Articles by Lisa Bast
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2.0KHuman InterestThey had given up hope, but a phone call caused ‘seven years of heartache’ to disappear
Kevin and Rachelle Ross were ready to start a family but after almost five years of unsuccessfully being able to conceive, the...
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1.4KHuman InterestWhen she realized that women were choosing abortion out of fear, she set out to help them
When Heather Lawless’s mother received a kidney transplant at 18, she was told she could never have children. Now in her late...
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2.2KHuman InterestEven when she refused an amniocentesis, her doctor and midwife pressured her to abort
Raised in a secular, ‘pro-choice’ home, Tina Whittington came to faith in Jesus Christ in middle school. At 16, she became a...
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3.5KHuman InterestShe knew she was adopted… but learning she was an abortion survivor changed everything
Amy Miles always knew she was adopted and that she had been born prematurely. She assumed that her biological mother, who was...
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1.1KHuman InterestHer mother’s dark secret and her own miscarriage cemented her compassion for women in crisis
Sixteen-year-old Clarissa Carruthers-Dodsworth was riding on the school bus one day when she met her soon-to-be boyfriend. He fell in love with...
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1.3KHuman InterestAfter two abortions, she shares her testimony to help others heal
A young woman in her mid-twenties, Shanna Cates felt she had found her soulmate — someone with whom she had a connection....
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1.3KHuman InterestShe never conceived again after a botched Planned Parenthood abortion, but God helped her to forgive
Maria Mayela Banks was 10 years old when she migrated from Mexico to Arizona where her father had found work. She tried...
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4.0KHuman InterestHer pregnancy gave her courage to report ongoing sexual abuse. Her miscarriage made her pro-life.
Ayala Isenberg began suffering cruel sexual abuse from age 11 at the hands of a man who was close to her family....
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2.3KHuman InterestConceived in rape, Mark is grateful his birth mother chose life
Mark Roepke always knew he was adopted. He also knew he was the son of a 14-year-old girl whom he later learned...
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909Human InterestChildhood trauma and a teen abortion sent Kelly down a destructive path
Kelly Lester was about four years old when her mother walked into her bedroom to see her playing with a doll in...
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2.8KHuman InterestLearning she was an abortion survivor sent her on a life-affirming mission
The first six years of Micaella Clay’s life were spent in the foster care system. She didn’t have a name or a...
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1.1KHuman InterestAfter a life of alcohol and drug abuse led to two abortions, she found healing
Alcoholism and drug abuse ran in her family, so it was no surprise that Shilo Roy, who was born with fetal alcohol...
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2.0KHuman InterestGrief and regret over his aborted child led him to homelessness and drug abuse
Young and newlywed, Reg Platt and his wife were settling into married life when they learned they were expecting their first child....
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1.8KHuman InterestShe had an abortion after abuse and rape, and was never the same. Today, she shares the truth.
From the time she was four years old, Joycelyn Diane Golden’s life was marred by sexual abuse. She first suffered at the...
