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Loving my daughter into death in the 19th week changed my view of abortion forever

“The results came back and we were told that our daughter had Down’s syndrome. My husband questioned the medical personnel to find that the test only registered that I was at risk but that no one could satisfactorily explain what factors went into the calculations or how much weight they were given. We quickly learned that the often false results of those tests frequently become the pretense for women choosing to abort their child.”

This breaks my heart as you realize that the doctors carry such power over these parents. When they declare that the baby HAS Down's syndrome, the parents freak. 80% choose to abort the baby and, as you can see in this story, the medical personnel are often wrong.

I stand outside a late-term abortion clinic each week and we often have women in tears, saying that they've got no choice — they have been given a diagnosis of Down's Syndrome by their doctor. Despite our gentle pleading and offers of helping them get another opinion, we have yet to convince a grieving mother to walk away from the abortion clinic. We have even told them of adoption agencies who specialize in placing Down's babies with families who CHOOSE to adopt these babies. It's heartbreaking.

One group that helps parents who have been given a poor-prenatal diagnosis and want to continue with their pregnancy (rather than abort) is “Be Not Afraid.” Their website is https://www.benotafraid.net(That's dot net; not dot org or dot com!) Read some of the stories of parents who have also loved their babies into death.

God has a special love for these parents.

GrannyAtlanta

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Thank you for sharing your story. The more people who learn that life is life no matter at what point of development the child is in, the greater the chances we have to end this terrible thing called abortion. Reading your story reminded me of my own daughter's birth. She tried to be born at 23 and !/2 weeks.

The doctors let me know that if my water had broke just 4 more days later, the viability of my child would be better. I laid on my back for 6 weeks in the hospital and she was delivered at 32 weeks. She didn't enter the world without consequence, but she entered just the same.

Now 22 year later, she is and has always been the greatest joy of my life. She lost her right foot and fingers and toes due to Amniotic Band Syndrome, but her life has been rich and full in spite of it. She is an accomplished vocalist and musician playing the violin with only her little finger and her thumbs. Just ask the people who's live's she has touched if they are glad she is here and you will find the answers are a resounding, YES!

Tammy

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Premature baby ‘comes back from the dead’ more than 10 hours after being sent to morgue

That happened to my father, in the early 30's. All family was gathered around the table where his little coffin was placed, mourning the “death” of the newborn when an aunt arrived and said he wasn't dead. She placed him in a warm bath and then he started to cry…

Vicky Londres

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My friend and mom of two was diagnosed with terminal cancer on Easter Sunday. Her response?

My wife Helen who at 45, she was my classmate in elementary, died of breast cancer left me and our eleven children for heaven just last July. As a Catholic, she was very prepared and so even if we grieve due to her death, we are happy and secured that she has gone ahead of us to heaven and be looking after us so that we will be reunited in God's own time, which as a family we agree is our final destination. I surely can relate with this story. Hope all will.

2rey3

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When my daughter passed away in 2005 at 6 months of age, I didn't get the chance to ponder why. Meningitis has taken her within a day from having fever. After she had gone, we had too much to prepare, the people around us just whisked us along to each activity that needed to be done.

But one thing was sure. after she passed, I searched in my mind for that familiar person that I needed to inform–my family are all in other countries, there was no one here to tell. but I knew there was someone I could count on and I couldn't think who. Then as soon as I realised it was God, I felt His embrace and the strength He gave me to comfort my 11-year old who was with me at the hospital.

The answer came days later separately from two people who did not know each other: My brother and a close friend I work with, who individually said that God took her because He wanted her with Him. And that there was no other person (not even me) who could better take care of her than Him. It was then that I said 'it is well.'

Myla

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15-year-old asks: ‘Should I have the abortion to keep’ my abusive boyfriend?

I too got pregnant as a teenager and gave my baby up. She is now and extremely happy little girl who is growing up with a loving family who could give her everything she needed. She is even a big sister now and loving every minute of her life.

Abby

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‘He killed my baby, he killed my baby!’: The day I lost my daughter to the Culture of Death

Powerful stuff. God Bless you sir for speaking up for those who can't speak for themselves. I myself became a staunch advocate for pro life after being talked into an abortion at a fairly young age. It's something you never forget, or forgive yourself for. But it is possible to move on and if I can save the life of even one unborn child I will. I always encourage women to consider adoption before abortion. There are so many couples out there who want to adopt. There are other options. Don't fool yourselves into thinking there aren't consequences to abortion. There are, consequences of the heart.

Gale Lett 2