Rhianna O’Reilly Rhianna grew up in a military family and spent most of her childhood in the Colorado Springs suburbs. Political and social issues were generally not talked about in military circles. Rhianna never encountered the topic of abortion except for one Halloween night when her family attended a community church event with an odd abortion theme. Looking back, Rhianna …
Quitter of the Month: Heidi Stecker
Heidi Stecker While religion played a role in Heidi’s life growing up, she never experienced a deep relationship with God or learned enough about Him to desire one. “I remember I was baptized into the Catholic Church as a child, but we never went to church,” she said. Heidi attended an all-girls Catholic high school. Her experiences there and how …
Quitter of the Month: Kris McCarthy
Kris McCarthy’s fellow “Quitters” and And Then There Were None family describe her as open, honest, and bold, while still maintaining her sweet and pleasant demeanor. Kris is the type of person who does not hesitate to share her struggles and testimony with others because she has a soft heart that yearns to help. The seventh of eight children in …
Quitter of the Month: Sylvia Bonner-McSwine
Those who know Sylvia best describe her as sharp, a great conversationalist, a deep thinker who easily makes connections. She is resourceful and knows what she wants and is willing to outwork everyone around her for it. For Sylvia, providing for her kids, and the stray kids she picks up along the way, is success for her, not wealth. Karen, …
Quitter of the Month: Dana Behrhorst
Behind Dana’s quick wit and salty sense of humor is a tough, hardworking woman who has had to pull herself up by her bootstraps all her life. She has had to figure out how to make things work for those who depend on her for survival, without throwing herself a pity party. It wasn’t until Dana reached out to And …
Quitter of the Month: Socorro Rodriguez
Socorro’s friends and fellow And Then There Were None “Quitter Tribe” members use words like ‘fearless’ and ‘authentic’ when describing her. Socorro became part of ATTWN’s tribe of Quitters in an unconventional way. When she quit her job at the Aurora, Illinois Planned Parenthood she posted a video publicly. When ATTWN staff saw this video, they sent her a message …
Quitter of the Month: Paola Lazo
Paola’s maternal love and beauty radiate a tangible warmth as she shares her journey in and out of the abortion industry. The constancy of her own mother’s love throughout her life and career shaped Paola into a woman who cared enough for her own children to support them in the industry, and ultimately love them enough to leave it behind. …
Quitter of the Month: Matt Lorens
Matt Lorens’s story as an immigrant escaping communist Poland is one of perseverance, determination to succeed no matter the cost to his soul, and finally allowing the Holy Spirit to guide his steps to trust the plan God has already set in place for his life. Matt’s father helped his family escape Poland and fled to Germany when Matt was …
Quitter of the Month: Kylie Hammill
Kylie is compassionate, competent, and refreshingly comfortable in her own skin. When making decisions, she takes her time and is quick to give others the benefit of the doubt. In the end, Kylie does the right thing. To Kylie, relationships are extremely important, and she makes them a priority in her life. Unfortunately, as a child Kylie did not have …
Quitter of the Month: Jackie Ackmann
“My parents were good to us,” Jackie said. “We were sheltered in our small town, and my parents worked hard to make our upbringing better than theirs had been.” Topics like abortion were never brought up or discussed in her home. “Things like abortion were a non-issue. I didn’t even know what it was.” When Jackie was 11, her world …