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History teaches us that those who witness grave human atrocities, including those who assist in ending them, are forever impacted. In 1945, 18 year-old Alan Moskin was part of a group of American soldiers who helped liberate a Nazi concentration camp at the end of World War II. What he witnessed affected him for many years to come until he eventually decided to speak about what he saw. He recounted<\/a>\u00a0that day to Time Magazine, describing the survivors of the gruesome Nazi concentration camp as \u201cthe living dead, zombies.\u201d Moskin also witnessed\u00a0“dead bodies on the left, piles of dead bodies on the right \u2014 and their arms and legs looked like broomsticks covered with no flesh.\u201d<\/p>\n

The memory of that day haunted Moskin so deeply that he refused to\u00a0speak about his experience for 50 years.\u00a0\u201cThe kids say to me, \u2018Oh, you had PTSD.\u2019 We never heard that term. The only term we heard back then was \u2018shell-shocked,\u2019” he said. “I sucked it up. By the time I got home, I took a key and locked up that part of my brain, and I threw that key away. If anyone asked me about the war, I said, \u2018I did my job, I was under [General] Patton and I don\u2019t want to talk about it.'”<\/p>\n

PTSD stands for post-traumatic stress disorder, which the Mayo Clinic defines as “a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event \u2014 either experiencing it or witnessing it.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Post-abortion trauma is real, and researchers do women no favors by denying it<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For those involved in efforts to end abortion, the stark reality of the slaughter of 60 million human beings can also be traumatic. Abortion is a genocide committed against an entire group of human beings\u2014the preborn\u2014which can have a traumatic impact on those who witness these horrific atrocities, including both those who work in the abortion industry and those who fight against it.\u00a0Those who seek to end the killing and work tirelessly to rescue and defend innocent human life from the violent grip of abortion are, in many ways, emotionally changed by the realization of what is taking place.<\/p>\n

Abortionist Kermit Gosnell was protected by the pro-abortion political machine for decades. He\u00a0stored<\/a>\u00a0the remains of babies he aborted — specifically, baby feet<\/a>\u00a0— like trophies. As long as Gosnell’s acts continued behind closed doors, his acts of evil\u00a0 remained hidden. But once they were brought into the light, the nation became a witness to his “house of horrors.” During Gosnell’s trial, Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore told<\/a> jurors, \u201cThe standard practice here was to slay<\/a> babies. That\u2019s what they did.”<\/p>\n

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In rare moments like this when the horror of abortion is made public, it can cause even the strongest people to react with horror. Another horrifying\u00a0incident<\/a> happened in\u00a01982, when approximately 17,000 aborted babies were found in a repossessed storage container in Los Angeles. One of the witnesses stated at the time, \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe \u2014 just little bitty babies\u2026 all torn to pieces. The heads chopped off \u2014 arms, legs \u2026 It just makes you sick seeing something like that. Really, you know, makes you want to cry to see something like that.\u201d Images of that event were preserved and published in a paper called\u00a0The American Holocaust<\/a>. View some of the images\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am one of many who has witnessed<\/a>\u00a0first hand abortion and its horrific result on the baby and the mother. I can still recall with intense emotion the day I uncovered<\/a> aborted children thrown into a trash dumpster and later held their dismembered remains. The memory of that day forever changed me.<\/p>\n

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While those who seek to save lives from abortion are strong, resilient, and unrelenting, battling all the time can take a toll. Even the most seasoned first responder knows that it is not healthy to be immersed in trauma and death day after day.\u00a0Over the years, I have spoken with many pro-life activists, some of whom have been traumatized by the horror of abortion. Some report nightmares, some anger, and some have given up in a hopeless way. Others fight on but say they feel alone and isolated. It is easy to become bitter or hardened when dealing with the reality of dead preborn children day in and day out.<\/p>\n

Pro-lifers must attempt to protect their emotions by gathering a support network around them to stay in the fight for the long haul. Take time with family for rest and reflection and remember that the battle is fought not just in human strength, but with the strength of the Creator of every human life.<\/p>\n

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