This blog is in response to numerous questions I have received on one particular character. If you haven’t read Leota’s Garden, please don’t read beyond this sentence. If you have read the book and have questions regarding the medical assistant, keep reading. This is an explanation why I wrote him into the story, and why he disappeared, leaving only the reader aware of his role in Leota’s life.
While writing The Atonement Child, I went through an intensive Bible study with other post-abortive women. One was a nurse who worked in geriatrics. One evening, we got into a conversation about the connections we saw between abortion and euthanasia. Arguments for both “choice” decisions are almost identical. Thankfully, euthanasia is not legal. However, this lady knew personally of several instances when doctors over-medicated or...