January 22, 2007 marked the 34th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion. Since the court ruling, the estimates are that 480-thousand abortions have been performed in Wisconsin, 47 million in the United States.
On January 16, 2007, there was an abortion survivor’s testimonial at the Capitol. Entitled, “The Truth about Abortion from Women and Men Who Had One,” the program was sponsored by the organization, Silent No More. Their stated goal is to make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women, men and their families, and to no longer shroud the emotional and physical pain of abortion in secrecy and silence.
I stopped by the presentation at the Capitol and stood in the doorway of the standing room only crowd for a short time. I heard three riveting testimonials from women suffering post abortion trauma.
In those very few minutes, I learned that 64 percent of abortions are coerced. One woman testified that at the age of 15 she was told it was a blob of tissue. As she aged, she later realized it was not only her baby, but that the abortion facility let statutory rape go unaddressed.
I requested copies of their testimony, and I was told they would be forwarded to me. When I receive them, and if the women give their permission, I will share their testimony with you on my blog.
One of the women, Jane Krantz, wrote a column on this highly charged issue, an issue that rarely, if ever, gets any media attention.
Here is her column printed in the Appleton Post-Crescent.
