Human abortion increases the isolation rape victims feel

“Many of the women in our sample aborted only because they were pressured to do so, and most reported that the abortion only increased their experience of grief and trauma. In contrast, none of the women who carried to term said they wished they had not given birth or that they had chosen abortion instead. Many of these women said that their children had brought peace and healing to their lives.”

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The day President Ben Carson restored America’s dignity

The moment was electric.

Dr. Ben Carson was about to be sworn in as this nation’s 45th president.

A chill permeated this 20th day of January in the year 2017. But no one felt it.

The gathered throng were warmed by the fire in their belly for a great man, a man of color, who was about to replace a small man, also a man of color. Two-African American presidents in a row! although Dr. Carson simply referred to himself as an American…

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“Everybody has God-given gifts”

“Everybody has God given gifts.

Everybody has potential.

Our founders knew that every life has potential and they coupled that insight with what was at the time a radical idea and remains a visionary idea to this day. And that is that here in this country, Americans have the right, the right to fulfill their potential.

That is what they meant by the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

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The trauma of moral injury

“A moral injury tortures the conscience; symptoms include deep shame, guilt and rage. It’s not a medical problem, and it’s unclear how to treat it, says retired Col. Elspeth Ritchie, former psychiatry consultant to the Army surgeon general.”

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