What Having an Abortion in the Seventh-Grade Taught Me about the World

Julie TX, United States

"Before I found healing there were very few nights that it didn't haunt me and very few days that I didn't have an unhealthy fear that something would happen to my only living child. There were few seasons that I didn't punish myself in some unhealthy or destructive way, but I didn't understand why that was, at least not until I found the road to freedom."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Attended Healing Program - First trimester - Lost Grandchild to Abortion - Planned Parenthood - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Restored

Katie CO, United States

"The Planned Parenthood was cold.  Women were crying, and no one seemed to care. The doctor did not help me, and I felt uninformed by the people in clinic. I felt alone and humiliated, and they wouldn't let me see the ultrasound."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Coerced Abortion - First trimester - Planned Parenthood - Questionable Clinic Practices - RU486 - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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From Darkness to Healing

Teresa IA, United States

"And that’s why am I talking about this, because people who have had abortions must heal, because when they are healed, they will tell the truth about abortion, and babies’ lives will be saved."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Attended Healing Program - First trimester - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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I Thought I Couldn't be Forgiven

Gabrielle MI, United States

"The abortion experience was so dehumanizing, humiliating, and traumatic. The clinic and doctor treated me the worst.  As I cried and screamed during the procedure, they told me, 'Be quiet, we don’t want you to scare other patients.'  It was the most disturbing experience of my life."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Abortion and Suicide - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Loving Myself

Martha Kenya, Kenya

"There is no such thing as a safe abortion because a child dies. We think abortion is the solution to the problem, but it is actually the beginning. I have talked to older women who have said, 'I had an abortion, now I am married. I have children, but I am still not fine'."

Testimony Types - Abortion of twins or triplets - Attended Healing Program - Multiple Abortions - Teen Abortion - Women Who Chose Life - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Seeking Him for Strength

Nicole VA, United States

"The clinic was cold and heartless. The employees and staff just wanted my insurance money and, as far as I can remember, provided no support. After the abortion I continued on a downward spiral of alcoholism and other sinful ways."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Coerced Abortion - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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David no calla mas

David TX, United States

"Todo lo que quería hacer era escapar y alejarme de ella y de toda la situación. Me sentí temeroso pero liberado; me di cuenta de lo bajo que podía llegar. Caí en una depresión aguda, alcoholismo, e incrementé mi consumo de drogas."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Coerced Abortion - Fathers of Aborted Children - Multiple Abortions - Physical Problems After Abortion

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Set Free

Melissa NC, United States

"At the time I thought that telling my parents I was pregnant would be the hardest thing I would ever do, but I was wrong. The hardest thing I would ever do is to live without my son or daughter every day of my life, because I had an abortion.  The physical and emotional pain was more than I could bear. "

Testimony Types - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Long-Term Consequences

Fern ON, Canada

"Initially, I felt relieved that my 'problem' was 'solved,' but the relief was replaced with shame, guilt, regret, and anguish.  I became promiscuous, drowned my sorrow in alcohol, lived a life in denial of my past, and avoided thinking about anything to do with my abortions."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Multiple Abortions - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Changing My Life

Yesenia NM, United States

"Now I wanted a baby more than ever and, to make matters worse, I lost custody of my 3-year-old son. I completely lost myself in the world.  I felt disgusted and so ashamed and no one knew. I planned to take my own life so many times but never had success.  All I wanted was to die."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Contraception - Multiple Abortions - Physical Problems After Abortion - Second trimester - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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God Redeems All Things

Nichole NC, United States

"I remember waking up feeling devastated, hoping it was a terrible nightmare, but also confused, empty, lost, broken, and shocked. I felt as though a piece of me was left at that cold, dead, hopeless place when I walked out that evening."

Testimony Types - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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My Plans

Yany FL, United States

"Having gotten that abortion was the single most selfish act that I have ever committed.  I thank God that He has forgiven me. I hope that I can help women understand that a child's life is worth having to change one's plans."

Testimony Types - First trimester - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Forgiving the Unforgivable

Joi NC, United States

"I received no empathy or comfort. No hug, no nothing!  I was confused, angry, and lonely.  I felt low-down, and I couldn’t tell anyone.  I asked God to forgive me, but I couldn’t forgive myself because, to me, it was unforgivable."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Using My Story

Lisa TX, United States

"I know God has forgiven me, but I have never forgiven myself. How could I have done that?  Knowing how and what they did to my baby... what I did to my baby. "

Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Pray for Me

Kelly OH, United States

"I'm still healing, and I think it’s because it's hard to tell people that I had an abortion.  I feel the baby was a girl."

Testimony Types - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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God's Purpose

Serena IN, United States

"People often say that a victim of rape wouldn’t want anything to do with a resulting child, that the baby would be a horrible reminder of what happened. For me, the abortion is my reminder of what could have been, a reminder that God had a purpose for my daughter."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Rape and Abortion - Teen Abortion - Women Who Chose Life - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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God Can Use You

Mara IN, United States

"I am loved and forgiven. I am worthy to be a wife and a mother someday, and I pray that God brings that favor upon me. I am redeemed. I am beautifully broken. I’m using my story to reach those who have sailed the same ship and prevent others from boarding it."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Attended Healing Program - Rape and Abortion - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Freedom is Awesome

Cheryl VA, United States

I have been on both side of the debate--adamantly pro-choice (volunteering, marching) and now boldly pro-life (speaking, publishing, teaching, marching). God has been so kind to heal me completely, and I feel joy and all the other emotions more than ever before—freedom is awesome!  And that's why I'm silent no more.

Testimony Types - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Hostage

Regina MT, United States

"It wasn't until 2013, when I went to a Rachel's Vineyard retreat, that I had a major breakthrough.  That is where I learned that God had completely forgiven me, and I chose to forgive myself. I had held myself hostage for over 30 years because of that horrible decision I made at 17."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Abortion Survivors - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Forever Changed

Emily CO, United States

"Once I was in the actual room, they gave me the opportunity to do an ultrasound. I declined, because I was afraid I wouldn't go through with it if I saw my baby. I regret that decision. I should have said yes."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Attended Healing Program - Planned Parenthood - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Finding Forgiveness

Susan MO, United States

"I regret my abortion and wish I could go back and change the choices I made.  But through God’s leading, I hope to find other women who are suffering from the guilt and shame of abortion and show them the path to forgiveness."

Testimony Types - Attended Healing Program - First trimester - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Empty of Life

Robin NC, United States

"There are some things in life that take your breath, some that take your words, some that take your will to live, and some that take your soul.  On this occasion all of those feelings collided.   What the abortion industry will never tell you is that you will forever be changed after having an abortion.  You will leave the clinic empty of life, both the baby’s life and your own."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Attended Healing Program - Multiple Abortions - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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The Loneliness

Linda VA, United States

"Today, almost 26 years later, I still have so many relationship issues. But the worst is the loneliness and the loss of not having children in my life. All of my brothers and sisters have children, except me."

Testimony Types - Attended Healing Program - Multiple Abortions - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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Healing the Broken-Hearted

Jamie FL, United States

"Laying on the table, I turned my face towards the wall, and I prayed silently. I said to God, 'God, this is not what I want. I'm sorry.' It was finished...From that day, I was never the same again."

Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Coerced Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions

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The Day My Mum Could be Silent No More

Mike England, United Kingdom

"Since the funeral I have felt free to talk openly about being a second generation abortion survivor, but I didn’t make a big thing of it—not until I realised that there were other abortion survivors around the world."

Testimony Type - Abortion Survivors

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