Abortion (The Other Side)

Abortion.

Thirty years ago in the London Underground there were numerous ads for “Pregnancy counselling”. The local Pro-Life Group told women: “Don’t take our word for this: Phone one of these numbers, tell them you are pregnant and don’t know what to do, and see how much counselling they give you”. The counselling usually began and ended with the appointment for the abortion.

The personal experience of pro-life counsellors is that, in the vast majority of cases, the woman is the very last to want the abortion. We are all human. She “makes a mistake” and becomes pregnant. At this juncture she is in an emotional crisis. And everybody turns on her. Partner wants the baby got rid of. Parents don’t want the family name dragged down, or else don’t want the College fees wasted. Girlfriends are often only too ready to advise her to ‘get rid of it’. If she goes to an unscrupulous abortion clinic, they take her money, fill her with valium, take away her baby, and then dump her on the street. Only after that does she begin to reflect on what she has really done. Many women work out the date their baby would have been born and keep that ‘birthday’ for the rest of their life.

Abortion today, with international drug-dealing, is one of the very largest money-making industries in the world. Emotions run high on both sides, so let us keep our thoughts clear.

Beware of the Hard Cases. “Hard Cases Make Bad Laws” was a maxim known to the Ancient Romans. People in emergency situations need all our help, but if we betray fundamental principles for the hard case, we have absolutely no way to stop the exception from becoming the norm. In every single country, pro-abortion laws have been introduced with the promise that they would be used in only the most extreme cases. Yet within two or three years these promises are forgotten and abortions are carried out on a routine basis.

If you are inclined to support the idea of abortion, find out what an abortion procedure actually entails. We will not give details in this booklet. If you cannot bring yourself to face these details, ask yourself why not. Hear the tales of women who have panicked themselves into an abortion, and learn what effect it has had on their lives.

And if you know anyone who has had an abortion, or who has helped carry one out, the Catholic Sacrament of Confession will allow that person to forgive him/herself through being forgiven by God. And theologians have taught that it is likely that God will give the aborted child a chance, at the Last Judgment, to forgive its mother also.