{"id":254126,"date":"2021-10-01T08:40:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T13:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=254126"},"modified":"2021-09-28T18:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:02:03","slug":"rita-springer-celebrates-adoption-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/rita-springer-celebrates-adoption-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian worship leader Rita Springer celebrates adoption in heartfelt Facebook post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Christian singer and worship leader Rita Springer took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=386927522811553&amp;set=a.317935666377406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> last week to share a heartfelt message that explained why she is pro-life. In the post, Springer shared how blessed she feels that she was able to adopt her son. She thanked the boy&#8217;s birth mother for choosing to give birth to him and to choose adoption, saying it&#8217;s the reason that she is fully against abortion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fritaspringermusic%2Fposts%2F386927552811550&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"705\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Does every mom love her kid like this? I\u2019m assuming so, but I don\u2019t know. He was grafted in. He wasn\u2019t blood and tissued in. He was the voice of God asking, somewhat pleading for me to make a choice that would be the most unselfish thing I would ever do with my life. When I said yes I did it trembling and uncertain of its outcome &#8230; It was me and God and 7lbs of someone else\u2019s almost 10-month journey holding him in their fluids and making choices not to cut the breath from his body. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>He is the reason I\u2019m fully against abortion. There, I said it. He is the reason I think life should be the epic choice we as women make for the other women who cannot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Springer goes on to say that &#8220;It has been worth every long night without sleep and wailing cry of fear and wondering if I had the strength to survive it alone.&#8221; She also says that the path hasn&#8217;t been without difficulties, but says the experience of adoption is &#8220;holy even in it&#8217;s [sic] darkest of nights and longest of days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dna-test-reunites-mother-son-adoption-33-years\/\">DNA test reunites mother with son she placed for adoption 33 years ago<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Springer&#8217;s tribute is a touching reminder of what a wonderful choice adoption is. Most abortion advocates tout abortion as the only way to help a woman who is experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. However, adoption is a loving alternative that does not involve killing the preborn child. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/courage-unplanned-pregnancy-adoption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">countless stories<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/open-adoption-baby-girl-today-beautiful-relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women<\/a> and families \u2014 and adoptees! \u2014 who have been blessed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/birth-mothers-day-celebrating-invisible-heroes-adoption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selfless sacrifice<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/humans-new-york-adoption-story-darling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gift<\/a> of adoption.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time that Springer has taken a stand for life. In 2017, she helped compose the song, &#8220;Not Forgotten,&#8221; which was written in 2019 in response to the radical abortion laws passed in New York State. The song&#8217;s powerful lyrics commemorate all the souls lost to abortion, with the words:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0<em>You are not forgotten<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We are fighting for you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We\u2019ve answered your silent cry to be your voice<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Your life was not for nothing<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We celebrate your heartbeat<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The price that you paid is a fire that\u2019ll change this world<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4NbtZvaGMeo\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to her website, Springer is a worship leader and is actively writing new music and leading worship at churches, events, and conferences around the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian singer and worship leader Rita Springer took to Facebook last week to share a heartfelt message that explained why she is pro-life. 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