Ground Zero Report - Day 38 [10.31]

Today was a very busy day at the mill. Lots to tell you. We think there may have been another save....Doris talked to a couple who were lingering around for a long time as do most people before going in for their abortions. I asked Doris to email you the story! But I believe there was a live saved! :)

There was a guy this morning 21 years old smoking outside near the security guard, his wife was upstairs getting prepped for her abortion and the young man became very angry that we were outside. He initially started by talking to the security guard really loudly talking about how we are making women feel guilty and that it's better for people to have abortions rather than having homeless children on the street. When he came out for his second cigarette, I asked him if he'd like some information...he became very angry, swearing at us, telling us that it's awful that we are making women feel guilty, etc. It was very obvious to me that he was the one feeling very guilty, but it was being misdirected at us. He calmed down and after a while we had a brief dialogue. He started the conversation and I told him that if he'd like to listen, I would tell him why we were there. He listened briefly and I told told him we were there because 85% of women having abortions are there because of pressure from their girlfriends/parents, and that we were there to help provide a better way. He already has a 2 year old son whom he bragged about to the security guard. You could see this young man had such a father's heart...I told him so. Doris tried to share with him with him as well, but he quickly became aggitated, so I left the conversation alone. He continued to be beligerent and left very angry into the abortion mill. Please continue to pray for him and for all of the couples/women who need healing from their abortions.

Lots more to tell you about today...i just don't have time right now...hope to be able to write more later. God bless! - Nicole

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I just want to relate to you a little ray of hope I experienced this morning at Ground Zero. There was a young couple who were hanging around in front of the McDonald's. They looked like they might be going in for an abortion - she was wearing track pants (the abortuary suggests they wear loose clothing). Anyway, they stayed there for some time. Thinking to myself it would be easier to talk to them there, rather than to try and get a few quick words in as they are being ushered in by the security guard, I decided to go and talk to them. They said they were against abortion and said they were just waiting for her ex to come and see her baby (she showed me a picture of him on her cell phone). I'm not too sure I buy their story, they didn't have the baby with them. She then said she was two weeks pregnant, and that the father of this baby was going to stick around this time. The young man chimed in, saying "I have every intention of being a father to this baby". I asked them to take some brochures anyway, saying they probably knew more young people than I do, and could have a positive impact on their friends. They took them and stayed around for a while and then left. I figure this was a win-win situation. Either they weren't planning on an abortion and I was preaching to the choir, in which case they now find themselves with some good pro-life information and will be able to pass it on to someone who needs it, or they were headed to 65 Bank St. and they changed their minds. God bless them both! Now the bad news. I saw at least 3 women come out from their abortions alone, unaccompanied. One of them was obviously still very drugged. She had been sick earlier (she actually vomitted in the garbage on the sidewalk) so they probably gave her a higher dose of sedatives to calm her. When you go for a flu shot, they don't let you leave before the required time to make sure you're OK. That's only a flu shot. This woman had clearly been sedated, and they let her leave unaccompanied. There was also a very angry young man who had taken his girlfriend in. They already had a two year old, but this one was too much for them to handle. He let us know in no uncertain terms what he thought of us and told us we had no right to upset the women going in for abortions. So much anger, so much pain. My heart aches for them. May God's grace be on them. - Doris

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As I arrived in front of the clinic I noticed a man with a professional video camera and an announcer using us as a backdrop for their video. They didn’t look like news media, so I drifted over and asked them if they minded me asking them what they were shooting. The cameraman said, “I’m a student and this gentleman is a professor of science who is passionate about the environment, and we are shooting a documentary about how old the earth is and we wanted to show that others have a different opinion.”

He seemed a bit old to be a student but I didn’t question that. I simply asked him, “what makes you think that everybody in the prolife movement is a ‘young earth’ proponent, isn’t that kind of presumptuous?”

He shrugged. Then I asked the scientist “You are a man who has strong opinions about the value of science, do you mind me asking ‘when does life begin?’”

He looked at me and said, “I don’t know.”

I said “really?”

He replied “do you know?”

I said “yes, and there is not one biologist on the planet who will disagree, it’s fertilization. Could it be the reason you don’t want to answer is because you, like Obama, don’t want to face the moral implications of that answer?”

He said, “I don’t want to get into this now and waste 10 minutes talking about it”

I said, “But you are willing to spend hours working on a video that portrays prolifers as a bunch of science denying fundamentalists, and you can’t even answer a simple science question found in any grade 7 biology book? Who is the one denying science?”

With that they sheepishly packed up their camera gear and walked away.

Oh Lord, save us from those who are trying to use science as a political weapon against you. Show them that you created all science, and that your mysteries are completely consistent with science.

- David MacDonald

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As I was walking slowly back and forth a woman approached me and said.

I work in the office building here and have been watching your group for several weeks. I want to let you know that I’ve been hoping and praying something like this would happen here. I was in that clinic 2.5 years ago. I was 44 years old, already had 3 children, and my husband and I work. This pregnancy was inconvenient and unexpected. My husband and my mother wanted me to have an abortion.

It was a cold Thursday in February. Inside the clinic, it was dirty and dreary and the chairs were all stained. There were several other couples there. I was alone because my husband was working. We were all given forms. As I began to fill in the form, I heard a woman, who had just had an abortion and was crying. I looked at the other women writing quickly, as reviewed the questions about my health, I got a sense the something was terribly wrong. I called my husband and said “I can’t do this, I’m not going to.” And then I walked out.

I never looked back. My daughter is 2 years old today. She is healthy and beautiful, and I can’t believe I was considering taking her life. She is a precious gift from God. I often stand out here on my work breaks and think about that day and pray for the women inside. There were sometimes protesters on Friday mornings, but there were abortions happening on Thursdays, Fridays, and now Wednesday. I’ve been praying that more people would come and pray in front of this clinic. You guys are an answer to my prayers. Thank you.

I was very moved. I said to herm, “what you did was very courageous. I wish I had the same courage when I was in a similar situation in 1984. Abortion was the worst mistake I’ve ever made.” We prayed together and I thanked God for the life he saved, and I pray that in some small way I’ll be able to help others make a decision for life.

- David MacDonald