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In his recently-published memoir, “Karen: A Brother Remembers,” actor Kelsey Grammer revealed that two of his preborn children were aborted — experiences that appear to have greatly affected him. While society parrots the idea that abortion is solely a woman’s issue, Grammer’s story of abortion regret underscores the reality that men are also impacted by the killing of their preborn children. “The abortion of my son eats at my soul” According to People, Grammer wrote that in 1974, a former girlfriend aborted their child. Though Grammer said he was “willing” to keep the baby, he “did not plead with her...

CV NEWS FEED // Kat Rosenfield, a self-described “pro-choice” journalist, wrote an article interviewing men who were left grieving after their unborn children were killed through abortion. Rosenfield wrote for the Free Press, that even as a pro-choice feminist, she believes men “are better, and deserve better” than the assumption that all they want to do is have indiscriminate sex, knowing that a woman can have an abortion if she gets pregnant. She noted that “men are sidelined from conversations about pregnancy and childbirth, even when their emotional stake should be obvious,” a situation she called “real and heartbreaking.” Rosenfield...

Recently, a woman called in to The Michael Knowles show and left a message detailing her traumatic abortion experience. Her story serves as a reminder that though the ability to kill one’s preborn child has roundly been celebrated as “freedom,” abortion regret is real. The woman, who explained that she is in her fifties, said that when she was 41, she sought an abortion. “I got pregnant, and this is embarrassing, but I was addicted to drugs, and my doctor said, ‘How dare you bring a baby into this world, when you’re addicted to drugs? It’s going to be damaged,'”...

Last week, pro-life activist Janet Morana tweeted about how the mainstream media so often amplifies abortion stories when they fit the pro-abortion narrative, while ignoring those that don’t. Morana wrote, “Dear @NBCNews @MSNBC @JoyAnnReid @nytimes @washingtonpost – read your stories about House women and #abortion but where are you every year when women of @regretabortion tell theirs?” The mainstream media’s coverage of recent House hearings on abortion legislation has emphasized tearful testimony from House members about why they support abortion. As Morana notes, what is noticeably absent is the perspective of mothers who now mourn the children they lost. Morana,...

Pro-life leaders are denouncing recent research that purports to debunk the idea women regret their abortions -- fueling debate surrounding the basis for regulating the procedure. A long list of media outlets reported on the study, released Sunday, with headlines like CNN's: "The majority of women feel relief, not regret, after an abortion, study says." Vice appeared more supportive, running the headline: "Most Women Don’t Regret Abortions. Why Would They?" The reports on the study, authored by University of California professor Corinne Rocca, also appeared to ignore critical information. Although CNN included comment from Rocca, it neither included any perspectives...

THE pain was unbearable. And when her dead baby was whisked away from her, there was nothing she could do to tear her eyes away. Wracked by the agony of labour and emotionally drained by the magnitude of her decision to end her baby's life, Sarah's* sobs echoed around the hospital suite. This was the last place this young woman ever thought she'd be. But, for an increasing number of women, the abortion suite is becoming a familiar place. Today, Sarah can finally look back on the misery of aborting her 22-week pregnancy with a degree of acceptance. But she...

I just wanted to let everyone know that when pro-choice activists march on Washington DC in April, there are plans to respond with a peaceful pro-life counter-protest. If you are interested in joining the counter-protest, go to http://www.operationwitness.com for more details. For those of you who have been hurt by abortion firsthand, there is a special event being held by the Silent No More Awareness campaign on April 25th to protest the pro-choice march. Silent No More Awareness will provide "I Regret My Abortion " signs for post-abortion women to hold, "I Regret Lost Fatherhood" signs for post-abortion men, and...