For the past few months, my heart has ached for the millions of babies whose lives have been stolen from them, for the intense pain they each have experienced and for the choice they never had. This is why I feel I must now speak out. Abortion is an issue which touches me deeply and […]
South Carolina, Eugenic Abortion, and the Ugly Side of Pro-Life Politics Last month, South Carolina’s legislature passed and the Governor signed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, banning late-term abortions beginning at 20 weeks post-fertilization (or 22 weeks LMP) on the basis that unborn children experience pain and that the State has “a compelling state […]
I speak at a multitude of pro-life events, and meet all kinds of wonderful pro-life people, including grass-roots activists, clergy, politicians, and celebrity emcee’s. But Thursday, April 21, 2016, I had the pleasure of meeting someone who really surprised the whole audience with her very own pro-life story at the annual Spring Banquet for Pro-Life Mississippi: […]
As the mother of a child who was diagnosed with a lethal birth defect during pregnancy, and who carried her baby to term, I was disheartened — better yet, horrified — to learn that such an influential pro-life leader as Fr. Frank Pavone from Priests for Life, as well as Jill Stanek and Eric Scheidler, […]
Last week the South Carolina House voted to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks post-conception based on the strong likelihood of pain on the part of the unborn child. The law was passed without rape, incest, or fetal anomaly restrictions- a monumental achievement given the status of our current “pro-life” belief system in this country. There is […]
I woke up this morning, on my 13,499th day of life. The idea that I was unplanned and conceived in incestuous rape, floods my thoughts today. Who wanted me? My mom didn’t even know she was pregnant with me. My father may have wanted me, but why would he? He raped his daughter and that […]