She Saved Her Baby From Abortion and Wants Other Moms to Save Their Babies Too

Elizabeth told the court she had made multiple appointments at Planned Parenthood, skipping some because she had mixed feelings. She and Ben were excited initially about the pregnancy but they were arguing frequently.

When she went to the initial appointment Elizabeth said she saw on the ultrasound screen that something was happening inside of her and got excited.

But the pressure to abort remained.

Still ambivalent, Elizabeth thought when she returned to Planned Parenthood there would be another ultrasound and if the image showed a discernable baby, she’d have more reason to choose not to abort.

But when she went back to the abortion facility, they said there was no need to do another sonogram because they had already confirmed that she was pregnant, and this left her again alone with the decision.

“And then I was just in the office by myself, no one with me, and I felt like I was all alone in this major choice,” Elizabeth said.

“I just felt a panic inside me because I had an entire plan,” she said. “I feel like all along I wanted to keep my pregnancy going. But I was finding it difficult to justify to the people around me, keeping a child when I was not in a good financial state, and I didn’t have a good relationship with a father.”

Her failsafe plan to back out of the abortion had failed.

“I just stayed in the room,” she said. “I cried for a while.”

Elizabeth requested counseling and was given a pamphlet with information on outsourced resources.

“Which I was a little upset about because I wanted to talk to someone in that time of crisis,” Elizabeth said.

Staff told her it was up to her, but the window for her appointment was closing.

Elizabeth went ahead and took the abortion pill.

Asked in court how she felt upon taking the abortion drug, Elizabeth stated, “I immediately felt sad.”

“I wanted I wanted to have the baby, but I wanted someone to help me,” she said. “And I didn’t feel like I had the support.”

“So, I just took the pill and I felt immense sadness,” said Elizabeth.

Shortly thereafter Ben texted and told her if she hadn’t taken the pill yet to get out of there because he thought they could do it together.

Elizabeth tried to throw the pill up in the Planned Parenthood bathroom and then two times more on the way home but failed.

When she arrived home Ben was waiting for her. The couple searched the internet frantically for a way to stop a chemical pill abortion.

Ben found the Abortion Pill Reversal website, showed it to Elizabeth, and they agreed to try it.

“I was very emotional. My heart was racing,” she recalled.

Elizabeth was hesitant at first because the number shown on her phone was out of state and she didn’t think anyone far away could help her. She didn’t expect a person to answer.

“So, I just immediately started crying because it was really a pleasant surprise that it wasn’t a machine or like a 30-minute wait time,” she said.

The Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN) nurse asked her basic questions and when struggled to answer, the nurse calmed her, telling her everything would be okay no matter what the outcome.

Beforer hanging up the APRN nurse told Elizabeth she would connect her with a doctor in her area within an hour. After feeling relieved to hear a human voice Elizabeth reverted to battling hopelessness at the mention of up to an hour for potential waiting time.

“An hour is a long time when you feel like it’s life or death,” she said.

The doctor called Elizabeth back in 10 minutes and sent a progesterone prescription for her to a local pharmacy, after which ELizabeth began the APR protocol.

A day or so later Elizabeth and Ben went to Care Net of Paradise where they were warmly welcomed. Elizabeth received the counseling she’d been seeking and spoke again with the prescribing doctor who assessed how she was doing.

Next was the ultrasound.

“We got to lay eyes upon our baby and find out that she had, well, I didn’t know yet she was a girl at the time, but that our baby was still alive,” Elizabeth said.

“There was not a dry eye in the room,” she said. “I think everyone there cried, and it was … a wonderful moment.”

Elizabeth and Ben went back weekly to Care Net where they received pregnancy and parenting classes both at the center and online, as well as peer counseling.

Elizabeth was questioned during her trial testimony why she had wanted to speak at fundraising galas for Care Net of Paradise. She was clear in saying it was her choice to speak up about APR.

“To find the Abortion Pill Reversal, we had to search pretty rigorously on Google,” she said.

“And it was such a turning point for my entire life and I’m very happy with the way that my life went,” she continued. “Because of events at that focal point … I would hate if someone else wanted the same option and didn’t find it.”

“So, I thought that if I could talk about it and spread the word and spread the knowledge that it exists, and then someone else who’s in the situation might feel like I do, could hear about it and make the same choices I made, if that’s what they want,” she said. “Then it would just be an honor to help someone else.”

Elizabeth was also asked why she volunteered to testify in court about APR.

“What I lived through, and what I went through, is highly controversial,” she said. “I only know that because every time we talk about it, people have feelings about it, and that surprises me. And so, I just wanted to come, and as probably the only person in the room who has actually gone through it personally, I just want to share what it was like and what it felt like, and how I feel about it.”

LifeNews Note: Lisa Bourne is Managing Editor of Pregnancy Help News and Content Writer for Heartbeat International. This originally appeared at Pregnancy Help News.