My name is Lauren Kretzer, and I am honored to be the Regional Coordinator for Silent No More in the Philadelphia area.

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, I spent a lot of my young adult years in Greenwich Village in Manhattan.  Sadly, I had my first abortion as a teenager.  Instead of seeing that as a wakeup call, I stuffed my feelings of guilt and grief by living a lifestyle of partying and one night stands which led to my second abortion.   

It was only recently that all the feelings of grief and guilt over what I had done started to come to the surface.  I thought I was very alone and going crazy because no one ever talked about it.  I suffered in silence until one day I heard the testimony of a woman just like me on the radio.  That one interview changed my life.

Since then I learned that there are many others out there who need to hear that they are not alone or crazy.  I learned that my abortions not only affected me but also my friends, my family, and even the man I would marry.

If you or someone you know has been touched by an abortion, please don’t hesitate to contact me.  There is relief.