Through my wife’s work with pregnant women, I was exposed to two amazing women this year, both of whom lost their babies. One of them is healing thorough sharing. She developed the youtube.com video linked under “Awesome Adoption Story!” Check it out and share it.
In 2003, there were nearly 1.3 million abortions in the US. In 2004, there were nearly 1.5 million live births to unmarried women. Almost all of the women were between 15 and 29. Of the 72.3 million children living in the US in 2004, 1.6 million had been adopted. Adoption is a wonderful, loving, underused option. It’s an option that must be seriously considered as part of family planning and when reacting to the special circumstances the result from unplanned pregnancy.
Burn Out
15 years ago
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I have met women who have chosen abortion over adoption. Although this is not an official survey - they all (3) of them still have regrets. None of those that I have met that have chosen adoption have expressed those feeling to me.
From another angle: I have never met a mother that has shared with me that she has had an abortion. But I have had three fathers cry on my shoulder about one of their children that had been aborted. Every year around that time their hearts break. Instead of celebrating a birthday, they are mourning. I don't think that enough credit is given to men as loving daddy's. I feel for the dad's that had that choice taken away from them. I can not imagine being in the mother's shoes but I just ask that we remind ourselves that the choices we make effect so many people, and so many generations.
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