Thanks to Georgette Forney from the great group Silent No More for this tip about an article in the New York Times "Coming Out on Abortion".
Cannot say anything because I have not had a chance to read it yet, but I have often wondered how much a difference sharing makes in the abortion debate. Let's face it, there are very few people who don't know someone suffering from abortion and yet many of those people are still pro choice percisely because of that. They do not want their loved one to feel judged or that they did something wrong. By people speaking out to the harm it can ease the judgment, but there will always be people listening to both sides believing the side that most meets their needs. Having said that,I personally love SNM and think it is a great tool to not only educate but most importantly for bringing people forward for healing who are suffering.
Once I get a chance to read this I will share more.
In the end God is the only one who can stop this maddness of abortion.
UPDATE: weird, read it made a comment but it is not up....many we wrote after me have been posted. Lets see what happens.
A few things struck me...that they compared it to the gay issue saying people accept gay marriage because they know someone, implying that the same will happen with abortion. I disagree, I think the more people realize how it hurts those they love the more they will reciognize you can judge the act not the person.
Also the whole "shame" issue being blamed on others instead of the act of abortion itself...let's see if they end up posting it. Have not read Aspens piece yet but I do know she often blames everything on everything but the abortion....I actually like her and have hope that one day she will be able to look at it from a healing place that enables her to accept forgiveness and be ok without having to justify and blame.
