{"id":170253,"date":"2017-08-05T10:52:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T14:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=170253"},"modified":"2017-08-25T20:01:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T00:01:18","slug":"see-little-ones-video-changed-mind-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/see-little-ones-video-changed-mind-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I could see my little ones in that video’: Here’s why Natalee changed her mind on abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Natalee* was raised pro-life and had parents active in the pro-life movement, so she knew what abortion meant. What she never expected was to find herself considering an abortion<\/a> during a time of crisis.<\/p>\n

Natalee married at 18 and had her first baby at 19, with more children to follow. But marriage wasn\u2019t easy. Her husband grew more and more uninvolved and disconnected over the years. Natalee told Live Action News, \u201cHe was\u2026 always leaving me to tend to everything\u2026. [H]e would just come and go as he pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, as more children were added to their family, Natalee says things got even more tense. \u201cThe last couple were a bit of a surprise and he was not exactly kind when the news came. I was alone. I made several attempts, with or without outside help, to plead for him to change\u2026. I was feeling lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tragically, things went from bad to worse, and Natalee\u2019s husband raped her. \u201c[H]e forced himself on me and I ended up injured, shocked and emotionally scarred,\u201d she recounted to Live Action News. After more than a year, Natalee became involved with a married acquaintance.<\/p>\n

\u201cFully intending to leave our spouses, we seemed to be making headway on planning and making future plans,\u201d Natalee says. But then, she took a pregnancy test. It was positive. \u201c[T]hat\u2019s when things took a turn,\u201d she recalls. \u201cThe guy that used to tease me when I had false alarms and was disappointed when the last test came back negative, completely changed his tune and pulled away. A few meetings later he kept telling me that there was no way he could afford an \u2018us\u2019 and that he couldn’t do a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Natalee\u2019s boyfriend strongly encouraged her to have an abortion. Despite her misgivings, in desperation, she looked into RU-486 (the abortion pill) and its effects<\/a>. Instead, she tried taking some progesterone-blocking herbs in the hopes that this might end her pregnancy. It didn’t.\u00a0\u201cIn desperation I told [my boyfriend] I was not comfortable with a formal abortion and he just kept saying that he couldn’t do a baby; meanwhile, [he was] pulling away when I needed him the most emotionally.\u201d Natalee says he told her he loved her, “but not with a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then Natalee found the story of Live Action\u2019s Abortion Procedures<\/a> videos online. \u201cDr. Levatino’s video on the D&E completely touched me, and your Facebook posts from so many inspirational stories\u2026 they had a huge impact on me,\u201d Natalee told Live Action News. \u201cAs I sat and watched the video from the doctor, I wept. I could see my little ones in that video. I could imagine if it had been them and if my life would be complete without them.\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n