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She was trapped in a cycle of repeat abortions until a supernatural intervention
Adele Best was once entrenched in a lifestyle of sexual libertinism and underwent two abortions before a divine intervention saved her third preborn baby. Today, she helps women dealing with the aftermath of abortion and champions a pro-life message that truly puts women first.
Adele Best began living a sexually liberal lifestyle and had two abortions — one wanted and one coerced.
When she contemplated a third abortion, she experienced a supernatural intervention and chose life for her daughter. It made her think differently about abortion.
Today, she works to help other post-abortive women through the healing process.
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Britain’s “ladette” culture glorified women who imbibed liberally in alcohol, regarded casual sex as "liberation,” and wore “my body, my choice” like a banner of empowerment.
For Adele Best, that mindset meant weekends consumed by nightclubs, drugs, alcohol, and the relentless pursuit of the next thrill. She craved adventure, travel, and independence—anything that promised escape from the perceived constraints of commitment or emotional vulnerability.
“I thought freedom meant being able to do everything the men did,” Best told Live Action News. “I wanted to experience everything the world had to offer.”
By her mid-twenties, Best had mastered the art of projecting confidence and liberation, even as an inner unrest lingered beneath the surface. The prevailing culture convinced her that sex carried no consequences and that dependence on others signaled weakness.
What appeared as “empowerment” to the outside world often concealed a profound lack of true freedom within.
That inner conflict deepened during Best’s gap year in Asia, particularly amid Thailand’s famed full-moon parties on Koh Phangan—coinciding with the release of The Beach. Connections became fleeting; immediate pleasure and novel experiences took precedence above all else. Even so, in the heart of one such celebration, Best underwent a spiritual encounter she understood as a divine caution that her current path was leading her astray. The moment lingered in her memory, though it did not spark an immediate change in her lifestyle.
When an unplanned pregnancy occurred, she lacked any internal compass urging her to pause. Instead, years of cultural conditioning had trained her to view an unexpected pregnancy chiefly as a menace to the very “freedom” upon which she had constructed her identity.
Best underwent her first abortion at age 25, just weeks after completing nine months of overseas travel. At the time, she had little financial stability or direction. During her visit to the Marie Stopes clinic, she received no counseling or warning about the potential emotional or spiritual consequences that might follow an abortion.
“I do not remember anyone sitting me down and saying, ‘This may affect you emotionally in ways you cannot predict.’ You may grieve. You may experience regret,’” she admitted to Live Action News.
After her abortion, Best quickly went from feeling “hysterically happy” to numb and depressed. She pulled away from friends, filled her weekends escaping into marijuana use, and found herself fixated on the pregnancy she had ended—particularly the date her child would have been born.
Her self-worth disintegrated. In an effort to regain control, she subjected her body to harsh regimens of restrictive dieting and excessive exercise. During her darkest moments, she contemplated taking her own life.
“For me, the abortion was not an isolated medical event. It became entwined with grief, shame, trauma, and years of trying not to feel,” she said.
At age 30, Best underwent a second abortion while in Istanbul—a procedure she later described as taking place in a “horrible, dirty hospital,” where she was restrained in stirrups and fitted with a black anesthetic mask.
Unlike before, this time, she wanted to keep the baby. The moment she saw the positive pregnancy test, a resolve stirred within her: this baby would survive. Yet almost immediately, she faced relentless pressure from all sides. A woman she trusted urged her to abort. Her Turkish boyfriend reacted with fury, insisting, “We’re going to fix this,” reducing their child to “a blob of cells.”
A physician even warned her that if she genuinely loved her boyfriend, she would choose abortion—claiming that continuing the pregnancy would bring him shame and jeopardize his future.
Every person surrounding her echoed the same message, prodding her on to “get rid of the baby,” while every fiber of her being wanted to carry her baby to term.
At the hospital, she pleaded for hours—weeping, shouting, and refusing to enter the procedure room. In her memory, she felt trapped, with no real freedom to walk away.
“That is why, when we talk about ‘choice,’ I believe we also have to talk about coercion, pressure, fear, and whether a woman actually feels she has a viable alternative,” Best declared.
In the months and years following her second abortion, Best descended into a destructive cycle of heavy drinking, drug abuse, casual sexual encounters, and a crushing erosion of self-worth.
