I had an abortion when I was a single mother and my daughter was 2 years old. I would do it again. But you know the Greek myths when you kill a relative you are pursued by furies? For months, it was as if baby furies were pursuing me.

Today, November 10, 1994, the outcome has been declared official. The state of Oregon became the first jurisdiction in the history of the human race to legalize physician-assisted suicide.

This article was written before Ballot Measure 16 passed in Oregon in 1995.

I used this article in a course I taught at Multnomah Bible College—Soc 111, Contemporary Social Ethics.

Jon has Down syndrome, a chromosomal defect involving varying degrees of mental retardation and physical abnormalities.

“Rescuing” is a united action in which people peacefully place their bodies in front of the entrances of an abortion clinic. The purpose is to prevent access to the clinic, and to thereby save the lives of unborn children who would otherwise be killed shortly after their mothers enter the building.