ReTested: The Story of a Post-Abortive Woman Called to Change the Conversation (Faces of Abortion)

by Cheryl Krichbaum

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Author: Cheryl Krichbaum

Publisher: Author Academy Elite

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ISBN 10: 1640855106
ISBN 13: 978-1640855106

Endorsed by Abby Johnson & Kim Ketola, this raw memoir tells the story of a woman called to change the focus of the abortion conversation from babies and politics to women who make life and death "choices" about themselves. You'll encounter abortion, divorce, mental illness, homelessness, career identity crisis, uninvited judgment, and good music.

Review

"You just don't know what people have encountered in life until you walk in their shoes. Cheryl's raw memoir gives you a walk in the shoes of an abortion-minded woman both before and after crisis."
Abby Johnson, author of Unplanned and founder of And Then There Were None

"Abortion affects all of us whether we know it or not. ReTested provides much-needed insight into the pro-choice mindset and the pressures women face before having their choices dictated to them. A compelling memoir that demonstrates how suffering neglect often causes women to dehumanize their own children in the abortion decision. But more, in ReTested there is hope and redemption and grace."
Kim Ketola, broadcaster, writer, speaker, and the author of Cradle My Heart: Finding God's Love After Abortion

From the Author

The pro-choice movement has moved past the "is it a baby?" debate. Today, it doesn't matter. Even after the baby is born, politicians are advocating for abortion after-the-fact, or infanticide.
Trying to explain that the pre-born are babies no longer matters. So now what do pro-lifers say?
We say that abortion is bad for women. I know--because I had an abortion.
The pro-choice movement has long been arguing for women while the pro-life movement argues for babies. Let's do what we should have been doing all along: Let's talk about how abortion affects women.
My story, however, is about more than abortion. ReTested is about learning how to respond to difficult life tests. We all have life tests. It doesn't matter whether your life test is crisis pregnancy or mental illness or something else. There's something in this book for everyone. If we can all learn to respond well to life's tests, we won't be so quick to "fix" situations ourselves, and we'll learn to thrive through every test.
No matter your perspective on or involvement in abortion, I hope that you will find life, compassion, and answers about your own life tests in ReTested.

From the Back Cover

You may have heard it said that you can't have a testimony without a test. For Cheryl, that test is defined by her siblings' schizophrenia--siblings, plural--a test that Cheryl keeps retaking. How do you respond to life's tests?

I simply survive the test
I strive to fix everything
I thrive with confidence

Cheryl has responded in all three ways. When she felt like she had no control, she survived the test while making life-altering "choices," including abortion.

After she educated herself about schizophrenia, she strived to fix everything. After her fourth (and certainly not her final) test, Cheryl paused to reflect on how she learned to respond to her siblings' schizophrenia in a thriving way without stressing out or neglecting her own needs and to reflect on how the abortion conversation needs to change.

In this raw memoir, you'll encounter abortion, divorce, homelessness, career identity crisis, uninvited judgment, and really good music. Cheryl invites you into her journey from pro-choice to pro-life, from unrealized pain to complete healing, from surviving her life circumstances, to striving to fix everything, and now thriving even though the tests continue.

It's time to change the abortion conversation, shed light on what it does to women, and respond to #shoutyourabortion. Get started with this first book in the Faces of Abortion Series.

About the Author

Cheryl Krichbaum is a speaker and author who equips Christians to speak the truth about the sanctity of life and the sanctity of sex with agape love.