A South Carolina woman who sought validation from men and alcohol to escape the pain of an abusive home found herself pregnant at 22. For the first time in her life, her formerly pro-choice stance was challenged. Revisiting a film from her high school biology class, she had a life-changing realization: her unborn baby was a living human being and deserved a chance at life.
Deborah DeClue, now 45, was born in the south of France and raised in South Carolina. Today she lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband, 43-year-old Richard, an author and lecturer with the Catholic ministry Word on Fire Institute. Together they parent DeClue’s three kids from her first marriage, aged 15, 13, and 10.
