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Drs. Philip and Marie Ney have identified 10
different types of abortion survivors as follows:
1. Statistical survivors. Children who survived in countries where there
is a high probability that they would have been aborted. In some parts
of Eastern Europe, the chances of being aborted are as high as 80%.
2. Wanted survivors. Children whose parents carefully deliberated about
whether or not to abort them.
3. Sibling survivors. Children born into families where one or more of
their siblings were aborted.
4. Threatened survivors. Children whose parents have used abortion as a
threat, "You wretched child, I should have aborted you!"
5. Disabled survivors. Children who, because of developmental defects or
other circumstances, would usually be aborted. In fact, they often
wonder whether their parents would have aborted them had they known
about the defects.
6. Chance survivors. Children who would have been aborted if the mother
had been able to obtain the abortion. The abortion was prevented by a
lack of money, time, permission, availability, etc.
7. Ambivalent survivors. Children of parents who could not make up their
minds about the abortion and delayed until it was too late. They often
wonder whether they can still be terminated.
8. Twin survivors. Children whose twin was aborted. The loss of the twin
by abortion is deeply felt and often causes the survivor to be suicidal.
9. Attempted murder survivors. Children who survived an actual abortion
attempt. Besides physical harm that is often done, they suffer intense
psychological struggles, nightmares, and a fear of doctors.
10. Murdered survivors. Children who survived an abortion for just a
short period of time, and were subsequently killed by the abortion staff
or left to die.
Drs. Philip Ney and Marie Peeters Ney have done
groundbreaking research in this area and have written specifically about
the challenges of evangelizing abortion survivors. |