There are side effects to abortion. It is a serious medical procedure - and the complications that can arise are real. We had a woman in our EMC Brooklyn center. She was scheduled for an ultrasound and she brought her sister and her mother with her. They arrived in the center at the time that we were showing a film about abortion and its consequences to women. The mother was aided by a walker even though she was not that old. The mother said, "Abortion is the reason that I now have a prosthetic leg." About 20 years ago, this woman had decided to have an abortion. It was a D & E (Dilation and Evacuation) procedure involving laminaria (seaweed sticks) to aid in dilation. From this abortion procedure, she had developed a septic infection that went unnoticed. This infection developed into Endocarditis (an infection of the inner lining of the heart) and resulted in subsequent surgeries and eventually the loss of her leg. Her story is real. It is a great testimony to the fact that women need to be informed about all the possible risks and complications associated with abortion prior to their "consent" to undergo this serious operation. Bills like the one recently passed in South Dakota would make this a reality! Despite all of this testimony from her own mother, this daughter was still considering abortion. It is a desperate and lonely place that would lead a woman to abort knowing that it nearly caused the death of her own mother. This is the real cry for mercy that must be heard. And I am happy to say that God did a miracle with this pregnant woman and now she will not run the risk of an abortion procedure ending in the same trauma that her mother endured. She will begin receiving prenatal care, her family will be loved and supported and so will her 19-week old baby girl!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
WARNING - abortion may result in complications
There are side effects to abortion. It is a serious medical procedure - and the complications that can arise are real. We had a woman in our EMC Brooklyn center. She was scheduled for an ultrasound and she brought her sister and her mother with her. They arrived in the center at the time that we were showing a film about abortion and its consequences to women. The mother was aided by a walker even though she was not that old. The mother said, "Abortion is the reason that I now have a prosthetic leg." About 20 years ago, this woman had decided to have an abortion. It was a D & E (Dilation and Evacuation) procedure involving laminaria (seaweed sticks) to aid in dilation. From this abortion procedure, she had developed a septic infection that went unnoticed. This infection developed into Endocarditis (an infection of the inner lining of the heart) and resulted in subsequent surgeries and eventually the loss of her leg. Her story is real. It is a great testimony to the fact that women need to be informed about all the possible risks and complications associated with abortion prior to their "consent" to undergo this serious operation. Bills like the one recently passed in South Dakota would make this a reality! Despite all of this testimony from her own mother, this daughter was still considering abortion. It is a desperate and lonely place that would lead a woman to abort knowing that it nearly caused the death of her own mother. This is the real cry for mercy that must be heard. And I am happy to say that God did a miracle with this pregnant woman and now she will not run the risk of an abortion procedure ending in the same trauma that her mother endured. She will begin receiving prenatal care, her family will be loved and supported and so will her 19-week old baby girl!
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