{"id":222088,"date":"2020-04-22T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=222088"},"modified":"2020-04-21T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T20:50:57","slug":"abortion-survivor-jaelyn-rape-adoptive-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-survivor-jaelyn-rape-adoptive-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion survivor Jaelyn, conceived in rape, has taught her adoptive family that each person is valuable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Julia Schoch\u2019s adopted daughter Jaelyn was conceived in rape when her birth mother was only 13 years old. Their story was told in Feminists for Life\u2019s magazine, “The American Feminist.” Jaelyn\u2019s birth mother was coerced into a late-term abortion. Staff at the abortion business told her that because of the circumstances of her child’s conception, no one would want her baby. Schoch explained:<\/p>\n

She said she was told by the abortion clinic staff that “No one will want a biracial, rapist’s baby.” They refused to let her see the ultrasound picture and, although she was 20 weeks pregnant, told her that her baby wasn’t formed yet. They also told her that she was “too young” and would die if she tried to have the baby.<\/em><\/p>\n

She gave in, believing she would die trying to have a baby no one would even want.<\/em><\/p>\n

The abortionist started the procedure, but the young mother was in so much pain that she thrashed around on the table and made the abortion difficult:<\/p>\n

The doctor began a second trimester abortion under only local anesthesia. They never explained fetal development, the procedure, risks, options, etc. She was in so much pain that the doctor stopped and rescheduled the abortion, telling her mom to bring more money for general anesthesia because “She is making my job too difficult.”<\/em><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Woman who gave birth to daughter conceived in rape: \u2018When I see her, I just see beauty\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After the attempted abortion, Jaelyn\u2019s birth mother stood up for herself and her baby and refused to go back to the facility. She chose Julie and her husband Andy to parent her daughter.\u00a0Schoch described the scene in the delivery room:<\/p>\n

I was in the room when my daughter was born\u2026. The birth mother’s own mother, who initially wanted the baby aborted, instantly fell in love with this little girl\u2026. [O]ut came this fat cheeked, curly-haired little thing with the prettiest green eyes \u2013 everyone was crying tears of joy! I went straight to the young birth mother and just held her and cried. I said, “You did it! You did it! She is here!” She replied, “Thank you! You are right. She is worth it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The documentary \u201cPro-Life without Exception<\/a>\u201d picks up the story at this point.<\/p>\n