Betty Smith couldn't believe she was pregnant again. They already had
several children and life was hard enough. Abortion seemed to be the only
solution to her problem. She had the procedure done and went on with her life. A
few months after her abortion Betty was reading a book that was in her lap, when
all of the sudden, the book jumped. To her utter astonishment she realized that
she was still pregnant. The doctor confirmed that the abortion had been
successful-a baby was indeed killed. The only explanation was that there could
have been a twin. The Doctor vehemently denied the possibility that a twin could
have survived the abortion. But there was no denying that a living, kicking baby
was inside Betty's womb. The doctor offered to rectify the situation right away
with another abortion but Betty refused. She knew that she had a child within
her, and this child was a miracle from God. Betty gave birth to little Sarah,
and as to be expected after almost being aborted, there were complications.
Sarah had to spend months in a full body cast and undergo dozens of surgeries to
try to undue the damage of losing amniotic fluid and the incredible trauma of
the abortion. But all the physical struggles couldn't match the hardship of
losing her twin brother to abortion. "Why him and not me?" she would often ask
herself. "Why abortion at all?" The emotional scars between Betty and Sarah are
something that only God could heal. Today Sarah is a beautiful, vivacious
medical student. Sarah sings and shares her testimony all over the country,
which is pretty incredible considering that if the abortion had been successful,
she wouldn't be alive today.
Sarah is almost 25 years old; as old as Roe vs. Wade. For almost 25 years she has been a living reminder that Roe vs. Wade was not about legalizing "choice". Instead it is about taking the life of little Sarah, her twin brother and 36 million babies like them. Anyone who knows Sarah knows that God has a purpose and a plan for her life that not even an abortionist's knife could cut short.
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