Posted on 03/17/2017 4:25:45 PM PDT by NYer
DURHAM, Ontario, March 17, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — When Louise found out her rapist had impregnated her, she chose life for her baby.
In a new video, she shares why.
"I was raped by somebody I knew," Louise begins.
"Innocent life came from one man's intent to hurt me," she explains. "But my baby hasn't hurt me. She's provided me with healing and growth and new experiences that I never knew could happen in my life. So she's not going to pay for what one man's intentions were."
"I also knew that there's already a heart beating. There's already a life there," she adds. "And for me to go and intentionally take away someone's intent to life, that wouldn't sit well with me personally."
"When people say abortion is needed in cases of rape, I feel that is very unfair," Louise continues. "If your body has already started to create life, undoing that process seems very detrimental."
"I'm so grateful I made the decision to have my daughter, because she's brought me so much joy," Louise shared. "Every day I wake up to a beautiful smile, and had I not made that decision, I would have been left with just a disaster on my heart."
Louise goes on to say that "becoming a mother has changed me in ways I never imagined. I feel like the most optimal version of myself. ... I've drawn out a lot of strength I didn't know was there."
The powerful video was produced by Choice42 (as in "Choice for Two"), a Canadian pro-life organization started by the Pregnancy Help Centre of Durham.
"We aim to change public opinion about the value and humanity of pre-born children," director Laura Klassen told LifeSiteNews.
"We want to show women that they are strong enough to choose LIFE for their children, and we have Canada’s largest database of pregnancy support organizations that can help them to do it," Klassen said.
"We filmed Louise’s story because people always use rape as one of the main reasons for why women ‘need’ abortion," Klassen told LifeSiteNews. Her organization encourages women to realize that “though it is their choice, they are making a choice for two.”
"My daughter is my angel," Louise said. With the video, she posted, “I've broken my silence now. My angel will know her mother stood up for what is right.”
Choice42's slogan is "Make A Choice You Can Both Live With."
"My daughter brings me a lot of hope for the future," Louise shared, "to let me know that not every disaster has to bring traumatic pain to where you can't cope. It actually can bring beauty."
Klassen says Choice42’s mission runs contrary to her country's promotion of abortion.
"Canada does not value pre-born babies at all, as is reflected by our total lack of abortion laws," she said. "Abortion is government funded and our society pushes abortion as the best option for a woman dealing with an unintended pregnancy."
And yet Choice42's videos show women are stronger than Canadian's pro-abortion society thinks — strong enough to make loving choices.
"We know the harm abortion causes babies and women, and we are dedicated to promoting life options," Klassen said.
"What I would say to a woman who has just found out she's pregnant as a result of rape, is that there is hope," Louise advised. "There is hope beyond the traumatic experience you've been through. ... Don't give up."
"If you survived such a traumatic experience — and you were gifted with a miracle — then clearly you have more potential than you've ever imagined."
"You can look for the beauty in the disaster," Louise concluded, pointing to her daughter. "She's my beauty."
WOW! Thanks for posting. What a GREAT mother.
“What a GREAT mother.”
What a beautiful baby!
There are some very beautiful people in this world, and I’m not addressing looks.
Some guy will come along and they’ll conquer the world together, with positive attitudes.
What a lucky kid.
Thanks for posting. Nice to hear a story like that with a positive, happy ending.
I’m sure feminist hate her and her story. Probably the baby too.
I’ve got tears here. God bless her and her beautiful daughter.
I know adoptive liberal parents who are pro abortion. I just can’t understand that.
God blessed Louise and her daughter, what a great story.
Sadly I used to be pro abortion myself, before I learned the truth about it and saw it for the murder that it is. So perhaps there is hope for them as well.
Death is feminism's first sacrament. Hate is its second.
True dat.
I’m thinking of leaving my wife already :) jk
Seriously though, people in different situations have had to let go of hate for the greater good of others.
There was a guy who was in a wheelchair because he had been hit by a neighbor driving. SEVEN years later he shot the guy.
Destroyed that guy’s family and his family.
This gal might have HATED the rapist and of course who could blame her,, but the greater good was the child.
And she saw that. So she let the hate go.
Beautiful woman.
this is a courageous young woman
What a powerful story.
But I’m hoping that her attacker got what was coming to him. Since she knew him and identified him, I’m hoping that he was duly convicted in a court of law for his crimes.
Even though I am a man, I agree completely with what this woman is saying. My mother was created by the rape of a 23 year old girl by a 53 year old pervert. My mom was given up for adoption and adopted by a childless couple who raised her with love and provide me, their grandson with lots of love.
It bothers me greatly that so many would argue abortion in the case of rape. In almost all states, have my biological grandmother been raped today, my mom would have been butchered in the womb. I can put a face on that unborn child, know how much love she brought into this world and how much better she made this world, even if she was created via a crime.
Thank you for sharing your story.
While rape is a horrific crime, I think we see that sometimes some wonderful results can arise from a tragic situation.
Truly bless her.
She’s right. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Thanks for sharing your story, too. More and more children of rape victims are talking about how grateful they are that they were born. This young woman originally intended to give her baby up for adoption, but the Planned Parenthood in her town gave her a really rough time and insisted that she should only consider abortion. She left that hellhole in tears. Thankfully there were pro-life women outside the PP that told her about the other services available to help her have her baby. I am thrilled to see that she kept her daughter. Not everyone can do that, but thankfully she is able and willing. What a great healing story all the way around.
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