{"id":304622,"date":"2024-01-04T18:31:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T00:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=304622"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:48:19","slug":"conceived-rape-gratitude-birth-mothers-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/conceived-rape-gratitude-birth-mothers-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Conceived in rape, man shares gratitude for his birth mother&#8217;s decision for life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Action\u2019s latest video details the remarkable story of a man who discovered that he was conceived in rape \u2013 and the heroism of the mother who fought to give him life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steventhen Holland was eight years old when he learned that his family had adopted him. Though he had a happy childhood he always considered the question \u2013 \u201cWhy did my mom not want me?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GeEpBNtmCNw?si=3JrSy_3qvS-RHBEk\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t until after he was married, and he and his wife experienced two miscarriages, that he felt the Lord telling him it was time to look for his birth mom. A search connected Holland with a birth uncle, who told him that his mother, Glenda Sue, had mental challenges and cognitively was around 11 years old. Glenda Sue had become a ward of the state after her parents passed away. At age 18, she was raped by five men, causing her to become pregnant with Holland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holland learned that Glenda Sue had faced extreme pressure to abort but adamantly refused. She ran away from the facility where she lived at the time and hitchhiked to Chattanooga, Tennessee. By the time she was nine months pregnant, she was living in a cardboard box behind a grocery store. She placed her newborn baby boy with human services, and he was quickly adopted by the Holland family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holland described feeling mixed emotions of both pain and gratitude at learning this story. \u201cThe fact that she fought for me and saw value in my life, I\u2019m thankful to be here,&#8221; he said. &#8220;At that moment I\u2019m just like, \u2018Man, she loved me.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a touching moment shared in the video, Holland\u2019s uncle took him to meet his birth mother Glenda Sue in the care home where she lived. Holland sang &#8220;Amazing Grace&#8221; during this meeting, but he broke down in tears mid-verse, unable to finish \u2014 only for his birth mother to finish the verse for him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the two were formally introduced, Glenda Sue cried as she embraced Holland, telling him she had always loved him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe didn\u2019t see me as a 27-year-old man; she still saw me as her baby,\u201d Holland said of that moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Holland <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mentally-challenged-gang-rape-survivor-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> told Live Action News in an exclusive interview, \u201cThe realization hit me that it was a miracle I was alive. My mother chose life despite not being able to care for me. It was a great act of love to let me go so I had the chance to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holland said that because of his story, people\u2019s minds have been changed. He regularly travels to share his testimony and started a ministry, Broken Not Dead, in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;My mom absolutely is my hero. She valued life&#8230; despite the odds of homelessness, mental challenges, and literally no support \u2013 she didn\u2019t have one day of prenatal care,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holland said he enjoyed 11 years knowing \u201cMama Glenda,\u201d before she passed away, and he will always cherish that time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMama Glenda, I love you,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And, thank you. Thank you for life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/tell-congress-stop-the-doj-from-targeting-pro-life-americans\/?utm_campaign=doj_petition&amp;utm_medium=lan_website\"><b><i>The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail this Christmas for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30-seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live Action\u2019s latest video details the remarkable story of a man who discovered that he was conceived in rape \u2013 and the heroism of the mother who fought to give him life. Steventhen Holland was eight years old when he learned that his family had adopted him. 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