{"id":263112,"date":"2022-02-21T08:44:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=263112"},"modified":"2022-02-20T19:37:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T01:37:29","slug":"abortionist-asked-twin-years-later-learned-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortionist-asked-twin-years-later-learned-why\/","title":{"rendered":"During her abortion, the abortionist asked her if she was a twin. Years later, she learned why."},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 1991, Deb Beers was a divorced, 32-year-old mother of a pre-teen son when she faced an unplanned pregnancy. Her boyfriend, who was much older, didn\u2019t want children so he pressured her relentlessly to end the pregnancy. It\u2019s not really a baby yet anyway<\/em>, she told herself, believing the lies she\u2019d heard that the child within her was just a \u201cmass of tissue.\u201d So, she made an appointment at Planned Parenthood to have an abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deb told Live Action News, \u201cI thought if I just made this little sacrifice, the abortion would be my secret and my life could go on as before. But abortion leaves a wound, it\u2019s like a big black hole in your heart that you want to pretend isn\u2019t there. I had no idea how it would affect every area of my life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The encourager became the accuser<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sitting in the waiting area with other women, some with their mothers and others with their boyfriends, Deb was struck by the profound quietness of the room. Nobody, she noticed, made eye contact with each other. Everyone, it seemed, wanted to remain anonymous, as if they were never there waiting to terminate their pregnancies.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the procedure, Deb recalls the \u201csucking\u201d sound of the vacuum and the abortionist asking her if she was a twin. Why would he ask me that question<\/em>, she wondered, when he just removing a blob of tissue from her womb? Afterward, in the recovery lounge, she felt relief that it was all over. She just wanted to go home and forget about the experience. But she could never forget.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat night, Satan came to me in a vision, taunting me, telling me I was a murderer of my children and that I now belonged to him because God would never forgive me for this terrible sin,\u201d Deb said.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cCrippled by fear and despair, he took advantage of my weakness, encouraging me to have the abortion, telling me that nobody will ever know. Now, the encourager was the accuser.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Deb felt as if she was branded with a scarlet \u201cA\u201d on her forehead. She was convinced others could tell she had an abortion just by looking at her. Guilt, fear, and shame became her constant companions and she started drinking to ease the pain, avoiding social gatherings where the topic of abortion might come up. She felt disconnected from her family and friends and grappled constantly with depression and regret.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transformed through salvation and purpose<\/b><\/p>\n

But one day, God sent her a lifeline when a caring friend led her to Jesus Christ, whom she accepted as her Savior in December 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deb said, \u201cI learned of <\/span>God who loved me and how Jesus would forgive me of my sins if I would repent of them.\u00a0I got baptized and since then I long to live for Jesus, sharing what He has done for me.\u00a0Once I was blind but now, I see.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Spiritual healing gave Deb the clarity to see the lies propagated by the pro-choice community \u2014\u00a0Lies she had fallen prey to,\u00a0such as the idea that unplanned pregnancies prohibit women from creating fulfilling lives and pursuing their dreams and desires, or the idea that life will be much less complicated without an unwanted child.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEssentially, you are encouraged to run from anything that may cause hardship or inconvenience,\u201d Deb said. \u201cBut they fail to recognize the life growing inside you is a human being with its own DNA. It\u2019s a lie that the preborn are just a blob or a mass. If abortion is supposed to be the best option for women, why does it leave so many broken and confused?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n