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I was trying to celebrate my 11th birthday, but even at that tender age I was horrified that our nation's Supreme Court would vote to end the lives of unborn babies.  Every birthday since then has been tinged with sorrow for those who do not even reach that first milestone, birth.

I remember clearly a pro-life poster from that time.  It was a picture of a baby, with the words:

"Never to walk, talk or feel the sunshine? Fight abortion!"   

I wasn't born yet but how this decision has affected my life is I lost an older sibling to abortion.  I was also pregnant at 18 and my family wanted me to get an abortion but his daddy and I decided to keep him.  Abortion was never an option for me and I wish it wasn't even a thought to anyone. Life should be respected and terminating it should never be an option.

I was pregnant, married and very young. My 1st child was born 6/18/74, my second child 8/10/75 and third child 5/10/77. All three girls were beautiful and perfect. My father had wanted me to abort the third because three were "too many and too hard and expensive to raise". He ranted and raved and told me he would disown me but I coukd not kill my child.

As a grandmother I would not be so lucky. My youngest daughter was raped at 16 and aborted my first grandchild. My middle daughter aborted my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grandchildren. I begged, pleaded, tried everything and nothing worked, I ...

My baby brother Michael was born with Cystic Fibrosis in the 1960's. When Roe v. Wade was announced, I was just pregnant with my first child. My parents called to ask me to pray against this horrible act that had become law. They realized immediately that children with genetic diseases such as CF were now vulnerable to "cure through abortion." I could not imagine sacrificing either my unborn child, or my precious  brother for the convenience of a disease-free lifestyle. Although I was only 19, I knew in my heart that abortion was a great evil.

I was 21 years old, 2 years into (42 years of) marriage, expecting our first child in February.  I remember the disbelief I felt as I learned the Court's decision on the tv news ~ much like the election we just witnessed.  I am greatly discouraged, but I will not give up ~ I will continue to speak for the right to be born.

On January 22, 1973, I was in a large public high school.  My mother was just pregnant with our youngest family member.  She was born right around the time when the news of Roe v. Wade became national controversy.  It impacted me tremendously because I was keenly aware that had my mother aborted my baby sister we would have lost a HUGE blessing.  Ever since then, I have been pro-life.

The Roe v. Wade decision came down three years before my birth. I am so thankful to have been born into a family that wanted me and that recognizes the value of human life. I pray that the eyes of the nation and the world will be open to the tragedy that abotion is.

I was pregnant at the time of R v W and had an abortion in March 1973.   I was 15 and ignorant of the emotional consequences this would have.  I will mourn the death of my baby and hope to God people will become more and more aware of the permanent scars created by such an act. 

I was around 21 years old and living in Torrance California at the time. While living there I became pregnant and because of or income I went to a Family Planning Clinic there in Torrance for a pregnancy test. I was married but we were not Christians at the time and was having marrital problems. When I entered the clinic the thought of an abortion had never entered my mind. The nurse started questioning me about my home life, so I mentioned my husband and I were having problems. It was then that I was presented with the option of an aborton. I was shocked that they even gave me that option,...

My mom and dad got married in 1970 and were happy together. However, they soon became a blended family as he got custody of his 3 children plus her son added to the mix. It was like a episode of the Brady Bunch. However, it didn't work out. In November 1972, as they were talking about divorce, my mom dropped the news: "I'm pregnant". They discussed several options... abortion, adoption, keeping it. At the time they lived in Idaho, where abortion was not legal. Across the state line in Washington, it had been legal since 1970. My mom felt unsettled about the thought, and went for a walk one ...

We were living in Newport News, Virginia when Roe v Wade came about. We had been married for five months and ten days and were trying to have our first child. We knew this decision would be disasterous for families and for our nation.

We found out that we were unable to have children of our own, so we set out to adopt. Roe v. Wade made adoption much more difficult because it reduced significantly the number of newborns available for adoption.

The two children we ultimately adopted were both supposed to be abortions, one from a divorced single mom who couldn't afford another ...

When we were juniors in college my roommate and her boyfriend of a few months became sexually active. I tried to warn her that she was at risk of becoming pregnant but I think they were both pretty ignorant about birth control. When her breasts began to get tender and she started sleeping a lot I asked her when she had last had a period. She was still in denial, saying, "Oh, I've always been irregular." I finally convinced her to see a doctor. She and her boyfriend never even considered another option. It was 1975, and abortion had been legal in our state for two years. I was shocked and sa...

