Donetta presents a compelling and convincing story, told with
clarity and passion, and yet great sympathy for the other victim of
abortion -- the mother. This message is worthy of many retellings which
no one can hear without being moved.
- Msgr. Robert P. Hundt, J. C. L., Judicial Vicar, Diocese of La
Crosse, Wisc.
Last spring, Donetta spoke to my parish, my mission and one
neighboring parish on the work done by Rachel’s Vineyard. I was very
comfortable asking her to speak to my people on this important area of
Church Doctrine because every time I have read one of her articles in
the diocesan newspaper or listened to her speak, I have heard sound
Catholic doctrine by a person who is seriously trying to put the
Church’s teaching into practice in her life.
- Fr. Damian Richards, Pastor of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Tipton,
Kans., and Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Cawker City, Kans., also
a regular columnist for the Salina Diocese Newspaper,
The Northwest Kansas Register.
"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.”
by Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley, Bishop of Salina
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.
by Fr. Denis Wilde
Priests for Life
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
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
