realize how easily it was read that way. I was speaking of the broader picture--trying to bring abortion to an end. Women who are facing an unplanned pregnancy (even women who one day may be in that situation) have to know how it will change their lives forever. They are not going to get the truth from the pro-death crowd. They need to hear it from the women that have lived through it, that are living through it. For years I remained silent about the unspeakable act that I committed, about the life I so callously disposed of because I was a cowardly young lady. What kept me silent for so long were those screaming words--baby killer, baby killer. I am that. Nothing I can do to change it. But in telling women facing a difficult situation of the horror that I have lived with, maybe I can change a mind, a heart. Maybe I can save the life of an unborn baby. It won't make up for what I have done, but that is not my goal. My goal is to do everything in my power to end abortion.