In one of those miraculous moments of stark honesty with a stranger, a lovely mother and grandmother shared a deeply personal and painful family secret with a mutual friend and me.
We were the remnants of a pleasant gathering at our pal's home.
Not long after introductions, the topic of abortion rose because of my writings. My new acquaintance lowered her voice and whispered that her daughter, now happily married with children, had an abortion years ago.
This faith-filled lady, who had long worked with children, was embarrassed as if she had somehow been responsible for this tragedy in her family. In fact, she did not even know about the abortion until it was part of her daughter's history.
Then we really talked about a subject that most people avoid.
Noting that 24 percent of all pregnancies end in abortion in the United States, I assured this grieving grandmother that she was not the only one who had been dealt this low, life-ending blow.
Sadly, this sweet woman's broken heart was just a small fraction of the extensive damage done by legal abortion to humanity.
(c) 2007 Marybeth T. Hagan
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