"I've Already Had 4 Abortions!"

Wednesday March 3, 2010
Commentary by David Bereit,
National Coordinator, 40 Days for Life

(LifeSiteNews.com) - A young woman walked up to the 40 Days for Life vigil outside an abortion center in Austin, Texas recently. She signed up to join the others in prayer ... and then immediately sat down on the sidewalk and started to cry.

One of the volunteers stopped praying for a moment to approach the young woman, whom she had never met before, and asked her if she needed a hug. This volunteer assumed that the thought of what was going on inside the abortion facility had simply overcome this woman and brought her to tears.

But that wasn't the case. To her surprise, she found out this young woman was crying for another reason.

"I'm pregnant right now and don't want to be," she said. "I've already had four abortions. the rest