Re: I also had an abortion almost 10 years ago.

I can't even imagine the pain you must still be feeling. People insist that by having a "choice" we are free. We are not free. Never in history have there been so many women sufering a needless type of pain. Having this "choice" does not build women up, it tears them down.
All life is precious and sacred.
Even the lives that no one wants. Abortion should never be thought of as a way out. Instead it becomes a prison. It is unfortunate how society sells women on the idea that they can choose to end the life of another human being and not somehow suffer.
My heart aches for all the little lives that have been snuffed out by people who have been ill-informed. Women need to stand up for themselves and not be afraid to be on the side of life. It is easy to say you are pro-choice. But living through the pain that affects so many because of the exercise of that choice is not easy.
Raising children is not easy, I have 2 of my own. But when their little faces look up at me and smile and say "I love you mom", I know that having them was the only "choice" that could have ever been made.
Children are a gift every time. Even if we are not ready for the gift. We do not know what lies in our future and we do not always know what is best for us. There is someone out there smarter than me who knows where my life is heading. And He knows where yours is heading too.
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