I was dating my boyfriend less than two years. I remember taking the pregnancy test and seeing the two lines appear and thought my life was over. I was always against abortion until that moment and I was torn. I felt so sick to my stomach to even consider abortion, but I wasn’t ready to be a mom. I finally felt stable in life, I just turned 27 and felt the best I had in a very long time and I wasn’t even with my boyfriend that long. I made an appointment and everything …. Canceling that appointment was the best decision I’ve ever made in my life. Watching my belly grow, the movements and the bond I grew with my baby for 9 months was the most beautiful thing. I felt most beautiful too. Giving birth and seeing him made me think of how horrible life would be without him and the guilt I’d feel if I went through with an abortion. Watching my baby smile at me, look at me during feedings and just love me makes me feel terrible I’d even consider life without him. Anyone contemplating abortion or looking for an answer on what to do this is it. DONT do it, please don’t. The bond and love you will have for your baby is like no other and the guilt you’ll feel for the rest of your life isn’t worth it. Having a baby gives you life.

Hi, I saw your "Choosing Life Over Abortion" page and l was hoping you would add my story. I am a 17 year old mother of a nearly 9 month old daughter. When I had first met my now fiancé, we didn't know how long we'd last together, but he hoped a while! A month and a half later we found out that I was pregnant. Now being a guy who doesn't understand how an abortion hurts a living unborn baby or *fetus*, he asked if I would have an abortion. I was only 15 at the time and he was 18. I was very rude in the way that l told him NO!, but I had seen pictures of aborted babies and the though of aborting a part of us both sickened me!! So he then asked if I would consider an adoption....I thought long and hard about it, but when my mother asked me the question "Would you really be able to give up a part of you after seeing him or her and hearing that child of yours cry?" I thought, WOW I don't think I could. My fiancé was very supportive when l told him I wanted to keep the baby, and has stayed by my side the entire time. We now live with my mother and she helps to care for our daughter, and she's a very happy baby. I am glad that I have such a supportive mother to depend on if I need to. I love being a mother even though the pregnancy was unplanned. And I have yet to think of my daughter as unwanted like most mother's my age do.

I was looking for pro-life information on the web when I found your web site and I would like to share a story with you. When I was 20 yrs. old I found out I was pregnant. When my doctor told me I was pregnant he asked me how I felt about abortion, I told him I didn't believe in it at all and he told me he felt the same way. He then proceeded to tell me I had just made the biggest mistake of my life and should consider abortion. He also told me I would probably have a miscarriage if I didn't get an abortion, because I would be under so much stress (he knew my parents and thought they would flip out). Being told I was pregnant and in the same breath telling me to have an abortion or have a miscarriage was very difficult to manage. I have never believed in abortion but my doctor had me convinced there was no way I was going to have this baby. I told my boyfriend of 1 year I was pregnant, but told him we didn't need to tell our parents because I was going to have a miscarriage. For about 10 seconds we discussed having an abortion, and to this day I am still disgusted with my self for even considering it. We did end up telling our parents, or I should say he had to tell them because all I could do was cry. I wasn't crying because I didn't want the baby I was crying because I felt like I had let my parents down. I was raised in a strict Catholic home and I new my parents expected more of me. My mother locked herself in her room and cried for a week and my father (who I thought would have tried to kill my boyfriend) told me it was time to grow up and get ready to have a baby. I am now married and have a beautiful 22 mos. old little boy who is absolutely spoiled rotten by his grandparents. My husband and I are expecting our second child in September and could not be happier. Also, 3 mos. after I had Thomas I made a point of going into my doctor and showing him a picture of the little boy he told me I should kill. I wish I could show Thomas' picture to everyone who is considering abortion.

I was supposed to be an abortion. Luckily for me, my mother believed in the beauty of life. She was told her baby would be retarded and to bring such a life into the world would be cruel. She listened to her heart and God and went ahead and had me. I am now 18 and a straight A student. The doctors were wrong and it could've cost me my life. Thank you for this Web Site and your efforts. I appreciate it and will continue my support.

Twenty-seven years ago, I was about 4 mo. Pregnant, and was in a very bad marriage. I knew of a place where I could obtain an illegal abortion. I made the appt. and the day before I was to go, I thought I felt movement and did not make the appt. Am I glad I didn't (I now know the Lord was looking out for me and my twins), I ended up giving birth to twins, a boy and girl. Well, now the girl is my best friend and has blessed me with two wonderful grandchildren (a boy 6 and a girl 4). Oh how I love my grandchildren. Her twin brother is a pastor of a church in Cordova, AL and has blessed me with a darling 6mo. granddaughter, my son also teaches school. When my son was attending bible college, he sang in a college quartet and the bass singer was killed in a car wreck. At the funeral the minister was telling the congregation that he had just been a couple weeks before to a concert where the quartet was singing and ministering. He then said T.J. Johnson preached that night and the alter was lined with young people giving their lives to Christ. I immediately took note......he's talking about my boy T.J. Johnson. Then I thought had I went through with that abortion years ago some of these young people may have never met Christ. They might have missed their opportunity. How thankful I am that I never made that appointment!!