Statistics tell us that one in four women will experience an abortion by age 45. This means there are an equal number of men experiencing the pain of abortion. These individuals are inside and outside of our churches. They include our supporters, our volunteers, our staff.

I am so grateful that God has placed on our team people who have been in the shoes of those we serve. One of those women is Lauren Ramkawsky who provides ultrasounds to those making pregnancy decisions, and recovery support to those grieving or regretting their past pregnancy decisions. She recently shared the following thoughts.

Two Cries for Help by Lauren Ramkawsky

Two phone conversations on the same day. Two different women with the same pain.
Pain I am familiar with from my own abortion experiences.
One said her abortion was thirty years ago, the other, five days.
Thirty years provides time for layer upon layer of protection to encase the heart.
Five days is fresh, raw, naked…exposed.
Yet the cry of the mother’s heart remains the same, undimmed over decades.

 

It doesn’t seem to matter if we consider ourselves pro-choice or pro-life.
When it becomes personal, we are suddenly shifted into unfamiliar territory where labels have no meaning.
We often believe that we are alone in our pain and there is no hope for wholeness or joy to return.
Those thoughts may keep us on a lonely road of sadness and guilt.
But there is a path to healing. There is hope for restoration and redemption.
Lighthouse offers free, confidential support to women (and men) impacted by the elective termination of a pregnancy.

 

We can be different women. Stronger, wiser women who carry our experience into the future, speaking with the voice of truth and a heart of love.
Abortion’s promise to end a pregnancy comes with a price tag, but by God’s free grace, our hearts and lives can be restored.

Thank you for partnering with us to mend broken hearts. To learn more about our confidential post-abortion support, follow this link.