Here is a story of a girl’s desperate call for attention and support. For this blog I will refer to her as Savannah. Savannah came in knowing she was pregnant and knowing she wanted to have an abortion. At least that is what she said at first. When it came down to talking and asking about the father of the baby, it became clear she did not want to go through another abortion. Savannah had already had one abortion and has no kids. She is in love with the father of her unborn child, yet the father simply just wants sex. Savannah was aware of his selfish intentions with her, but simply had no sense of dignity or what love really is.
She said to me that she wanted to have the abortion to keep the guy around! I knew right away I needed to convince her that she needed to be the protector of her child since this guy is not man enough to, and also she needed to realize that the baby's life she should be more important than whether or not some fool is going to call her up for a booty call next Saturday.
After we showed her a couple movies over the abortion procedures and counseled her on abstinence,she told me that she was definitely going to keep the baby and her and the father were going to go there separate ways. She also said that even though she had previously had an abortion she had no idea the grimness and gruesome reality of what really goes on, and her goal was to spread the word to other abortion minded women. I think it is obvious here that this young girl knew already the truth; she just simply needed to be reaffirmed, more educated, and supported. She needed to hear that sex does not mean love. Simple words indeed, but words she probably never hears.
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