Jennifer O'Neill Witnesses on Her Abortion Nightmare


Jennifer O’Neill said the abortion activists she debates tell women that the procedure is like going to a dentist and having a tooth pulled.

“Experience overrides theory,” said the internationally acclaimed actress and model. “Someone who would say such a thing hasn’t had that experience.”

O’Neill served as keynote speaker at the Pregnancy Support Clinic of Valdosta’s 2006 annual fund-raising banquet at the James H. Rainwater Conference Center on Thursday. As the national spokeswoman for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, O’Neill’s message is on how speaking the truth frees post-abortive women from pain and guilt.

“It’s never too late to tell the truth about life,” she said. Following the breakup of her first marriage in the 1970s, O’Neill met another man and got pregnant. Her joy turned to despair when her fiancé urged her to abort. The actress looked for support and found none from her parents, friends or the medical community. Everyone told her that what she carried wasn’t a baby — it was just a mass of tissue. Following more coercion by her fiancé, O’Neill tearfully recounted how she decided to abort. She told the capacity crowd at the banquet that she never knew the procedure would lead to scarring and nine subsequent miscarriages. She never knew that depression and guilty would haunt her for years after, until she became a Christian at age 38.

Someone who loses a baby through a miscarriage is allowed to grieve, she said. Women who opt for abortion are told that what they carried was nothing. “Denial is an amazing thing,” said O’Neill, now 58.

The Silent No More Awareness Campaign leads post-abortive women to healing and restoration. Those who are healed by the Holy Spirit, O’Neill said, become billboards for the truth.

Today, O’Neill is the mother of three and grandmother of four. She regularly speaks at crisis pregnancy centers and leads a ministry that tackles what she said are the tough issues — abortion, sexual abuse, domestic violence. O’Neill said her celebrity status is not about getting a good table in a restaurant.

Her fame allows her to go on shows like “The O’Reilly Factor” and “The View” to discuss pro-life issues. O’Neill urged banquet attendees to support organizations like the PSC of Valdosta that help women in crisis, promote abstinence education and offer the Christian message of restoration.

From 1991-2005, the PSC conducted 4,761 pregnancy tests. A total of 1,564 births were recorded, and 460 women accepted Christ, according to PSC statistics.

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