By Maggie Maslak, Catholic News Agency - Fearing that she and the father could not support a child, she went to the local abortion clinic on Parker Avenue in Indianapolis. But right before the abortion, she told the doctor, “I can’t do this,” and left. Melissa’s son David was born Dec. 22, 1993. Soon after, he was adopted by the Scotton family in Louisiana, who had been longing for a child.