{"id":288115,"date":"2023-04-03T06:43:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T11:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=288115"},"modified":"2023-04-14T15:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:12:50","slug":"surviving-abortion-lauren-mother-six-times-abort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/surviving-abortion-lauren-mother-six-times-abort\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Abortion: Lauren’s mother tried six times to abort her… and failed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At age 21, Lauren Eden was shocked to learn the full story of her premature birth at just 26 weeks. Her mother nervously explained to her that she had made multiple appointments at various abortion facilities before finally undergoing the first stage of the two-day D&E second-trimester dismemberment abortion procedure \u2014 which led to Lauren’s early delivery. <\/span><\/p>\n

That same day, Lauren also learned of 15 miracles that saved her life before birth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Failed attempts to have an abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Together, her mother and father told Lauren the amazing story of her survival. Her mother, an 18-year-old college student, had first made an appointment at a facility where abortions were committed up to 12 weeks. Lauren’s father was a senior in college and wanted to keep the baby, but Lauren’s mother felt abortion was the best choice. So as he drove her to a friend’s house\u00a0\u2014\u00a0who would be taking Lauren’s mother to the abortion facility \u2014\u00a0Lauren’s devastated father prayed for God to intervene. <\/span><\/p>\n

As he drove, a large cloud of fog settled right in front of the car \u2014 something he had never seen before or ever saw again. He couldn’t see where he was going and eventually had to turn around.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When Lauren’s mother arrived for her second appointment attempt, an ultrasound revealed that she was measuring just over 12 weeks, and the staff wouldn’t commit the abortion. She was referred to another facility that committed abortions up to 13 weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lauren Eden, abortion survivor, as a child. Do not reprint.<\/p><\/div>\n

But Lauren’s mother was late for that appointment, and when she arrived at what she thought was the address of the abortion facility, she was on the wrong side of town. She called the facility from a pay phone but they told her it was too late to come. When she rescheduled and went in for another appointment, the ultrasound revealed she was measuring larger than 13 weeks, and the staff there, too, refused to commit the abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“She then went to a clinic in Dallas, and it was less than a week later. They did abortions up to 15 weeks and when she went into the clinic I was measuring over 15 weeks gestation. They wouldn’t do the abortion,” Lauren told Live Action News.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lauren explained that the abortion business referred her mother to its sister facility on the other side of Dallas that committed abortions up to 21 weeks. When she arrived there for the abortion, the staff did not<\/em> carry out an ultrasound but used the one done at the previous facility. They told Lauren’s mother that she was in the second trimester and would need a two-day D&E dismemberment abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This procedure involves dilating the cervix with laminaria on day one. On day two (sometimes day three), the child is dismembered. Her arms and legs are pulled off, and her skull is crushed as the abortionist removes her from the womb piece by piece.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n