Expose the Evil - Abortion Traumas

This is Part 4 of a series of articles on How to End Abortion written by Fr. Anthony Mellace (drdavila@aol.com) and is published here with his permission. Fr. Mellace has a new website: http://www.freehorizon.org/.

In this article, Fr. Mellace shows some of the many devastating effects of abortion.

How to End Abortion: Part IV - Expose the Evil - Abortion Traumas

In the fight against abortion and the education of our youth in its respect, it is insufficient to simply prohibit the evil action. One must also show how the good is corrupted by the evil act. For example, the following are excerpts taken from David Reardon’s book on the psychological effects of abortion on a woman:

"...It takes two hours for the child to die and the woman, who feels grief and guilt, is never the same again. She hates herself and loses all self-esteem, every value held dear; every hope that was dreamed is all stripped away. Every memory of joy is now tainted by the stench of death. She who was such an advocate of choice has none left at all. She has no control and is psychologically turned into a powerless, weak and murderous person.

"The abortive woman withdraws from the family (and those who encouraged and supported the abortion).

"They don't want to be loved, but feel empty with a constant feeling of dread.

"They are afraid to touch newborn infants and refuse to do so. They become afraid of their own destructiveness and terrified to hurt the other child. The fear causes them not to have children and to be sterilized. It becomes too devastating and mind-boggling for them. They become pre-occupied with thoughts of death.

"The aborted woman does not care if she lives or dies and goes through a radical personality change. She becomes increasingly self-destructive, bold and aggressive. The reason for becoming rough and callous is to protect herself from hurt.

"She has contempt for the world and will even begin to carry guns and knives. She will go out to destroy, steal and maim (others and herself). This shows that psychologically, violence is born of abortion. In her destructiveness, she will release her growing hatred towards the world that abandoned, abused and exploited her. Psychologically, by attacking others, she is telling the world that she is ready to be punished and even killed. Anger, defiance, self-punishment and self-destruction are attitudes and feelings identified with an abortive woman.

"Psychologically, she tries to prove to herself that destroying others doesn't hurt. Once you have killed, you should be able to do anything. By doing every conceivable wrong, abortive women hope to strip themselves of conscience and destroy all values they ever held.

"If she could prove to herself that everything was meaningless (including the innocent child she killed through abortion) perhaps she could have the peace of total meaninglessness. Now the natural center of this destructive escapist world is drugs. (Maybe that is why we have an increase of drug consumption in the world, proportional to the abortions committed. If we get rid of abortion, then maybe we can get rid of drugs too)*. Abortion gives birth to cocaine, heroin and crack.

"Drugs are the refuge, comfort, slow fuse to self-obliteration. Being stoned, you don't have to think. If you can't think, you can't feel. If you can't feel, that is as good as being dead and then you can face yourself. Then you begin to sell drugs to get drugs. One prostitutes herself or burglarizes houses to get the money. The promise of forgetfulness is worth any price since to remember is a hellish life.

"The abortive woman represses herself in speaking about her abortion and only speaks about it when drugged.

"She has a restless fear and is afraid to sleep and of night itself.

"Four years later after the abortion, the self-destructive attitude turns into an open desire for death. She sees no reason to live and doesn't feel she deserves other children or is worthy of their love. Life is pain and loneliness. She feels like she needs to die, but is afraid of the unknown terrors.

"Only after three years of a religious experience is she able to come to forgive herself.

"Abortion is a trap, a curse, a cheap substitute for love and support, a tool for manipulation and exploitation of women that society has abandoned.

90% of abortive women have severe emotional stress
10% require psychiatric hospitalization
2% suffer severe traumas that render them incapable of work

"Abortive women suffer suicide risk nine times greater than non-abortive.

"Those who aborted for reasons of rape, incest or defects in their child suffered more severe emotional stress than those of normal abortions.

"Abortive women have a tendency to beat their children.

62% of abortive women felt suicidal and 20% actually attempted it one or more times
30% of abortive women became alcoholics or increased their drinking
40% of abortive women became drug addicts
50% of abortive women experienced sexual coldness and revulsion towards the father of their aborted child.
40% of abortive women had nightmares or insomnias
20% had complete mental breakdowns

"Other common psychological symptoms of post-abortive women were:

"Profound remorse, regrets, grieves, sense of murder, fear of punishment, general sense of loss, bitterness, lack of forgiveness for self and others, anxiety, fear of others finding out, loneliness, isolation, feelings of having been exploited, feelings of helplessness and inability to make decisions.

"Only less than half (48%) of the abortive women were able to get over their abortion experience (and this only after three years)...”

*my commentary

Father Anthony Mellace