Pregnant Woman Rejects Abortion After 71-Year-Old Man’s Pro-Life Sign Convinces Her

(Courtesy of Barney Sullivan via Campaign Life Coalition)

An interaction with a 71-year-old pro-life advocate outside a provincial hospital in Canada provoked a young mother-to-be into making a life-changing decision: reading his sign, she changed her mind and opted not to abort her baby.

In November last year, advocate Barney Sullivan was protesting peacefully on the sidewalk outside Saskatoon City Hospital in Saskatchewan, Canada, holding a sign—“Unborn babies matter”—when a woman believed to be in her 20s approached him.

While Sullivan belongs to a community of advocates, he braced himself, having grown used to confrontation with people of opposing beliefs. But this conversation was different.

“She says, ‘You know, I was going in for an abortion, but this is a sign to me that I’ve got to keep my baby,’” Sullivan told Campaign Life Coalition; “‘I saw your sign and I’m keeping my baby.’”

(Courtesy of Barney Sullivan via Campaign Life Coalition)

Sullivan firmly believes that the location of his peaceful protest was crucial in helping the young woman change her mind. Yet, having protested in the same spot within 50 meters of hospital property every day for two years, in silent prayer, he is concerned that recent changes to Saskatchewan legislation will prohibit pro-life campaigners from furthering their cause.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe put forward Bill 48—The Public Health (Safe Access to Hospitals) Amendment Act 2021 (pdf)—in early November 2021, which could impact Sullivan and like-minded advocates’ outreach efforts. According to Campaign Life Coalition, while the bill proposes “bubble zones” in which peaceful vaccine mandate protests, within 50 meters of hospital property, would be considered illegal, “the proposed legislation would also criminalize peaceful pro-life witnessing.”

Sullivan says the young woman who changed her mind after reading his sign might never have had her epiphany if Bill 48 had already been in place.

“This is not good and something has to be done about it,” he said.

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