Life Dynamics has just released excerpts of an emotional interview conducted for this month’s edition of Life Talk.
The interview features Deborah Cardamone, mother of 18-yr-old Marla (senior picture right), who tragically and needlessly died along with her baby during a supposedly “safe and legal” abortion – committed at a hospital, no less.
Abortion is nothing other than horrible.
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by Kelli
What I have learned in the last 3 years is what to really expect when having a child with Down Syndrome. Someone once gave me a book about what to expect, I read a few chapters and threw it away. I hated it. Most books and pamphlets are so outdated the material is beyond depressing….
Some people still don’t see the beauty in a child like ours….
I have learned there is beauty in “imperfections”. I don’t believe Ollie is one bit imperfect but in the eyes of many she is. There is great beauty in all her God given pieces. Her crooked pinky fingers, the light spots in her eyes, the way she smiles…. Her tiny little heart beat that doesn’t beat quite as it should but it’s healthy – oh that heart beat is precious. The way she smiles with her whole body – I can truly see her smile from the back of her head she wears it so well!
I have learned that God’s plans are always best and in time they always make sense. I have learned that unanswered prayers are often answered – just not as you have requested. I have learned that having a sibling with Down Syndrome doesn’t limit your other children but makes them better, more compassionate, more understanding, more open hearted, more open to the world in general….
Fear is abolished, God has prevailed! Every day I thank the good Lord for that single extra chromosome that has made all the difference!
~ Annie Reid, discussing what she has learned from her daughter Ollie Faith, who was prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome and is now three years old, The House That Jade Built via NetworkedBlogs.com, April 23
Did this poor girl’s mother condone her daughter’s abortion? Did she send her down to the hospital to get rid of her daughter’s “inconvenience”…her own grandchild?
God help us.
This is a game changer and I am praying that Marla’s story will bring the HORRIFYING TRUTH of abortion to us all.
SpringTexas,
You are speculating. Your questions are moot.
Right now, as it stands, TODAY this mother is grieving her daughter and her grandson and we mourn with her and pray for justice!! She is doing a very courageous thing in allowing us to see her daughter.
Through this mother’s loss & the loss of this young woman’s life, we can move beyond the grief to put a face and name to “safe and legal” death statistics and hopefully compassion will motivate individuals on both sides to reach out with genuine compassion towards the grieving families (rather than just brush off women’s death as justifiable risks) and advocate for safer procedures and better regulation of both hospitals & clinics.
How far along was Marla? So heartbreaking to think she could be alive today with her son! Making abortion legal doesn’t make it safe. Abortion is always deadly. It destroys all who come in contact with it. I wonder if her story is at the cemetery of choice?
I almost can’t stand it but it is true and we must not run from the truth. This lady could have been me. Thank you God for your wonderful intervention.
Don’t forget this girl was 18 and did not need parental consent.
On another note, does anyone feel like they are doing something wrong when they put their drop cards out?? I keep thinking I am going to get escorted out of the store when I put them out such as in greeting card display.
I never actually saw the picture of Emmitt Till before, Horrifying! A young girl around here died of a drug overdose and her mother insisted on keeping the coffin open and the sight was not pretty but she wanted the other teens to see the reality of this. It was a hard funeral.
Marla didn’t want the abortion. She was browbeaten into it:
http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/weekly/aa022003a.htm
Thank you Christina!!
So sad
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What? No remark from Reality on this thread?
Sir, Marla’s death is real reality.
Tragic, for her and her child, and all those who loved them.
May the mercy of God be upon her and May she rest in peace..praying for strength & healing for her family…