(With apologies for the language...)
Lucy loves Lucy. Peer into the mindset of a lost soul. Thead by wagglebee.
Abortion is back in the news yet, understandably, many women still find it difficult to talk about. Here Lucy Cavendish – who has been through it twice – offers a candid view
Virtually every woman I know of my generation has had an abortion. The problem is that no one talks about it. It is hidden away as if it were a dirty secret. This week, however, every time I've opened a newspaper or turned on the radio, abortion has been the topic du jour.......
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An estimated 300 motorists and a hearse took part Saturday morning in a symbolic funeral procession through downtown Knoxville to commemorate abortions performed in Knox County last year.
The procession started at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum and wound down Gay Street before ending at Depot Avenue. It drew fewer participants than originally expected. Officials had estimated 15 area funeral homes would provide hearses for the event, held the day before Mother's Day.
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Knoxville Police Department officers provided traffic control at the expense of organizers. The event took place without incident. Officers said they saw no protesters.
Jones said he asked one person involved in the processional to leave when the participant wanted to use signs on his vehicle to express his anti-abortion stance.
"We weren't interested in getting into a shouting match with people," said Jones. "This is about sending the message of God's mercy. Jesus says, 'Happy are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.' It's about healing and bringing closure."
Jones said signs and banners were not used because organizers wanted to take politics out of the discussion. The point was to make anyone who felt badly for having undergone an abortion know they were welcome at church, he said.
Some onlookers weren't sure what they were seeing.
"I thought it was an actual funeral," said Anne Giffin, who was on her way to meet friends for a movie. "It seems kind of pointless when no one else knows what's going on."
Hearse, participants drive through city to remember unborn
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