She split into two distinct identities: outwardly, the composed, high-functioning professional; inwardly, a woman teetering on the edge of mental collapse. To cope, she constructed an alter ego—“crazy Adele”—a persona defined by rebellion, extremity, emotional detachment, and self-sabotage.
“Functioning is not the same as being well," she said. "A woman can be dressed beautifully, succeeding at work and appearing completely in control while privately falling apart."
At 33, Best found herself in New York, en route to schedule a third abortion—until what she describes as a “dramatic supernatural intervention” redirected her steps to downtown Brooklyn.
Years earlier, while still in Ireland, her father had encouraged her to visit a church. She had strongly resisted, convinced that embracing Christianity would dull the thrill of her lifestyle. Nevertheless, each time she stepped inside a church, she encountered an inexplicable sense of peace, joy, wholeness, and the profound feeling of finally belonging.
Best acknowledges that crucial moment in New York as one thread in a much longer divine pursuit. In hindsight, she pointed out earlier instances in her life when she sensed a warning, a calling, or a gentle redirection—long before she was ready to yield.
By the time of her third pregnancy, that supernatural intervention did more than preserve the preborn child; it fundamentally rerouted the course of her entire life.
That pregnancy resulted in the birth of her daughter—a child who, Best conceded, has filled her life with profound joy. Motherhood transformed the abortion debate from an abstract concept into an intimate reality.
Her daughter was no longer a theoretical “problem” or a distant statistical possibility; she became a living, breathing person whom Best could hold, cherish, watch develop, and truly know.
“My life did not end when hers continued. It changed,” she said.
Since 2015, Best has provided spiritual care to women affected by abortion, serving as a facilitator for post-abortion recovery initiatives like Surrendering the Secret. The lies women report believing prior to seeking help remain consistent:
“It’s just a medical procedure.”
“I’ll get over it.”
“I’m not ready, so I have no other choice.”
“A baby will destroy my future.”
“It’s only cells.”
“If I’m a strong woman, I should be able to deal with this and move on.”
“Everybody can be speaking, and the woman’s own voice can disappear underneath theirs,” Best maintained.
Post-abortion, another set of lies can take over:
“I’m the only woman who feels like this.”
“I have no right to grieve because I chose it.”
“I can never tell anybody.”
“God could never forgive me.”
Healing can begin when a post-abortive woman realizes she can speak honestly about her experience without being turned into a political talking point or judged as a person, Best shared.
Additionally, true safety for such a woman means being able to share the truth without fear of consequences, shame, or weaponization. Instead, what she needs is privacy, empathy, space, and the freedom to describe what really occurred, Best elaborated.
Best frames her pro-life views in a way that puts women’s well-being at the heart of the conversation, approaching each woman with care rather than criticism.
“I know what an unexpected pregnancy feels like when your mind immediately starts listing every reason you cannot possibly have this baby,” she posited. “Those fears are real. Telling a woman simply not to be afraid is not enough. She needs practical support.”
A truly woman-focused pro-life approach begins with questions like:
“What's making this pregnancy feel impossible right now?”
“Is anyone coercing you?”
“What changes would help you feel secure?”
“Do you need help with housing, finances, childcare, someone to speak up for you, or emotional care?”
“I do not believe empowerment means telling a woman she must choose between her future and her child," Best said. "Real empowerment expands her options.”
She advocates for truly informed consent: straightforward, unbiased information covering the horrors of abortion itself, fetal development, available alternatives, practical support options, and the reality that emotional reactions post-abortion differ from person to person.
She also urges thorough coercion screening and access to independent support.
“I want a culture in which no woman feels that abortion is her only realistic path because everybody around her has already decided what her future should look like,” she added.
To a woman in her twenties browsing TikTok or Instagram, where abortion is depicted as straightforward, empowering, and without repercussions, Best has this to say:
Please slow down. Do not make one of the biggest decisions of your life because a slogan, an influencer, a boyfriend or even your frightened mind tells you there is only one possible future. Your life is bigger than ten seconds. Give yourself time, information and genuine support.
