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TDL Podcast: Our Greatest Need: Pastoring & Parenting

By: Thomas F. Booher

The Abortion Story: Part 2

By: Thomas Fletcher Booher You can read part 1 here. "She didn't want the baby, and neither did I. We had long stumped for the pro-choice cause, so we were prepared for such a scenario, if you will. We went to the clinic to end her pregnancy and rid ourselves of the complications and fear of raising a child we didn't plan for. There were a few in our family who were opposed to what we were doing. I knew a minister who tried to talk me out of it, but I wasn't concerned about God punishing us for this. I felt we were justified in what we were about to do. We comforted ourselves in how early the pregnancy was, and that the baby wouldn't feel any pain. If we didn't end it now, the baby would be born into a hard world, one we couldn't help him with. The doctors said the pregnancy could be risky, that her health, and the baby's, could be in jeopardy. We also used that as a panacea. Our pro-choice friends comforted us, recounting their own abortion