Posted on 01/30/2003 5:06:38 AM PST by Skooz
Please forgive the vanity.
I received this email from my mom yesterday morning. Amanda is my niece. She is 18 years old and she lives with my parents. She just started college on a full paid academic scholarship:
Hi, Just wanted to fill you in on the latest around here. Miss Amanda is dropping school because she's...............................are you ready................ take a breath....................pregnant. She's going with her boyfriend tomorrow for counseling before having an abortion. His folks told him that unless she has an abortion he can never see her again. She wants him more than anything, so that's probably what she'll do. It's been a bad few days around here. She was going to wait until the end of the quarter (March) to tell us, but she got real sick a few weeks ago and came home. I think part of it was the flu, and part "baby" sickness. She still doesn't feel well. One of the worse things is he won't be 17 until April. So anyway.......I thought I'd give you a little shock to have with your coffee. I'll keep you updated.
Of course, we are stunned. I am really seeking some advice about what I can do or say. My entire family (except for Amanda) is staunchly pro-life. Her mother is beside herself.
Oh, and how about the "His folks told him that unless she has an abortion he can never see her again" thing? How about it pro-choicers? She is being coerced into having an abortion she doesn't really want. She has said (in other correspondence) that she wants to keep the baby. Her "choice" is being made by the father's parents, who want to be spared the embarassment.
She went to see a "counselor" at an abortion clinic yesterday, and they scheduled the "procedure" for today. Of course, the "counselor" at the abortuary is just a salesperson whose job it is to sell abortions.
Anyway, I have run out of options. I have prayed and will continue to do so. I have offered to adopt the baby and have referred her to a wonderful woman who has dedicated her life to finding good homes for children who would otherwise have been aborted, but my niece is not interested. She is ready to have her baby killed to make her boyfriend's parents happy.
I really don't know what else to say. God help us.
My "agenda" was to save the life of my great niece/great nephew and spare my niece a great deal of heartache.
Yes. I can't get it out of my mind. In church, I prayed for this girl and for every girl like her.
I said it. I have seen many postings on FR where "advocates" have authored "stories" to solicit sympathy from the readers. I stated in my post that your story may be true (I have no knowledge) but readers should be aware of your active position on the subject and take that into consideration.
Bwahaha... Been watching Back to the Future too much, have we... You allowed to watch television before yer homework is done? Jesus.
Many of the people in mental wards have serious religious obsessions that usually had to do with their family.
Well that's probably more true than most folks might think...
constantly making statements like murder and dead baby is mental abuse. It is unhealthy to tell women this, that is why many women become so confused with self loathing, they crack up later in life. Just like those girls think they're fat because some boy said they were so they starve themselves to death.
Soooo-- women are weakminded and they can't handle the truth? Heh... And some folks around here call ME a misogynist.
Skooz-- I have sat here and read just about this entire thread and I ain't the sensitive type but this story really hit me. God be with you and yours, bud.
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