There is nothing like the glory of parenthood.
(Soft instrumental music)
I used to be pro-choice.
It wasn't because I was evil.
It wasn't because I wanted to murder babies.
It was because I was an impressionable child
who was taught the wrong thing.
Because I went to the public school system,
and I learned that it was a clump of cells,
and that is -
that just could not be further from the truth.
I was astonished,
and I was already brought over
to the side of pro-life,
and I still remember seeing the ultrasound.
My son was eleven weeks old.
I will never forget that moment
of him dancing,
his arms, his legs, and doing this, this move.
And I just start breaking down crying,
and I was just crying because I just,
he was, his personality was so clear to me
and it's still what his personality is today.
I think that the pro-choice movement
has become so radicalized
that even people that are pro-choice
don't identify with this.
Um, when we were having this debate even five years ago
we weren't talking about
nine months in the womb,
being able to abort a child.
I mean it's just, that's unfathomable.
They are increasingly radical,
but I personally think that
our society is becoming increasingly more conservative
because it's gotten so radical,
because we went from,
'Oh, you know, up to twelve weeks
that should be allowed,'
and now we've landed on
even if, you know, it's a botched abortion
and the baby is still breathing,
it should be murdered.
We're talking about infanticide,
and that is, it's human sacrifice,
the likes of which haven't been seen
since the Aztec Empire, you know?
And that's scary.
You know, we have abortion laws that are
in line with North Korea.
Have we ever wanted,
is that where our society should be?
Should we be in line with North Korea?
You know, the media narrative,
running around telling black Americans
that they are unsafe on the streets,
that they are unsafe in the presence
of a police officer,
that they are unsafe on the presence
of white people.
And I say, 'Actually, if you are a black American,
the most unsafe place for you
is in your mother's womb.'
And that's the truth, right?
It's in your mother's womb.
How sad is that?
That is where you are most likely to be killed.
That is where you are most likely
to have your life taken from you.
You cannot deny what is
plainly in front of your face.
And so ultrasounds should be a requirement
for any woman this is considered,
considering getting an abortion.
It destroys the lie in,
with such magnitude
that you can't come back from it.
I always say that
people that have made those mistakes
can always be the biggest,
most important advocates for the truth.
It's for women that have gotten abortions
and I, I said this on stage,
you know, don't feel like you have to
then become a voice for the left's evil
and say, 'Well, because I've done this
I now feel compelled that this is
the only space that I can be accepted in,
is as a pro-abortion advocate.'
That's not true.
You, you could be an anti-abortion advocate
and your voice would have more weight
because you went through it.
And I had received um,
this past week,
tons of emails from girls
who heard that message and received it
and said, you know,
'I cried the whole time
I was getting this abortion.
I cried after it.
I still have doubts about.'
And these are young women,
and hearing you just say that,
'I don't have to be an advocate for this,
something that hurt me,'
was something that they needed to hear,
so I am always saying to those women that,
don't feel like you have to be pigeonholed
and that one thing that you do in your life
has to determine the rest of your life.
It's one of the great lies of our society,
that you're not allowed to evolve
and you're not allowed to change your mind,
and so that is why I think
linking arms with advocates that have had abortions
and having them talk about
that horror that they still experience,
that regret that they experience,
can be very helpful in combating
um, these more radical arguments
that are arriving.
I would say every second of every single day
becomes a defining moment,
and a defining argument, I would say,
for the pro-life movement, when you have a child.
You are just amazed at the miracle of life,
just seeing the things that take place
through your son's eyes,
and the growth that happens every day,
trying something new.
I mean, I just can not
advocate for having a family more.
I can not be more pro-family.
If I'm radical, I'm radically pro-family.
I think it is,
it just does something to the spirit of a woman.
Women become what they were meant to become.
It is, it is a superpower unlocked,
is truly what it is.