#ShoutYourAbortion - Are they really that oppressed?

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I’m sorry if this is being discussed elsewhere - I didn’t see it and needed to get this off of my chest.

I’m a fairly savvy social media user, and this hashtag has been appearing across my Facebook and Twitter feed for the last few days - #ShoutYourAbortion. Basically, it’s encouraging women to tell about their abortion experience and encouraging them to flaunt their lack of remorse, etc. to throw in the public’s face that it isn’t a shameful thing to get an abortion.

I’m sorry, but is it really so socially unacceptable to support abortion or get an abortion that we need a social media movement? I don’t think it is. As a young professional who is pro-life I am far more uncomfortable expressing my views than any of these women seem to be expressing theirs. I measure every word I put forward, weigh the potential repercussions, all of it. I haven’t taken a life, and I sometimes feel like I should be ashamed for believing others shouldn’t either.

Maybe we need a movement of our own - #OkayToBelieveInLife

Sorry… just a little frustrated
 
I haven’t seen this hashtag yet, thankfully, but I would imagine people who have had abortions harbor a great deal of guilt, whether they admit it or not. They are probably reminded of that guilt every time they hear any kind of pro-life message, and therefore blame pro-life people for that guilt. Bragging about their abortions is probably an attempt to lash out those they hold responsible for their underlying shame.

I’ve never been involved in an abortion, but I can recall times in my life where I was dead wrong about something and responded with defiance rather than admitting I had been wrong. Sometimes we are tempted to believe that we can make wrong right if we are insistent enough. For people who have had abortions, admitting guilt is just a breath away from admitting they helped to take an innocent baby’s life – those are pretty high stakes.

If you see the hashtag, I think it’s a safe bet that there’s a person in pain behind it who needs your prayers.
 
bquinnan said:
I haven’t seen this hashtag yet, thankfully, but I would imagine people who have had abortions harbor a great deal of guilt, whether they admit it or not. They are probably reminded of that guilt every time they hear any kind of pro-life message, and therefore blame pro-life people for that guilt. Bragging about their abortions is probably an attempt to lash out those they hold responsible for their underlying shame.

I’ve never been involved in an abortion, but I can recall times in my life where I was dead wrong about something and responded with defiance rather than admitting I had been wrong. Sometimes we are tempted to believe that we can make wrong right if we are insistent enough. For people who have had abortions, admitting guilt is just a breath away from admitting they helped to take an innocent baby’s life – those are pretty high stakes.

If you see the hashtag, I think it’s a safe bet that there’s a person in pain behind it who needs your prayers.
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Well said.

Mary.
 
How are they going to heal from their guilt and shame if they don 't admit to themselves the gravity of what they did, and how they are responsible for taking live(s)? The Lord wants to forgive them but they must recognize what they did and repent.

That must be a terrible burden of guilt to carry.

Now they are trying to shame the pro-life people. It isn’t right.
 
bquinnan said:
I haven’t seen this hashtag yet, thankfully, but I would imagine people who have had abortions harbor a great deal of guilt, whether they admit it or not. They are probably reminded of that guilt every time they hear any kind of pro-life message, and therefore blame pro-life people for that guilt. Bragging about their abortions is probably an attempt to lash out those they hold responsible for their underlying shame.

I’ve never been involved in an abortion, but I can recall times in my life where I was dead wrong about something and responded with defiance rather than admitting I had been wrong. Sometimes we are tempted to believe that we can make wrong right if we are insistent enough. For people who have had abortions, admitting guilt is just a breath away from admitting they helped to take an innocent baby’s life – those are pretty high stakes.

If you see the hashtag, I think it’s a safe bet that there’s a person in pain behind it who needs your prayers.
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Thank you for this reminder. I think I was so quick to lash out with my own frustration at feeling muzzled that I missed the obvious here - the one who doth protest too much.

