A month before my 18th birthday I was raped by someone I considered a friend. I was already depressed & by the time I realized I was pregnant I was far too afraid to tell anyone & had an abortion. I prayed there would be people outside the clinic to talk me out of it, but no one was there. I’ve regretted that “choice” for over 14 years. Rape is not an excuse for abortion! I’d much rather have my son here with me than to have the pain & hurt of knowing I chose to kill him. Thankfully I’ve found forgiveness & healing in Christ & now counsel other post abortive women & do whatever I can to end abortion & help women who find themselves with an unplanned pregnancy. -Ashley Sigrest
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Fawn, you were not raped and pregnant by your assault.
You can think that you’d know what your response would be, but you cannot possibly know unless having lived through the situation.
The child is half the father, but half the mother, too.
My daughter has never brought me any negative feelings. She is herself, not her father.
I did not want my child to be another victim of the rapist.
It would have been far more traumatic to have lived through a stranger rape and then lose my child to abortion
I could not love her more, or differently, had she been conceived in a consensual way.
I suspect other women who have birthed a baby that was conceived via rape also feel this way. We just love our child(ren)
Hello, I just stumbled across your site today, and I am in tears. I am already extremely pro-life and in awe of the hypocrisy of the pro-abortionists. I just wanted to point out that the headline on this page “Woman Raped at 14 Who Aborted Has Regrets” is incorrect. The article states she was almost 18 at the time of rape, which was 14 years ago. Thank you for all you are doing.
How can you be in awe of the hypocrisy of pro-choicers? We want to give women in these despicable decisions a choice, something you aim to rid us of. If I was raped, I would certainly not want the trauma of keeping it, so how dare you try to speak for all women by saying that this senario should speak for me. I don’t know if it ever occurred to any of you pro-lifers, but abortion is completely optional. If you don’t agree with abortion, don’t do it. Don’t try to police my rights.
Isn’t that exactly what YOU ARE DOING. Imposing your rights unto another life? What about the baby’s rights? Don’t they have a right to be adopted and loved and given a fair chance in the world that they did not ask to be born into? All women can consider adoption. I suppose you refer to the baby as simply a parasite or group of cells. I was pressured to abort my baby after a 17 year marriage and 6 beautiful children with my husband. I understand crisis situations. I chose life for my 7th baby, and I survived my crisis and so did my precious baby and so did my marriage. And my husband loves this baby, even though it isn’t his. All my children love her. She is a blessing. Women need to face their crisis and realize that a baby is not the end of their world!
I’m sorry for your pain and suffering, Ashley. I’m so glad you found God. : )