[wagglebee]

Kevin Burke, co-founder of the post-abortion healing ministry Rachel's Vineyard, said today that anger directed at Sarah Palin and her family may stem from the repressed grief and pain of those who have had or been involved in an abortion.

There is no doubt in my mind that this accounts for at least some of the anger.

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[William Tell]

It’s probably not just the guilt of having had an abortion. Even those who have decided that they would choose abortion in the future are probably very troubled by the implications of that decision.

[Jaguarmike]

Regardless, this has been the low water mark waged by any political campaign in my lifetime...debating whether or not a candidate’s child deserved to be born.

[NavVet]

Many of the most ardent pro-lifers out there are those that have had an abortion and are trying to cope with the mental anguish.

Althoug she never had an abortion, the woman at the center of the “Roe” v. Wade case is a pro-life actist.

[CindyDawg]

I really think every pro life message should include addressing the hurt of the one’s who regret having an abortion and how they can seek forgiveness and be healed.

[cake_crumb]

Quite possibly. I try to get on most - at last, as far as I can tell without being on a ping list - pro life threads, and there have been some ...um. Some....not trolls...not spammers, exactly. Some...very repetitive posters who claimed to have had abortions and suffered from none of the physical or emotional side effects those threads (that I was on) detailed. They were SO insistent, it was obvious that they DID suffer from at least the emotional side effects and were trying to convince themselves - by convincing others - that they did NOT, in fact, feel them.

I'm bad with names, and like I said I don't think I[m any pro-life ping lists, but I'm pretty sure some of you who ARE remember the kind of posters I'm speaking of.

As an aside, I'm really proud of my fellow FReepers for trying to offer some understanding, comfort and emotional support to those people. Which is exactly the opposite of what one of us might expect from one of the Obama crowd if we were to, say, suffer a miscarriage.

[time4good]

I understand Kevin’s answer - but biblically, it’s a partial description. It’s the grief and pain cradled in unrepentence or unforgiveness. God will always forgive a repentent heart and heal. But, as the Pharisees were seething with rage to kill when Jesus spoke righteously, the unrepentent and/or outright evil hearts want to kill the righteous position of Sarah’s strong pro-life example.

[Fichori]

Abortion: Death sentence for the baby, life sentence for the mother.

Nobody wins, everybody pays.

[pepperdog]

Absolutely, these women can’t admit to themselves that they’ll killed a baby and until they can admit and accept that fact they deny themselves the comfort of knowing the Lord can and will forgive them. Sad isn’t it? Their anger is from the deep font of guilt that they carry. If only they knew how they would feel once they admit they made a mistake and take responsibility for it. I feel very, very sorry for them.