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In this episode of The Pro-Life Perspective, host Abigail Lorenzen sits down with Fort Wayne local Genevieve "Nevi" Stroud for a powerful conversation on faith, trauma, and choosing life. Nevi shares her personal testimony of experiencing a sexual assault by an ex-boyfriend during her junior year of college and navigating the realization that she had conceived a child as a result.

Together, Abigail and Nevi discuss:

• Misplaced Compassion & The Rape Exception: Addressing common arguments for abortion exceptions in cases of sexual assault and why choosing life offers true, long-term healing over the false promise of a quick erasure.
• Navigating Trauma and the Legal System: The overwhelming hurdle of reporting an assault, facing social isolation, applying for protective orders, and handling a lack of legal prosecution due to a lack of physical evidence.
• The Power of Family & Faith Support: How the unyielding love of Nevi’s parents, her Catholic faith, and a compassionate OB care team provided the firm foundation she needed to say "yes" to her pregnancy.
• Maternal-Fetal Bonding: Overcoming shame, recognizing the intrinsic dignity and goodness of every child regardless of their conception circumstances, and stepping into the beauty of motherhood.
• Restoration and Fresh Starts: How God brought beauty from ashes through her daughter, her eventual marriage to her husband Ian, his immediate acceptance and adoption of her daughter, and the full legal protection of their family.

Join us for a deeply moving discussion on the sanctity of human life, finding strength through difficult trials, and offering authentic hope to women in crisis.

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