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She was trapped in a cycle of repeat abortions until a supernatural intervention
Adele Best was once entrenched in a lifestyle of sexual libertinism and underwent two abortions before a divine intervention saved her third preborn baby. Today, she helps women dealing with the aftermath of abortion and champions a pro-life message that truly puts women first.
Adele Best began living a sexually liberal lifestyle and had two abortions — one wanted and one coerced.
When she contemplated a third abortion, she experienced a supernatural intervention and chose life for her daughter. It made her think differently about abortion.
Today, she works to help other post-abortive women through the healing process.
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Britain’s “ladette” culture glorified women who imbibed liberally in alcohol, regarded casual sex as "liberation,” and wore “my body, my choice” like a banner of empowerment.
For Adele Best, that mindset meant weekends consumed by nightclubs, drugs, alcohol, and the relentless pursuit of the next thrill. She craved adventure, travel, and independence—anything that promised escape from the perceived constraints of commitment or emotional vulnerability.
“I thought freedom meant being able to do everything the men did,” Best told Live Action News. “I wanted to experience everything the world had to offer.”
By her mid-twenties, Best had mastered the art of projecting confidence and liberation, even as an inner unrest lingered beneath the surface. The prevailing culture convinced her that sex carried no consequences and that dependence on others signaled weakness.
What appeared as “empowerment” to the outside world often concealed a profound lack of true freedom within.
That inner conflict deepened during Best’s gap year in Asia, particularly amid Thailand’s famed full-moon parties on Koh Phangan—coinciding with the release of The Beach. Connections became fleeting; immediate pleasure and novel experiences took precedence above all else. Even so, in the heart of one such celebration, Best underwent a spiritual encounter she understood as a divine caution that her current path was leading her astray. The moment lingered in her memory, though it did not spark an immediate change in her lifestyle.
When an unplanned pregnancy occurred, she lacked any internal compass urging her to pause. Instead, years of cultural conditioning had trained her to view an unexpected pregnancy chiefly as a menace to the very “freedom” upon which she had constructed her identity.
Best underwent her first abortion at age 25, just weeks after completing nine months of overseas travel. At the time, she had little financial stability or direction. During her visit to the Marie Stopes clinic, she received no counseling or warning about the potential emotional or spiritual consequences that might follow an abortion.
“I do not remember anyone sitting me down and saying, ‘This may affect you emotionally in ways you cannot predict.’ You may grieve. You may experience regret,’” she admitted to Live Action News.
After her abortion, Best quickly went from feeling “hysterically happy” to numb and depressed. She pulled away from friends, filled her weekends escaping into marijuana use, and found herself fixated on the pregnancy she had ended—particularly the date her child would have been born.
Her self-worth disintegrated. In an effort to regain control, she subjected her body to harsh regimens of restrictive dieting and excessive exercise. During her darkest moments, she contemplated taking her own life.
“For me, the abortion was not an isolated medical event. It became entwined with grief, shame, trauma, and years of trying not to feel,” she said.
At age 30, Best underwent a second abortion while in Istanbul—a procedure she later described as taking place in a “horrible, dirty hospital,” where she was restrained in stirrups and fitted with a black anesthetic mask.
Unlike before, this time, she wanted to keep the baby. The moment she saw the positive pregnancy test, a resolve stirred within her: this baby would survive. Yet almost immediately, she faced relentless pressure from all sides. A woman she trusted urged her to abort. Her Turkish boyfriend reacted with fury, insisting, “We’re going to fix this,” reducing their child to “a blob of cells.”
A physician even warned her that if she genuinely loved her boyfriend, she would choose abortion—claiming that continuing the pregnancy would bring him shame and jeopardize his future.
Every person surrounding her echoed the same message, prodding her on to “get rid of the baby,” while every fiber of her being wanted to carry her baby to term.
At the hospital, she pleaded for hours—weeping, shouting, and refusing to enter the procedure room. In her memory, she felt trapped, with no real freedom to walk away.
“That is why, when we talk about ‘choice,’ I believe we also have to talk about coercion, pressure, fear, and whether a woman actually feels she has a viable alternative,” Best declared.
In the months and years following her second abortion, Best descended into a destructive cycle of heavy drinking, drug abuse, casual sexual encounters, and a crushing erosion of self-worth.
