Testimonies From Healed Voices of Michigan

It was the 5,300+ voices of truth about abortion that helped over-turn Roe v Wade in 2022.

17 and single, I was coerced by a parent and boyfriend into a surgical abortion that was prearranged and paid in full with a pastor’s consult to abort. “It’s just a blob of tissue” “Nothing to worry about after it is over” all LIES. The day of, I felt trapped with no escape and pressured even more when the OB/GYN asked me if I wanted to go through with it. I said “ABSOLUTELY NOT”. His only response, “Go talk to the person that brought you. I was never informed of any risks or complications to abortion. I was never shown any fetal development. I screamed as the suction machine began ripping my insides out with my body convulsing. 3 nurses held me down and told me I needed to be quiet. I left empty, physically and emotionally torn apart, abused and totally violated. Intense grief and sadness and depression overtook me. I contemplated suicide. The after effects: miscarriage, Sexual dysfunction, anniversary reactions of illness, self-destructive habits and not bonding with my first born son. Abortion hurts and victimizes women, men and families. Abortion is “BAD” law. Tammy Holly is a dedicated leader and advocate in abortion recovery, serving as a Michigan team leader for Operation Outcry since 2001. She is a phone coach with H3Helpline, a sidewalk advocate, and a trusted voice of truth with Bulletproof Alliance. Tammy is also a co founder of the Michigan Abortion Recovery Coalition, helping connect individuals to healing resources across the state. With six years of experience as a Crisis Pregnancy Center director and decades of service as an abortion recovery facilitator since 1988 through Forgiven and Set Free, she has faithfully walked alongside countless individuals on their journey toward healing and restoration.

My Body, My Choice, My Consequences 1972, abortion was about to become legal in the US. I was 17, single and pregnant. Fear set in and it was my boyfriend’s decision to take me to have an abortion. After all, I thought, “abortion must be ok because it’s going to be legal… right”? Oh so wrong! I wasn’t even legally allowed to get my ears pierced without parental consent at 17. The day of the abortion, I was terrified and ushered back to a room, to lay naked on a cold gurney. “A table of death”. The suction tube entered my vaginal area, making a horrible vacuum sound …No explanation, no counseling, no anesthetic. After the surgical abortion I was quickly escorted out the back ally door. My boyfriend asked me, “Was it a boy or girl?” “Yikes”… This wasn’t just a pregnancy! This was a real baby I had just suctioned from my body! Not a blob of tissue as they wanted me to think. I bought the lie. I immediately felt condemnation and thought God hated me; that I was unworthy to ever have a baby again. One bad decision led to another. I then married out of guilt into a very emotionally abusive relationship. This eventually resulted in a psych ward admission with a nervous breakdown of hellish proportions! After years of counseling and eventually a divorce, I was left to live out the consequences of my choice to kill my baby. I was alone, felt unworthy of love and unable to receive God’s forgiveness at first. Abortionists neglect the fact that a woman has more than just a body. Women have a spirit, soul and mind that is negatively impacted also. After abortion, my conscious and consequences of regret lived on for many years until going through my after abortion recovery journey and Jesus healed me. Karen is a passionate leader in abortion recovery, serving as a facilitator at Oxford Pregnancy Center through My Choice to Heal since 2022. She has also served as a Michigan team leader with Operation Outcry since 2009, equipping others as both an advocate and educator. As a co founder of the Michigan Abortion Recovery Coalition, she is committed to building pathways of healing and restoration across the state. She is also a co founder of the Garden of Hope of Southeast Michigan, located at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, a sacred space dedicated to remembrance and healing. Karen is married to an evangelist, and together they are blessed with eight adult children and seventeen grandchildren.

At 14 when my parents found out I was pregnant, I was forced into abortion. I was tormented with the thought I would have to kill my baby. Arriving at the clinic, they only asked my name and told my mom how much it would cost. I was there to kill my baby and they made it sound like making a dinner reservation. The nurse at the clinic told me it would be fine after it was over and my problems would disappear as soon as they rid my body of the unwanted baby. No one asked me what I wanted. I would have screamed “NO, I don’t want to do this. I want to keep my baby”. No pictures of fetal development were shown to me. After my abortion, my problems had only just begun. I was depressed and felt empty for years. Guilt and shame took over. It affected my marriage. Several years later I had an affair that resulted in pregnancy. This time I had the opportunity to make my own decision and choose life for my baby. God used the life of my infant son at the time to heal my relationship with my husband and my parents, when I chose to forgive them. God gave me a second chance to make the right decision and I now use the opportunity to help others. Regardless of the circumstances, abortion is never the right choice. There is hope and healing in Jesus and after abortion recovery. I share the truth of how abortion hurts women. Sally has been a voice of truth and fighting for the innocent since 2006. She has spoken before Michigan and Ohio legislatures to help change laws surrounding abortion that hurt women and men. She’s a mentor for women who struggle from the destructive aftermath of abortion, helping them through their recovery journey in Jesus. She is the devoted wife to Larry, sharing their love and testimony for over 36 years. Together they share 3 children and 6 beautiful grandchildren.

