Free Speech is for all. Whether or not I agree with what is being said, everyone has the right to voice his or her own opinions. That's what I read in the Bill of Rights. What is happening in our society is not Free Speech. It is Sanctioned Speech. The message is loud and clear: "Say what you want, but don't say anything against the status quo or you will suffer the consequences." I can say that I disagree with the morality of legalized abortion, but to do so brings a harsh and hateful backlash from those who embrace the right to kill innocent, unborn children. Who am I to speak about such an issue? What possible perspective could I have to offer someone who is facing an unplanned pregnancy? What could I know about making a decision of such life-changing and monumental impact?

I am one who sat in a chair in a health clinic in Florida while a nurse gave me the news that I was pregnant. In less than a second a million thoughts ran through my mind and my heart froze. I'm a preacher's kid. I'm not married. I haven't known the father very long. Is this for real? When is she going to tell me she grabbed the wrong chart? I don't have a house, a car; I'm working as a waitress. What in the world is happening to me? What am I going to do. I can't be pregnant. We were only together a couple of times. What is my family going to think? How can I face anyone? What will "he" say?

All I could say was, "Wow", and not in a very excited voice. The nurse immediately asked, "Have you thought about what you're going to do about it?"

Whoa.

Another split second elapsed while the full implication of her question punched me in the gut. She was asking, without actually asking, if I wanted to have an abortion. I looked in her face to confirm it. How dare she confront me with that when I had only just found out that I was pregnant? I needed to think about things and she wasn't going to give me time to do that.

I looked right up at her and said, "Looks like I'm going to have a baby, that's what." I mean, come on. Duh. Sure, I could have considered having an abortion. After all, it's my RIGHT to kill a baby that inconveniences or embarrasses me, right? Yep. I have that right. I also have the right to follow God's word. I hadn't done that very well. After all, I was pregnant outside of marriage and we all know that's against God's rules too. Wait...that's not exactly true. God said to not have sexual relations outside of the marriage bed. He didn't say that having a baby was wrong. It was my sin that put me in the position I was in. The pregnancy was just a bright light shining on my "hidden" sin. It let everyone know that I had been doing something I wasn't supposed to. I realized that having a baby wasn't wrong, what I did to get there was wrong. I asked God to forgive me for what I had done, and He did. I had a beautiful baby girl who is now 18 years old...and still beautiful. My mind goes back to that day I sat in that chair in the clinic and I hear that nurse's voice asking me what I wanted to do. In a second I could have robbed myself of an exquisite and unique experience. I would never have felt that first kick or held that little hairy head. I would never have closed my eyes and held her close and smelled her sweet skin. I would never have known that she had light hair and blue eyes. I made the right decision. It was hard to break the news to my family, but we made it through.

Every day 4,000 babies are killed while still in their mothers' wombs. They are tortured, killed and thrown away. No one hears them cry, no one shows them love, no one came to their rescue. How can I ignore the slaughter of unborn innocents? If someone suggested that for a price they would torture and kill my daughter.... yet that's what was suggested to me.

I have the right to disagree with the legal choice to kill babies. So do you. I'm not afraid of what people say about me or to me because I stand for what is right. I'm more afraid of what God will say to me if I don't.

In this video, you can see those who exercise free speech, and those who would silence them. It's almost as if the 4,000 babies are killed all over again by those who would stamp out even the mention of their memory.

See the video HERE.