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Every abortion kills a human being. That is an unquestionable scientific statement. Even people who are not pro-life acknowledge that abortion is much more than a routine medical procedure. Would we see such debate and controversy in the community if abortion were simply like having a tooth extracted? People who are for abortion feel uncomfortable with expressions such as ‘unborn baby’ and ‘human being’ because they are arguing for the right to choose which inevitably is arguing for the right to end a human life, a unique, precious individual whose marvellous life has just begun and whose gifts and talents the world will never come to see. For many women the realisation of what they’ve done comes to late with profound regret, guilt and sorrow. Abortion goes against a woman’s every instinct, it can be psychologically damaging to the woman. One woman shared her story saying “my sorrow was immeasurable, I was wracked with sobs, heaving aching sobs. After that day, I spent three months plunged in total emotional darkness – the depths of anguish, anger and despair.” Motherhood is destined to nurture and to protect. Its instinct is normally self-sacrificial. The hardest thing of all to bear, harder than the loss of the child itself, is the fact of having deliberately surrendered you won child to death!
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