"One reason I'm not afraid to stand up against abortion...because I was supposed to be one."

A friend of mine recently shared her personal testimony of why she is pro-life. I asked her if I could share her story. The following is an amazing account of a mother's selfless love and the daughter and grandchildren she has to show for it. Thank you, Dr. Kyna Wilson, D.C., for sharing your story.

"I just want to share a personal story to put things mildly into perspective. Maybe its one reason I'm not afraid to to stand up against abortion, and why I'm doing it in September...because I was supposed to be one.

As videos of Gianna Jessen circulate, as you hear her speech, as you may force yourself to watch videos such as The True Face of Abortion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s07aT-w3d1Y&feature=related), or The Silent Scream, they hit home. They make me proud to be my mother's daughter and not that of someone less strong.

I am my parent's 6th child. 7th pregnancy, one lost to miscarriage. My mother bled every day of her pregnancy with me. She spent much of it at the University of WA Medical Center. It was a very high risk pregnancy. You see, early into her pregnancy, the doctors discovered that my mother had uterine cancer. Her very womb was cancerous. And I was growing inside it. Doctors told her that they needed to operate immediately for it not to spread. That it was unsafe to allow the pregnancy. They needed to remove her uterus, and that meant they needed to remove me. She was advised to have an abortion and an immediate hysterectomy.

She declined.

I am thankful. How easy it would have been for her to listen. To take their 'expert medical opinions.' How easily it would have been for her to be scared. Too scared. To not speak up. To not disagree. To fear her own health, her own life. But she didn't. She continued to bleed. And to allow me to grow, while my life was risking hers. And then on September 22, 1981 she birthed me. I was rushed away for testing and my mother for a hysterectomy. It was found that the uterine cancer had spread and engulfed the placenta that feed me and eaten my umbilical cord to she size of a thread. Yet it stopped. It did not reach me. I was safe, and I was cancer free. My mother was operated on and she recovered, only later to battle and beat breast cancer as well. She is strong, you see. And because of that, I am alive. And I am well. And I have greatness inside of me and I will leave a true impact on this world. I have two beautiful and highly intelligent children who also would not exist if it hadn't been for my mother saying no to my suggested abortion.

I was advised to be aborted when I was not yet considered life by pro-choice activists. But to my mother, I was her child, and she believed in the greatness that I would become.

My mother risked her life for me. Yet too many others are afraid to risk even their reputations.

I am pro-life. And I have every reason to be.

I guess it is because I am celebrating my 29th year of this life, that I am thinking so much so about how closely I was to being destroyed.

So thank you Mom, for giving me life, not once, but twice."

ABORTION: The Silent Scream Part 1 2 3 4 5 COMPLETE VERSION .

This is the full version of the video called "The Silent Scream" that films an abortion from inside the womb. The earlier film wasn't the complete version. If you are pro-choice, you are in support of this procedure even if you don't realize what it entails. Please have the courage to view the film so that you are fully educated in the practice of which you support. Many people are unaware of the reality of the abortion procedure, as it is often made to sound like a simple and quick procedure that simply removes a "blog of flesh" (according to Planned Parenthood propaganda especially). After viewing this video, you will realize that Planned Parenthood and their affiliates are lying, and that a real, human child is killed by abortion, painfully and brutally. See the procedure for yourself, and draw your own conclusions. I pray that we will all chose to support life, and not the grotesque abortion procedures that destroy it.

The Silent Scream

This is a graphic video - but especially those who do not see that abortion is the killing of a living person need to see this, because this is what is done hundreds to thousands of times each day to vulnerable children in the name of "women's rights" and "choice." After witnessing the reality, is this what you would choose? Lets pray this horrible practice ends, and that all children are given a chance at life. If you support abortion, be brave enough to view this video and see what abortion truly is. It's not a "choice" - it's a life. See for yourself and make your own conclusions. God bless.

40 Days for Life - Day 3

"Science teaches that human life begins at conception. If it is also true that it is affirmed by religion, it does not for that reason cease to be a strictly scientific truth, to be transformed into a religious opinion. He who denies that human life begins with conception does not need to contend with religion, but science. To deny this certainty of biology is not to express a lack of faith, but a lack of basic knowledge of human genetics, something that is even known by the general public."

~ Ecuadorian Federation of Societies of Gynecology and Obstetrics, April 17, 2008 ~

40 Days for Life Fall 2010, Day 2

"Let me tell you why I believe abortion is the crucial issue of our age. First, because abortion, too, is about living within the truth. The right to life is the foundation of every other human right. If that right is not inviolate, then no right can be guaranteed. Or to put it more bluntly: Homicide is homicide, no matter how small the victim."

~ Most Reverend Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver, CO, Living within the truth: Religious liberty and Catholic mission in the new order of the world, August 24, 2010

www.40daysforlife.com

Please join in prayer to end abortion and bring love, life and healing to families, mothers, fathers and children in need. God bless!

"No rights are safe when the right to life is not." - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

Why is it that so many Americans view the current health bills and the abortion debate (not to mention euthanasia, those left without the basic needs to sustain life, and many other right to life issues) as political instead of basic human life issues? There's truly nothing political about it, except for those who want to twist the matter at hand and use it as a power trip to gain control over others (politics as usual?). It amazes me how so many people seem to not realize that the issue of right to life is not about politics, but, in as simple of a concept as possible - fundamentally about LIFE. I wonder how many people would see it outside of the box of politics if they stepped back for a second and looked at the big picture, rather than remain trapped in the misguided view that it is a left vs. right, political party debate rather than a human life/common sense reality. LIFE is central to human rights - without life, there aren't any human rights to be concerned about. As Archbishop Chaput says, "no rights are safe when the right to life is not."

http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/03/the-captivity-of-lsquocatholicrsquo-witness

Images from West Coast Walk for Life - 2010