I was living at home with my parents, 19 years old, 7 months pregnant and unmarried. I was unsure of the future I had with my baby's father but I knew I was going to have a precious baby and I would care for him and defend him with my life if needed. I was surprised that our great United States could agree to such a horrible solution to what some seemed to consider an insurmountable problem. I had our baby, married his father 8 months later, eventually went back to school and graduated college. Sure I was scared and ashamed of choosing premarital sex, but a baby is always different than a p...

I was studying to become a pastor, in school at Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, IL when I learned of the Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade.  I knew immediately that this was a momentous decision, but could not at the time fathom how many millions of lives would be lost in the 40 years that have passed since then.  I remember telling a friend that this was a turning point in American history, a very negative one.  Life has been significantly devalued since then.

I still ask myself why I did it, 40 years later, and the answers still make no sense to me. I was 17 at the time and not married. Raised in a strict Catholic family, I was ashamed that I had allowed myself to become pregnant right after graduating from high school. My plans for college went completely away at that point and my relationship with my boyfriend, the baby's father, fell apart. He left for the west coast, leaving me to deal with my "problem" alone. There was no help coming from my mother, who was silent on what I should do. My dad could not know, he was volatile and old school Ca...

In the course of our lives there are crucial moments, that at the time, seem so small and insignificant we cannot perceive how these small decisions could affect our lives or the lives of the generations to come.  These are seemingly small insignificant moments that change the course of our lives forever.  A different choice would be to live a different life all together.  However, the details of these moments are often lost in the larger scheme of things because at the time we could not see the ramifications of the moment. 

I was not yet born when this decision came down.  But it has affected my life tremendously.  I married young, had a child less than two years later and was divorced less than two years after that.  After I moved back home I began a relationship with a man that lasted for more than five years.  He is an attorney and a respected member of the community that he practices in.  He is also much older than I am.  W...

I have always been pro-life, but I have not always been willing to share my views with others.  On January 22, 2007 this changed.  I spent the day in prayer and fasting and went to the evening prayer service at the Cathedral.  There were 3 post abortive women who spoke about their deep depression and inability to cope after they had their abortions. 

I felt a deep understanding of what they were expressing.  When we had time for silent prayer and reflection, I asked God, " I have not had an abortion, why have I felt many of the same dark emotions as these women?"  The answer w...

I was a freshman in college when the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down. It was stunning and sad. I wondered how many children would die. There was a fellow dorm resident who was extremely vocal with all her "pro-choice" rhetoric. She was a real drama queen about the poor women "forced" to bring unwanted children into dreary lives of tragedy. She was a well trained "change agent," and I often suspected she was post-abortive. The prolife women among us were stunned by her smoothe "choice" nonsense, and often reduced to silence. She was ecstatic about the court decision, and wouldn't listen...

I was expecting my second child who was due in March, and playing on the livingroom floor with my 10-month-old daughter and watching the evening news.  When I heard the announcement, I was stunned.  I held my first-born and hugged my abdomen and said, "What kind of world am I bringing you into?"

I was in High School in 1973 and had no idea what abortion meant.  I am sure that I heard some of the press given the decision but I did not understand it.

In my 1st year of college in 1975 several of my friends had abortions.  I still did not understand what it really meant.  It was so foreign to me.

It took several years of hearing of abortions and realizing that people I knew and respected were electing to have abortions before I came to feel strongly that abortion was a great evil.  In fact, it is our times greatest evil.

I am a mother of 2 beautiful children. They have always been my life since God blessed me with them. In 2009, I had been working at Wal-Mart and I had noticed that one of my close friends that worked there also, was sitting in the corner of our breakroom and in tears. I asked her why she  had been crying. She poured her heart out then and how much of a mistake she had made. She was pregnant with her second child, but she did not want this child. She was trying to find transportation for someone to take her to an abortion clinic. I begged her not to for a bit and even got her in touch with m...

I wasn't born yet when the decision was made but i remember when i found out it was legal, it was in 6th grade English and we were learning about debate and were asked to debate sides of the abortion issue. My debate partner was the one to break the news to me, i didn't believe her but my parents confirmed it was true at home that evening. This was the first time i felt negatively about those in leadership/authority in my life - a real learning experience.

I was 16 when abortion was "legalized." So I bought the lie, that if it's legal then it must be ok. I was never taught or informed differently. I had the abortion....and now 37 years later I am healing by the grace of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and work to bring that healing to other women but I pray that women do not make that mistake. It is a person from conception to natural death, with the right to life. I will always work to protect the most vulnerable, the child in the womb. A scary fact - about the same amount of persons are killed by abortion daily as were killed on 9/11.

