for those who may be interested…there is no question the testimony of post abortiove women can change laws..who knows better than us what we experienced and th eharm of aboriton. For who who are ready, healed and desire to be a voice here is an avenue to do that…

Testimonies can save babies’ lives

New opportunity to challenge Roe v. Wade. You can be a part.

By Rusty Benson
Jessica* thought she was taking the easy way out when she aborted
her first child in 1999. Instead, her choice began a downward spiral
that left her depressed, suicidal, sexually promiscuous, emotionally
disconnected from her later children and diagnosed as bi-polar. By the
time she learned of her fifth pregnancy several years later, Jessica –
by her own admission – was “dead inside.”

What brought Jessica to the brink of destruction is what the U.S. Supreme Court recognized for the first time in Gonzales v. Carhart,
the 2007 decision that upheld Congress’ 2003 ban on partial birth
abortion. In its written decision, the Court wrote: “It seems
unexceptionable to conclude some women come to regret their choice to
abort the infant life they once created and sustained … . Severe
depression and loss of esteem can follow.”

The Court drew its conclusion from testimonies from 180 women victimized by abortion. Their stories were part of an amicus (friend of the court) brief submitted by Justice Foundation of San Antonio, Texas.

“We know that those testimonies impacted the Supreme Court,” Allan Parker, president of Justice Foundation told AFA Journal.
“However, the court also said that they had no reliable data to measure
this phenomenon of severe depression and loss of esteem.”

In other words, Parker said, now that the Court recognizes that
abortion can have long-term, serious, negative consequences on women and
men (AFA Journal, January 2013, “Another victim of abortion”),
it is open to examining evidence of the extent of the harm. The best
way to demonstrate that to the Court, Parker said, is through
testimonies (declarations) from the mothers and fathers about their
experiences.

That’s why Parker, through Justice Foundation’s Operation Outcry
project, is soliciting such testimonies. Already, the 5,200 testimonies
collected so far have been used in four lower court cases that were
decided in favor of life.

The testimonies have also proven useful to state legislatures debating life issues.

“We gave 2,000 testimonies to the South Dakota legislature when
they were studying the impact of abortion on women.” Parker said. “And
they came up with the first government study in 30 years of the actual
effect of abortion on women, not the theoretical effects. As a result,
South Dakota has passed some very restrictive laws for the protection of
women and children in the womb.”

The Court is listening
In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Parker recognized that a legal door had been opened that could challenge Roe v. Wade,
the infamous 1973 decision that legalized abortion on demand in
America. However, his determination to launch a campaign to gather the
testimonies had begun several years earlier through an encounter with
even a higher court.

“I returned from my first trip to March for Life in Washington,
D.C., in 2000. In the Dallas airport, I sensed the Lord telling me to
begin collecting the women’s testimonies and that these would be a key
to overturning Roe v. Wade,” he said.

the rest is here:http://www.afajournal.org/2013/February/022013justicefoundation.html