The following is the text of the Pro-Life Sunday 1999 brochure.

An unplanned pregnancy...stumbling block or stepping stone?

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It is not a mistake that a child develops over a nine month period before coming to term. This is also your time to come to terms with your unique situation and to develop your plan.

Adopt the pace of nature...whose secret is patience.

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A tiny acorn becomes a mighty oak tree but not overnight and only after weathering many storms. Diamonds are simply pieces of coal which have been under tremendous pressure for a very long time. With time and patience (and a lot of hard work on the part of the silkworm) the mulberry leaf becomes silk. When an oyster ingests a grain of sand, it immediately begins to secrete a substance which is meant to wash the sand out. Only if the oyster is unable to rid itself of the "unwanted presence"is the result a perfect pearl.

Abortion harms women...please don t do this to yourself!

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An aborted woman becomes broken in a way that she has never been broken before. She s unable to face her loss. She merely endures it. Her heart and soul aren t present. She goes through the motions of life but she doesn t completely participate.

The most gentle way to empty a womb is to give birth.

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The choice of life offers hope and an expanded sense of self.

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All that this unborn child is trying to do is make it, just make it, just like you. Why is it called a baby when you want it, and something else when you don t?

But I m the victim of incest!

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The one who benefits the most from aborting a child conceived through incest is the one who s guilty of the crime because the evidence is destroyed. No one else knows. No one can intervene. You remain a victim of the incest. You and your baby become victims of abortion.

But I was raped!

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We all have free will. Someone used theirs to hurt you. Now someone just as innocent as yourself is at your mercy. Will you use your free will to hurt or to help? The rapist tried to debase you. He only truly degrades you if you now stoop to his level and follow his example.

You have been violated and brutalized by another person. Abortion is an invasive and brutal procedure. How can subjecting yourself to more hurt help you to heal?

But I ll be abusive...it s all I know!

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You learned to be abusive. You can learn good parenting skills. It is possible to break the cycle of abuse and replace it with a cycle of love. Abortion says ,"You re hopeless!...Better to kill the child now (the ultimate act of child abuse) than to work to nurture the mother you could be." The truth is you re both worth the time and the effort.

Impacted grief causes walking wounded. The truth will set you free!

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Free to face the reality. Free to choose the better way.

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