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Abraham Lincoln And Abortion
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In November 1781, Lucy Hanks was a young beautiful servant girl
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employed by a wealthy plantation owner. Her employer was a
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bachelor who was educated in England at Oxford. When he migrated
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to America he brought with him his favorite books.
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Like many young poor people during the 18th century, Lucy Hanks was
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illiterate. One day, as she was doing her housekeeping, her employer
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caught her looking at the pictures in one of his books. He could tell
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she was fascinated, so he read the captions of each picture to her.
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From that time on, after hours of work, he privately tutored her and
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successfully taught her to read and write.
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They became romantically involved and she became very pregnant.
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During those days, when a girl got into trouble, she was treated like
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a dog. The bachelor employer wouldn't marry her, so he gave her some
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money and sent her away.
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Abortion wasn't a choice in 1782, so Lucy Hanks gave birth to a
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daughter whom she named Nancy Hanks. Nancy Hanks grew up and married
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a drifter named Thomas Lincoln, and in 1809 Abraham Lincoln was
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born.
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By today's standards Nancy Hanks could have easily been swept away by
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abortion, along with one of the greatest presidents of all time.
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A million and a half babies are robbed every year of being an Abe
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Lincoln, Sister Theresa or a Joe Montana, but more importantly they
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are being robbed of just being.
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From Visalia Times Delta 1/29/90 by Duane Phelps
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