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**How do you know "most women have regrets." In my experience, most women don't.**

Your experience (and the experiences of those you know) may change when you come to meet your maker and might be accountable for the killi...er.......aborting of a baby.

Tell ya what...I'll worry about meeting my maker, and you worry about meeting yours, ok?

"**How do you know "most women have regrets." In my experience, most women don't.**

Your experience (and the experiences of those you know) may change when you come to meet your maker and might be accountable for the killi...er.......aborting of a baby. "

I just want to offer my humble opinion here.

I have a strong belief (much stronger than "belief"...it is something which is more like a "knowing") that if a woman regrets it, and makes no effort to justify the action before her Creator, asks for forgiveness, then by Grace, and the infinite mercy of God, she is washed clean. Our Father is very forgiving if we make an error and repent. Regret is an honest impulse leading us to learn some very hard lessons at times. That regret can be used to bring us closer to our Creator.

The problem that sooooo many of these women have, and where they get stuck is that they feel that they CANNOT forgive themselves. The twisted thinking goes like, what gives me the right to stop punishing myself? This can cause a range of responses. If a woman feels she cant forgive herself, she may be despairing that she could ever be close to God again. She may not even be consciously aware that this is what she is doing. She has such disdain and despair, that she denies the pain, denies the darkness, shame and guilt of the act. It is a psychological necessity if she is running from the pain. She may even persist in erroneous actions. If this is the road she picks, then it may very well be that she may have to cross to the other side to learn the truth of the matter and be held accountable.

Or, she may acknowledge the pain, but still live a life of grief and regret, as in the example of a Jane Russell. Again, as I said, my own opinion.

Hildy, I am not making the assumption that some on this thread have, that you actually experienced this yourself. I have been active in the health care profession for a number of years and it is something that I accept as a given based on MANY women I've come into contact with, (and some reading and research) that they have feelings of deep regret if they have had an abortion. My guess is that the ones you have encountered who seem not to have that regret, have hardened their hearts because the pain is so deep and searing. I have seen this too. I have compassion for them, and pray that by God's grace, they may be lifted out of that pain and suffering and find peace once more.

God bless you.

Your experience (and the experiences of those you know) may change when you come to meet your maker and might be accountable for the killi...er.......aborting of a baby.

You mean God doesn't have special exemptions for women who sleep with married NBA coaches?