{"id":286234,"date":"2023-03-03T14:29:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=286234"},"modified":"2023-03-02T16:40:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T22:40:32","slug":"melanie-lee-abortion-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/melanie-lee-abortion-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"An abortion sent Melanie into depression: &#8216;All I could do was cry&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Healing-After-Abortion-Live-Victorious\/dp\/1736666940\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her 2021 memoir<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Melanie D. Lee wrote about the abortion she had as a teen, and the aftermath she faced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rejecting adoption and choosing abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee was 18 and planning to attend college when she became pregnant. She later discovered that her boyfriend sabotaged her birth control, hoping a pregnancy would keep them together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her boyfriend didn\u2019t want her to abort, but also refused to help raise the baby. He suggested adoption. Lee considered it but didn\u2019t feel she could \u201cgive away\u201d her baby and worried that her child would be traumatized. She didn\u2019t realize that many adopted children are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanadoptions.com\/pregnant\/growing_up_adopted_study_highlights_health_happiness_of_adopted_children#:~:text=Studies%20show%20that%20children%20who,children%20in%20the%20general%20population.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happy<\/a>, or that having an abortion would emotionally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/somatic-psychology\/201010\/post-abortion-stress-syndrome-pass-does-it-exist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">devastate<\/a> her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Lee and her family were regular churchgoers, Lee never sought help from the church or pastor, and instead hid her pregnancy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>At the abortion facility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee had an ultrasound at the abortion facility and said, \u201cI was surprised that I had life growing on the inside of me. Just to see how big my baby was, in a matter of five weeks, was amazing to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, it didn\u2019t deter Lee from having the abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She says that the doctor and the nurse who assisted him \u201cdisplayed no emotion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The abortion facility didn\u2019t clean or disinfect the medical equipment between abortions. When the suction machine was wheeled in, Lee saw the remains of an aborted baby from a previous abortion in the jar. No body parts were visible in the mix of blood and tissue, but she was upset by the thought that her child would be considered \u201cwaste\u201d and just thrown out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She says, \u201cI couldn\u2019t process that. I couldn\u2019t fathom knowing that is where my child is going to end up.\u201d S<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he tried to repress her feelings and went through with the abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/walgreens-cvs-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-283198 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Walgreens CVS banner\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--500x128.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suffering from post-abortion depression<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That night, she cried all night long and begged God to forgive her. She said, \u201cAll I could do was cry myself to sleep, while holding my stomach, knowing that I lost my baby. My baby was gone forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next day, she told her sister about her abortion. Her sister was so upset she punched a hole in the wall and demanded Lee tell their mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she did tell her mother, her mother hugged her and invited her boyfriend over, concerned about him. Lee explained, \u201c[A]ll that he could do was be near my stomach and say his goodbyes to our child.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee went to college and managed to function, despite her grief and guilt, until the summer. Then, without school as a distraction, she could no longer cope.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She fell into a serious depression. She explained:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t care about caring for my hair or appearance. I wasn\u2019t eating. I didn\u2019t sleep. I was weak and fatigued. I didn\u2019t smile. I wasn\u2019t motivated. I wasn\u2019t mindful of the people around me, including my family. I wasn\u2019t inspired to do anything. I was not interested in seeing family or friends.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She wondered what her baby would have looked like, and imagined \u201cthe color of my baby\u2019s eyes, the shape of my baby\u2019s nose, their hair texture, their skin tone, their tiny fingers and toes, their adorable laugh, and the sights and sounds that I would never hear.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee isolated herself in her room and spent all her time thinking about her baby. She says, \u201cI would stare blankly at the television screen in a daze\u2026. My only focus was my child that I decided to kill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disrupted relationships and isolation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee tried to go on with her life but continued to wrestle with depression. She could not date or have relationships, and said, \u201cTo be intimately connected with a man, on an emotional and spiritual level, was never on my radar because the abortion would be at the forefront of my mind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The abortion, she said, \u201cchanged my entire life.\u201d It was constantly on her mind and affected every decision she made.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It continued to affect her relationships with men, as well as her friends and family. She also continued to isolate herself. Lee said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there were any social events that required me to be friendly and cordial, then I would not attend because I would have to extend my mental strength to present an individual that appeared to be strong, but yet weak on the inside. A basic handshake or friendly side-hug triggered emotional pain deeply rooted in my spirit.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help me avoid all of that, I would not venture out at all\u2026 It was easy for me to be isolated and alone\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the years began to go by, I was very selective as to who I became vulnerable with.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She hid her pain. Her friends and family and those around her didn\u2019t know what she was going through, \u201cbecause I knew how to put on a \u2018good face.\u2019 I knew how to sport a fake smile and make it look genuine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She finally began to find healing during her junior year of college, when she began attending a post-abortion Bible study on campus. She took part in two programs: \u201cSurrendering the Secret: Healing the Heartbreak of Abortion,\u201d and \u201cSongs of Deliverance.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research links abortion with depression and mental health issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee is not the only woman who has suffered from depression following an induced abortion. Some studies have linked abortion and depression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One study, from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bjp.rcpsych.org\/content\/199\/3\/180.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British Journal of Psychiatry<\/span><\/a>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found that women experience an 81% increased risk of mental health issues, including depression, after an abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researchers said, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past several decades, hundreds of studies have been published indicating statistically significant associations between induced abortion and adverse psychological outcomes of various forms.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They even debunked several studies that found no increased risk and pointed out their methodological flaws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2017<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-study-confirms-women-suffer-psychological-pain-after-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study in The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found that 67.5% of post-abortive women sought mental health treatment after their abortions.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study determined that only 13% of the women received treatment <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their abortions, indicating a causal relationship \u2014 i.e., that abortion caused the mental health problems, rather than that the women who have abortions are more likely than others to have pre-existing mental health problems, as some pro-abortion researchers have speculated.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Melanie D Lee <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healing after Abortion<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Life Free and Victorious<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Shero Publishing, 2021) 33, 34-35, 38-39, 45-46, 50, 62-63, 64<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/general-donation\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=monthly&amp;utm_content=article\"><i><strong>Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her 2021 memoir, Melanie D. Lee wrote about the abortion she had as a teen, and the aftermath she faced. Rejecting adoption and choosing abortion Lee was 18 and planning to attend college when she became pregnant. She later discovered that her boyfriend sabotaged her birth control, hoping a pregnancy would keep them together. 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