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Endorsements
by Bishop Paul S. Coakley
Bishop of Salina
“Where is my Rainbow
is a moving account of the pain that accompanies the wound of
abortion. Though it is one woman’s story, it brings into the
light the inner turmoil of millions of women (and men) who
have been affected by the choice to abort. In the midst of
such unspoken suffering it points the way to healing and
hope. I hope that this little book will lead many to seek and
find healing and reconciliation. It is an important
contribution to a growing post-abortion ministry in the
Church.”
- Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley, Bishop of Salina
by Fr. Denis Wilde
Priests for Life
As the tragic current abortion climate
cleverly casts the issue as a “woman’s right to choose,” our
society forgets that there are always at least two victims
from this so-called right: the dead child and the fragmented
woman. Denial is rampant not just in the individual
port-abortive woman, but in post-abortive America. I highly
endorse Where is my Rainbow?, which puts the problem
in perspective, drawing together fragments and clues left by a
woman who received no support from her infatuating lover. Her
blaring life need to be affirmed by anyone gives way to her
progressively suffocating death need once her accomplished
abortion proves too much for her. For just before her child’s
abortion she writes: “Am I refusing to truly see what’s in me?
Or am I simply cold, heartless, insensitive, unfeeling and
selfish?” Yet just before her own suicide her Dear Lord
letter reveals: “…my heart becomes emptier every day. My pride
leaves me. My tears flow. My eyes close. My hands tied. My
skin cold.” The second tragedy awaits her and now it is her
turn. In the pain of her self-negated state she overdoses.
Her life too is aborted.
The pathos of this story, reflected throughout the
America’s abortion landscape, puts to lie the worth of the
insidious phrase “a woman’s right to choose” trumpeted by
politician, pundit, media and blood industry. The snare of
the would-be elixir supposedly to eliminate one’s difficulty
through discarding a life momentarily “in the way” of one’s
destiny perpetrates lies on behalf of an industry that claims
it is looking out for the woman of today. This book, which
sadly must tell the post-abortive mother that she will not
find her rainbow after the storm of abortion, much less a pot
of gold, nonetheless tells those who will listen that
abortion, though a dead end street, does not annihilate the
child. The child lives. Forever. In fact the child may be
the strongest force to salvage his Mom in assuring her that he
loves her and longs to be re-united with her eternally. And
these post-abortive mothers, in turn silent no more, may be
the most effective force in warning her sisters not to go
there, and her brothers to be a man in time of difficulty.
Congratulations to Donetta Robben for skillfully weaving
the unspoken and unsketched part of Haley’s tragic story
together for all to study and take to heart. It has the
gripping, poignant air of a Greek tragedy. Unfortunately
it’s our tragedy now, and we must own it. Fortunately we can
learn from reading Haley’s all too representative blueprint to
help prevent other demises through urgent and timely counsel.
God never throws away whom He has uniquely created: neither
the mother nor the baby nor anyone else. The Word was made
Flesh and dwells among us especially today even amidst a
throwaway society. And He is there to forgive the forlorn and
the wayward – yes, always.
Fr. Denis Wilde, OSA, PhD
Priests for Life
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This book is
a gripper. It made me so aware that I was inside a soul! The
experience was almost...I don't know the
word...."raw"..."real"...I don't know! It made me feel as
though I were a moth getting too near the flame.
Patte
Gradwell, ProLife Search
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