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Ultrasound image on display at Jan. 22 cathedral service; Archbishop Nienstedt encourages pro-lifers to be a generation of radical love

Bobbie Hallman was attempting to carry out a simple task — make a poster from an ultrasound image.



Bobbie Hallman, left, and her daughter, Annie, hold a poster of an unborn child in the womb that was displayed at the Prayer Service for Life at the Cathedral of St. Paul Jan. 22. The image caused an employee of the print shop that made the poster to choose not to abort her unborn child. – Photo by Dave Hrbacek / The Catholic Spirit She ended up saving the life of an unborn child.

The drama unfolded at a local print shop. She had agreed to make several posters for use in the Prayer Service for Life at the Cathedral of St. Paul on Jan. 22, which was held on the 36th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand in America.

About three weeks before the event, she brought in a handful of small ultrasound pictures that she received from the clinic where her husband, Dr. Kevin Hallman, works in River Falls, Wis.

She showed them to a woman working behind the counter and asked for help making the poster. As she would soon discover, the woman was struggling with an unplanned pregnancy.

“I could see her eyes well up with tears and she walked away,” said Bobbie, formerly of St. Joseph in West St. Paul who now lives in River Falls with her husband and children. “The other lady [behind the counter] said, ‘Oh, you’ll have to forgive her. She’s 12 weeks along right now and she’s not sure if she’s going to keep the baby.’ ”

Just like that, Hallman was thrust to the front lines of the abortion debate. She chose not to try to talk the woman into keeping her baby. Instead, she kept her focus on the poster.

The woman eventually came back to the counter and the two continued looking at the ultrasound pictures Bobbie had brought to pick some for the posters. One stood out — a picture of a fetus at 12 weeks.

“She said, ‘I think you have to use the 12-week one,’ ” Bobbie said. “And, I said, ‘I think I do, too.’ And so, we worked it out and we blew it up [into a poster].”

Choosing life

In the meantime, people standing in line nearby began to look at the ultrasound pictures, too. Eventually, the pictures found their way back into the hands of the pregnant employee.

“She looked at them individually again and she said, ‘I can’t abort this baby.’ ” Bobbie said. “She said, ‘I was thinking about aborting this baby. I thought it was just a tissue. And, look at this.’ She was pointing to the fingers and the eyes.”

Then, the woman began to cry and the print shop fell silent. In this unpredicted, uncontrolled, unbelievable encounter, a frightened pregnant woman saw the truth about abortion and the truth about life. And, without any type of a sermon being uttered.

“It was touching for me, it was a miracle for her,” Bobbie said. “I remember once Mother Teresa said that she was nothing but a pencil in the hand of God. And, sometimes, we forget that, I think — that we are his instruments and we have to listen and serve each other and help each other.”

Before she left the shop, Bobbie gave the woman her husband’s telephone number and said he would be happy to give her a free ultrasound. Bobbie said she found out later that the woman did, in fact, come in for the free visit.

Challenged to love radically

Such news, no doubt, would have delighted the standing-room-only crowd at the cathedral that attended the prayer service. Those who came saw the poster that persuaded the print-shop employee to not abort her baby, plus a second poster that was placed in the sanctuary along with the first.

They heard brief remarks by Bobbie’s 12-year-old adopted daughter, Annie, plus two other children. They also heard an impassioned speech by Ann Marie Cosgrove, who once had an abortion and subsequently founded Silent No More Minnesota, a nonprofit organization that educates people about the physical, emotional and spiritual effects of abortion.

Finally, they heard words of encouragement and exhortation by Archbishop John Nienstedt, who had special words of thanks to young people in attendance.

“You are the bright promise of a new day in this country,” he said. “God is shining on you. He wants you to stand up, he wants you to stand up and be counted. In a world full of abuses and injustices, it is my belief that none stand so in need of our attention and prayerful opposition as the grave evil of abortion.”

Bobbie Hallman is an example of what Archbishop Nienstedt said pro-life people need to be.

“We must be willing to be pro-life people 24/7, not just when we are about the important business of marching or protesting or lobbying,” he said. “I solemnly challenge you to be a generation of radical love, the seed from which a new people can be born.”

Bobbie is hoping to see the woman at the print shop next year at the prayer service, along with her newborn child.

Whether or not that happens, the image of that encounter is written on her heart as clearly and unmistakably as the poster that now stands as proof that there are ways to win the battle against abortion — one life at a time.

“I just think it’s an absolute miracle that this happened,” Bobbie said. “This picture saved a soul.”

Text of Archbishop Nienstedt's address at Prayer Service for Life

Dearest Bex!

