{"id":266898,"date":"2022-04-27T08:42:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=266898"},"modified":"2022-04-26T13:08:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:08:01","slug":"colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: ‘Inside my heart was broken’"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

Amada Rosa P\u00e9rez made her living as a successful model and actress in Colombia, best known for her role in telenovela La Coste\u00f1a y El Cachaco as Sofia. However, her life wasn’t all glitz and glamour; in an interview with Aleteia<\/a>, she spoke about having an abortion and the immense pain it caused her, as well as how she learned to heal and help spare other women from experiencing that pain as well.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9rez has been speaking out in protest of Colombia’s decision to legalize abortion<\/a>. In her experience, abortion wasn’t something she wanted. \u201cI was never in favor of abortion,\u201d she said. \u201cI had an abortion out of fear, because I was pressured by my partner and I believed in what they told me, that the most important thing was my dreams and my professional success.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experience left her traumatized. Women, she argued, deserve better, and abortion does not help them \u2014 in addition to physical harm, it causes emotional harm.<\/p>\n

“I … had suicidal thoughts,” she said. “I believed that I wasn\u2019t worthy to go on living because I had killed my child, and I suffered from a fixation on memories related to the abortion. Perhaps one of the most common consequences is the loss of tenderness; our woman\u2019s heart becomes harder.”<\/p>\n

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

Calling it “guilt that eats away at the soul,\u201d P\u00e9rez tried to hide how much she was hurting. \u201cThose who have had abortions and appear calm are just keeping up appearances,\u201d she explained. \u201cI went out in interviews smiling but inside my heart was broken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, P\u00e9rez gave herself to God, and allowed herself to heal from the pain. But she wants to save other women from experiencing what she went through, especially after the pro-life country’s shocking decision to make abortion legal. Even the way it is phrased, as a “voluntary interruption of pregnancy,” Perez calls a manipulation meant to ensnare women.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not something as simple as interruption. What if I want to resume my pregnancy? Who gives me back my children?” she said. “We\u2019re living in a culture of death that wants to take away the value of motherhood and is damaging the minds and hearts of girls and women who think that if they end the life of their children they will be free. On the contrary, that makes them slaves!”<\/p>\n

She also asked women in Colombia to ask themselves who benefits by pushing abortion, considering how many Colombians do not support abortion. Since abortion’s legalization, hundreds of thousands of people have protested<\/a> the decision, and are calling for the judges who made the ruling to be removed.<\/p>\n

“Behind abortion is a big business run by men who make women believe that they\u2019re fighting for their rights, when what they\u2019re doing is harming their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health,” she explained.<\/p>\n

Today, she hopes women will give themselves to God as she did, and that her voice will make a difference. \u201cI\u2019m simply a grain of sand,” she said. “God allowed me to be a public figure to give his messages. I only ask Him to never let go of me and to be able to do His will.”<\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amada Rosa P\u00e9rez made her living as a successful model and actress in Colombia, best known for her role in telenovela La Coste\u00f1a y El Cachaco as Sofia. However, her life wasn’t all glitz and glamour; in an interview with Aleteia, she spoke about having an abortion and the immense pain it caused her, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":266937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455,5,3473],"tags":[2219,10571,17064,1069,17065,4093,3205,298],"yoast_head":"\nColombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: 'Inside my heart was broken'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""It\u2019s not something as simple as interruption. What if I want to resume my pregnancy? Who gives me back my children?" ~ Colombian model Amada Rosa P\u00e9rez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: 'Inside my heart was broken'\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""It\u2019s not something as simple as interruption. What if I want to resume my pregnancy? Who gives me back my children?" ~ Colombian model Amada Rosa P\u00e9rez\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-27T13:42:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-26T18:08:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/amada-rosa-perez-colombia-screenshot.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"607\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\"},\"headline\":\"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: ‘Inside my heart was broken’\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-27T13:42:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-26T18:08:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/\"},\"wordCount\":579,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"abortion regret\",\"abortion trauma\",\"Amada Rosa Perez\",\"Colombia\",\"interruption of pregnancy\",\"model\",\"post-abortion\",\"pregnancy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Human Interest\",\"International\",\"Newsbreak\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/\",\"name\":\"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: 'Inside my heart was broken'\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-27T13:42:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-26T18:08:01+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"It\u2019s not something as simple as interruption. What if I want to resume my pregnancy? Who gives me back my children?\\\" ~ Colombian model Amada Rosa P\u00e9rez\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: ‘Inside my heart was broken’\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\",\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cassy Cooke\"},\"description\":\"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: 'Inside my heart was broken'","description":"\"It\u2019s not something as simple as interruption. What if I want to resume my pregnancy? Who gives me back my children?\" ~ Colombian model Amada Rosa P\u00e9rez","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: 'Inside my heart was broken'","og_description":"\"It\u2019s not something as simple as interruption. What if I want to resume my pregnancy? Who gives me back my children?\" ~ Colombian model Amada Rosa P\u00e9rez","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2022-04-27T13:42:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-26T18:08:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":607,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/amada-rosa-perez-colombia-screenshot.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cassy Cooke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cassy Cooke","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/"},"author":{"name":"Cassy Cooke","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392"},"headline":"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: ‘Inside my heart was broken’","datePublished":"2022-04-27T13:42:52+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-26T18:08:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/"},"wordCount":579,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["abortion regret","abortion trauma","Amada Rosa Perez","Colombia","interruption of pregnancy","model","post-abortion","pregnancy"],"articleSection":["Human Interest","International","Newsbreak"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/","name":"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: 'Inside my heart was broken'","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-04-27T13:42:52+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-26T18:08:01+00:00","description":"\"It\u2019s not something as simple as interruption. What if I want to resume my pregnancy? Who gives me back my children?\" ~ Colombian model Amada Rosa P\u00e9rez","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/colombian-model-speaks-pain-healing-abortion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Colombian model speaks of pain and healing after abortion: ‘Inside my heart was broken’"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392","name":"Cassy Cooke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cassy Cooke"},"description":"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266939,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266898\/revisions\/266939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}