Woman who had five abortions says Project Rachel saved her

Published: 2004-09-28

MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- When she was 20, at a time when most young people are on the cusp of life, Yvonne Florczak-Seeman wanted nothing more than to end her life. That was until she found out about Project Rachel, founded in Milwaukee in 1984 by Vicki Thorn to offer post-abortion reconciliation and healing. Florczak-Seeman was in her second trimester of pregnancy and had decided to have an abortion; it would be her fifth abortion since her 16th birthday. That fifth abortion began for her "a lifetime of unanswered questions as far as choice was concerned." She added, "Having ended five lives, I concluded that I didn't deserve my own." But Florczak-Seeman discovered Project Rachel and forgiveness. She had tried other forms of therapy, but nothing seemed to free her until she came to the program. "Project Rachel relies on the forgiveness from up above," said Florczak-Seeman, who is now married and the mother of two young sons and a daughter.

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