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The following is painful to share. These are my answers to the on-line declaration form:

1. Where and when did your abortion occur?
Texas
Spring of 1988 just before I attended John Brown University in the Fall
2. How many weeks pregnant were you?
14
3. What type of abortion was performed?
Suction Aspiration
4. Were you adequately informed of the nature of abortion, what it is, what it does?
I was told it was a "mass of tissue". I was NOT told that at the time of my abortion, all arteries are present, including the coronary vessels of the heart and that blood was fully circulating through these vessels to all body parts. I was NOT told that the "mass of tissue" had complete vocal chords and that the brain was fully formed and that the "mass of tissue" had organized muscles, could feel pain, suck it's thumb, and had eye lids that protected its delicate optical nerve fibers. I was NOT told that the flutters I felt were actually kicks and movements of the "mass of tissue"... of course, I did hear them say in the middle of the abortion "she is farther along than we thought" as I cried for them to stop... "It's too late, honey. You did the right thing. Now, you can go on with your life." I could hear the water running in the sink nearby. I then heard a big plop... "Did you just throw my baby in the trash?" I thought. ... Then they shuffled me out the back way.
5. Were you adequately informed of the consequences of abortion?
All I remember is that I was not told that I would experience deep despair and lonely scars of regret; that I would never forget the details of the actual abortion. I did not bring enough money to be put to sleep through the "procedure"... so I was awake the whole time. They numbed me. I felt no physical pain... but I will never forget the tugging and the pulling. I will never forget the sound of that vacuum. Instead, I was told I did the right thing. It was just a mass of tissue; that I could go on with my life.
I am 40 years old with 6 living children. Two of my children are adopted. I have never forgotten my first child: The child murdered by having an abortion because it was inconvenient that they kept assuring me was just a mass of tissue. Who gets attached to a mass of tissue? A mass of tissue that could easily be aborted, forgotten, right? No. ...no. Not a "mass of tissue". A life wonderfully made, knit within my womb. A life destroyed. Literally ripped from my body.
I can't forget. I will never forget.
6. How has abortion affected you?
I became pregnant as an older teen. My father begged me NOT to abort. So I went to my pro-'choice' mother. (She left my dad, me, my sister and brother when I was 6 years old to "find herself". Please know that I mean no disrespect. I love my mother dearly, though I do not know her very well.) She took me to the hospital to get an exam. They asked me, after they confirmed that I was pregnant, if I wanted to carry the baby to full term or abort the mass of tissue. Since I had no attachment to a "mass of tissue" I figured this would be no big deal.
My mother gave me the money I needed to have the abortion. She dropped me off at the clinic. I was alone and had no idea what I was doing. I did not bring enough money to be put to sleep through the "procedure"... so I was awake the whole time. They numbed me. I felt no physical pain... but I will never forget the tugging and the pulling... the sound of the vacuum. After the abortion, I was shuffled out the back way. I sat alone on the curb outside, waiting for my mother to come pick me up. She was an hour late.
They told me I would forget about the "mass of tissue' and be able to go on with my life, but I was having nightmares every night. For many years, a day did not go by that I did not contemplate suicide. I felt immense guilt, sorrow, loss of dignity, intense shame, deep despair and lonely scars of regret.
Though forgiven, I will never forget.
7. How has your abortion affected others in your life?
When my oldest 2 children found out, it devastated them that I would do that. They were angry with me and could not understand why I would ever do such a thing. I spoke for CareNet Crisis Pregnancy Centers fundraiser one year and then gave my abortion testimony on the radio. I hired a babysitter to watch my children. I had NO IDEA she would listen to the testimony on the radio with my children listening. I wanted to tell them myself when they were a bit older. It was a very difficult time. They asked so many hard questions. Especially "Why"... I still have a hard time answering that. I can't answer that.
By the grace of God alone, I have an amazing life now. With 6 children, precious gifts from God, I do not take life for granted. Most especially in light of having experienced the nightmare horror of abortion and even the fact that I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999. I try to live every moment to its fullest because the value of life, the value of living, should never be taken for granted.
8. Based upon your experience, what would you tell a woman considering abortion?
Please choose life. Your life should never be taken for granted. Please do not take for granted the life of the child being knit together in your womb by the hand of God. What is inside of you is not a "mass of tissue"

You have a choice:

1. You can have the memories of a child being knit in your womb and given the chance to live; perhaps even giving a family who cannot have a child the opportunity to provide a loving home for your baby.
2. or You can have the memory of a baby being ripped from your womb. A life aborted with the only excuse of inconvenience. A choice that will haunt you for the rest of your life.

Choose a memory that will bless you and not haunt you. Please... choose life.

9. Based on your own experience, what would you tell a court that believes abortion should be legal?
Women aren't forced to bear children, they choose to bear children by the act of having sexual intercourse. (rape or incest account for less than 1% of legal abortions.)
If a man chooses not to be a father, he is considered a dead-beat loser. If a women chooses not to be a mother, she is kindly labeled pro-choice. Why?
Abortions based on the mother's health account for 3% of abortions. Abortions based on the baby's health account for 3% of abortions. Most women pursuing abortion feel selfishly inconvenienced by pregnancy. 1.5 Million babies are being aborted every year. That is over a million babies dying due to inconvenience.
This is not a mass of tissue. This is life. A baby. A person... and 100% of a person's genetic makeup is determined at the moment of conception. Science and medicine define being a person (human) by genetic means.
No one is saying that babies should have rights equal to or superior to a woman's. Babies simply have a right to life.
Every child is a wanted child. The option of adoption is a far healthier option and there are endless lists of families waiting and longing to adopt those babies.
Abortion is not a choice about women's value, family, career, how to live their lives, or when or whether to have children. Abortion is a choice between allowing an unborn baby to live or killing it.