She would also ask forgiveness from the child she had lost to abortion.
By Maria V. Gallagher, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
I have always been fascinated with Elvis—his soulful singing, his electrifying performances, his legendary escapades. That fascination extended to his beloved child, Lisa Marie, who suffered the loss of her famous father when she was still a child.
In a posthumous memoir, Lisa Marie tells the story of an unexpected pregnancy with musician Danny Keough. She said she did not know what to do, and neither did her boyfriend. Then she writes:
“I ended up having an abortion. And it was the stupidest thing I’ve ever done in my whole life.
“I was devastated. I did it and we both cried. We were both destroyed and not long after that we fell apart and broke up. I couldn’t live with myself.”
The raw emotions Lisa Marie expressed are haunting. They demonstrate the unspeakable emotional pain that abortion can cause a woman.
Lisa Marie reunited with Danny so that she could get pregnant again.
“I felt that I had to redeem, to make amends, because I still couldn’t believe I had had an abortion. I thought, ‘I’m going to have this child. There is a child that I need to be having.’
She would also ask forgiveness from the child she had lost to abortion.
Lisa Marie would go on to have other children, but she carried the wounds she had suffered from her abortion.
The fact that a grandchild of Elvis Presley died from abortion is so incredibly sad. May we who loved his music pray for all women who face unexpected pregnancy, that they will receive the love and support they need to bring their children into the world.