"Begin with the end in mind" says a proverb. Numerous abortion advocates and practicioners took up the abortion cause believing it would help women and children in the long run. Their first-hand experience with the procedure and its long-term effects, however, changed their minds. Bernard Nathanson helped legalize abortion in the United States in the early 1970s; but by 1979 he had begun to doubt how helpful abortion really was, and by the time of his death earlier this year he had become an ardent pro-life advocate. Anthony Levatino gave up performing abortions because he felt he had become a paid killer. Carol Everett ran a successful syndicate of abortion clinics until the volume of the killing, the falsehoods told to women with unplanned pregnancies in order to get them to have abortions, and the unhealthy relationships within the abortion business changed her mind. She too took up the pro-life cause. Joan Appleton entered abortion advocacy believing it would help women. Yet she became disillusioned and said "I didn't like what we were doing for women. If it was right, why were they suffering? What had we done? We created a monster and didn't know what to do with it." She also left the abortion industry.
These individuals actively promoted and participated in abortion, believing it would help women and children. They got out of abortion advocacy because they saw abortion ended up damaging women and children. May Swaziland learn from their mistakes. No to abortion; yes to love and life.
Rudy Poglitsh
rpoglitsh@live.com
more letters at http://letterstotheTOS.blogspot.com
