Abortion harms it does not heal and medicine is for healing it's not for killing and you know I'm a woman who was who has been harmed by abortion. Pam Whitehead was born in Alabama in 1973 the year of Roe v. Wade. Her father was an abusive alcoholic. He killed Pam's mom

when Pam was eight. With dad in prison, Pam grew up in foster care. Her foster father gave her alcohol at age 11.

So I was an alcoholic by the time I was 18. I lived a very dysfunctional life and I did not know God.

An unplanned pregnancy at 28 left her afraid.

She understood abortion would end a life.

So I'd already had two children. I was not ignorant going into this decision. I worked as a medical technologist, but I had no moral compass. Though pro-choice, ironically,

I did not feel like I had a choice.

She was 13 and a half weeks pregnant

when she walked into an abortion facility in Tuscaloosa.

I gave the lady at the counter my $460 and she put four or five of us in a room and we watched

a video.

I do not remember the video.

I have no idea what it said.

Because I didn't care if I'm honest.

I just wanted this done.

Wanting it done and getting it done.

Two different things.

They tried to start my IV four times

and couldn't get it in.

And to me, this was another moment when I should have turned away,

you know, like, what is the deal?

Because I knew enough to know they should have been able to get that on the first try.

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