Breaking the Silence

About the Book

Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2001? Do you remember the horror you felt as you watched the Twin Towers being destroyed? Did you feel helpless to stop the dust cloud of ashes and debris that rolled over the streets of New York City covering everything in its path that day? Prior to 9/11, Anita Gaddis had no word picture to describe how devastating her abortion experience was, but as she stood in her living room that morning watching it unfold on TV it became clear: what a bomb does to a building, abortion does to a soul! The shock of it all may be buried for months—even years—but the very act of abortion creates a “dust cloud” effect that seeps through every bone in your body until it threatens to suffocate the life out of you. She asks the question that begs an answer: How can people fully live while holding their breath? The author of this book tells of her abortion experience firsthand and of her journey in finding hope and redemption. She believes that many women who have had an abortion may unknowingly suffer from many of the same fears that she did. She invites readers into her story with a passion to help them understand PAS (post-abortion syndrome) and to reach out to the pregnancy centers in their communities. Without the help of her local pregnancy center, Refuge, she herself would not have found the peace that comes with healing from an abortion.

About the Author

Anita Gaddis has lived much of her life suffering in silence from the trauma of an abortion. She was so ashamed of her actions that she felt she had to keep her abortion a secret. By the grace of God, she met and married her husband, Keith, and they have three beautiful, living children. She has always believed there was a fourth little voice calling out to be heard, the voice of her unborn child. She battled that voice for years until it became impossible to ignore it. She sought counseling, and God lead her to Refuge Pregnancy Center in Conyers, Georgia. That is where she found comfort and healing for the first time. Through the H.E.A.R.T. program, she was able to overcome her guilt, fear, and shame. She became a counselor and advocate for other women and girls, who found themselves in an unplanned pregnancy and faced with the same choice she made many years ago. This is the story of her healing and her hope of restoration for anyone who has ever suffered from post-abortion syndrome (PAS).