I was 16 and got pregnant, and was studying in a Catholic university, in a highly conservative Christian country. The university will expel a student once they find out she is pregnant, that's why they do compulsory urine pregnancy test every six months. I submitted someone else's urine sample just so I could finish the semester, and quietly left university before they find out, and moved to an Episcopal university where they would judge me... less, and allow me to finish my studies. I kept attending class until I was 6 months pregnant, hiding the bulge under oversized hoodies. I gave birth to her, and went back to uni after two weeks, without telling anyone except my closest friends. Raising her while studying was tough, I remember falling asleep while breastfeeding her with my university study materials in one hand, and not being able to attend a friend's 18th birthday because I was at home taking care of her. I graduated top of my class, and now have a stable job. I am glad I kept her, and I have no regrets. She is a gift to me by God, and she gives me joy!
Yaaay. Wow, you are a hero, you could've chosen the wrong way out, out of selfish reasons but you thought of her even if you were going to suffer, and I think that's incredible. God bless you both. I don't think the Catholic university is wrong for having that rule, but I think they should also teach that there are Catholic or pro-life programs that can help those that do make the wrong decisions so that way they get the help they need instead of seeking out klanned parenthood. And use it as a teaching moment, fornication is a sin, but you can repent and still be forgiven and receive healing.
God bless this woman. I wish I had someone like her 4 years ago offering me help. I wouldn't have aborted my baby if she or someone like her had taken the time to talk to me outside the Planned Parenthood office. 😞
This is old comment, but I hope you were able to get the help you need. If you can, there are programs out there that are pro-life, Catholic Christian... they can help you, but you have to get away from him NOW.
...so she reaped the benefits of NOT having the early pregnancy that she didn't want, but doesn't want other women to because SHE feels guilt afterward?
Christopher: Psalm 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's belly. Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. . Killing innocent life is forbidden by the 6th commandment. . Please repent for supporting the death of Jesus, today.
@@earlysda - fun fact: I'm not a christian. That nonsense doesn't apply to me. You're welcome to live that way on your own, but I don't base my life or large decisions on fairy tales...
I had an abortion and I know you are right. It haunts me that there are people sitting in jail for life for something I got away with. The older I get the worse the guilt.
I miscarried 6 months ago, and I named my daughter. I look forward to meeting her in heaven one day. For now, her brothers and her sister on Earth need me.
@@forlife84 okay, I'll absolutely respect the way u cope with that. I've never been pregnant so I can't even imagine what miscarriage is like. but anyways naming it felt like not allowing it to rest in peace (in my opinion), that was all.. I understand your argument tho, and I'm genuinely sorry you had to go through that, I'm happy to hear you're there for your kids!
Hey if it's just a fetus or clump of cells why is an ab0rti0n neccessary? I mean, it's not human right? Why don't those clump of cells turn into a dog inside a woman?
John 20:22 "And Jesus breathed on the apostles and said 'Receive the HOly Spirit, if you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven, and if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Notice how he does this only to his apostles and every Catholic Pope can be traced back to St. Peter the Rock.
This woman made all the wrong conclusions. Sure, she is an example of how one's decision to abort a child should be well-thought and all the options should be considered. Also, a woman undergoing an abortion must know that it's a choice she would have to live with for the rest of her life. But what this lady did was use her human right to CHOOSE, had an abortion that's inaccessible to so many, made her own conclusions, and now she wants to apply her situation to other women. Why? Her experience is NOT other women's experiences. If she wants to help, she should volunteer at a women's health clinic and not ambush women seeking abortion outside such a clinic. Also, the irony is, lots of Planned Parenthood and other clinics DO ultrasound and pregnancy care; abortions is just one of the many services they offer.
I was 16 and got pregnant, and was studying in a Catholic university, in a highly conservative Christian country. The university will expel a student once they find out she is pregnant, that's why they do compulsory urine pregnancy test every six months. I submitted someone else's urine sample just so I could finish the semester, and quietly left university before they find out, and moved to an Episcopal university where they would judge me... less, and allow me to finish my studies. I kept attending class until I was 6 months pregnant, hiding the bulge under oversized hoodies. I gave birth to her, and went back to uni after two weeks, without telling anyone except my closest friends. Raising her while studying was tough, I remember falling asleep while breastfeeding her with my university study materials in one hand, and not being able to attend a friend's 18th birthday because I was at home taking care of her. I graduated top of my class, and now have a stable job. I am glad I kept her, and I have no regrets. She is a gift to me by God, and she gives me joy!
Yaaay. Wow, you are a hero, you could've chosen the wrong way out, out of selfish reasons but you thought of her even if you were going to suffer, and I think that's incredible. God bless you both.
I don't think the Catholic university is wrong for having that rule, but I think they should also teach that there are Catholic or pro-life programs that can help those that do make the wrong decisions so that way they get the help they need instead of seeking out klanned parenthood. And use it as a teaching moment, fornication is a sin, but you can repent and still be forgiven and receive healing.
LOL. Yes I can see how you became such a wonderful and honest Christian. Good luck my dear.
