[Eviftilia]

My family, despite our Catholic background, have generally supported abortion. My great-grandmother (my maternal grandfather's mother) died giving birth to her third child, a daughter, my great-aunt Mimi and mym other's favorite relative. Back in those days abortion was not illegal, and it was apparent early in her pregnancy that there would be complications. However, her parish priest told her that she must have her baby because of the tenets of the Church—essentially, he told her that her life was not as important as her unborn child's. When she died, my great-grandfather was so enraged that he left the Church forever. He would never step foot inside any house of worship again; for major family events like first holy communions or confirmations he would remain outside. Mimi, too, left the Church (at least I'm pretty sure she did) and often said that her mother should have gone through with the abortion. So instead of one aborted baby and two repentive parents, you had one dead mother and two lost souls.