‘Time of grief’ when abortion documentary airs on ABC

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18 July 2004

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‘Time of grief’ when abortion documentary airs on ABC

By Bishop Anthony Fisher OP

Grief counsellors, priests and pastoral carers are bracing themselves for the forthcoming Channel 4 documentary, My Foetus, due to be broadcast on ABC’s Compass program next month.

It is already stirring up public controversy. But when it goes to air it will also be a time of silent grief.

For, whether the abortion industry admits it or not, there are plenty of women out there whose abortions killed not only their children but a little part of themselves.

Till recently those women have often been imprisoned by denial. Not just their own, but a socially imposed silence. Abortion was supposed to be salvation: shame and grief are just irrational; women shouldn’t complain.

But lately a few have been given permission to speak.

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