{"id":299639,"date":"2023-10-05T06:43:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T11:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=299639"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:02:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T19:02:46","slug":"rape-survivor-feel-baby-late-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/rape-survivor-feel-baby-late-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rape survivor says she could feel her baby ‘crying out for help’ during late abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Sarah Terzo – Substack<\/a>) In a 2021 book by Janet Morana<\/a>, a rape victim describes the trauma she endured after her partial-birth abortion.<\/p>\n

Christina\u2019s Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Christina from Alberta, Canada, was a substance abuser who was raped at seventeen. She hid her pregnancy for months until her mother found out. According to Christina, her mother \u201cpromptly made it clear to me that I would not be \u2018keeping it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because Christina was so far along, her abortion took three days to complete. The abortion facility told her nothing about the procedure.<\/p>\n

It was a partial-birth abortion. This type of abortion became illegal in the US in 2007 after the Supreme Court case\u00a0Gonzales v. Carhart<\/em>\u00a0upheld a ban against it. I will discuss partial-birth abortions in a minute, but for now, I want to talk about Christina\u2019s experience.<\/p>\n

Christina says:<\/p>\n

During the abortion, I experienced pain like I\u2019ve never felt before and I could feel my little baby crying out for help. She did not want to die. I began to scream and cry, but to no avail. The nurse\u2026told me to be quiet.<\/em><\/p>\n

Christina passed out and woke up in the recovery room. She says:<\/p>\n

Immediately after the abortion, I felt dead inside. I awoke weeping, bleeding profusely, and in the fetal position in a room filled with other women who were all doing the same thing.<\/em><\/p>\n