{"id":240061,"date":"2021-02-16T15:41:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T21:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=240061"},"modified":"2021-02-16T16:50:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T22:50:30","slug":"traumatized-past-abortion-unable-hold-newborn-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/traumatized-past-abortion-unable-hold-newborn-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Traumatized by a past abortion, she was unable to hold her newborn son"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carolyn Frandsen, programming coordinator for Support After Abortion<\/a>, knows the pain of abortion firsthand. In a video<\/a>, she shared her story of having an abortion and dealing with the aftermath in her life.<\/p>\n

After growing up in a broken home, Frandsen entered her teen years craving “acceptance” and said she quickly became a part of “the wrong crowd, the people that I definitely shouldn’t have been hanging out with, the partiers.” She recalled, “I enjoyed being the center of attention… I realized that I could get attention and acceptance with my body… So boys became my main concern. My goal was just to feel loved.”<\/p>\n

At age 19 and about six months into what she called a “very unhealthy relationship,” she became unexpectedly pregnant. When she told her boyfriend, he responded, “Well, you’re not keeping it, right?”<\/p>\n