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Welcome to our Testimony Directory Use the form below to find specific types of testimonies. You can also search by Country, State and Language. Click on the blue text below to read story. To watch video testimonies click here.
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Jennifer
OH, United States
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"It would forever be our 'dirty little secret'. Once I had the abortion, we never spoke of it again."
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Testimony Types - Physical Problems After Abortion - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Valerie
ON, Canada
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"They told me that I was going to have the abortion. I didn’t know how to stand up to them or get away from them. I didn’t know where to go and how to support myself and a child."
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Testimony Types - Coerced Abortion - Forced Abortion - Questionable Clinic Practices - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Shelley
CA, United States
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"I have regretted this now for 25 years. The pain is awful, and I sometimes feel like I can’t cope with the pain and the guilt."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Coerced Abortion - Multiple Abortions - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Melanie
CA, United States
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"My baby. My poor baby. I’m so sorry. So, so sorry."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Coerced Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Nora
PA, United States
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"After years of pain, I went through a healing program and was able to receive God’s forgiveness and forgive myself. I finally feel free from the shame, and that is why I am silent no more!"
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Attended Healing Program - First trimester - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Julie
TX, United States
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"Before I found healing there were very few nights that it didn't haunt me and very few days that I didn't have an unhealthy fear that something would happen to my only living child. There were few seasons that I didn't punish myself in some unhealthy or destructive way, but I didn't understand why that was, at least not until I found the road to freedom."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Attended Healing Program - First trimester - Lost Grandchild to Abortion - Planned Parenthood - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Katie
CO, United States
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"The Planned Parenthood was cold. Women were crying, and no one seemed to care. The doctor did not help me, and I felt uninformed by the people in clinic. I felt alone and humiliated, and they wouldn't let me see the ultrasound."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Coerced Abortion - First trimester - Planned Parenthood - Questionable Clinic Practices - RU486 - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Teresa
IA, United States
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"And that’s why am I talking about this, because people who have had abortions must heal, because when they are healed, they will tell the truth about abortion, and babies’ lives will be saved."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Attended Healing Program - First trimester - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Gabrielle
MI, United States
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"The abortion experience was so dehumanizing, humiliating, and traumatic. The clinic and doctor treated me the worst. As I cried and screamed during the procedure, they told me, 'Be quiet, we don’t want you to scare other patients.' It was the most disturbing experience of my life."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Abortion and Suicide - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Martha
Kenya, Kenya
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"There is no such thing as a safe abortion because a child dies. We think abortion is the solution to the problem, but it is actually the beginning. I have talked to older women who have said, 'I had an abortion, now I am married. I have children, but I am still not fine'."
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Testimony Types - Abortion of twins or triplets - Attended Healing Program - Multiple Abortions - Teen Abortion - Women Who Chose Life - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Nicole
VA, United States
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"The clinic was cold and heartless. The employees and staff just wanted my insurance money and, as far as I can remember, provided no support. After the abortion I continued on a downward spiral of alcoholism and other sinful ways."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Coerced Abortion - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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David
TX, United States
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"Todo lo que quería hacer era escapar y alejarme de ella y de toda la situación. Me sentí temeroso pero liberado; me di cuenta de lo bajo que podía llegar. Caí en una depresión aguda, alcoholismo, e incrementé mi consumo de drogas."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Coerced Abortion - Fathers of Aborted Children - Multiple Abortions - Physical Problems After Abortion
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Melissa
NC, United States
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"At the time I thought that telling my parents I was pregnant would be the hardest thing I would ever do, but I was wrong. The hardest thing I would ever do is to live without my son or daughter every day of my life, because I had an abortion. The physical and emotional pain was more than I could bear. "
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Testimony Types - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Fern
ON, Canada
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"Initially, I felt relieved that my 'problem' was 'solved,' but the relief was replaced with shame, guilt, regret, and anguish. I became promiscuous, drowned my sorrow in alcohol, lived a life in denial of my past, and avoided thinking about anything to do with my abortions."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Multiple Abortions - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Yesenia
NM, United States
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"Now I wanted a baby more than ever and, to make matters worse, I lost custody of my 3-year-old son. I completely lost myself in the world. I felt disgusted and so ashamed and no one knew. I planned to take my own life so many times but never had success. All I wanted was to die."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Contraception - Multiple Abortions - Physical Problems After Abortion - Second trimester - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Nichole
NC, United States
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"I remember waking up feeling devastated, hoping it was a terrible nightmare, but also confused, empty, lost, broken, and shocked. I felt as though a piece of me was left at that cold, dead, hopeless place when I walked out that evening."
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Testimony Types - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Yany
FL, United States
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"Having gotten that abortion was the single most selfish act that I have ever committed. I thank God that He has forgiven me. I hope that I can help women understand that a child's life is worth having to change one's plans."
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Testimony Types - First trimester - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Joi
NC, United States
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"I received no empathy or comfort. No hug, no nothing! I was confused, angry, and lonely. I felt low-down, and I couldn’t tell anyone. I asked God to forgive me, but I couldn’t forgive myself because, to me, it was unforgivable."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Abortion and Suicide - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Lisa
TX, United States
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"I know God has forgiven me, but I have never forgiven myself. How could I have done that? Knowing how and what they did to my baby... what I did to my baby. "
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Kelly
OH, United States
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"I'm still healing, and I think it’s because it's hard to tell people that I had an abortion. I feel the baby was a girl."
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Testimony Types - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Serena
IN, United States
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"People often say that a victim of rape wouldn’t want anything to do with a resulting child, that the baby would be a horrible reminder of what happened. For me, the abortion is my reminder of what could have been, a reminder that God had a purpose for my daughter."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Attended Healing Program - Rape and Abortion - Teen Abortion - Women Who Chose Life - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Mara
IN, United States
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"I am loved and forgiven. I am worthy to be a wife and a mother someday, and I pray that God brings that favor upon me. I am redeemed. I am beautifully broken. I’m using my story to reach those who have sailed the same ship and prevent others from boarding it."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Attended Healing Program - Rape and Abortion - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Cheryl
VA, United States
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I have been on both side of the debate--adamantly pro-choice (volunteering, marching) and now boldly pro-life (speaking, publishing, teaching, marching). God has been so kind to heal me completely, and I feel joy and all the other emotions more than ever before—freedom is awesome! And that's why I'm silent no more.
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Testimony Types - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Regina
MT, United States
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"It wasn't until 2013, when I went to a Rachel's Vineyard retreat, that I had a major breakthrough. That is where I learned that God had completely forgiven me, and I chose to forgive myself. I had held myself hostage for over 30 years because of that horrible decision I made at 17."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Broken Relationships - Abortion and Substance Abuse - Abortion Survivors - Attended Healing Program - Teen Abortion - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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Emily
CO, United States
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"Once I was in the actual room, they gave me the opportunity to do an ultrasound. I declined, because I was afraid I wouldn't go through with it if I saw my baby. I regret that decision. I should have said yes."
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Testimony Types - Abortion and Depression - Attended Healing Program - Planned Parenthood - Women Who Regret Their Abortions
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