In the late 1980's, there was a young, carefree woman who was enjoying life and doing whatever she wanted. Melanie was living like any mid-twenties woman would be. She had a job, a place of her own, and a boyfriend no one knew about. In the months that they dated something happened. Melanie began to notice something happening in her body. By chance, her sister and close confident took her to a clinic to get her checked out. Over the course of the next hour, Melanie's life changed forever.
Some people wait years to hear, what should have been exciting news that Melanie was told. Unfortunately, Melanie wasn't given her news in a way that she should have been. Instead, the doctor looked over the results, looked at the chart, then looked at Melanie. She was a single, 25 year old woman from a very small town. She had no husband and no expectations of getting married. The doctor informed Melanie that, "we need to get you to San Francisco today to terminate the pregnancy". No options, no asking Melanie what she wanted. Just abortion. End of story.
Jump ahead about 10 years, Angela was a senior in high school and loving life. She had friends, rule of the campus and a boyfriend. Times were much different from the 1980's. However, Angela found herself just like Melanie. She discovered she was pregnant. She knew without a doubt that aborting would not be an option. When Angela told her boyfriend though, he had a different opinion. His first response was, "I will pay for the abortion".
See both of these women faced something that many women face every day. A choice. Now most of the world would give them a pass. It was an accident. They have the rest of their life ahead. Abortion isn't wrong here...I beg to differ. And am beyond thankful that these two women did too. See Melanie and Angela aren't just two random stories I picked to share with all of you. Melanie is Sallie Smart and Angela is Shanna Oliveri. My mom and my cousin. Both of them faced a choice. A choice that was not easy. They gave up their personal freedom. They gave up life plans and dreams and had to put themselves second. If you ask either one of them right now if they regret any moment of it, they would answer without hesitation "No".
This nation believes a life that is unborn doesn't matter. If Shanna or my mom shared in that belief, Kenzie and I would not be here. I am blessed to have such strong women in my life to model standing up for their moral beliefs even if no one else does.
There's a tid-bit for you
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