Don’t get me wrong, I totally believe the laws that passed and the legislators and issue groups for these laws, are happily responsible for this clinic being shut down. No question.
An abortion that was done that day resulted in:
(1) A series by a local TV station on the botched abortion
(2) First an executive by Governor Buddy Roemer and then a law by the Louisiana Legislature about Sanitary Inspection of Abortion Clinics
(3) Finally, there was a major lawsuit because of the injuries to the woman (Denise Doe).
All of these fit the footing of help for the pro-life movement
And, on earth, Mother Teresa was strongly opposed to abortion.
The mother of the woman had the extra-ordinary event happen that she prayed to God to save her daughter's life.
When she suddenly prayed that she would speak out against abortion, her daughter went from being on the cold side of death to a remarkable recovery.
When it appeared that her daughter was going to recover, she decided to renege on her promise to God -- about speaking out against abortion.
The daughter immediately took a turn for the worse, and almost died a second time. The mother realized her error, repented, and promised to speak out against abortion. I personally heard the mother speak about what happened in January 1999 in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Bishop of Lafayette had to comfort the woman, as she cried as she told the story...
The daughter was suffering, after the botched abortion, from septic poisoning that swelled her body to twice its size.
The daughter had to have an emergency hysterectomy.
Remarkably, after this horrible abortion attempt, the baby was still alive, as the abortionist told the woman to go to a local hospital when the abortion failed.