Posted on 09/10/2009 8:38:24 AM PDT by Bodleian_Girl
The party was a rare night out. Raised in a devout, Christian family in Reading, Berks, I was more used to going to choir practice than clubs with friends.
(snip-she was drugged)
Coming from such a Christian family, I've never believed in abortion, but suddenly finding myself pregnant with a rapist's baby, I looked at it differently.
After seeking counselling, I decided to go ahead with the termination.
As I walked down the corridor in a hospital gown to the operating theatre, I asked myself over and over: 'Am I doing the right thing?'
Suddenly, I was overcome by a rush of love for the child inside me. I didn't understand why, but in that moment what had felt like an alien suddenly felt like a child.
They told me there was a policeman waiting to take away the foetus for DNA analysis as part of the rape case, but I told them to send him away. I told the nurse: 'I can't do this.'
Then, smoothing my hand over my small bump, I said: 'It's you and me now, kid.'
(Snip) When she's old enough, I will tell ******** about how she was conceived.
But I'll also tell her about the moment I decided to keep her, and how I felt all this love for her, love that is even stronger now.
Watching her grow up, I feel lucky to have her in my life: I love her with all my heart. I also feel that by speaking out about what happened to me I will empower other women.
My life is proof that something good can come from something so terrible. And I don't regret my last minute change of heart one bit.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Wow what a story. She is gorgeous.
elaborate...
REALITY!
I.E. It is not a free will encounter that leads to many people becoming terminally ill around the world yet it is how they deal with the situation that they have been given that counts.
This woman chose to pickup her Cross and bear it.
An innocent child is never responsible for a rape.
If, for considered reasons, someone who has been raped decides that she cannot take care of a baby, then the right thing to do is to offer it for adoption. There are plenty of people who are looking for children to adopt, and they often have to travel to other countries to do it.
In this case, even better.
I will buy two for my daughters.
In a heartbeat.
I was conceieved by ‘forced insemination’ ... I bless my wonderful Mother and thank God she had the personal fortitude to allow me to be born. She went through a lot with me as a child, but she has remained a rock through it all because she was doing the right thing. Such women are the unsung carriers ofgodliness in our midst. But there will come a where/when for all to be revealed ...
That is going to be terrible for the girl. Knowing her father was a rapist. Hopefully she will wait until her daughter is in her twenties. It’s too much for a teenager.
It was not a free will encounter that led to the pregnancy.
I believe most pro-lifers care about the life of the baby, not punishing the mother because she chose to have sex (well, at least that's how I feel, I realize there are some who want to punish the mother). So I don't understand those who don't care about abortion in the case of rape. I thought the point of being pro-life is to keep a child from being murdered.
you just figured out why Judaism is passed down through the mother’s side.
Better for the child too. An adopted child need never be told that her father was a rapist.
bookmark for later (I may want to get one for my currently 3 yo daughter someday)
A great story.
Well if you see it for sale here, PM me.
I will send tons of business their way. Every homeschooling group I’m on will be contacted (That’s five groups with hundreds of daughters)
This story is so important. Shows how life can change when we accept that there is a Creator, and these matters are far bigger than just ourselves.
My wife’s mother was raped, and aborted the baby boy. My wife still wonders what life would be like if she had a big brother.
Bookmarked to show my wife this story.
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