Thank you so very much for taking the stand "Pro-Life"! Every single little embryo in the womb is a life given by the Creator of life, Jesus the Holy One!
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MOTHER TERESA "In My Own Words"--

~~"If abortion becomes legalized in rich countries, those countries truly are the poorest in the world."
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~~"A great poverty reigns in a country that allows taking the life of an unborn child---a child created in God's image, created to live and to love. His or her life is not for destroying but for living, despite the selfishness of those who fear that they lack the means to feed or educate one more child."

ISAIAH 44:2 "Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee;...."

JEREMIAH 1:5 "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,...."

Abortion is murdering an innocent baby made by the Creator of life. If anyone has had an abortion, please pray for the Lord Jehovah to forgive you for taking a life, and 1 John 1:9 tells us, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

TAKE A STAND "FOR LIFE". Support the ministries that reach out to those considering aborting a little child, made in the image of God. Many babies are being saved at Pro-Life Clinics all around the globe. Please pray for these Ministries. X-Rays and Ultra Sounds are showing the women (mothers) , that the life they carry is ALIVE, and God will hold them accountable for caring for His little one. Thank you, Blessings!

Amen Abishag!

Thank you for your response and the quotes you have given! So true! The importance of the unborn child in God's eyes is undeniable. I am so glad that the ultra-sounds are enablng Mothers to more clearly see the reality of the child in their womb is CLEARLY a human child.

I think I can add some more quotes:

Psalm 139:14


The words of Elizabeth in Luke 1:42


Luke 1:44,


Psalm 139:13


Job 10:18,


Prov 6:16-17


Deut. 27:25


The sixth commandment

Thank you, Dearest Bex, for the wonderful Bible verses on the 'little babies in the womb'.

Here are two more quotes from:

MOTHER TERESA/ IN MY OWN WORDS ~

~~"Life is a gift that God has given us. That life is present even in the unborn.

A human hand should never end a life.

I am convinced that the screams of the children whose lives have been terminated before their birth reach God's ears.

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~~"The first person in the world to welcome Jesus, to recognize him in the womb of his own mother, was a child: John the Baptist.

It is wonderful; God chooses an unborn child to announce the coming of his redeeming Son."

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Jesus said, "Allow the little children to come unto Me, for such is the Kingdom of God."

Keep up your wonderful ministry for our Lord Jesus, dear Bex...."SAVING LIVES!"
Blessings, Abishag

Hello Bex,
Let's get back to the Topic of which you minister in/to so very well. "Abortion" -- Saving Lives...


Abortion--

'When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we wish.'

By: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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This one speaks to "Parenting", yet I see where abortion could fall also in this category.....

'The parent who exerts his or her power most drastically over children loses all power over them, except the power to twist and hurt and destroy' -------- By: Garry Wills
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Children:
'People who do not like children are swine, dunces, and blockheads, not worthy to be called men and women, because they dispise the blessing of God, the Creator and Author of marriage and life. -------- By: Martin Luther --

"Children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward." Psalm 127:3

Thank you, Bex, for the wonderful Ministry you have on this Herb Allure Forum. I bless your labor of love, in Jesus' Name.

Sincerely, Abishag <><

As Mother Teresa said, "A human hand should NEVER end a life."

Hello Abishag,

Thank you again!

Indeed the tragedy of abortion has multiple victims. The world becomes a darker place when the most vulnerable amongst us is considered "disposable" by so many. Thank you for sharing those quotes!

Let's hope that the information and pictures on this forum may inform and even touch minds and hearts.

God bless.

--Made by the Master / Max Lucado

"You knit me together in my mother's womb." Psalm 139:13 NIV

--"Knitted together" is how the psalmist described the process of God making man. Not manufactured or mass-produced, but knitted. Each thread of personality tenderly intertwined. Each string of temperament deliberately selected.

God as Creater. Pensive. Excited. Inventive.

An Artist, brush on pallet, seeking the perfect shade.

A Composer, fingers on keyboard, listening for the exact chord.

A poet, pen poised on paper, awaiting the precise word.

The Creator, the Master Weaver, threading together the soul.

Each one different. No two alike. None identical.

Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, and all that is within me bless His Holy Name!

Thank you, Bex, for this wonderful ministry you have to reach out to a lost and dying world. Jesus said, "Allow the little children to come unto Me, for such are the kingdom of God."

Keep on spreading the word. Jesus is coming soon. Abishag

Hi Anabelle,

I am convinced of this also! I am also convinced that these victim souls go straight to Heaven. The worst, biggest and most horrific holocaust of all - the innocent victims of abortion.

Indeed the tragedy of abortion has multiple victims.