Sunday before last was Sanctity of Life Sunday and we had a young woman who works with the Women’s Care Center speak to the congregation. There was no way the congregation could have been prepared for the story she began to tell. She told about a young girl who was a friend of hers who recently had an abortion…her second one.
She began the story with her friend nervously walking into the clinic and sitting down with seven or eight other girls. The price for the “procedure” was $450 and they all had paid and were waiting for their name to be called. The girl mentioned there was some awkward conversation between the women, whose age ranged from 18 to mid-thirties. The nurse came out and asked her to come back to one of the rooms and to change clothes. After the girl changed clothes she sat for a while waiting on the nurse to come in. During these few minutes the girl understandably became very emotional and wondered if she was doing the right thing. When the nurse came in she noticed that the girl was troubled, but she proceeded to ask her the routine questions: “Do you know who the father is?” and “Does he feel the same way about the child?” and so on. The last question was “Are you sure you want to do this?” The young girl spoke through the tears a troubled “no”. So, the nurse directed her to a room where she could take some time to think about it. The girl sat in there for three hours…alone, torn with the decision to keep her baby, or to “have it taken care of”. The most support the nurse would offer was “have you made up your mind yet?” There wasn’t anything like “why don’t you go home and think about it if you need to, there’s no hurry”. After the three emotional hours the young girl decided to go through with the abortion. When she finally went in to see the doctor he looked at her and smiled and said “You’re my favorite patient today”. When the girl asked him why he replied, “Because you’re my last one. I can go home after this.” So the girl went through with the abortion.
As I mentioned earlier, the girl in the story is the friend of a really good Christian lady in our Church who is helping her work through this and trying to lead her to repentance and faith in Christ. Please pray for both of them. Also please pray for the Women’s Care Center in our town that tries to educate women on the alternatives to these horrible procedures by using Ultrasounds and solid Christian counsel. Finally, pray that the hard hearts of the clinics and doctors performing these procedures would be softened by the Holy Spirit and the prayers of people interceding for these helpless victims.
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