hope after an abortion on this edition of Truth and Love.

I'm Heath Lambert and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association

of Certified Biblical Counselors, where we seek to provide biblical solutions to the problems

that people face. We are continuing this month, our focus on the revelations of the practice

of abortion at Planned Parenthood and the way that has just riveted the nation. And as the culture focuses

on this issue, one thing that it's actually easy to overlook

is the pain that women experience on the other side of abortion. To help us talk about that today,

I've invited as our special guest, Sandy, who is a woman who decades ago made a decision to have an

abortion. And I want to talk with her about

her experience of that. I'd like her to help the church think through her situation and how to

help other women in that situation. And so, Sandy, we're so glad that you are with us today.

And I would like you to tell us the story that led to your decision

to have an abortion.

I had an abortion nearly 25 years ago, 25 years ago this month actually. I was 18 dating a young

man that I loved and would later marry, and we found ourselves pregnant.

And I can agree with something we had talked about previously.

There's the fear, the selfishness, the pride.

All of those contribute to the fact that, yes, this is what I'm going to pursue.

And, you know, like I said, I was 18. I was an unbeliever at the time,

but I still knew that this was a life that would be ended. And yet I chose to pursue that route

of abortion out of fear. This is what my boyfriend at the time thought would be best. There seemed to be no other

way out. I didn't feel like I had anyone that I could turn to that could help me out of this,

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