ch we live, it is not surprising that so many people are having sex outside of marriage and getting pregnant. Abortion is treated like an eraser; people see it as a way to try to get rid of the consequences that happens after sexual activity. Of course, there are always exceptions. Pregnancies do occur as a result of rape. Some women get pregnant because of someone else's sexual drive. However, does that make it right to kill the baby that has been conceived? After having an abortion, many women feel a sense of relief at having avoided the stress and responsibility of pregnancy and a baby. On the other hand, abortions eventually cause serious emotional damage in millions of women. The death of a child is, I believe, one of the biggest things a person can experience in life. Depending on how stressed a woman is, PAS, post abortion syndrome, can show up within weeks or months after a abortion, or she can have a delayed reaction to it, some times up to seven or eight years later. Women experiencing post-abortion syndrome generally feel a confusing and overwhelming sense of guilt. One study reported that 92 percent of women who have had an abortion feel guilt. For many women, the guilt and shame is expressed through a deep anger which is showed towards the doctors and abortion counselors for hurting her and her baby. Also towards her husband, boyfriend, or parents for pressuring her into an abortion, and at herself for getting pregnant and having the abortion. Many women dealing with the effects of abortion spend a great deal of emotional energy denying the death and denying that what they did was wrong. A denial is used by woman to keep themselves from coming face to face with the fact that her child was killed and she allowed it to happen. Abortion is not an eraser to rub out a mistake or an inconvenience. The victim of abortion is not only the baby but also the women. It is essential that a woman grieves for her baby and fa...
