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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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I had a long talk. I explained how things were for me . . . In theend, the baby agreed to leave.” 40 After drinking a cup of pennyroyaltea, a known abortion causing herb, the woman m<strong>is</strong>carried. 41Abortion supporter Torre­Bueno in her book, Peace AfterAbortion, teaches guided imagery to post­aborted women. In anexerc<strong>is</strong>e designed to help women process their feelings after anabortion, an imaginary w<strong>is</strong>e being probes the woman’s reasons forending her pregnancy. A taped recording leads the woman in thev<strong>is</strong>ualization.After mindful breathing and v<strong>is</strong>ualizing a “safe place” ingreat detail, the woman <strong>is</strong> told to imagine a being entering her space,“Th<strong>is</strong> being <strong>is</strong> w<strong>is</strong>e and intelligent, kind and caring ¼Whateverform th<strong>is</strong> being takes, it <strong>is</strong> there to protect you, care about you, and40Carolyn, “The Letter,” Appendix to Hygieia: A Woman’s Herbal byJeannine Parvati (A Freestone Collective Book, 1978), 205.41Ibid.149

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