Offering prayers for those involved is certainly more useful than feeling resentful.
 
bquinnan said:
If you see the hashtag, I think it’s a safe bet that there’s a person in pain behind it who needs your prayers.
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jaimeleglise said:
That must be a terrible burden of guilt to carry.
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I used to believe the same thing, but after talking to some pro-choice people I wouldn’t say that it is universally true. We were talking with some people at a block party and the topic of kids came up. In between people talking about their son in X or their daughter doing Y, one of our neighbors said she was glad she never had kids. Someone asked if she wasn’t able to and she said no “getting pregnant was easy enough, that’s why I had both abortions.” It was said very matter of factly. Another neighbor then said she was done after her second and was glad she had the choice to limit her family when they found out she was pregnant the 3rd time. I had to leave after that. The were talking about it like choosing to color their hair.

Yes, we should pray for them, but never assume that there aren’t people who think it is no different than cutting their nails. If either of those women were in pain they certainly hid it well.
 
I just had a look at it (:p), out the 14 posts that I saw, only 5 actually admitted to having and not regretting (so they say) an abortion. A few were PP supporters and a few actually took the site to task for existing. I don’t think it is going to catch on. Silent No More is more honest.
 
I noticed it last night.

I looked at a number of posts, some are prolife people responding.

Some are people giving “positive” spin on their experiences.

Some are just factually incorrect. One said that a first trimester baby has no limbs. They do.

Very sad. May the Lord have Mercy.
 
In my view, the abortion industry is anything but oppressed. Actually, there is a complete silencing of any dissent, even those who justify abortions on a limited basis (which of course, is the ultimate slippery slope). Just look at the language on the abortion debate. The euphemisms have become the discussion. It’s about choice, not death. There’s a complete lack of rationality that allows people to deny humanness based on convenience. Additionally, among many of us Americans there’s no talk of the demonstrably negative impact of so-called sexual liberation has had on our society. Any attempt to regulate sexual behavior or appeal to self-control, is considered repressive despite the fact of the incredible moral suffering these “freedoms” have caused us…Sorry, a longer rant than necessary, but if anything, I think the abortion industry has successfully deflected all criticisms and gotten us to go along hook line and sinker.
 
Last week I tuned into Dancing Wt Stars. One of the first commercials to air was one promoting abortion! I kid you not!It wasn’t a political ad,just an advertisement singing the positives of abortion.I was stunned.Needless to say,I decided then and there not to watch another minute of DWTS.They were bordering on the edge of being skeezy anyway,this commercial cinched it for me.😡
 
The mantra has evolved, now it’s - Safe, Legal, Free & Frequent.

The new PP ads will show girls giving each other high fives as they complete their procedures.
 
A good way to counter this # trend is to bring in women who regret getting abortions or people who survived abortion attempts their parents made while they were in the womb.

“My parents threatened to disown me if I didn’t keep my appointment at Planned Parenthood. That was seven years ago, and every child I see is a painful reminder of if the guilt that hangs over me wherever I go. #ShoutYourAbortion.”

“My mother tried to abort me when I was 3 months away from being born. Now my twin brother is dead and I don’t have a left arm. #FosterParentsRule #ShoutYourAbortion.”

People sharing abortion experiences like these should nip this # trend in the butt.
 
All they want is attention. They’re trying to dim their consciences by shouting louder. Let’s say that you start your car and hear your engine making a funny noise. Instead of fixing the problem, you turn the volume of your music all the way so that it drowns out the noise of your engine. If the music is louder, that doesn’t make the engine problem go away.

Likewise, though these people are undoubtedly having troubled consciences, they hope that by making a lot of noise, they can suppress their consciences that are screaming at them to repent. Instead of fixing their problems, they try to distract themselves from the real problem (their sins).
 
BornInMarch said:
A good way to counter this # trend is to bring in women who regret getting abortions or people who survived abortion attempts their parents made while they were in the womb.

“My parents threatened to disown me if I didn’t keep my appointment at Planned Parenthood. That was seven years ago, and every child I see is a painful reminder of if the guilt that hangs over me wherever I go. #ShoutYourAbortion.”

“My mother tried to abort me when I was 3 months away from being born. Now my twin brother is dead and I don’t have a left arm. #FosterParentsRule #ShoutYourAbortion.”

People sharing abortion experiences like these should nip this # trend in the butt.
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Good idea.

“I’m alive today because of a failed medical procedure, a mistake which has since been rectified to stop errors like me from happening again #ShoutYourAbortion.”

“The health care system is faulty, because I survived #ShoutYourAbortion.”
 
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