Truly Set Free! An Abortion Healing Story

Truly Set Free!

An Abortion Healing Story By “Anne”

I was born and raised in Atlanta in a very dysfunctional home. My dad went to church, my mom did not … although she said she was a Christian. I went to a Baptist church with my aunt and grandmother. The biggest thing that impacted me was my grandmother singing “Jesus Loves the Little Children….”

After I graduated high school, I went to Young Harris College for awhile. I soon quit and went to work for Georgia Power, and moved into an apartment. One of my best friends went to Emory Nursing School and I met "David" through her. We had one date, we drank too much and had a one night fling.

At the time I was dating “John.” He was in medical school and we had been dating only about two months. That's when I found out I was pregnant from “David.” I went to a gynecologist and found out I was 10 weeks along. We did not have intercourse and never dreamed I could get pregnant just by fooling around.

When I told my parents, there was basically no reaction. Mom said, “We will work this out.” My sister offered to raise my baby and mom had a solution for me go to a home for unwed mothers.

I told John I was pregnant when I was about three months along. He said, “If you don’t get an abortion, I won’t marry you.” John was not a believer either. I did want a future with John, and David (the father of the baby) was not going to have a future with me.

Up to this point, I could have avoided this abortion. Abortion was not legal in the early ‘70s. But my friend found a doctor in Maryland who would do this procedure. My sister and brother-in-law flew me to Washington DC for the abortion. Ironically, while we were in DC, we visited the Smithsonian Museum and the exhibit was the progression of Life in the Womb. This was another reminder that there is a life in the womb. The next day, we went to the doctor in Maryland.

The abortionist asked me, “Honey, are you sure you want to go through with this … you are three months along.” I was 23 years old, but felt like I was too young to be a mom. I was not a professing believer, but I always loved the Lord. However, I told the doctor, that I wanted to go through with the abortion, regardless. So the arrangements were made for the next morning.

During the procedure, I was not completely out, and I heard the nurse identifying the sex, examining the baby parts and I felt like I was in a fog. When I came to, I felt like I was in such an oppressive place. After the procedure, they took me straight to the airport to fly home. John met me at the airport and took me to my house.

We continued to date and, eventually, John and I got married. We never talked about the abortion. Fast forward to after we had our children, we started attending church. One Sunday, we both got saved and gave our lives to the Lord. After the Lord saved us, we both changed 180 degrees. I realized that it was only through Jesus that I could be healed from my abortion.

I was secretly hurting and struggling every day from my abortion. My husband and I never talked about it and I was having such a hard time loving and respecting him. When we had our first child, I told the Lord that I needed help being a mother, because I was so angry that my husband made me abort my first baby from the one-night fling.

I heard a lady speak about post-abortion syndrome in a small group. I had never even heard that this was even a thing. It truly touched my heart and I was broken. When she spoke, I felt every pain that she was talking about. I fell to the floor sobbing and she held me like a baby. She and I got together the next day and she had so much discernment about my life and she spoke as though she knew all about me. Then she said to me, “Anne, I don’t know what this is, but there is something like a vine that has grown inside of NGCA provides an excellent academic education in a Christ centered environment.

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you and choked the life out of you.” You need to cry out to Him and He will reveal what this is.

Long story short, I found out from one of my sisters that I had been sexually molested as a 2 year old and that opened the door to promiscuity in my life. My sister confirmed this to me and it explained a lot about my anger and discontent. When my mom found out that I knew about this molestation, she was so distraught that she almost abandoned me. She was broken hearted.

But since I had gotten saved, I knew that the Lord could truly help me. I never doubted that He had forgiven me, but I could not even like myself and accept His forgiveness. But there is nowhere in Scripture that says we have to forgive ourselves, because we can’t. But, because of His mercy and grace, we can accept His forgiveness of us.

For years, I was in agony. When I attended a study, “Forgiven and Set Free,” only then was I able to move forward. This study was written by a group of RNs from South Carolina. I was asked by a friend to facilitate this study, but when I read the material, it was then that JESUS TRULY SET ME FREE! It has been very difficult for me to share my story and the only