Katrina kids and abortion

Posted on September 12, 2005 by waynem

Dr Kelly Hollowell takes the Katrina devastation in a larger perspective.

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About waynem

As a Minnesota based photographer and artist I have been greatly influenced by the Upper Midwest. I focus my skills and energies on portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, architectural and fine art work. My best work comes from images first painted in my mind. I mull over a prospective image for weeks or months, seeing it from different angles and perspectives, then finally deciding what to capture. The result is images that deeply touch people's emotions and powerfully evoke memories and dreams. My images are used commercially by companies and organizations ranging from Financial Services firms, mom and pop Ice Cream shops and The Basilica of St Mary to communicate their shared vision and values. Book and magazine publishers have featured my images on their covers. My photographs also grace and enhance the decor of many fine homes.
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2 Responses to Katrina kids and abortion

  1. Layla says:
    September 12, 2005 at 6:37 pm

    That was sobering. I felt sick while reading it.
    I’ll share something very personal here that I have never written about on my own blog. If someone finds it, its meant to be brought out in the light:
    When I was 15 yrs. old I got pregnant. I didn’t want anyone to know. I looked in the yellow pages and found an ad suggesting help, comfort and aide to young women like me.
    I went to the office (Planned Parenthood) and was told that the “tissue” inside me had not formed into a baby yet and therefore it would be fine to “take care of it” surgically. They showed my photos of cells and said “this is what the tissue looks like at this stage” (which was bullshit I later found out when I saw REAL photos of an 10 week old fetus).
    I walked in that office looking for advice and comfort, I walked out with an appointment for an abortion believing that I was not carrying a child, just a mass of tissue.
    I regret that decision to this day. My child would now be 30 years old and I’d probably be bouncing a grandbaby on my knee.
    Thanks, Wayne, I needed to share this. Excuse me, I am going to go cry now. My tears are for my unborn baby and at the thought of my 14 year old son finding out this secret that I have carried for most of my life. I am so ashamed.
    P.S. Ironically I found myself pregnant again 15 years later…and still single! This time around I received God’s blessing and had my son.

  2. Wayne M says:
    September 13, 2005 at 8:41 am

    My God bless you and many others because you had the courage to share this. I will now cry with you.

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