I’ve worked on this post for days and days. I’ve debated on how much to share and how to share it. This is something very personal, for me and my mom.
Though my mom is no longer here, I will always have the utmost respect for her. And I know that if she were here now, she would agree that it’s worth it to share this if it might save one life or change one mind. 💛
There's a copy-and-paste post making the rounds that claims to be both pro-choice and pro-life, and 13 scenarios are given that describe situations in which abortion should be justified.
The first type of scenarios reads like the beginning of my life story. They describe my mother’s situation perfectly—pregnancy as a result of abuse or assault. Here are the scenarios from the “pro-choice & pro-life” post:
“I'm pro-Susan who was sexually assaulted on her way home from work, only to come to the horrific realization that her assailant planted his seed in her when she got a positive pregnancy test result a month later.”
“I'm pro-little Cathy who had her innocence ripped away from her by someone she should have been able to trust and her 11-year-old body isn't mature enough to bear the consequence of that betrayal.”
“I'm pro-Jessica who is FINALLY getting the strength to get away from her physically abusive spouse only to find out that she is carrying the monster's child.”
The implications presented in these scenarios suggest that you can’t support women and young, innocent mothers at the same time as their pre-born babies, and that you also can't be anti-abuser and pro-baby at the same time.
But this is an obvious fallacy, and I am living proof.
Sexual assault is wrong, sickening, and horrific, and perpetrators should be punished to the full extent of the law, especially when the victim is a child. Yet, one crime committed does not justify another. Killing a baby doesn’t undo rape. Additionally, brutally ripping a baby from a poor girl’s body creates further violence and trauma.
The baby deserves life, not a death sentence for the crimes of his or her father. The father might be a monster, but that doesn’t deprive the baby of his or her right to life. If you choose not to love your child because of his or her genes, allow them to live and place them for adoption.
You probably don’t know this, but I am the product of r*pe.
My mother’s husband (my biological sperm donor) beat her, humiliated her, stalked her, pulled weapons on her, threatened to kill her, threatened to kill her family, and threatened to kill me when I was in my mother’s womb.
If he would’ve succeeded in killing my mom—and me while in her womb—he would’ve been charged with double homicide. Yet my mom could have had me killed via abortion. One means of killing is condemned and punished while the other is condoned and even supported. Something has gone very wrong.
My biological sperm donor hid in the crawlspace beneath my mom’s house for months, drug her around by her hair, locked her outside naked, threw her, threw things at her, hit her, r*ped her, accused her of *ncest, and tried to get her fired from her job, among many other horrors. Suffice it to say he was abusive, manipulative, cruel, ruthless, and evil.
He was that monster mentioned in the above scenarios.
See the picture I’ve attached of a smiling, happy little girl in a red t-shirt? That’s me.
I would've missed out on that joyous, wonderful childhood if my mom had chosen to see me as a product of abuse and aborted me.
By the way, does that innocent little girl look like a monster's seed?
I cannot thank God enough that my mother loved me and saw me as a gift from God, created for His purpose—to work good out of what was meant for evil.
My mother chose to let me live. She could have murdered me in her womb, but she saw me as an individual, separate from her abuser, and loved me dearly.
As she carried me, she thought of God’s plans for my life, not her abuser.
When she looked at me after delivering me, she saw a precious baby, not her abuser.
When I accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, she saw the beginning of His wonderful work in my life, not her abuser.
As I grew into a young woman, she saw me as me, not her abuser.
He had no part of me other than lending me a few genes.
My mom remarried when I was a child, and since then I've had a wonderful, true father who chose to adopt me when he married my mom.
HE is my dad, not my mom’s abuser.
I'm so grateful that my mom chose not to take my right to live away from me.
May we allow all children in the womb the same right to life.
The only pro- is to be pro-adoption.
See the other picture of 2 little girls snuggled up in their pj’s with their stuffed animal? That’s me and my lil sis.
If my mom would've ended my life in her womb, I would've missed out on that precious little sister!
The other photos are from Live Action and are collages of babies in the womb from 6-15 weeks. SIX WEEKS.
Take a moment to clear your mind of all presuppositions and look at those photos and tell me they are not living babies.
The site CreatedEqual.org will show you exactly what happens to cause these precious innocent lives to suffer the brutal pain of abortion. If you have not seen it, I beg you, don’t choose to remain ignorant of it.
It's not just adult women's lives that matter. Every woman's life matters, from the womb to the tomb.
There is NEVER a need for abortion. There is early delivery, there is adoption, and there is support available.
We must value every life.
We. Must. Let. Them. Live.
May we stop tearing our precious children limb from limb in their mothers’ wombs—what should be the safest place in the world.
Here are just a few resources for expectant/struggling mothers:
LetThemLive.org - Providing financial assistance, counseling, and help finding employment so expectant mothers feel able to choose life.
LoveLine.com - Providing tangible support for pregnant and single moms across the US, as well as helping single dads and married couples in crisis.
LiveInMyShoes.org - Offering shelter, food, and other support to homeless pregnant and parenting women. Based in Texas.
FriendsOfCrossroads.org - Gospel-centered clinic and counseling center for expectant mothers considering abortion. Based in Oklahoma.
ReverseAbortionPill.com - Helping mothers who are considering taking the abortion pill or those who have already taken one and regret it.
The pictures I’ve attached are one reason that people have been fighting for life for decades, because at the time that Roe v. Wade was decided, ultrasounds weren't yet available, and the technology to take such photos as these was yet unavailable.
People just DIDN'T KNOW. They believed the lie that fetuses are lifeless blobs, but now we can all see how mistaken we've been. When we know better, we should do better.
If you've fallen prey to the propaganda claiming that a fetus is nothing but a lifeless clump of cells, let today be the day that you do a 180 for life in the womb, and forgive yourself for having been unaware.
We must be willing to be brave, to take off our blinders and adapt to new truths.
We have no excuse now, so let’s begin to stand for life from this day onward. 💛
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