For the third time in three weeks, the U.S. Senate will vote on a bill that demands abortion procedures nationwide up to birth. The death culture has been unmasked as these extremists fight to brutally kill babies in the name of freedom. The battle is intensifying with a stream of deadly abortion bills.

Claire’s mom was just 13 years old when she got pregnant and thought abortion was her only option. After what was considered a “successful” abortion, several weeks later, Claire’s mom found out the shocking news that she was still pregnant! Today, her daughter, Claire, has grown into a beautiful young woman. I’ll share the breathtaking story below of what happened that fateful day.

When a baby survives abortion, we come face to face with the humanity of the child they were trying to kill. No one in their right mind would advocate to kill babies born alive. The location of the baby does not change its humanity. All children deserve to live.

The “Reproductive Freedom for All Act” and the “Women’s Health Protection Act” need only a few more votes to pass. If passed, every state law regarding abortion will be preempted. Democrats and some moderate Republicans are using abortion as a political issue to get reelected. This is disgusting. Send your urgent faxes to block these bills that push abortion and help save lives! — Your Faith & Liberty team

After a failed abortion attempt, Claire Culwell was born prematurely and then adopted. As an adult, she met her mom:

After thanking my birth mother for giving me my life, she [Claire’s birth mom] broke down into tears at this moment. She described her abortion that successfully aborted my twin. The pain in her eyes is something I will never forget.

That day, Claire found out she was “the surviving twin of a botched D and E [dilation and evacuation] dismemberment abortion.” That day on the operating table, Claire lived, but her twin died.

It is impossible to ignore the lives and the future of each child who is destroyed by abortion — especially children like Claire who survive an abortion without their sibling.

“My life was a miracle,” Claire said. “I realize that there was a face, a name, a story with the unborn child and with the woman contemplating an abortion like my birth mother. You see, when you look at my face, you see my twin, and when you look at my life, you see the almighty hand of God.”

Now we have the chance to speak out for children like Claire and her twin. Every life should be treated with respect and protected. Urge Congress to oppose abortion on demand up to the moment of birth.

Decades ago, abortion was sold to our nation as the cure for child abuse with one of the popular slogans of Planned Parenthood being “Every child a wanted child.” But that was a lie from the pit of hell.

“Between 1976 and 1986, reports of child abuse and neglect across the United States rose threefold to over two million. … Reports of sexual abuse rose 18-fold between 1976 and 1985.” And while the report discusses the difficulty of getting actual evidence to make a definitive conviction, it does conclude: “By the mid-1980s, child abuse was considered a leading social problem in the United States and other Western countries.”

The violence and pain from abortion is not limited to mothers, fathers, and the children killed by abortion. The pain spreads much further — to surviving siblings like Claire. Their cries of grief echo for generations. Their blood cries out and affects everyone.

In his journal article “A consideration of abortion survivors,” researcher Philip Ney estimates that about half of American children have lost a sibling to abortion.

Ney states:

[C]hildren who have siblings terminated by abortion have similar psychological conflicts to those children who survive disasters or siblings who die of accident or illness. There is evidence that children are aware of their mother's pregnancy termination. Having been chosen to survive, these children may have considerable conflicts regarding their existence. Since their life depended upon being wanted, they may become obsessively determined to please or they may feel a deep sense of obligation to their parents. ... [Having an aborted sibling] may stir latent hostility within the child, the expression of which would be inhibited by the child's determination to stay wanted. Abortion survivors may be overprotected by parents attempting to deal with their unresolved guilt. As a substitute child the abortion survivor may have placed upon himself impossible expectations.

When Claire found out she lost her twin, she said that “explained a lot of things for me: my physical complications because of my prematurity and being a twin — a surviving twin; my curiosity and longing for another sibling; my deep appreciation for being wanted by my adopted parents who stand here with me today.”

The pain that flows from abortion affects the living. WE MUST RESTORE A CULTURE OF LIFE AND END INFANTICIDE.

Send your urgent faxes today to block this brutal legislation and help protect life!

What is happening at a national level is far from the only battle that is being waged now. State referendums are heating up, elections are ongoing, and soon thereafter, state bills will be drafted.

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Sources:

Bolton, Alexander. “Schumer tees up action on bill to establish national right to abortion.” The Hill, June 17, 2024. Thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4726213-schumer-bill-right-to-abortion/.

Jenkins, John Philip. “Child Abuse.” Britannica, May 30, 2024. Britannica.com/topic/child-abuse.

Ney, P.G. A consideration of abortion survivors. Child Psych Hum Dev 13, 168–179 (1983). Doi.org/10.1007/BF00705857.

Smith, Warren Cole. “A conversation with Claire Culwell - S9.E8.” WORLD, October 29, 2021. Wng.org/podcasts/a-conversation-with-claire-culwell-s9-e8-1635461268.