I’m impressed that a secular news organization brought this…. Thank you Miami Herald. Usually it’s only women advocating abortion.
I beg girls not to kill their spirit this way.
Please help😞 I’m in a abusive relationship I’m scared. I don’t want an abortion but I was considering. I don’t want to do this
@@marias7008 I hope everything went well I already commented on your other post, God bless you and your baby
@@elizabethfunes8435 Hey!! I am keeping my little one🥺💜 Thank you so much I didn’t see your other comment
@@marias7008congratulations! I’m so sorry about what you’re going through I wish you the best 💛
So glad you recieved healing. God and the Church are so beautiful and mercyfull
God bless this woman. I wish I had someone like her 4 years ago offering me help. I wouldn't have aborted my baby if she or someone like her had taken the time to talk to me outside the Planned Parenthood office. 😞
So parent should bring a genetically affected child to the world to live 2 years of visiting specialists?
Thank you, thank you, for your beautiful work.
What if your in a domestic violent relationship. I’m scared
Please reach out to a trusted counselor for help, please don't feel alone with it
This is old comment, but I hope you were able to get the help you need. If you can, there are programs out there that are pro-life, Catholic Christian... they can help you, but you have to get away from him NOW.
Jesus is Lord, God bless you
3:05
U believe it yet you killed the baby.
So you knew you murdered the baby
I thought the comments might be religious folk, and not unhinged psychopaths. Turns out they’re both.
Lol. Look at yourself before judging others. xD
...so she reaped the benefits of NOT having the early pregnancy that she didn't want, but doesn't want other women to because SHE feels guilt afterward?
This, big time
She killed her child, Christopher. Why do you support that?
@@earlysda - a clump of cells is no more a child, than an amoeba is puppy...fertilized cells are not an entire, functioning organism...
Christopher: Psalm 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's belly.
Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
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Killing innocent life is forbidden by the 6th commandment.
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Please repent for supporting the death of Jesus, today.
@@earlysda - fun fact: I'm not a christian. That nonsense doesn't apply to me. You're welcome to live that way on your own, but I don't base my life or large decisions on fairy tales...
Murder is murder. Doesnt matter when. Your taking the life of a being. Theres no excuse for that
I agree strongly with you
Strongly disagree
@@BushidoBrownSama well what if your mom had decided to kill u? huh?
@@giannagraff492 If you mean what if I were aborted, then I literally wouldn't have had an opinion on that.
I had an abortion and I know you are right. It haunts me that there are people sitting in jail for life for something I got away with. The older I get the worse the guilt.
YOU NAME THE FETUS?? that feels like adding on to the trauma, my goodness...
I miscarried 6 months ago, and I named my daughter. I look forward to meeting her in heaven one day. For now, her brothers and her sister on Earth need me.
@@forlife84 okay, I'll absolutely respect the way u cope with that. I've never been pregnant so I can't even imagine what miscarriage is like. but anyways naming it felt like not allowing it to rest in peace (in my opinion), that was all..
I understand your argument tho, and I'm genuinely sorry you had to go through that, I'm happy to hear you're there for your kids!
FETUS is latin for baby
She named the baby she murdered..yes
Hey if it's just a fetus or clump of cells why is an ab0rti0n neccessary? I mean, it's not human right? Why don't those clump of cells turn into a dog inside a woman?
She needs to go to God through Jesus and ask for forgiveness, not the priest. He cannot forgive her from her sins.
John 20:22 "And Jesus breathed on the apostles and said 'Receive the HOly Spirit, if you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven, and if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
Notice how he does this only to his apostles and every Catholic Pope can be traced back to St. Peter the Rock.
@@catholicfemininity2126 Is that in Acts?
This woman made all the wrong conclusions. Sure, she is an example of how one's decision to abort a child should be well-thought and all the options should be considered. Also, a woman undergoing an abortion must know that it's a choice she would have to live with for the rest of her life.
But what this lady did was use her human right to CHOOSE, had an abortion that's inaccessible to so many, made her own conclusions, and now she wants to apply her situation to other women. Why? Her experience is NOT other women's experiences. If she wants to help, she should volunteer at a women's health clinic and not ambush women seeking abortion outside such a clinic. Also, the irony is, lots of Planned Parenthood and other clinics DO ultrasound and pregnancy care; abortions is just one of the many services they offer.
Planned ParentBereavement is a child-destroying organization.
Planned Parenthood only performs abortions, and give contraceptive methods to avoid pregnancy. Pregnancy tests. That's it.
Abortion is murder. Abortion is child sacrifice. Lie all you want, it won't change reality.
the word chatholic should be demolished .
How afawl it must be to carry that hate with you
God bless you
It is an everlasting word you will hear even after you die.
Catholic means universal in Latin, so you're saying the word universal should be removed?
You can’t demolish a word, not religious but at least I’m not stupid
If Chanel Jeanty can get some chick preggers I don't get why Linda Fernandez regrets her abortion.
Hypocrite
It's not hypocrisy to recognize what you have done wrong and to try to make amends for that.
You misspelt humility.