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From: ross@rossolson.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
To: opinion@startribune.com
Subject: Before and after
Before Roe v Wade, I recall hearing the argument that allowing access to
abortion would eliminate child abuse because every child would be
wanted. That did not happen.
What leads a woman to the point of having to make an agonizing decision
about her pregnancy? It is a whole string of choices made by her and
others – sex without commitment being prominent.
What comes after? Does the abortion solve her problem? Here is a
testimonial.
"I am 34, married seven years. I had an abortion not quite four years ago.
The pain of the knowledge of what I did is permanent, deep and fresh again
when I least expect it. A word about a child, Mother's Day, a song -- can
literally rip me apart. There is never any warning. In the middle of the
happiest moments, something will trigger a sadness for my action. I can't
make you feel how I feel or how I felt. I would be writing for hours. Even if I
talked to you, you could not know the pain I've set myself up for. It's not just
babies that abortion kills. It's mothers too." National Right to Life News,
22 December 1983, p.10.
Ross S. Olson MD
6711 Lake shore Drive S #1105
Richfield MN 55423
612-824-7691
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