I was on the board of Mom's House for a number of years, and we donated office space here in my office to a crisis pregnancy center for five years. I've been exposed to much of this also, but not to the extent either of you have.
Now we're heading out in a different direction. We've spent the last 4 months remodeling our office so we can use part of it for the administrative offices of a pro-life Catholic non-profit home hospice service.
There are so many places we can work in the pro-life field. And we can do pro-life work wherever we find ourselves.
“There are so many places we can work in the pro-life field”
Presently, my husband and I volunteer at a “crisis pregnancy center”. It can be very difficult but it’s very rewarding, especially after you get to hold a baby that would not have been there had the woman not been told of the risks and of her options to abortion.
EnglishCon, I am so glad you are on Freep. You have found a good group of people here to provide some answers and guidance.
One brochure we carry at our cpc is called “Conceived in Rape” by Rebecca Kiessling. Her website is http://www.rebeccakiessling.com/index.html
Not only will you find her personal testimony of being a person conceived in rape, she also has a whole page of other testimonies of people who either were conceived in rape or maybe were raped and chose life for their babies. I was very inspired to read or hear of people thinking so selflessly through the hardest of circumstances.
Another woman who matches a similar situation is Juda Myers. Her website is http://www.choices4life.org/
Juda’s own mother was attacked by 8 men when she was walking home from a movie. She not only chose to have Juda but she also forgave the 8 men who raped her.
The gospel singer Ethel Waters was also born of rape. Her mother was around either 12 or 13 at the time of the rape. It has been shared by Kelly Wright (a correspondant on Fox News) that his mother had been raped also. I only mention these because we think about people we have either seen or know and we should wonder ....who else may have had that same beginning but would never say so publicly out of shame? Rebecca’s story is called “From Worthless to Priceless”.
Incidentally, I have a friend who once shared of her situation and while I was already staunchly pro-life by that time, it was she who really put the first “face” to that on a personal level. All of a sudden I realized that her husband would have been without her and that her children and grandchildren would not have existed at all. It was the first time I realized (what others say about people conceived in rape) that we could never go to her and say “you don’t deserve to be here because of how you came into the world”. It just really hit home hard and I was already a believer in no exceptions.
Not meaning to harp here...just wanted to add some helpful resources to consider. Forgive me if some of the links I have provided may have been contributed already by others, EC.
http://www.benotafraid.net/
http://www.lifeissues.org/
God Bless you all! :)
EnglishCon, I was once in your shoes a long time ago as far as asking questions about abortion and pro-life issues. I’ll be praying for you!