I was born into a Sicilian family with a very controlling father. My parents divorced by the time I was 13. I looked for love and acceptance in all the wrong places. My first boyfriend was at 14. By 15 I was pregnant. Scared and confused. My boyfriend and his sister in law put me into a big blue truck and coerced me into having an abortion. They said “It’s the right thing to do”. She had also had an abortion. My boyfriend was very controlling. I was also afraid my dad would literally kill me. I remember lying on the table, shaking and so scared. I asked them to stop because I changed my mind. They would NOT stop. I screamed from the intense pain. I asked what they would do with the baby. The woman said it would go into the bucket. My life was never to be the same after that day. I cried a lot, for no reason. Depression set in. My 2nd pregnancy also ended in abortion. I was very sick with a high fever, a lot of bleeding and infection from dirty instruments. At no time during either pregnancy did any clinic show me fetal development. I bought the lies of… blobs of tissue. Age 20 and my 4th abortion, I was so disconnected and didn’t care anymore about anything in my life. I remember asking the Lord to please help me. “Please God, I can't do this anymore”! My teen years and a large part of my life were lost, but Jesus restored my life. Only by His grace and mercy am I able to tell my story. My story of healing and my after abortion recovery journey. My voice speaks for all the babies who were silenced. I am now free to be who God created me to be. I went from darkness to light. My art reflects those stories that are untold. The faceless women are a mirrored reflection for the viewer. So the healing process is transparent and transcends, allowing us to see our true self. I believe we have to live through the pain until we find the truth, and come back to ourselves. Today I have 3 adult children, and 3 grandsons. I dedicate this to my 4 children in heaven; Grace Marie, Christiana, J.J and Emily. Kristina is a professional artist in Michigan and FL and helps other women through their pain of abortion with her artistic gifts and talents. She has been a voice of truth since 2008. Kristina’s art is inspired through stages of her life of working through the pain until coming back to the truth. Kristinacroci.art

As an Obstetrical Sonographer for over thirty eight years, I have experienced and witnessed the lies, deceit, and complications of abortion both personally and with my patients and friends. The lies started when I was 16 and a doctor told my mother I was pregnant when I was still a virgin. He scheduled an abortion but fortunately, my period came before the appointment. The doctor lied again and said I had a miscarriage. The trusting relationship between my mother was destroyed because of a lie. At the age of 20, I personally experienced medical complications of infection and hemorrhaging from a procedure performed with a suction syringe and 3 nurses to constraint me without confirmation of a positive pregnancy. Afterwards it was confirmed that I was not pregnant. A possible long term complication resulted in 1978 when an ultrasound confirmed that I was pregnant. This time it wasn’t a baby but a hydatidiform mole; a large tumor of blood growing three times the rate of a normal pregnancy. This diagnosis is normally treated as an emergency surgery however, the doctor scheduled the surgery two weeks later. The tumor ruptured while I was working in the hospital and an emergency blood transfusion and removal of the tumor saved my life. The tumor was cancerous and hysterectomy was advised. However, a second opinion proved that the initial surgery had successfully removed the cancerous tumor but he informed me that I could not have future children because my uterus had perforated. During ultrasound school I became educated on the truth regarding the early development of the unborn and my emotions of shame and guilt turned to anger and rage over the lies that I had been told. In 1983, I prayed for God to heal my womb and use my testimony and ultrasound knowledge to help other women considering abortion. God answered my prayer and I conceived the first of my 3 children later that month. As a result of my ultrasound expertise and personal experience with the abortion industry, I formed Sound Wave Images in 1990 to provide ultrasound resources and training for the medical personnel of Pregnancy Medical Centers (PMC). My mission was to inform abortion minded women about the viability of the pregnancy, development, and gestational age through ultrasound and to empower women to make an informed choice. As a result, over 1500 PMC are using ultrasound and 80% are saving women from abortion. Like myself, many of these women do not have a viable pregnancy and will experience a miscarriage. Abortion hurts and victimizes women. Shari Richard, RDMS is an Ultrasound expert and educator who founded Sound Wave Images in 1990 through which she used ultrasound to educate the facts of the development of the unborn. She has educated millions through her ultrasound videos, pioneering the use of ultrasound within Pregnancy Centers, testifying in US Congress and Senate and numerous speaking and media presentations. Shari, who personally experienced the grief and pain of abortion, uses her knowledge to bring healing and to change hearts to recognize the hidden and inherent beauty of every life. unborn.com Srichard@unborn.com

Operation Outcry inspired a national movement of women and men harmed by abortion who are sharing their stories in the hope that others will be spared the suffering and tragic consequences. Abortion strikes at the heart of a culture: the family.

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