Articles by Lisa Bast
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164Human InterestShe was determined to have an abortion. Then, the light of one lamp changed her mind.
Amber Bradford was a bit of a late bloomer, graduating college at the age of 29. She knew she didn’t want children,...
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2.3KHuman InterestAfter 60 years, she learned her mother’s terrible secret… and her new calling was born
As a little girl, Michele Smith struggled with pervasive feelings of rejection and shame. She wondered why she was carrying such a...
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2.5KHuman InterestShe was injured by abortion, and her sister died from one. Now, she wants others to know the truth.
As a single mother of three children, Nicole Atkins was in a desperate financial situation when she discovered she was pregnant. She...
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2.6KHuman InterestPressured by her boyfriend and his pastor, she felt she ‘was going to die’ after taking the abortion pill
When Amber Casey discovered she was pregnant, the 25-year-old was deeply conflicted. She didn’t want to have an abortion, yet she didn’t...
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1.2KHuman InterestAs a teen she was pressured into abortion, resulting in years of repressed grief and shame
Healing is always an ongoing journey for post-abortive women, says Stefanie Libertore, Director of Recovery Services at the Hope and Healing Center...
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2.2KHuman InterestToni experienced first hand that ‘abortion destroys a woman’s soul, but God offers redemption’
Toni Weisz experienced a troubled childhood. She started drinking at age 12 and became sexually active at 16. She once thought she...
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2.1KHuman InterestCassaundra refused abortion after rape and has no regrets
Cassaundra Baber was an 18-year-old college student when she encountered a predator during an evening at a nightclub with friends from her...
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3.4KHuman InterestThey had given up hope, but a phone call caused ‘seven years of heartache’ to disappear
Kevin and Rachelle Ross were ready to start a family but after almost five years of unsuccessfully being able to conceive, the...
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1.7KHuman InterestWhen she realized that women were choosing abortion out of fear, she set out to help them
When Heather Lawless’s mother received a kidney transplant at 18, she was told she could never have children. Now in her late...
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2.6KHuman InterestEven when she refused an amniocentesis, her doctor and midwife pressured her to abort
Raised in a secular, ‘pro-choice’ home, Tina Whittington came to faith in Jesus Christ in middle school. At 16, she became a...
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4.3KHuman InterestShe knew she was adopted… but learning she was an abortion survivor changed everything
Amy Miles always knew she was adopted and that she had been born prematurely. She assumed that her biological mother, who was...
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1.2KHuman InterestHer mother’s dark secret and her own miscarriage cemented her compassion for women in crisis
Sixteen-year-old Clarissa Carruthers-Dodsworth was riding on the school bus one day when she met her soon-to-be boyfriend. He fell in love with...
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1.4KHuman InterestAfter two abortions, she shares her testimony to help others heal
A young woman in her mid-twenties, Shanna Cates felt she had found her soulmate — someone with whom she had a connection....
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1.5KHuman InterestShe never conceived again after a botched Planned Parenthood abortion, but God helped her to forgive
Maria Mayela Banks was 10 years old when she migrated from Mexico to Arizona where her father had found work. She tried...
