An interview at Live Action with Renee, AKA "Susion being a sibling of an aborted baby. Although it does not mention us by name, the retreat referenced in the article attended by Renee was our Entering Canaan Sibling retreat sponsored by Lumina! A retreat weekend for siblings will be held in the spring of 2015.

The unique pains (and blessings) of being a postabortive sibling

Renee, who lost a sibling to abortion, has launched an internet ministry to help others in the same situation. She sometimes writes under the nickname “Susi O Fanabba”, which stands for “Surviving Sibling of an Aborted Baby.” She runs an online support group for surviving siblings and also has a blog here.

She was kind enough to let me interview her. Here she talks about her struggles after finding out about her brother’s death, things that have contributed to her healing, and her outreach to other siblings. A follow up article will talk about how she thinks the pro-life movement can do more to reach out to people like her.

 What were your feelings on abortion before you found out about losing a sibling?

Truth be told, before I found out about mom’s abortion, I was basically just pro life in name only. We had been told what it was, agreed it was wrong and admittedly did not think much about how the mothers might be feeling. They were in the wrong, period. I thought briefly about the impact on siblings only once, when a classmate in college mentioned losing some that way, pretty much just in passing though.

The rest is here