I was born 6 years and 1 day after the RvW decision - January 23, 1979.

My parents were married, but young. They didn't quite feel ready for children yet, and I was conceived while my mother was using an IUD. And while my parents did want me, they hadn't planned for me. I was most definitely a surprise! A surprise that could have easily ended in miscarriage with the removal of the IUD, and even more easily ended with legal abortion.

When I was old enough to understand what an IUD was, and my mother shared the story with me, there were honestly times when I felt like I wasn't...

I was a wee thing inside my mother when the decision was passed.  The reason this has had such an impact on my life is the fact that my mother chose to go through with her pregnancy and place me for adoption.  I know this is not for every woman and I am not here to be "that person"  I am just here to say Thanks to my Bio-mom for making the decision that she did.  I do support the right to choose... my body... my life... my decision!

In 1973, my mother was only 7 years old. She could not have known that at age 15, she would experience an unwanted pregnancy. These are situations we would all prefer never to encounter, but she was not educated about sex and how to prevent pregnancy when natural urges occur during youth.

I was 10 years old when Roe v. Wade was signed into law. I was at my friend's house playing when her mother called us into the living room and gave us the abortion talk with a pamphlet she had gotten from her Catholic Church. I didn't know then that 4 years later my older sister would have an abortion and then commit suicide a few weeks later. I will never stop praying that this bad decision will be repealed and that women and men will understand that all life is precious and should be protected!

I was born in 1974 and was always taught to respect life. I was a 16 year old single teenager when i became pregnant. I never even thought about abortion. My daugther was born with Turner Syndrome and has so many health and mental problems. Times get hard and feelings get raw. But i know that God has a purpose for her. She is the strongest person i know. You can face what this world throws at you and not sacrificing a babies life for whatever reason they come up with.Trust me none of our excuses will ever compare with mine. I love my daugther who is 21 years old now and i love her more than...

I just graduated nursing school and was ready to work in a Women's Clinic for abortion.

I was the charged nurse during the evening shift where most young women were having the procedure for abortions after the 1st trimester.  One night a young girl aborted a live fetus (30 weeks).  The Dr told me to put it in a room and close the door.  I was totally against this, but after calling the hospitals nearby, not one would take a "fetus" under this condition.

The next day I resigned.  This caused me to totally change my view on abortion.

A few years after I was pregnant. A...

Freshman in high school.

Joined the Peace and Justice group praying and fighting this.

I was young and really did not understand the full magnitude of this. Yet with everyone else truly believed it would not last. Continued praying.

40 years in the desert. Praying now that God will have mercy on us who allowed this to go on for so long and end the killing.

I was born in 1949 so I was an adult when Roe V Wade was passed.  I had been out of high school five years and was working at the small county hospital in  the admissions office when the law passed and do not believe any abortions were ever performed at the hospital after the law passed.  I will have to admit that at the time I was in favor of the law. I have since become 100% pro-life and pray that we can once again turn our country around to one of a Chistian based moral society our founding fathers intended for it to be.  It saddens me greatly that peope are buying off on the notion that...

I wasn't alive on Jan 22nd 1973, but I was actually born on January 22nd 1984, so abortion had been legal for 11 years. I guess the reality of abortion hit me when I was about 14 or 15 when I found out that my mother had had an abortion, actually 2, one before I was born and one after. I had always wanted a brother or sister and it devistated me that in all reality I should have one. 

I was just shy of my own birth when the decision of the Supreme Court was made public 40 years ago.  I was new to life and knew little of the tragedy that had beset our country.  Now 40 years later, when I mark that milestone in my own life, I am faced with the a society that thinks nothing of killing a child.  When I think about the idea that had I been born just a year later, my mother could have made the same choice MILLIONS of others have made over the years, I cannot help but cringe at the thought that our country...home of the free and the brave...would allow such as this to happen.  ...

I was just married, attending the Unversity of Texas, and out collecting fees on my paper route. Yes, in the old days, the paper boy (or man) had to go to many of the doors that received the paper, and collect each month's $2.35.

I was sitting in my car, checking which houses to drive to next (I had a motor route). The radio news came on and announced the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. I almost cried. For months, I thought about what to do, but there was no Pro-Life movement in Austin at that time. No priest mentioned it. No one talked about it in my circle of friends. ...

