This is a video story that I did for a fundraising event.  I’m passionate about women who face the same crisis I did.  If you are facing this crisis of an unplanned pregnancy, I encourage you to seek alternatives to abortion.  You are a mother now, today.  Your baby depends on you from the moment of conception for its health and safety.

I find it so ironic that the “feminist” movement says women can do anything, i.e., be a wife, mother, work, go to school, do anything she wants because she’s so strong and capable, she can handle it all.  Yet, when it comes to an unplanned pregnancy, they immediately jump to abortion because a baby will “interfere” with their current lifestyle, plans, goals, whatever.  There are many possible life changing events that will happen in a lifetime, and we have to make adjustments.  Becoming a mother, whether it’s planned or unplanned, is one of those adjustments.  Women were created to handle it.  And not just handle it, but to thrive, have great joy, and find fulfillment from it.  And if this is truly not the time in your life when you want to have a baby, you can be fulfilled by giving your baby life and giving joy to another couple who is ready to raise a child.  Your life has already changed.  Your next decision will either be one you can be proud of, or one you will regret.  Having an abortion is something I do not want you to experience.  Seek help in finding alternatives, and do not stop looking until you get what you need.  Help is out there, primarily in faith based women’s resource clinics.  They will love you and your baby.  No strings attached.

If have already had an abortion, there is help for you too.  There is a way to find peace, forgiveness, and freedom from the heartache of your choice.  These same resource clinics often have post-abortion groups, run by women who have the same experience.  It affected me deeply to hear the stories of other women, and to share my own story.  We all got to the choice a different way, but we all suffered intensely from that choice.  There is no judgment.  Only healing and a road to peace.  As an alternative, if you cannot find a group to go to, there are also books available online.  I recommend Surrendering the Secret, or Her Choice to Heal.

I pray for God’s guidance, strength, comfort, and wisdom for you.