A text message from a pro-lifer in New Mexico has saved the life of an unborn baby.
Tara Shaver of Project Defending Life in Albuquerque received a call from a grandmother about the impending abortion when the expectant girl, her stepmother, and father were already at the abortion clinic. After obtaining the girl's cell phone number, Shaver sent a text message that read, "Jane, you're a mom today and I just wanted to encourage you today to choose life and be courageous."
She learned in subsequent exchanges that Jane's parents were pressuring her into aborting the six-week-old baby, but she shares, "I got the impression that she didn't want to go through with it at all."
So the pro-lifer continued to encourage the teen, stressing that it is illegal for anyone to force a girl or woman into having an abortion and insisting she look at the ultrasound of the baby. She then asked the girl to come outside, which she and her parents did. Although the conversation was a bit hostile at first, Shaver eventually made her point.
"After maybe...ten minutes, they all just got in their cars and left," she reports. "So as they left, I just waved...gave them a thumbs-up and just said, 'You guys have made the right decision.'"
The mother later called Shaver to ask for help, which she has been happy to provide. Meanwhile, she continues to text the teen and encourage her during her pregnancy.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: October 23, 2010
