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Journal Examines Mother-Preborn
Bond
By Steve Jordahl, correspondent
http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/A0025456.html
SUMMARY: The mother-preborn bond is very important, a medical
journal says.
The bond between a mother and her preborn child is the subject of
several articles in this month's Medical Student Journal of the
American Medical Association.
With a sonogram Karyn Knapp is seeing her baby for the first time.
She can almost count the fingers and toes, even though she's only
13 weeks pregnant.
"I already love (the baby) and care about what's going on," Knapp
said.
This month's Medical Student Journal of the American Medical Association
(MSJAMA) focused on the mother-preborn bond in several articles.
Dr. Amy Salisbury, author of one of the MSJAMA articles, said the
attachment is what
makes a woman care for herself and her child during pregnancy.
"(It is) what a woman will think about when she thinks of her fetus,
imagining the future, (from) nurturing herself to preparing for
the future for the baby," Salisbury said.
Pro-life advocates say the bond also accounts for the trauma women
feel after having an abortion. Sydna Masse, of Ramah International,
a Christian ministry that helps women who have had abortions, said
even those that are strongly
pro-abortion feel the loss.
"In working with thousands of post-abortive women, including being
post-abortive myself, I know that there comes a point in all our
lives when we understand that we've had a great loss," Masse said.
"Abortion is one thing that when a woman looks back, she realizes
deep down in her soul that she's lost a child that she deeply misses."
The journal articles reveal that the medical community is beginning
to acknowledge the bond that pro-life groups have long claimed.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
We have numerous brochures on the subject. Contact the HRTL office
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Also, women who have had an abortion often suffer significant physical,
emotional and/or psychological consequences. Focus on the Family
offers "The Post-Abortion Kit: Resources for Those Suffering From
the Aftermath of Abortion" to help women identify and overcome Post-Abortion
Syndrome, while finding healing and forgiveness:
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In addition, if you are expecting a child, or recently had a baby,
you might be interested in the Focus on the Family Physicians Resource
Council's comprehensive medical resource book for parents: "The
Complete Book of Baby and Child Care: From Pre-Birth Through the
Teen Years":
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