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Mi crimen fue ser concebida fruto de una violación. La próxima vez que tu oigas personas decir que "hay excepciones" al aborto por violación e incesto, piensa en mí. Yo soy esa excepción. Testimonio de una mujer
que al enterarse que sobrevivió a un aborto entendió su
misión y se convirtió en una firme defensora de la vida de los niños por
nacer. Te puedes imaginar sin
valorizamos a las personas basándonos en la circunstancia cómo fueron
concebidos? No discriminamos cuando nos basamos en
porcentajes - esto no es igualdad? Tu vales, no
importa quienes sean tus padres, no importa las circunstancias en el momento
de tu concepción. Rebecca Kiessling is a Family Law attorney, adoptee, home school adoptive mother of 5 with three
biological children and delivers a powerful presentation of her own life
story, "Conceived in
Rape." As a family law attorney, Rebecca Kiessling litigated numerous high-profile (pro bono)cases, fighting for women's rights
as well as the rights of unborn
children. Rebecca has appeared on ABC's
Good Morning America, CNN's Talk Back Live, CBS News,
Canada's 100 Huntley Street and EWTN's Life on
the Rock. Her story had been featured
on the program Extra, in Glamour Magazine and
in Marie Claire Magazine. She is
the "poster child" for Feminists for Life's poster "Did I Deserve the Death Penalty?," and
the author of Heritage House '76's pamphlet, "Conceived in
Rape: A Story of
Hope." Rebecca was adopted
nearly from birth and, like
many adoptees, struggled with issues of value,
identity and purpose. Having been raised Jewish,
yet knowing she lacked a "Jewish pedigree," she wanted to
find her own roots and discover
where she fit into this
world and God's plan. With a bi-polar mother and a brother in and out of prison,
she figured she must come from something better. However, at age 18, Rebecca was devastated to learn that
she instead came from something
considerably worse -- she was conceived
out of brutal rape at knifepoint
by a serial rapist. Nevertheless,
Rebecca Kiessling enjoyed a tearful reunion with her birth mother. A month later, Rebecca faced another emotional setback when told that had
abortions been legal in
Michigan at the time she was in her mother's womb, her birth mother would have aborted her. In fact, Rebecca was twice nearly
aborted at the hands of back-alley abortionists. She is thankful
to pro-life advocates who, without even knowing of her existence, recognized that hers was
a life worth saving, and made sure abortion was illegal in Michigan at the time. While Rebecca candidly
shares her struggles in resulting blows to her self-esteem
and abusive relationships, her story concludes with a strong message of hope since
she now understands that her value and identity
are not established as a
"product of
rape" but a child of God,
and that the rapist is
not her creator (as some would have
her believe). Overcoming the pain
of knowing that she was
born as a result of a brutal rape, that she was once unwanted by her birth mother, and that
our nation is filled with
people who believe that she was disposable,
Rebecca Kiessling has devoted herself to fighting for
the rights of the innocent
unborn and to raising her 5 children to know their own value,
identity and purpose in Christ. As a speaker, Rebecca travels
throughout North America, speaking
over 75 times in 2007, for
crisis pregnancy center, right to life
and adoption banquets, fundraisers, and rallies, evangelical and Catholic churches, school assemblies, youth events, colleges, law schools, medical schools,
attorney seminars, and women's conferences. Rebecca Kiessling and her husband Bob have five children
-- two adopted boys (same birthmother
in an open adoption)
and three biological daughters. Their 3rd adopted child, Cassie, was born in August, 2000, with a very serious
genetic disorder and died in their
arms at 33 days old. Each of
their adopted children has a unique story and may be speaking to you
someday! With our society's standards for abortion, none of her family
would exist. |
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