{"id":670,"date":"2021-08-02T16:46:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=670"},"modified":"2023-02-24T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:17:07","slug":"pro-life-wisconsin-at-ozaukee-county-fair-encountering-post-abortive-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Life Wisconsin at Ozaukee County Fair: Encountering Post-Abortive Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.prolifewi.org\/blog\/2021\/8\/2\/pro-life-wisconsin-at-ozaukee-county-fair-encountering-post-abortive-women<\/a><\/p>\n

PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN AT OZAUKEE COUNTY FAIR: ENCOUNTERING POST-ABORTIVE WOMEN<\/strong><\/h2>\n

By Dan Miller, Pro-Life Wisconsin State Director<\/em><\/p>\n

I had just checked in for my shift at the Ozaukee County Fair, unpacked my three boxes of 12-week baby models and got settled in.\u00a0 We had to bring more in, only a day into the fair!\u00a0 Kids of all ages were flocking to the booth to see the baby models.\u00a0 The moms were given their teachable moment and most said something like, \u201cThat\u2019s what you looked like when you were in my tummy when I was pregnant with you!\u201d\u00a0 The kids marveled at how tiny the 12-week baby model was and one said, \u201cShe\u2019s a tiny baby!\u201d\u00a0 I responded, \u201cYes!\u00a0 Exactly!\u00a0 The only difference between me, you, and a baby in the womb is time and nourishment.\u00a0 We all grow up.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Later that evening, I was talking with two young ladies who were also drawn in to see the baby models.\u00a0 It was a normal conversation.\u00a0 I could tell they had never really been exposed to the pro-life message at the public school they had attended, but you could definitely tell that they were both pro-life by how they were communicating.\u00a0 Then, suddenly, a middle-aged woman nearby who had overheard our conversation barged in and said to the younger ladies, \u201cBut you know, it\u2019s your body, so it\u2019s your choice.\u201d <\/p>\n

I responded and said, \u201cYes, unfortunately abortion is legal in the United States.\u00a0 We are doing everything we can to make it illegal once again.\u201d Her next comment was a critique of the 12-week baby models.\u00a0 \u201cThese models aren\u2019t medically accurate!\u00a0 IT<\/em><\/strong> doesn\u2019t look like that at twelve weeks!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

I responded, \u201cWhen you say IT<\/em><\/strong>, do you mean the baby in the womb?\u201d\u00a0 She continued, \u201cYeah, IT\u2019S<\/em><\/strong> just a clump of cells at that point.\u201d <\/p>\n

I followed up with, \u201cThat clump of cells that you keep referring to has a heartbeat at twenty-one days, a circulatory system, a brain, eyes, and nervous system.\u00a0 Everything is there.\u00a0 All that\u2019s left to do is for the baby to grow and be born.\u201d\u00a0 Then I showed her some pictures of the gestational progression the baby makes from a handbook published by the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services (printed only under Governor Walker).\u00a0 <\/p>\n

She said, \u201cThose pictures aren\u2019t real.\u00a0 Those are fake.\u201d I retorted by saying, \u201cAbortion kills a human being and harms the mother, too.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

She said, \u201cAbortion doesn\u2019t kill anything.\u00a0 Nothing is living in there at that point.\u201d\u00a0 I then asked her, \u201cAt what point does life begin?\u201d\u00a0 No response, but she pivoted, \u201cAbortion doesn\u2019t harm anyone.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

I disagreed and said, \u201cAn abortion dismembers the baby.\u00a0 They rip off her arms and legs first, then they crush the skull and decapitate to get the baby out without dilating the cervix too much (takes too much time).\u00a0 Then they scoop everything out and throw the baby in the trash.\u00a0 You should google abortion and see what abortion really is.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

She said, \u201cI\u2019ve seen an abortion before.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a mass of tissue.\u201d\u00a0 It didn\u2019t hit me at that time, but I came to realize she was talking about her own abortion.\u00a0 This is what happens when women and men don\u2019t heal from their abortion.\u00a0 Misery wants company.\u00a0 They will justify that abortion until they are blue in the face.\u00a0 I\u2019m so glad I was at that booth at that exact time.\u00a0 This woman needs healing and prayer.\u00a0 Thank you in advance for praying for this woman.\u00a0 She was lied to about her baby.\u00a0 Now she has heard the truth.\u00a0 The rest is up to God. \u00a0If you or someone you know is post-abortive, we invite you to find healing here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you to all of you who helped organize or volunteer for the fair, especially John and Charmaine Herbert, PLW Ozaukee County leaders, and PLW intern, Emily Czaplewski!\u00a0 It was a tremendous success!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.prolifewi.org\/blog\/2021\/8\/2\/pro-life-wisconsin-at-ozaukee-county-fair-encountering-post-abortive-women PRO-LIFE WISCONSIN AT OZAUKEE COUNTY FAIR: ENCOUNTERING POST-ABORTIVE WOMEN…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}