A Letter to the Legislators
By
Michelle Brown

Hello,

I am one woman who emailed and asked you to please vote for HB 144, and would be honored if you would please read this email in its entirety.

The abortion issues really hit home very deeply!

It is so important that women really know what they are getting into and doing BEFORE they act and have an abortion!!!

I was 23 years old, unwed, and was unexpectedly pregnant. My boyfriend didn't care. I was ashamed and did not tell my parents. I was very alone in the world. I wanted to have my baby, yet I was afraid for the future. As a result, I sought advice from my medical doctor in Sheridan, WY. I also got counsel from his wife who is a nurse or medical assistant there. They both advised me to have an abortion, citing that I was not married, did not have a high paying job, and would end up on welfare. As I considered the abortion, I took very loving care of my baby. I reguarly exercised, ate according to guidelines, took prenatal vitamins, etc. Yet I fretted and worried constantly.

I took the only advice I got, I made an abortion appointment. While I waited for the day to arrive, my baby was growing and I did all I could to keep it a healthy pregnancy. I even remembered my prenatal vitamin on the morning I had an abortion!

Horridly, I felt relieved after it was over. This scarey burden was lifted; however, very soon after that, I knew I had made the worst decision in my whole life. With some age and a bit of wisdom, I am positive that I would have not have aborted my baby if I had been given realistic, proper information about the gravity of what I was doing. If I knew all I know about abortions now, I would have had my baby, even without supportive people around me. If only I knew....

It is done forever now.

I mourn for my first pregnancy. I agonize over it everyday. I wonder if it would have been a boy or a girl? I pause each year on the anniversary of my abortion. I also think about the approximate date of birth and remember it each year. I pray to our merciful God for forgivemess of my horrendous sin and pray I meet my unborn baby in heaven some day.

I am passionate about stopping abortions! Both for the sake of the baby and the parents!
If you ever come across any woman considering abortion, please send her my way! I would love to speak with her. In fact, I would be extremely blessed to have the opportunity!

Again, please vote for HB 144. Please do not let the Medical Society persuade you to vote against it. It is very difficult to admit I have done this and awful to talk about. Please hear people like me, who have been through it, and help us, as well as all the unborn babies!

I pray for you and HB 144.

Thank you for your time.
~Michelle Brown

Used with permission of author.