I thought some of the readers here at After Abortion would be interested in this post from my own blog Abortion in Washington.

It concerns a 15-year old girl who was taken out of school for an abortion behind her mother's back. Our story concerns the fact that a local charitable organization, founded by a parishioner at a local Catholic church, brokered the transportation. All the authorities who had direct knowledge of the abortion appeared to have helped facilitate the abortion and the keeping of it secret from the mother. The state paid for the abortion and, we believe, the transportation thru Medicaid.  The mantra from the media and supporters of the teen health clinic is, "No laws were broken" and "It's the mother's fault for signing a permission slip to use the clinic."

I believe this is not an unusual case here in Washington state as many high schools and middle schools have health clinics staffed by people who most likely see abortion as "an essential part of women's health care." I hope I am not being unfair to paint with such a broad brush, but it is surely the case that any employee of these clinics would need to be alright with Washington state law supporting a "woman's right to choose abortion", all the laws preventing parental involvement, and be willing to coordinate the details to facilitate an abortion: selection of the abortion clinic, appointment making, counseling, transportation, falsification of attendance records, etc. They would also need to feel comfortable with the state's sex-education curriculum, which is as radical as it comes.

I'd be interested in hearing stories from women who chose abortion thru their school health clinic or some other public health setting. If you got good care and help to support your baby, I'd like to hear those stories too.

"When you have your _____________ , you have everything."

How do you "fill-in-the-blank"? It's a common phrase almost every American has heard or read in their lifetime.

"When you have your HEALTH, you have everything."

And if the government takes over how (and if) you get your healthcare, who will control whether you "have everything" or not?


If you want to know what some of the other problems with ObamaCare are, go to the sister blog at that link and get informed. Because if you don't want to know what is the WHOLE truth, you are choosing to remain ignorant if not also stupid.

Our commenting system here at the blog is "going away", we're being told. We've used Haloscan comments for years, and their software/hardware is breaking and will be shut down permanently as of Feb. 26, 2010. Until we find another appropriate commenting system, we will probably use blogger's for the time being. I have exported all our comments over the years and hope to sometime restore them, but I'm not the technical whiz and other life events take precedence right now, so it will have to wait. I'm sorry I can't devote more resources to restoring all our comments and only ask our readers' patience and understanding if they can't read or access our existing comments after 2/26.

For now, too, we will deploy comment moderation on all comments automatically, in order to protect any and all visitors from possible flaming or inappropriate comments that would hurt anyone.

If any friends of the blog have any suggestions or advice, we are all ears! Thanks.

A reader just wrote us:

I would like to ask prayers for my friend whose daughter was forced by her partner to have an abortion. Please pray for her and her husband, as they grieve for the loss of their only grandchild, and please pray also for their daughter, and for the little baby. Thank you.

It's been almost 31 years since I aborted my only daughter. It's been only 7 years since I realized how much I really, truly was horrified by and regretted what I'd done. My son is now the age I was when I aborted his sister.

As The March For Life begins again in Washington DC tomorrow and as the mainstream media acts as if it's no biggie, we pray for everyone negatively affected by abortion, even if you might not happen to believe that you might very well be one of us yet. I'm not saying everyone who doesn't regret their abortion will do so. But a lot do seem to come to it of their own accord, as evidenced by the massive number of google searches which lead them to blogs including this one, looking for help or answers or both. Our sidebar has a lot of both. You have found kindred spirits here, if that's what you are looking for.

Merry Christmas to all.

IN MEMORY OF:

Gabriel Michael Muzik-White
I love you and can't wait till I can see your beautiful face!
Aborted November 1989. Finally free of the guilt and shame
THANK YOU LORD! :)

Susan White

To learn more about these memorials to our children or family members lost to abortion, or to post one of your own (anonymously if you choose), please read this.

IN MEMORY OF:

Three baby boys, so precious and sweet
Three baby boys, given to me
Kept in secret, Hidden from all
Three baby boys, so precious and sweet

Dear baby boy, you were the first
Michael Joseph, you were so small
Just four weeks, maybe five
I didn't know your daddy, but he knew me

He raped and left me scared
He came back just one month later
He took me to the clinic
He said I was his daughter

He told me not to tell
He said he'd kill my family
I was 17
Just a junior in high school

Dear baby boy, you were the first
Michael Joseph, you were trusted to me
They took you from me
On November 17th.

Three baby boys, so precious and sweet
Three baby boys, given to me
Kept in secret, Hidden from all
Three baby boys, so precious and sweet

Dear baby boy, you were the second
Jordy Joel JR., your daddy was my best friend
New Years Eve, he was drunk and high
He knew what he wanted, "no" wasn't an option

3 months later, I took the test
I knew was pregnant, but I had to check
I waited two more months
You had been with me 25 weeks

I took another test, just to check
It was positive again
I thought my life was wrecked
I found a clinic and drove myself there

I was confused, I was scared
I had made my decision
I didn't want my family to know
I had just turned 18, you didn't fit my plan

It was June 19, the day they ripped you away
The pain hurt so much, I didn't know what to do
I tried to take my life away
Your daddy killed himself when he found out you were gone

Dear baby boy, you were the second
Jordy Joel JR., I murdered you
Your daddy and your aunt, they left me too
If I could get you back, I would any day

Three baby boys, so precious and sweet
Three baby boys, given to me
Kept in secret, Hidden from all
Three baby boys, so precious and sweet

Dear baby boy, you are the third
Nameless and faceless, hidden from me
Dear baby boy, you have a heart beat
I know you're alive, dependent on me

The questions are whirling,
Confusion, concern, fright and much more
What do I do, where do I turn
God gave you to me, to protect and to love

Raped once more, yet I feel like a whore
I know that God loves you, and I want to also
I know my responsibility,
I wish I could make my decision with ease

I long to hold you, yet I know
I wouldn't be a good enough mom
I couldn't do it on my own
I wish God could tell me what to do

Dear baby boy, you are the third
On December 13th I will hold you in my arms
Dear baby boy, you have a heart beat
Dependent on me, and living you'll stay

Three baby boys, so precious and sweet
Three baby boys, given to me
Kept in secret, hidden from all
Three baby boys, so precious and sweet

Two mistakes made, Two baby boys gone
I can't get you back, but I must move on.
My dear baby boys, please forgive me
In Jesus' arms, I pray you sleep

Michael Joeseph Walker (killed by abortion on November 17th, 2005)
Jordy Joel Simpinks Jr. (killed by abortion on June 19, 2006)
Collin James Walker, with me you will live.

--written by their mom, who sent this poem in an email earlier in the spring of 2008.

To learn more about these memorials to our children or family members lost to abortion, or to post one of your own (anonymously if you choose), please read this.