How a Former Abortion Doctor Became Pro-Life

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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As an abortion doctor with Planned Parenthood, Dr. Patti Giebink believed she was helping women. But after observing the unsavory nature of the abortion industry, she became disillusioned. Dr. Giebink began reading Scripture and God gradually transformed her heart about the abortion issue.

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0:00.0	For decades, Ruth has benefited from our broadcast and podcasts.
0:05.0	Focus on the family has always been kind of a cornerstone in my life.
0:10.0	I grew up listening to a lot of programs while my mom had it on the radio.
0:16.0	The resources available with Focus on the Family are just absolutely wonderful, and I am so grateful that you guys, that focused on the family are just absolutely wonderful and I am so grateful that
0:23.1	you guys, that focus on the family is around. And now that she's a wife and mother, Ruth has found a way
0:29.1	to give back by supporting our option ultrasound program. That was one of the best parts of pregnancy,
0:35.9	seeing that baby. So being able to give that gift to somebody else, it's a win-win.
0:42.4	I'm Jim Daly.
0:43.4	Working together, we can be a lifeline to pre-born babies and their moms.
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1:01.0	And I just intensively was studying the Bible with direction and understanding it.
1:08.9	And at some point, and I don't exactly know when, but it became so clear to me
1:14.5	that God is a God of life. That's his character. That's his heart. There should be no question.
1:20.7	That's Dr. Patty Gebank, an OBGYN, and former abortion doctor who experienced a dramatic
1:27.1	transformation in her beliefs about
1:29.6	abortion and its tragic consequences for women, children, and families. You'll hear more of her
1:35.7	riveting story today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. I'm John Fuller and thanks for joining
1:40.8	us for this really important conversation. John, the late Dr. Francis Schaefer, who was a Christian philosopher,
1:48.0	was incredibly prophetic more than 40 years ago
1:51.6	when he warned about the slippery slope of abortion
1:54.2	and how it would lead our society to devaluing human life.
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