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***…we have to build up a trust with the mother who is in distress. First of all, I have to care for her, the one who is standing right before me, and she’s scared. When she realizes that we are listening to her, the baby comes at the end of the conversation.”
‘Follow me’
McCullen hears them out. They need to finish high school or college. Their parents will be very upset. The father abandoned them. They can’t afford a baby. They don’t want to do it, but they feel like they have to.
McCullen asks how far they are in the pregnancy, then gently asks if they know that the baby’s heart is beating at 21 days.
“At that point, she is listening to me,” she said. “Then I will say ‘Follow me, we’ll do an ultrasound,’ and if I get them to that point, they say yes, and then they say, ‘I can’t do this,’ and we say, ‘We will help you and we will surround you with love and make sure you have everything.’”
For many of the women seeking an abortion, that’s the first time they realize that they really do have a choice, and that they will have support when they choose life.
McCullen’s first “save” was a boy named Andrew. She can count 100 saves since then, and she has been at the birth of some and is the godmother to others.
But she takes no credit for the Supreme Court decision.
“My life is completely led by the Holy Spirit,” she said. “Since I work under Jesus Christ, he can trump any buffer zone.” ***
***…we have to build up a trust with the mother who is in distress. First of all, I have to care for her, the one who is standing right before me, and she’s scared. When she realizes that we are listening to her, the baby comes at the end of the conversation.”
‘Follow me’
McCullen hears them out. They need to finish high school or college. Their parents will be very upset. The father abandoned them. They can’t afford a baby. They don’t want to do it, but they feel like they have to.
McCullen asks how far they are in the pregnancy, then gently asks if they know that the baby’s heart is beating at 21 days.
“At that point, she is listening to me,” she said. “Then I will say ‘Follow me, we’ll do an ultrasound,’ and if I get them to that point, they say yes, and then they say, ‘I can’t do this,’ and we say, ‘We will help you and we will surround you with love and make sure you have everything.’”
For many of the women seeking an abortion, that’s the first time they realize that they really do have a choice, and that they will have support when they choose life.
McCullen’s first “save” was a boy named Andrew. She can count 100 saves since then, and she has been at the birth of some and is the godmother to others.
But she takes no credit for the Supreme Court decision.
“My life is completely led by the Holy Spirit,” she said. “Since I work under Jesus Christ, he can trump any buffer zone.” ***