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Deirdre
Indiana,
United States
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Here are my answers to the questions on the testimony page:
1. I had an abortion because of fear. Fear of losing my youth, fear of telling my parents, fear because my boyfriend wasn't going to marry me; so I was going to shoulder the responsibility alone.
2. During the abortion procedure I experienced the coldness of clinic staff, a woman who was using abortion as birth control and who was unapologetic about taking lives, the feeling of being treated like cattle herded into a slaughter room, and extreme guilt and terror. I tried to escape and change my mind, but they held me down and told me it would be over in a moment. Then came the horrific sound of a blender and knowing I had taken a life.
3. Immediately after I went into shock and felt tremendous guilt. For a long time I tried to shut it out, but it didn't work.
4. As time went on I mourned whenever I remembered. I called myself what I had become, a murderer. I wondered what plan of God's I had stifled in that child. I sought God for forgiveness. I repented and accepted Jesus. I was born again and forgiven, but could not make peace with myself. I finally just sought to become a counselor and tell my story, to make peace with my past. Right to Life referred me to your website.
5. I am now volunteering with Right to Life; I have been referred to Project Rachel. Counseling for The Pregnancy Resource Center has been suggested to me. I want to help, so others can learn from my story, my pain, and my shame... So my mistake might help others choose to preserve the life that God created.
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