Little Girl Who Was Almost Aborted Tells Rally With 15,000 People: “Your Prayers Saved Me”

When it comes to the issue of abortion, does prayer work? The answer from the folks at 40 Days for Life and Bound4Life is a resounding yes.

The folks at Bound4Life have profiled one story of a little girl who thanked a rally of 15,000 people for their prayers, which saved her from abortion. here, 40 Days for Life leader David Bereit is talking about the effectiveness of prayer and the 40 Days campaigns:

In our work, unlike in pregnancy care centers, we rarely get to directly meet the lives saved. Bryan and Matt, you hear stories – I’ve heard lots of these testimonies, but I’ve only met five of the 10,000 children saved by 40 Days for Life campaigns (that we know of). Each of them were years apart, each was at a time when I needed that affirmation this is making an impact.

To be able to see that child means so much. I was recently in Los Angeles, where I saw a four year-old girl. I first met her when she was a baby, and now I got to introduce her to 15,000 people at OneLifeLA. She was wearing a shirt that said Your Prayers Saved Me. Her mom is now engaged to the girl’s dad because this beautiful girl Leah has brought so much joy to their lives.

Seeing the positive fruit of people’s prayers, of what God can do, and also continually allowing our hearts to be broken – those two things keep me engaged with the individual and the need.

My first grandchild was scheduled to be aborted in January 2003. My family was praying that my son’s GF would change her mind, and she eventually ended up canceling the appointment. She decided to put the baby up for adoption with Catholic Social Services, but during her 4th month of pregnancy, she had an ultrasound done, saw the baby’s face, and decided to keep her. Praise Jesus! Although they never married, they have joint custody, and Teegan is now a beautiful, smart, funny, and much-loved 6th grader.

I worked with a man who was as right wing as me. We both were strong anti abortion. That means we were against pro-choice, right? Well, the man’s son came by the office to see his him while his girlfriend sat in the car. He told his dad they were on their way to get an abortion.

After he left the office and was going to his car I asked my friend “Does the girl want to do this?”

My friend replied “I don’t know.” He ran from the office and caught his son and girlfriend before they left. He told his son “Son, this has to be her choice. Have you asked her how she feels about it?”

The son spoke to his girlfriend through the car window and said “This is what you want, right?”

The girl started crying and said she did not want the abortion.

So, our pointing out that it was the woman’s choice saved a baby. Afterwards my friend and I didn’t really understand what had just happened. We don’t believe in it being a woman’s choice. But in this case, the woman made the right choice. And it was because of us that she got the opportunity to make her choice.

This happened in 1992. That little girl has graduated from college, is married and has a child. My friend the grandfather had many wonderful years with his grand daughter before he passed a few years ago. And the kid’s father was so proud of his wife and baby.

One other part of this story. The young man told me one day that he had been up all night with the baby. Everytime she’d start to cry he’d put her in the car and go for a ride. He said “I just can’t stand to hear her cry.”

I thought “You almost didn’t get a chance to hear it.”

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