Oh Lord! Please don't let me be misunderstood!!

This ‘60s group The Animals’ song rings in my head. I look back on my letters in response to Mary Honrud with the thought that instead of coming off passionate and loving I might be taken as an uncompromising ideologue who isn’t willing to listen to the other side. I have been so troubled by this I could not come up with anything else for my letters, often giving up on the ideas I had as they spiraled back to that concern.

I’m just a soul whose intentions are good! Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood!

So with the knowledge that I came off uncharitable, even in my opinion, I offer an olive branch to Mary and anyone else who might have been put off by my remarks. I am not saying I thought my comments were wrong, rather they communicated to her less respect than deserving a fellow human; my apologies! I still think that abortion is wrong on the moral standpoint that we are called to protect the innocent and defenseless. That being said, I am in full knowledge that 55 percent of Americans in a recent ABC poll support abortions. I am in no way going to turn over a new leaf and follow the crowd to get along, wrong is wrong and I believe abortion is wrong. Period.

I have people in my family who have lived through this. Close people in my family who have had an abortion. What does that mean? Do I love them less? NO! I love them and feel for any pain they might feel. We often ache over our past decisions that are miniscule in comparison, so I pray for their peace of mind.

[...] I learned this year that Norma McCorvey, the real name of Jane Roe of Roe v Wade, joined the pro-life movement in 1995. Everyone can have a change of heart, and I hope that we can all come to see that life is in the womb, and it is human life.

Chris Pippin

Saco

For additional resources, Pippin suggests you check out menandabortion.info, hopeafterabortion.com, theunchoice.com/men.htm, and NOPARH.org. Or call 888-465-HOPE.