Good afternoon. On behalf of the Abortion Survivors Network, I want to thank you all for being here today.
I’m adopted from South Korea and two months into my birth mother’s pregnancy with me, she decided to have a D&C abortion. This is a type of abortion where the doctor goes into the mother’s womb and rips the baby apart and brings them out in pieces.
At the time, they thought everything had gone according to plan and they sent her home. But it wasn’t until a few months later that she realized that the abortion had actually failed and I was still very much so alive. At this point, I was kept and born later on that year. I lived in a foster home for 13 months and then was adopted into the Presley family and raised here in the States.
This journey has been a long journey. This journey has been a difficult journey, but this has been the journey that God has placed on my life.
And today, I march to be a voice for those who are voiceless like I was all those years ago.
Today, I march because when I was unseen and devalued, my God had a different plan.
Today, we march to declare what our Creator has already declared, that all human life is valuable because it is created in the image of God.
And I don’t want you to miss this powerful point today. Today, it’s not powerful, it’s not a moving day because of us few up here on the platform. Today is a powerful day because of each and every one of you, because of each and every one of us, individuals created in the image of God and called by our Creator to gather today and in one unignorable voice send an unignorable message that every human life is valuable across all ages, stages, ethnicities, economic statuses, abilities, or circumstances.
In Matthew 5, Jesus says this: „You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden, nor does anybody light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. In the same way, let your good works shine before others so that they may see your Father who is in heaven and give glory to Him.”
Today, we are shining brightly and may we continue to shine every day for the glory of our Creator. Thank you and God bless.
*Josiah is the author of a famous video showing the number of babies aborted daily in the US (2014 statistic is 3315) and how he escaped abortion by losing a hand while his twin brother was aborted. Josiah is currently serving as the student minister at North Pointe Baptist Church in Edmond, OK. Josiah has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in Christian leadership from Criswell College in Dallas, TX. Since 2013, Josiah has been sharing his story with churches, schools, pro-life groups, pregnancy centers, and organizations such as The Abortion Survivors Network, Family Research Council, etc.
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