{"id":313395,"date":"2024-06-06T14:42:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=313395"},"modified":"2024-06-04T19:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:33:01","slug":"grieving-father-holds-son-late-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/grieving-father-holds-son-late-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"A grieving father holds his son after a late abortion: ‘I cried all night in torment’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) Kevin was 48 years old, married for more than 20 years, and the father of two teenage boys. His life would forever change when his wife informed him of an unexpected pregnancy. Kevin shares, \u201cAt first it was a shock, but soon I was bragging about becoming a new father at my advanced age.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a prenatal appointment later in the pregnancy, the doctor noticed they had never taken the test for Down syndrome. After testing, their son was diagnosed with the chromosomal disorder. The doctor suggested abortion.<\/p>\n

Tragically, this doctor then proceeded to further exploit the natural vulnerability and anxiety the couple was experiencing by suggesting they needed to make a decision that very day, as the cutoff for legal abortion was imminent.<\/p>\n

Kevin reveals what happened next:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife left the decision to me, and I made the choice to abort our child. As my wife lay on a hospital bed, I sat beside her, holding her hand. Then [the doctor] inserted a long needle into my wife\u2019s huge belly, giving our baby a shot that would stop his heart. Once they were sure he had died, they induced labor, and my wife gave birth to our dead son.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nurse asked Kevin if he wanted to hold his deceased child, a fully formed baby boy. He was in shock and overwhelmed with grief: \u201cI cried all night in torment.\u201d<\/p>\n

A nurse then advised them that, given the baby\u2019s gestational age, they needed to name their son, and arrange for a burial.<\/p>\n

They were given a white cardboard box to hold their baby and told to make arrangements with a neighborhood funeral home.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s when the lying began,\u201d Kevin says. \u201cI could not tell anyone what I had done. Not my parents or siblings, not my friends. Not even my sons.\u201d<\/p>\n