Pro-lifer Says She Woke Up to Find Her Photo on a 'Shout Your Abortion' Piece Bragging about Having Multiple Abortions

Calvin Freiburger : Sep 5, 2018
LifeSiteNews.com

"All of my life, I have been pro-life and believe that life begins at conception. I have personally donated to pro-life causes and believe that every life is valuable. As a Christian, I believe that God is the author of life, and life is not ours to take away." -Molly Schaap

[LifeSiteNews.com] The pro-abortion "Shout Your Abortion" campaign is under fire for using a photo of a pro-life woman without her consent for a piece in which a different young woman takes pride in having had three abortions by age 23. (Image: 'Shout Your Abortion' Screengrab/via LifeSiteNews)

As covered last week by LifeSiteNews, the original essay was titled "I am 23 and I have had 3 abortions. YES I HAVE!" and appeared under the name "Heather." The author details having two abortions after casual sexual encounters in which she used no birth control whatsoever, and a third after her birth control pill failed and she ultimately decided to abort because pregnancy would interfere with a summer job at a national park.

"I am 23, I have a good life, I don't want to destroy it because of a bunch of children that I am not ready for. Doesn't that make sense? I have ZERO regrets on what I have," the author writes, wishing that abortion was seen as "just another surgery."

"Heather's" essay was picked up on multiple websites and received widespread condemnation in pro-life and conservative circles.

24-year-old Molly Schaap subsequently reached out to LifeSiteNews and other pro-life outlets to declare that she was actually the woman in the header image ... but she was pro-life, had never had an abortion, and did not give Shout Your Abortion permission to use her photo... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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