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Claudia
North Carolina,
United States
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I was in my early thirties when I became pregnant. I was divorced, working as a fitness instructor, and I was embarrassed at my plight because my contraception had failed and so it was all my fault. I considered myself a modern “feminist” and had bought into the lies that “you can have it all, you are in control, don’t let this ruin your life!”
So I killed my child. It has been over 30 years since I made the biggest mistake of my life. There was no counseling, no real care. The people at the facility were just doing their job. I had believed the ridiculous feminist lies, that “it is just a blob of tissue you didn’t plan this anyway, it’s OK to take care of it…” I remember having great physical pain, and crying during and after the procedure and then just trying to forget and to convince myself that it was “ok” that I did what I did.
I buried my shame for over 15 years and tried to never think about it. When I woke up to the fact that I had been suffering all those years I wondered, “Why didn’t anyone talk to me about what was really happening?” Thanks to a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat, was I able to truly heal and have the courage to be silent no more.
I stand here today, a 64 year old woman who would give anything to take back that moment in time. That human life within me was meant to be! As women, we are given the great gift of bringing life into the world. We must celebrate that gift. We must make the thought of abortion unthinkable and embrace all human life as a gift.
I pray, that very soon we will no longer have to march for life, for the most basic of human rights, the right to life.
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