{"id":289819,"date":"2023-04-30T11:41:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T16:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=289819"},"modified":"2023-05-03T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:18:40","slug":"trauma-abortion-healing-pro-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/trauma-abortion-healing-pro-life\/","title":{"rendered":"After childhood molestation and two eventual abortions, she found healing in the pro-life movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WARNING:<\/span> This post contains information that may be disturbing to readers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At five years old, Marlene Downing loved visiting her paternal grandfather\u2019s house where she often went when her parents were out partying. She especially enjoyed the frothy root beer floats he concocted with creamy ice cream. One night, suffering from an upset stomach after consuming too much ice cream, she rapped on her grandfather\u2019s bedroom door. That night Downing\u2019s grandfather stole her innocence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing told Live Action News, \u201cHe started to rub my stomach to make me feel better, then asked me if I\u2019d take off my underwear. From then on until I was seven, he tried to groom me by exposing me to pornography. He was careful never to complete the sexual act, but my childhood had been ripped away forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The molestations continued until Downing innocently revealed to her stepmother a kiss she and her grandfather had shared. At the time, he was living with the family. When Downing&#8217;s stepmother learned about the incest, she insisted Downing tell her father.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy grandfather had leveraged scare tactics to keep me quiet,\u201d Downing said. \u201cWhen I told my father what had been occurring all those years, his mouth gaped open, and the potato salad he was eating dropped onto his plate. I\u2019ll never forget seeing him sitting at the table crying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing\u2019s grandfather was sent away, and she never saw him again. He eventually died after a battle with colon cancer. Downing tried to forgive him and move on, but the childhood trauma had inflicted deep emotional wounds. After graduating high school, Downing enrolled at Temple University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Risky behavior results in unplanned pregnancies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing said she began drinking at parties and had sexual relationships with multiple partners. \u201cI found out I was pregnant during the middle of my freshman year. The boy who fathered my child made it clear he didn\u2019t want anything to do with the baby. Going into denial about my pregnancy was the only way I could cope.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She continued drinking heavily and one day, at three months pregnant, began experiencing severe cramps and bleeding. She went into the bathroom where she miscarried.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI saw the remnants of my baby in the toilet,\u201d Downing said. \u201cI fell on the bathroom floor weeping until somebody found me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distraught, Downing dropped out of school and later developed complications from the unsuccessful dilation &amp; curettage (D&amp;C) she underwent after her miscarriage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing said, \u201cI had been lying in bed for a week, bleeding. Unbeknownst to me, there were still baby parts left inside me. I went back to the hospital, had laparoscopic surgery, and was given antibiotics for the infection.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now living with her aunt, Downing went to work in a restaurant and resumed the dysfunctional lifestyle she had temporarily abandoned, resulting in another pregnancy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe man I\u2019d been seeing gave me money to have an abortion,\u201d Downing said. \u201cLike my previous situation, he was adamant he wanted nothing to do with fatherhood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Believing the abortion lie<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having an abortion was the answer to her dilemma, Downing thought. She was not financially stable, and a baby would be just a \u201cburden\u201d to a young, single woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing said, \u201cI was pro-choice; having an abortion wasn\u2019t a big deal. But during the procedure, I remember clutching tightly to the nurse\u2019s hand and screaming. Afterward, I cried. I thought I\u2019d feel relieved, but I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she met a man at a nightclub a short time later and became pregnant a third time, she resolved not to have an abortion, prompting her boyfriend to flee from the responsibility of parenthood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe didn\u2019t want to be part of my daughter\u2019s life,\u201d Downing said. \u201cIt was tough, juggling motherhood without help. I started attending church, making faith the centerpiece of my life. For the first time, I felt a peace that I desperately wanted to hold onto.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vowing to surrender her life to God, Downing\u2019s circumstances eventually improved, and she secured a position with a large insurance company. Then she was offered a position with another company with a better salary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing said, \u201cThat\u2019s when things took an unexpected turn. The company downsized and I got laid off. I lost everything: my nice home and my car. I couldn\u2019t afford my daughter\u2019s private school tuition and had to send her to live with my brother until I could get back on my feet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a while, Downing \u201ccouch surfed\u201d with friends, refusing to go live with her parents. A friend offered her a place to stay in exchange for a minimal amount of rent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI had some tax refund money I could use to pay him, so I moved in with him,\u201d Downing said. \u201cHe made me feel comfortable and cooked for me. I felt so relaxed that I started drinking with him. Eventually, I began having relations with him, then I found out he was sleeping with other women as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Life spiraling out-of-control<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Downing discovered she was pregnant, she was concerned about being a single mother again. Without telling her boyfriend, she had a friend take her to the abortion facility. Not long after her abortion, Downing learned she was once again pregnant \u2014 this made five unplanned pregnancies, one miscarriage, and two abortions. Downing\u2019s life was spiraling out of control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing said, \u201cI told my pastor I didn\u2019t want another abortion but was afraid of the responsibility of another child when I had no assistance. I couldn\u2019t even support the daughter I had. He told me my baby had a father in Heaven and that I wasn\u2019t alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During her six-month prenatal checkup, she was required to get an HIV test. Terrified to learn of the results, the nurse, sensing Downing\u2019s distress, told her she was playing Russian roulette with her life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe said I could do all things through Christ,\u201d Downing said. \u201cI lifted my head up and prayed for grace. I moved to West Philadelphia and lived on welfare for a bit after my second daughter was born. I later landed a good job with a national bank where I worked for 10 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/walgreens-cvs-petition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-283198\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Walgreens CVS banner\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--500x128.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>From pro-choice to pro-life activist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Downing wasn\u2019t a pro-life activist, she knew having the two abortions was wrong. After reading the book, \u201cHeaven is for Real,\u201d she was inspired to grow in her faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When her pro-life pastor organized a march in Philadelphia, Downing knew she needed to participate. It was during that march that her pastor told her he was looking for a new director for a pregnancy support center and wanted her to fill that role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing said, \u201cI didn\u2019t think he was serious, and I didn\u2019t think I was worthy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But she accepted the director position with The Hope Center where she remained for many years, helping hundreds of women grappling with circumstances like her own. She now works for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. She has also written the book,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStrange Fruit Since 1973: Personhood Rejected from a Family Tree,\u201d which chronicles the threat to the \u201cfruit of the womb\u201d posed by abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy life has turned around 180 degrees,\u201d Downing said. \u201cIf not for the grace of God, I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today. I have experienced such love and mercy from a Father in Heaven. I hope my work in the pro-life movement helps other women to realize their value in the eyes of a loving God who wants better for them than abortion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/general-donation\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=monthly&amp;utm_content=article\"><i><strong>Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WARNING: This post contains information that may be disturbing to readers. At five years old, Marlene Downing loved visiting her paternal grandfather\u2019s house where she often went when her parents were out partying. She especially enjoyed the frothy root beer floats he concocted with creamy ice cream. 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