Over the past couple months, we have been highlighting some of our favorite pro-life organizations, partly to give you resources so that you will know at least as much as we do about abortion, but also to hopefully inspire you to get involved and do your part to end it. Today we will be looking at the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, one of the best organizations out there for raising public awareness about abortion. Founded by President Georgette Forney of Anglicans For Life and Executive Director Janet Morana of Priests For Life, Silent No More was created to spread information on abortion in the clearest and most effective way possible: through stories directly from those directly involved.

The Silent No More website has just over 2,000 testimonies from post-abortive women, men who have lost children to abortion, former abortion providers, and more. Many others have shared at schools and events or have anonymously registered their regret on the website. By spreading these personal stories of abortion, Silent No More hopes to both encourage those who have had abortions to seek support and healing through programs provided by pregnancy resource centers and to prevent future abortions by expressing the reality of their effects to the public. The testimonies represent a vast array of situations and experiences, and they really speak for themselves, so here are two examples:

Numb and Empty
Angela
Tennessee, United States

In 2001, I had a 2 year old and I was in an abusive relationship when I found out I was pregnant. I was terrified of him and knew I did not want another baby with him. A friend told me about having an abortion, after looking into it I made an appointment. I was 13 weeks.

In the clinic I was counseled, the counselor told me what I was doing was okay; she reminded me it’s not a baby yet, she did not tell me what they would be doing during the procedure or how it would be done. I did not meet the doctor or talk to him. On the table I looked towards the ultrasound screen, they turned the screen away so I could not see. During the procedure I heard this loud suction, still do today; I felt tugging, yanking, and pulling. Felt like my insides were being ripped apart. I was sick to my stomach.

After the abortion while in recovery, I felt numb and empty. There were around 20 other girls sitting on cots. They all had this blank, numb look on their face and no one spoke. When I left I did not receive instructions on how to take care of myself, and was rushed out the door.

I wanted to get pregnant immediately after my abortion, when I did, there were problems with my pregnancy, I was put on bed rest. Spent 10 years angry at myself, the doctors, my baby’s father. Anyone who mentioned abortion reminded me of mine own and brought all these feelings of anger and shame. I could not bond with my boys for years.

After years of so much pain and shame I went through a healing program and was able to receive God’s forgiveness and forgive myself. My eyes were opened to truth and God has restored me, He has filled that emptiness within me with His love and forgiveness and He has given me hope again. Now I am finally free from the shame and guilt and that Is why I am silent no more!

See more at http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/index.aspx.