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Listen, I believe your sentiments truly come from the heart. But honestly, you don't know me. I am not hurting. One single bit. Honestly. I am not in denial and I am not suppressing. I made my choice and that was that. My point of telling you all about this (and I knew what kind of posts would be coming at me) was to tell you that the argument that women will regret their decision later on in life is simply not true for many women. That's what I testified to. NOTHING ELSE. I am not defending abortion or any such thing. Just that this argument is not a good one to use as the reason to outlaw abortion. Heck, I'm trying to help YOU! I'm not going to say something or shed tears so people can justify their THOUGHTS about something they've never experienced themselves. However, I sure am lucky that so many of the pure ones here on Free Republic are praying for me!

As a grandmother of six and approaching my 70th birthday I too am acknowledging that I had an abortion at age 40. Was it an easy decision...no way....do I regret it....every day!! My OB at the time said he thought at my age I was facing too many problems to be having another child and I foolishly went along with it....this was a time when 40 yr old pregnant women were looked at as if to say "you still have sex?" I didn't know I was pregnant until I was about 12 weeks along and frankly I panicked.......the day of the abortion I came home from the hospital and went to bed awaking every few hours because I swore I heard a baby crying. A few times I actually got up to look for this baby..every so often I will hear someone talking about abortion as if it is a simple procedure and once you have it life goes on. Perhaps.....but not for all of us.
For those who accept abortion as a womans right I often wonder if they just dont' ackowledge that this fetus growing inside is actually a child....as for me even the "legality" of this abortion has not erased the fact I feel I murdered my child and I have lived with this guilt for 30 years. The tears fall often for this lost child of mine.............

However, I sure am lucky that so many of the pure ones here on Free Republic are praying for me!

First I must address you saying "MANY DO NOT REGRET THAT DECISION". You are wrong.

Secondly, your statement above is correct.

Thirdly, I may have kept my son, but how do you know I didn't have an abortion later in life? From all the people who've had an abortion who I spoke with,.. ONLY ONE did not regret it.

You are the first person I've seen online BRAG about the coldhearted feelings you have about murdering an innocent helpless human being who could NOT DEFEND themself. YOUR mistakes were not the childs mistakes. YOUR moment of PLEASURE was the cause for the death of an innocent helpless baby.

I hope it was worth it Hildy. Because this life is but the blink of the eye compared to eternity.

NUFF SAID....