 Abortion anniversary: 'How would you approach it?'
Someone I hold very dear had an abortion 18 years ago this month. She was just 16 at the time.
Her father made her do it very much against her will and there's no doubt that her life would've been very different if it hadn't happened.
In one sense you could understand it being the right decision at the time but I feel she regrets not standing up for what were her rights.
A few years ago her father asked if she had any regrets almost expecting thanks but she said: 'Yes, very much so. I wish I'd never done it.'
He never mentioned it again.
She has even said that if the abortion had gone wrong meaning she could never have had children she would NEVER have forgiven him. Fortunately that's not the case and she now has a lovely family.
It maybe that the age of 18 holds special significance now and I sense a feeling of guilt as to what happened. That this child - a boy - would've grown up and should be now making their own way in the world as a man.
I'm just wondering whether I should say anything or let her be and deal with it in her own way.
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