{"id":177795,"date":"2018-01-16T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=177795"},"modified":"2022-07-17T21:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T02:12:08","slug":"love-saves-lives-women-overcame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/love-saves-lives-women-overcame\/","title":{"rendered":"5 women who rejected abortion in difficult situations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Women can overcome the most difficult, tragic, and violent circumstances life throws at them. Women are stronger than they know and more capable of love than they may have ever imagined. The abortion industry promises women a ‘quick fix’ for their unplanned pregnancy, a ‘solution’ that doesn’t actually solve their problems. But taking a human life, especially the life of one’s own child, isn’t a quick fix. It goes against every motherly instinct. This is one reason why abortion regret runs rampant<\/a>, particularly years later. Many people were not conceived in ideal circumstances, yet their courageous mothers overcame their situations by giving birth to them, proving that love, in the midst of difficult trials, can save lives.<\/p>\n

Jennifer’s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nJennifer Christie learned she was pregnant about a month after she was found barely clothed and barely alive in a hotel stairwell. She had suffered a brutal sexual assault by a man who became a serial killer of women. Upon learning that she was pregnant after rape, Jennifer and her husband, Jeff<\/a>, accepted that there was a new life who had come into the world, and they chose life for him just as they did for each of their other children.<\/p>\n

Jennifer has said<\/a> that what she did in choosing life for her son is not “amazing,” as some call it — it’s simply loving her child:<\/p>\n

Some people read my story and want to hold me up as an example of a good person. It\u2019s a kind thought, but I\u2019m not a good person because I kept my baby. \u00a0I\u2019ve been called amazing\u2026Amazing? Think about that for a moment. I take into consideration the writer\u2019s heart when commenting and I\u2019m blessed by every encouraging word, but I ask you to think about that one. I\u2019m an \u201camazing woman\u201d because I love my son?! How offended would you be if I applauded you for loving your child? I don\u2019t see my baby any differently than you see yours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Her husband Jeff, in a previous article<\/a> about their experience, wrote about their son, conceived in rape:<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not our only child. He\u2019s the youngest of five. Just like the others, he was placed in our lives by a God who entrusted all of them to our care. As with all our children, our love for him started the moment we knew he existed. We welcomed him into our fold with the same devotion and reverence as his brothers and sister. They all love each other – usually – as siblings, and none of them consider him different or lesser, they are all equal partners in their mission to survive our parenting. They know how he came about but it\u2019s evident that they just don\u2019t think about it when they look at him. This child-like acceptance that their brother is just here in the world and he is innocent of how, encourages us as parents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jennifer’s story is incredibly powerful. It’s just the story women need to share with each other:<\/p>\n