Truly Set Free! An Abortion Healing Story By “Anne” I was born and raised in Atlanta in a very dysfunctional home. My dad went to church, my mom did not … although she said she was a Christian. I went to a Baptist church with my aunt and grandmother. The biggest thing that impacted me was my grandmother singing “Jesus Loves the Little Children….” After I graduated high school, I went to Young Harris College for awhile. I soon quit and went to work for Georgia Power, and moved into an apartment. One of my best friends went to Emory Nursing School and I met "David"
through her. We had one date, we drank too much and had a one night fling. At the time I was dating “John.” He was in medical school and we had been dating only about two months. That's when I found out I was pregnant from “David.” I went to a gynecologist and found out I was 10 weeks along. We did not have intercourse and never dreamed I could get pregnant just by fooling around. When I told my parents, there was basically no reaction. Mom said, “We will work this out.” My sister offered to raise my baby and mom had a solution for me go to a home for unwed mothers. I told John I was pregnant when I was about three months along. He said, “If you don’t get an abortion, I won’t marry you.” John was not a believer either. I did want a future with John, and David (the father of the baby) was not going to have a future with me. Up to this point, I could have avoided this abortion. Abortion was not legal in the early ‘70s. But my friend found a doctor in Maryland who would do this procedure. My sister and brother-in-law flew me to Washington DC for the abortion. Ironically, while we were in DC, we visited the Smithsonian Museum and the exhibit was the progression of Life in the Womb. This was another reminder that there is a life in the womb. The next day, we went to the doctor in Maryland.
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