By Sarah Terzo
Merle Hoffman
Merle Hoffman, who owned an abortion facility, writes:
“Abortion is a mother’s act. It is an act of sacrifice, love, power and necessity…
“It does stop a beating heart, but it also keeps another one going: the heart and the life of each woman who chooses it. It does that too.”
Merle Hoffman, On the Issues, Winter 1996.
Quoted in Tamara A. Roleff, Abortion: Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1997),p. 55.
An Act of love at 8 weeks:
Editor’s note. This appeared at Clinic Quotes and is reposted with permission.