Thu Jun 2, 2022 – 8:47 am EDTThu Jun 2, 2022 – 8:48 am EDT
(Live Action) – Sandy Smith was active as a youth leader along with her boyfriend, Jay, at the church where her father served as senior pastor and Jay’s father was a deacon. She had just graduated high school and was excited to attend college in the fall. Her future was filled with promise – but then, she found out she was pregnant.
Smith told Live Action News, “I was shocked and terrified when I found out I was pregnant. Jay and I both loved God but obviously we did not establish boundaries in our relationship. We were embarrassed and ashamed. The pregnancy changed everything for us, including our friendships, our future, our dreams – everything.”
Smith briefly thought about abortion but then she remembered being present at a previous church service where women shared their heart-rending testimonies about their abortions, sobbing in anguish for a decision they deeply regretted – even decades later.
“After hearing these emotional stories of how abortion forever wounded these women, I knew I could never have an abortion and live with such soul crushing remorse,” Smith
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