 I was literally 4 to 8 weeks old IN my mothers tummy.. THANK GOD my mother didnt believe in abortion.

I have been raised since birth to support all life. I have had the priviledge with the help of God to bring 3 beautiful babies into the world after being told I may never have a baby of my own. I wish more women would consider adoption before abortion. Abortion is not the only option.

In Jan 1973 I was about to graduate from college. I went on to graduate school, planning a career in cancer research. By the time my children were about to start school, however, I was involved with the pro-life movement.  I became the director of a Birthright center (now a Heartbeat affiliate).  I continue to put my efforts into pro-life rather than teaching or research. 

I was born years after "Roe", but I remember the day my parents told me what abortion was. It's one of those pictures that's captured in your young mind forever.

It was the year Bill Clinton was running for office against Bob Dole and the word abortion was being tossed around. Being only 9 I didn't know what it meant. My dad was really into politics. I was sitting at the dinner table with them one evening and I asked my parents what it was. They looked at each other and my Dad told my Mom "Go ahead". My mom took a deep breath and said "Honey, abortion is when a baby is killed before...

I had my second son in 1973.  He was born three months early and weighed 2 lbs and 2 ozs.  We named him Wade  Lawson...  I was in a nursing program and was not allowed to have any children under the age of 9 months to be in the program.  I had to quit my program because of the birth of my son...  Now my son is 39 years old and has a wife and two children of their own.  My doctor wanted me to have an abortion because he felt that this preganancy was endangering my health...

I have had 4 more children since Wade was born.  They are all very healthy...

Until today I never put h...

i was 15 years old and meet a older "man" that took advantage of me. I was young and dumb and a virgin to boot. I became pregnant, even at that age I NEVER EVER CONSIDERED AN ABORTION .ABORTION IS MURDER. ON April 2nd 1973 i had a daughter she is 39 years old'

I was 7 years old and completely unaware of the decision that was made until I was much older. I am sorry to say I didn't understand the scope of it until I realized that one of my half-siblings was the victim of abortion at the time my husband and I were learning to be parents to our firstborn and now that thousands upon thousands of my childrens' peers are missing from this earth. The tragic consequences to the mom and her relationship with my father were horrific in terms of emotional and spiritual woundedness that is not addressed by the pro-abortion advocates. As a Catholic Christian, ...

I was born 10 years after abortion was legalized. I thank God everyday that I was wanted and have a life to peruse. Being human myself I can not accept taking the life of an unborn innocent child. It is wrong from all aspects. The value of those childrens lives are no less important than yours or mine. I refuse to in anyway, shape or form support abortion. It is an inhumane act of violence against our own brothers and sisters.

I wasn't paying attention in January of 1973.  My first child was born in December, 1972, and my life revolved around him.  Fifteen years later, when my fourth child was five, I woke up.  We wanted to adopt a child in need of a home - any child would have been perfect.  But there were no children.  No children?!  Where were the children?  In Korea, we were told.

That is when I started paying attention - empty classrooms and playgrounds, big empty homes, empty hearts.

My question now is - where were the adults?  Are there any adults?  Or are we all children who have never gro...

God's plan had not yet put me on the earth. But I was planned by Him. I was born 2 1/2 years later. I was born to an unwed mother who could have easily taken the option of killing me. I am so fortunate to have a mother who had love and the Lord in her heart and soul.

Before I began working in the Pro-Life ministry my stance on abortion was "I believe it is wrong, but who am I to tell someone else what to do?" After I began working in the Pro-Life ministry it didn't take me long to realize that it is up to me and others like me to help educate the community on the true facts of abortion, and how it truly affects not only the pre-born but the families as well. I am raising my children to be Pro-Life advocates, I am equipping them with the knowledge of the Sanctity of LIFE. All children and all families matter.

While I was not yet born, this decision has been a huge part of my life as I have witnessed the lives torn apart by the lie that abortion is "women's health."  Over the years, I have come to change my view from "abortion takes a baby's life" to "abortion hurts women." 

Millions of lives have been devastated by abortion and women deserve better.

I don't remember that date. I was 27 and in a mindless non-political immoral wilderness. I do remember being asked by a forgotten friend if I would hold her hand during her abortion surgery. At the conclusion the abortionist held what was removed into my view. Still clueless, my thought was "Why is he showing this to me?" On closer inspection there was a tiny little hand, alone.

I don't remember the actual date of that gruesome death, but I am now condemned to remember, forever, that because I did not intervene I was not a true help to my friend and no caring human ever held th...

