My Thoughts on Roe v. Wade
My heart has not had the reaction that I expected from the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It is full of heaviness and questions, but also resolve and hope. I feel like my story gives me a bit of a different perspective on it all, and I've hesitated to share because I haven't felt I had the right words. The thoughts I share here are still fresh and may not be complete, but I thought they were important to share. On February 16, 2019, I found out I was pregnant. On April 25, 2019, I experienced a traumatic and life-threatening miscarriage. We believed that the Lord had put having a new baby on our hearts, so we determined to follow Him on the journey to another baby. In faith, we conceived again in July of 2019 and experienced another miscarriage in September. In faith, we would conceive 4 more times and each pregnancy ended in miscarriage. I had 2 emergency D&C's, 2 routine D&C's, and 1 D&E. Each of these experiences brought crushing heartbreak and deep