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 ...
She is, she really is, a very Special Lady. Thank you, for her.
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REALITY!
It was not a free will encounter that led to the pregnancy.
So it was the baby’s fault after all.
I never mentioned the baby.
They always have one on the first day of publication, which was yesterday. All the comments that I read were very supportive.
Yes, because us adopted children never need to know the truth no matter how ugly it is... It doesn’t affect the child at all to be lied to, not even after the child is a child no longer... /s
Sure you did, just very subtly. Freepers are used to it.
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