The stories of anguish that Radical Catholic Mom cites did not slip in against the intentions of the Women’s Health Center. The stated purpose of this section of their website is to share stories to promote understanding and healing — all kinds of stories from women with very different perspectives on abortion. Barbara’s story, which RCM discusses, is in fact clearly and unambiguously pro-life. In short, the Women’s Health Center deserves credit for NOT suppressing stories that complicate or that frankly disagree with a simplistic pro-choice line.

That said, I spent some time reading these stories and I do think they are more diverse than RCM suggests. For example, Kathleen asserts she has never felt regret. Ann tells a harrowing story of being raped by her boyfriend in Pre-Roe days and the agony of bearing the child that kept her connected to an incredibly abusive man.

Radical Catholic Mom and several other commentors are correct that irresponsible or abusive men are the common theme in most of these stories. That suggests that the real solution to the abortion problem is going to be empowering women. Empowerment begins with really listening to women’s experiences and not just trying to shoehorn them into our position on abortion rights. Seems like the Feminist Women’s Health Center has gone a long way toward doing this. Have we?

Anathema to the abortionist.
Anathema to the executioner.
Anathema to the warmonger.
Anathema to the devotee of realpolitik.
Anathema to the worshipper of the Kali-free market.
Anathema to all who art a sustainer of poverty.

Anaethema to all enemies of life.

Maranatha Jesu, come and cast Death and Hades and all their servants into the lake of fire.

The right to choose is the ultimate triumph of freemarket principles.

Who said ANYTHING about the Supreme Court?

And I DO believe that these letters are a form of education. They cut through the hype created by those who want abortion on demand. Did you check out the site? All they show are happy smiling women on their page. On the letters section, why aren’t they showing women crying, devastated, or lonely? They don’t and they should.

You know, arewak, there is a lot more to the Way of Christ than moral principle. If Jesus Christ the Word could empty Himself and take on our pitiful state, would it be too much to ask you to show a little sympathy for poor lost sinners?