“It’s Different”

When I read this in Salvo I knew I had to share it. With the abortion pill being readily available in Illinois, this aspect of using it needs to be widely known. I also share it because I am very thankful we support two local pro-life ministries, First Step Women’s Center and Beerlahai Roi.

God Bless, Rick

“Abortion-pill usage has risen dramatically in the wake of Dobbs, and this has resulted in a new trend in post-abortion regret. In the past, decades might pass before a post-abortive mother would seek healing. With the abortion pill, it’s different. ‘When the baby is expelled, it’s just hitting women in a different way,’ said 40 Days for Life leader Mark Cavaliere. ’With surgical abortions, they could point their fingers at that bad place and the abortionist that did this to them…But the abortion pill essentially makes a woman her own abortionist and her own home the abortion facility.’ Aborting mothers are unprepared for the trauma of seeing their baby. ‘Do I flush the toilet? Do I keep the baby? How do I keep the baby? Where do I take it? Can I bury my baby? They don’t know. They’re just in complete shock.’

The sanitized, clinical, ‘between a woman and her doctor; rhetoric is utterly stripped away, and abortion can be seen more clearly for what it is. Certainly it’s unspeakably painful, but pro-life ministries are seeing beneficial consequences. Rather than spiral into a year’s-long descent into psychological scarring and emotional trauma (trajectories that often include years of promiscuity and repeat abortions), many women are seeking help right away. And pro-life ministries are doing what they have always done—meeting them with tangible resources and gospel-centered love and support. ‘The most immediate result,’ writes Steve Karlen of 40 Days for Life, ‘is that the women who come forward sooner can encounter God’s mercy without spending years or decades in the desert suffering needlessly.’”