"Her story is the perfect example as to why we not only
pray from home and from church, but we also go pray at
the very places where lives are being hurt and taken,"

One of the volunteers stopped praying for a moment to
approach the young woman, whom she had never met before,
and asked her if she needed a hug. This volunteer
assumed that the thought of what was going on inside
the abortion facility had simply overcome this woman
and brought her to tears.

But that wasn't the case. To her surprise, she found
out this young woman was crying for another reason.

"I'm pregnant right now and don't want to be," she
said. "I've already had four abortions.

She said she didn't have an abortion scheduled. "But
I keep feeling this huge temptation to just go to an
abortion clinic, pay my $400 and get it over with.
I came to the sidewalk to pray, and to be around
people who are like-minded as I am."

The young woman told one of the sidewalk counselors
that she was twelve weeks into her pregnancy. She had
already been to a pregnancy resource center, but was
still a mess emotionally.

She had become a Christian, she said. "But with this
pregnancy, I just feel so depressed. I'm living in a
women's shelter, and the last thing I want right now
is to be pregnant."

The sidewalk counselor took her to dinner, and they
sat and talked for hours. "As they developed a long-
term plan to get this young woman the help she needs,"
said Elizabeth McClung, the local 40 Days for Life
coordinator in Austin, "she said something that should
serve as an encouragement to every single pro-lifer
who has ever thought about going to pray at an
abortion facility."

"If you guys weren't out there praying," this woman
said, "I would have pulled up to the facility, sat in
my car for hours on end — and ended up going inside
for a fifth abortion. Since you were on the sidewalk
praying, I knew I could find comfort and support
there, so I went there to cry instead. Thank you for
being there."

"Her story is the perfect example as to why we not only
pray from home and from church, but we also go pray at
the very places where lives are being hurt and taken,"
Elizabeth said.

She is now on a path to healing from her previous
abortions, finding a job and taking her pregnancy one
day at a time. And, Elizabeth said, "She is not going
to have another abortion!"

Please pray for her, and for all who are desperate to
break out of that cycle of abortion.

Aren't the media and the press the same? I'm confused when you say the media puts out the alert and the press doesn't…… To be honest, I haven't heard anything about the fasting claim.

As to the Presidential race, I agree that we need to hear a lot more on the issues. Frankly, I'm sick of the back-biting, accusations and just plain bad behavior on the part of the candidates — both Democratic and Republican.

Sorry, hope you got my point.

I think we pretty much agree on the sex education issue. From my point of view, it's irrelevant whether or not that education comes from PP, the VNA or a well educated and informed adult. It's the information and education that matters to me. If it would make you feel better that it not be done by PP, I'd have no problem w/that whatsoever.

Teenagers can get birth control without parental notification and/or consent now — and not just from PP. I know we disagree here, but I believe that access is necessary. There are some parents who would never allow that access who do have teenagers that are sexually active. I want those kids to have some protection. You may believe that birth control is playing Russian Roulette, but using nothing is just suicide.

I'm afraid we have to agree to disagree as to the link between abortion/breast cancer. I grant you that there seems to be a connection among the group of women who have had an abortion and never a subsequent full term pregnancy. However, for those women who have had an abortion and then a full-term pregnancy there isn't much of a link.

My response to your abstinence analogy.

You have a point about abstinence only. I do not reject reasonable sex education with parental OK. What I do reject is having planned parenthood doing it in schools. Clearly the largest form of revenue to PP clinics is Abortions and this is the end goal. I do reject the idea that underage kids should be able to get BC without parental notification.(not even going to consent) Abortion without parental notifications is INSANE. I can appreciate all the good intentions, but I cannot allow morality and rationality stink up Aurora. It does not pass the smell test.
If you were to acknowledge the ABC link with abortion and breast cancer. How could you give money to an organization whose slogan was "A Race for the CURE," when they are contributing to an outfit that increases risk?
In a similar way I could not support planned parenthood teaching, having access, and conveniencing kids into sex without even making them aware of the true consequences and doing it all without parental involvement up to and including performing outpatient surgery.

Thanks in advance to your response.
I hope there is some bridges being built here.

Thanks again!