I was 22 years old on Jan. 22, 1973.  And I was having emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix that day. Later, the doctor told me that he almost lost me "on the table". It was the prayers of my church and one particular elderly prayer warrior that saved my life.  I know this because I had the unusual experience of hearing her praying for me, while she was in a prayer meeting for me in her home and I was in the hospital!  Today I am praying for our country to see the tragedy of abortion for both mothers and their children. I believe God values EVERY life, just as He valued mine. So I supp...

I was in 6th grade at the time so I wasn't really in the know with such news.  But by the time I was a Junior or Senior in High School I knew the meaning of the word and the horror of what was happening.  I remember participating in a speech about abortion and I have been pro-life all my life and I remember researching for the speech.  It was very disturbing to learn all that I did about abortion but my speech meant a lot to me and I have often recalled it as I voice my pro-life views.  I'm a strick pro-lifer and that sometimes gets me into trouble but I believe that God is the only one who...

40 years ago on Jan 22, 1973 the United States Supreme Court made a decision to give women the right to abort their pregnancy.  40 years later almost 55 million babies have been aborted.

40 years ago I was a senior in high school and about to gradua...

In January 1973 I would have been finishing my senior year.... little did I know that by 20 I would have two children and 12 years later have five more!  I was so blessed!  Al ot of friends bought into the abortion movement and I watched them grieve for years.  I am so thankful that I was convicted by God to never consider it as an option. Ever.  Life is so precious.  

My daughter became pregnant out of wedlock and unbeknown to me my sister offered to pay for her to have an abortion. She refused but I didn't find out about it until almost her due date. My daughter and my grandson's father were not able to raise or keep him due to their lifestyle. They were both homeless and had no jobs so when my grandson was 5 months old they took off to "see the country" with nothing but the clothes on their back and an old beat up Chevy Chevette loaded with all their belongings.  They traveled the country like gypsys for many, many years.  My daughter finally notified ...

My first abortion occurred a few years after "Roe" was passed. A simple procedure legalized by a court of others who knew nothing about me! Those "justices" knew nothing of my family or the others impacted by a choice to abort. 

Two abortion later... over half of my family is missing! There will never be anyone who can fill the shoes of my lost children.  EVER!

Abortion Recovery InterNational assists individuals and families who struggle with the grief and trauma associated with abortion.  Each day, hour upon hour our phone rings with women and men crying, families fig...

I was 14 and I don't remember what I was doing when the decision was made to legalize abortion. At 20 I became pregnant and my fiance who was 27 told me he had a doctor friend he wanted me to go to for my prenatal care. I went alone to the doctor's office which was in a residential house and thought it was strange that no one was there except the doctor, nurse and myself. Once I was on the examining table they began to try to talk me into letting them do an abortion. I remember jumping off the table and getting my close on and running from the office. Horrified, I went to my fiance's house ...

I was 22 years old on Jan. 22, 1973.  And I was having emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix that day.  Later, the surgeon told me that he almost lost me "on the table". It was the prayers of my church and one particular elderly prayer warrior that saved my life.  I know this because I had the unusual experience of hearing her pray for me, while she was in a prayer meeting for me in her home and I was in the hospital!  Today I am praying for our country to understand the tragedy of abortion for both mothers and their children. I beleive God values EVERY life, as He did mine. 

I was being carried beneath my mother's heart. How gratful I am that disposing of me was never even considered an option by either of my parents. How I mourn for those who were not so blessed that year, and every year since then.

I was born in 1975 to a scared, single mom. She had made an appointment to get an abortion but did not go because she was too scared. I am so thankful. Weeks later, she met my dad, who was there when I was born. He included me in the proposal, and I was at their wedding when I was about 4 months old. I am forever grateful that my mother chose to trust God, who provided her with a wonderful husband and an awesome daddy for me.

I was 10 when I heard about Roe vs Wade. I was at daycare, and one of the teenagers who was a playground teacher told me about abortion, that it was legal, and...

1973, as a freshman in highschool I didn't think much about it.  For the next 3 years it was a constant drum beat on the media, and in the class room YOUR right to choose.

1976, I exercised that "right" and ended my childs life without giving it much thought. 1981 pregnant with my daughter it really hit home.  WHAT HAD I DONE?

Today 2012 I am a waiting the arrival of my Grand Baby, my daughter did not make the same choice I foolishly made.

In all these years I have talked with other mothers who walked the same road as I.  All have expressed regret and sorrow for taki...