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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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ecomes a tangible part of the circle of life. Author Ava Torre­Bueno, psychotherap<strong>is</strong>t and former Director of Counseling atPlanned Parenthood, described a woman searching for spiritualclosure after an abortion. The woman buried her aborted childunder a tree on a mountain. 44 Torre­Bueno explained, “Placing thefetus out in nature was her way of recognizing that it was part ofthe ‘wholeness’ of life.” 45 Her “spiritual sense of her self was foundin nature, and of being part of a bigger ‘whole.’ Burying the fetuswas a way to help her baby be part of the ‘whole’ again.” 46Nothing New Under the SunWhile femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality claims “sovereign power” over lifein the womb, it <strong>is</strong> important to remember human sacrifice did notoriginate with femin<strong>is</strong>t spirituality. The book of Ecclesiastes44Ava Torre­Bueno, Peace After Abortion, 2 nd ed. (San Diego:Pimpernel Press, 1997), 38.45Ibid., 155.46Ibid., 39.109

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