I got this note from one of our moms who aborted because of an adverse diagnosis and am printing it with her consent, because like everything else she trusts me enough to share, she is right on...
Hi
Theresa. I read your post this morning about Exhale. I cringe whenever I hear
that name. I never had any personal contact with anyone from this organization,
but I easily could have if I continued to follow the path encouraged by the
medical establishment. I call them the trio, as comprised of my obstetrician,
the abortionist disguised as high risk obstetrics, and the geneticist. I've
subsequently discovered that they are all members of the National Abortion
Federation and that two of them testified on the Partial Birth Appeal in NY.
The weeds of evil are deeply rooted.
It
was on a Wednesday afternoon that I received the news of a positive diagnosis
for Trisomy 18. I had hardly digested the news when the genetic counselor was
already leading me down the next step. I didn't want to hear a sales pitch
about the grief counseling that Exhale can provide me. At that point I was
still having a baby, albeit with some added concerns. I was in the "how do we
fix this?" mode rather than the "my child is dead" mode. I was STILL pregnant,
my child was STILL here, and at that point it had not entered the realm of
possibility that I would abort him. So I rushed her off the phone to do my own
Google search on what a Trisomy 18 diagnosis really meant. It angered me that
the medical establishment handled my emotions like a human factory production
line. I was not about to agree to undergo some psychobabble with a
pre-determined end conclusion.
If
you truly want to know where an organization's loyalties lie, follow the money
trial. If Exhale is a referral service for the medical establishment, then all
you're really doing is adding another layer of complexity to the deception that
will keep the medical establishment out of malpractice court. Medical
propaganda disguised in psychological terms whose purpose is to control the
individual's behavioral response. What a sad world we live in where even the
Hippocratic Oath, designed to protect humanity, has evolved into the medical
establishment's loss of humanity for the child, the parents and themselves.
As
far as e-cards are concerned, you have no idea how angry I get when I read or
hear someone tell me "how strong I am." How does aborting one's child represent
the epitome of strength? In my mind the opposite is true. I chose abortion
precisely because I was weak, lost hope, and lacked faith. The true heroes are
those who, knowing the diagnosis and ultimate outcome, could still choose life
and forge their way into the unknown. The best e-card I received was on Tommy's
first death anniversary from a woman I met at Rachel's Vineyard … "Tears are
Prayers too." Amen to that. Tears are all that's left when words and
rationalizations fail.
