Post-Abortion Syndrome; Happy to Hold Babies – Finding Peace in the Wake of a Devastating Lie

How does a kid of Jean and Zig Ziglar’s end up getting an abortion?  How can something like that happen to the daughter of possibly the most positive man on earth?  Just as easily as it has happened to the millions of other daughters who have made the same devastating choice time and again.  Julie bought into the lie that abortion was a painless solution to a problem…not the death of her second and third child.

Over a quarter century of regret, shame, guilt, grief, pain and depression were put to rest by the time Julie Ziglar Norman completed her post-abortion counseling.  Finally, Julie understood her aversion to babies, her inability to connect with her grandchildren, and the distance she felt from all children in general.  Best of all, she was free to love the children she had aborted and free to serve God with the sure knowledge that He truly has forgiven her for even this sin.

Julie’s desire to convince women that abortion is a wrong and devastating choice for them, as well as their babies, is a driving force in her life.  She believes that women who overcome the four cornerstones of post-abortion syndrome — regret, guilt, shame and depression — can speak truthfully to women about what is never addressed at family planning clinics that promote abortion – the fact that women suffer greatly and unexpectedly as a result of their decision.  It affects them, their families, and even the world.

Julie knows that you are only as sick as your secrets.  When there is nothing to hide you can be all God wants you to be.  She is transparent and she speaks candidly about her responsibility in her choice to abort her babies because she knows that the truth will set her free.  Julie delivers hope for restored joy and relationships.  Her journey from devastated to blessed is convicting and inspiring.