The audience at New Eve Maternity Home’s Annual Fall Fundraising
Dinner Oct. 26 in Winchester heard emotional testimony and discussion from a
panel of speakers that included a post abortion counselor, a case worker who
assists workers who want to leave the abortion industry, and a doctor who was a
former abortionist and now is the founder of a pro-life OB/GYN clinic.
New Eve Maternity Home in Winchester provides shelter for
pregnant women and their children who are facing homelessness. It is the only
maternity home in the Shenandoah Valley. Since its founding in 2010, New Eve
has sheltered 26 women and 18 babies.
Dr. John Bruchalski, founder of Divine Mercy Care and Tepeyac
OB/GYN in Fairfax, spoke of his conversion and the power of prayer to change
hearts. He told of some difficult and emotional pregnancies, of parents who
initially wanted an abortion, but were transformed by the experience of the
birth of their child, and thankful that they made the decision to bring their
child into the world and were able to experience great love.
Chris Dalton, director of Post Abortion Care and Encouragement
(PACE) at AbbaCare pregnancy counseling center in Winchester, said many women
who have aborted their babies suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and
feel shame and anger.
She said many experience “anniversary depression” on the
anniversary of their abortion, but with her Christian-based counseling she is
able to help women find forgiveness and experience God’s love.
Laura Ricketts, a case worker for the organization And Then There
Were None, said many abortion industry workers also suffer from PTSD because of
what they have seen and been ordered to do in abortion clinics. She said many
abortion workers gradually are forced to move from front office clerical duties
to back-room clinical jobs for which they are not properly trained. Ricketts
said mothers, babies and workers are all victims in an abortion clinic.
And Then There Were None was founded by Abby Johnson who walked
out on her job as director at a Planned Parenthood clinic and decided to help
others who wanted to quit the abortion industry.
Ricketts provides these workers with free emotional, legal, financial
and employment help. Many of them have financial difficulties from the loss of
their job and have trouble finding new employment. Some lose relationships with
friends and family. She said the group has helped more than 400 workers quit
the abortion industry.
Cabell is president New Eve Maternity Home.
