“We can still take care of this for you.”
These were the words a young woman heard from her obstetrician as they looked at an ultrasound image of her baby at about seven months’ gestation. The baby already weighed more than five pounds.
The conversation took place in Maryland, where there are no limits on abortion and where Medicaid foots the bill. It’s not possible to know why a doctor would make such a suggestion to a woman so far along in her pregnancy, but the price tag for a third-trimester abortion can be $10,000 or more.
The woman is in her 20s and already has a child. The doctor pointed out the hardships of being the single mother of two young children. The idea took hold.
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“I think I’m going to have an abortion,” the young woman told her mom.
The woman’s mother is part of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, carrying a sign at public events that reads “I Regret My Abortion” and speaking openly about the many ways abortion hurt her. She knew she would have to spring into action immediately if she was going to save her granddaughter’s life and spare her daughter a lifetime of remorse.
The grandmother got in touch with the leaders of Silent No More. Janet Morana, executive director of Priests for Life and a co-founder of the campaign, picked up the phone immediately and called her.
The young woman and her mom are Black and Janet knew that in the last several years, most of the women who have died from later abortions have been women of color.
She told the grandmother their names – Tonya Reaves, Lakisha Wilson, Keisha Atkins, Alexandra Nunez, Jamie Lee Morales.
Some of these women already had children, now all of them are growing up without their mothers. The grandmother told her daughter their stories.
Janet remembered that before the doctor recommended abortion, the young woman had dreamt about her baby and afterward decided she would name her daughter Dream. Janet told the grandmother to talk about Dream by name as often as possible.
“You have to make her realize the baby is human, a real child already, not a child-to-be,” Janet said.
The young woman and her mom live in different states, so the older woman went to stay for a while to help. By the end of her visit, any thought of an abortion had been banished. The young woman found a new doctor and visited a pregnancy resource center.
In August, an 11 pound, 11-ounce baby girl was born via C-section.
“Grandma is over the moon,” Janet said. “But it wasn’t an easy haul.”
The baby’s father had not been in the picture but has since said that if a paternity test proves the baby is his, he wants to be involved in her life and help with financial support.
“This story shows two things,” Janet said. “Late-term abortion is a reality. It’s happening. Healthy babies of healthy mothers are being aborted. But the second thing it shows is that life is always the right choice. Life is always a good.”
LifeNews Note: Leslie Palma is the Communications Director for Priests for Life. This article is a Pregnancy Help News original. File photo.
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