Dana walked into Planned Parenthood shaking, crying, and desperate. At four and a half months pregnant with triplets, she was terrified about her future. Newly divorced and struggling to make sense of her life, she had reconnected with an old friend—an unexpected relationship that led to an unexpected pregnancy.
At first, she was willing to embrace motherhood, even though it wasn’t easy. But when she discovered she was carrying three babies, fear crept in. The father was addicted to IV drugs and ended up in jail. Panic took over.
Dana began having nightmares—visions of her babies being sick, suffering, or being born with complications. Doubt consumed her. Was she making a mistake bringing these babies into the world? Was it selfish to give birth when she wasn’t sure she could provide the Life they deserved? The pressure, fear, and uncertainty built until she convinced herself there was only one way out.
That fear led her to Planned Parenthood. She hoped someone would see her distress, ask if she needed time, or even reassure her that she could be a good mother. But no one did. The staff ignored the tears streaming down her face, the shaking hands, the clear signs that she wasn’t sure. They moved forward with the abortion anyway.
The procedure was brutal—a two-hour D&E dismemberment abortion. Dana went home with antibiotics and unbearable grief. But the nightmare wasn’t over. A week later, she returned, still bleeding. That is when she found out that the doctors had left pieces of her babies inside her.
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“I survived what a lot of women don’t survive,” Dana told Live Action News. “I still had baby parts in my body. So I had two abortions. I didn’t have one. Because their little baby parts were still left inside me. And that makes you feel like that last piece of them is trying to hold on to you.”
She was haunted by the reality of what she had done. Every kick she had once felt, every heartbeat she had seen on the ultrasound—it was all gone. And there was nothing she could do to bring them back.
“I go back to that time and think maybe if they had turned me away and said this doesn’t look like something you want to do,” she said. “If they had told me to think about it a little longer. Why didn’t they just tell me to go home? I would have never gone back. But they didn’t.”
Dana’s story isn’t unique. Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry push women into decisions they can never undo—decisions that leave them physically wounded and emotionally shattered.
“I want [women]to know abortion is permanent. It’s not something you can change. It’s not something you can fix. It’s not something you can go back and do over,” she said. “In fact, it’s the one thing in life you can’t go back and do-over. The feelings of despair, the feelings of hopelessness are temporary. There are so many places and people out there who want to help. You will regret abortion. It will be the worst thing you’ve done.”
Now, Dana works with women facing unplanned pregnancies to know that there are people who can help—people who will walk with them through their fear and uncertainty, without pushing them toward an irreversible choice.
Texas is full of pregnancy resource centers that provide support, resources, and counseling for women facing unplanned pregnancies. There are also healing resources available for men and women who have been affected by abortion, including Rachel’s Vineyard.
Babies deserve more than being torn limb by limb in the only home they know. Women deserve better than the lies of the abortion industry and the trauma it causes. They deserve real support, real options, and real hope–not a choice they can never take back.
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