But amidst the #ShoutYourAbortion nonsense, another group of individuals is coming together to shout truth.
While many women are celebrating how abortion made their lives better on social media, there are others who are joining forces under the popular hashtag to share how abortion negatively impacted them and their families.
“My mother aborted me,” wrote Twitter user @andieiamwhoiam. “I survived. Childhood was Hell but I overcame. Her regret led to suicide. Don’t do it. Life matters.”
Others tweeted equally haunting experiences, as well as ways that they plan to honor their future children by “speaking TRUTH”:
A Facebook page titled “Shout Your Abortion-Regret” has also been launched as a safe space for women to share their stories and post-abortion experiences.
“It was two years before I learned about basic #fetal development, and realized that my child wasn’t just a puddle of liquid,” shared a woman named Bonnie. “He looked exactly like the baby in this picture, before he was torn apart, limb by limb by the abortionist. Devastation and regret don’t even come close to describing the feeling I had when I realized I had been lied to. Had I been given the #truth, by anyone, I would have fought with my life for my child and never allowed him to be #killed…”
In a culture with an ever-increasing propensity to “do what’s best for you” regardless of the consequences, I’m so thankful for brave women like this who are willing to speak out without shame for the LIFE that deserves a chance to be loved.