She split into two distinct identities: outwardly, the composed, high-functioning professional; inwardly, a woman teetering on the edge of mental collapse. To cope, she constructed an alter ego—“crazy Adele”—a persona defined by rebellion, extremity, emotional detachment, and self-sabotage.
“Functioning is not the same as being well," she said. "A woman can be dressed beautifully, succeeding at work and appearing completely in control while privately falling apart."
At 33, Best found herself in New York, en route to schedule a third abortion—until what she describes as a “dramatic supernatural intervention” redirected her steps to downtown Brooklyn.
Years earlier, while still in Ireland, her father had encouraged her to visit a church. She had strongly resisted, convinced that embracing Christianity would dull the thrill of her lifestyle. Nevertheless, each time she stepped inside a church, she encountered an inexplicable sense of peace, joy, wholeness, and the profound feeling of finally belonging.
Best acknowledges that crucial moment in New York as one thread in a much longer divine pursuit. In hindsight, she pointed out earlier instances in her life when she sensed a warning, a calling, or a gentle redirection—long before she was ready to yield.
By the time of her third pregnancy, that supernatural intervention did more than preserve the preborn child; it fundamentally rerouted the course of her entire life.
That pregnancy resulted in the birth of her daughter—a child who, Best conceded, has filled her life with profound joy. Motherhood transformed the abortion debate from an abstract concept into an intimate reality.
Her daughter was no longer a theoretical “problem” or a distant statistical possibility; she became a living, breathing person whom Best could hold, cherish, watch develop, and truly know.
“My life did not end when hers continued. It changed,” she said.
Since 2015, Best has provided spiritual care to women affected by abortion, serving as a facilitator for post-abortion recovery initiatives like Surrendering the Secret. The lies women report believing prior to seeking help remain consistent:
“It’s just a medical procedure.”
“I’ll get over it.”
“I’m not ready, so I have no other choice.”
“A baby will destroy my future.”
“It’s only cells.”
“If I’m a strong woman, I should be able to deal with this and move on.”
“Everybody can be speaking, and the woman’s own voice can disappear underneath theirs,” Best maintained.
Post-abortion, another set of lies can take over:
“I’m the only woman who feels like this.”
“I have no right to grieve because I chose it.”
“I can never tell anybody.”
“God could never forgive me.”
Healing can begin when a post-abortive woman realizes she can speak honestly about her experience without being turned into a political talking point or judged as a person, Best shared.
Additionally, true safety for such a woman means being able to share the truth without fear of consequences, shame, or weaponization. Instead, what she needs is privacy, empathy, space, and the freedom to describe what really occurred, Best elaborated.
Best frames her pro-life views in a way that puts women’s well-being at the heart of the conversation, approaching each woman with care rather than criticism.
“I know what an unexpected pregnancy feels like when your mind immediately starts listing every reason you cannot possibly have this baby,” she posited. “Those fears are real. Telling a woman simply not to be afraid is not enough. She needs practical support.”
A truly woman-focused pro-life approach begins with questions like:
“What's making this pregnancy feel impossible right now?”
“Is anyone coercing you?”
“What changes would help you feel secure?”
“Do you need help with housing, finances, childcare, someone to speak up for you, or emotional care?”
“I do not believe empowerment means telling a woman she must choose between her future and her child," Best said. "Real empowerment expands her options.”
She advocates for truly informed consent: straightforward, unbiased information covering the horrors of abortion itself, fetal development, available alternatives, practical support options, and the reality that emotional reactions post-abortion differ from person to person.
She also urges thorough coercion screening and access to independent support.
“I want a culture in which no woman feels that abortion is her only realistic path because everybody around her has already decided what her future should look like,” she added.
To a woman in her twenties browsing TikTok or Instagram, where abortion is depicted as straightforward, empowering, and without repercussions, Best has this to say:
Please slow down. Do not make one of the biggest decisions of your life because a slogan, an influencer, a boyfriend or even your frightened mind tells you there is only one possible future. Your life is bigger than ten seconds. Give yourself time, information and genuine support.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!
Nancy Flanders
·Human Interest
Right to Life UK
·Human Interest
Lisa Bast
·Guest Column
Ashley Murphy
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Cassy Cooke
·Human Interest
Bridget Sielicki
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