THE SCARLET LADY Confessions of an Abortionist

THE SCARLET LADY Confessions of an Abortionist Why Have Music in the Church? Holiness and Alcohol Conquering Sin PRAYER FOR THE LENTEN SEASON Lead me these forty days into the bleak And when at last I hunger more for Thee And stony wilderness. Avert my gaze Than any other thing in heaven or earth, From daily duties, pleasures I might seek. Then let the angels minister to me Be Thou the vision of my nights and days. And fill me with thyself and send me forth Let me face there the demons of my mind— Enabled, more equipped than when I came Self-love and self-sufficiency and doubt— To serve and to be offered in Thy name. And by Thy prompting, Spirit, let me find . Lois Blanchard Eades The sacred Word to put those foes to rout. Camerique Herald of Holiness CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Volume 81, Number 3 FEATURE ARTICLES MARCH 1992 24 28 The Scarlet Lady Why Have Music It’s Still All Right C a r o l E v e r e t t in the Church? to Be Right D e n n i s J. C r o c k e r K e n n e t h T. M e r e d i t h 33 18 26 Bingo, Budgets, Personal and Blessing Holiness and the D a v i d F. N i x o n Evangelism Team Use of Alcohol Finds Victory in T e d B a d e r POETRY Barbados Nina Beegle Inside Front Cover Prayer for the 20 Lenten Season Conquering Sin Lois Blanchard Eades J im C h r i s t y CONTINUING COLUMNS General Superintendent’s DEPARTMENTS Viewpoint 8 The Readers Write J e r a l d D J o h n s o n 12 Rhythms of the Spirit 10 Editor’s Choice W e s l e y T r a c y M o r r is A W e ig e l t 13 When You Pray 14 - 17, 36-39 News M a r k G r a h a m E D e e F r e e b o r n T o m F e l d e r 32 Into the Word 30 Words and Music R o g e r L H a h n 43 Observer at Large 35 The Question Box e s l e y r a c y W . E M c C u m b e r W T 44 Christian Marriage 47 The Quote Rack 11 Notebook 48 Late News J P a u l a n d M a r il y n M a r k G r a h a m Argument T u r n e r T o m F e l d e r Lois B lanchard Eades THE SCARLET LADY Confessions of a successful abortionist BY CAROL EVERETT When Carol Everett talks about abortion, she speaks from experi ence. In 1973, this mother o f two children aborted her third child. It was performed by a physician, although abortions were illegal in Texas at the time. She would learn from experience that abor tion leaves a trail of victims beyond the unborn child that is killed. Besides herself, these included her husband, her son, and her daughter. Believing that God would punish her for aborting a child whom she believed to be male, she created problems within her family by overprotecting her son while neglecting her daugh ter. The guilt that pursued her also led to increasing tension between Carol and her husband, eventually resulting in divorce. In an attempt to justify her actions, she says she became a part o f the abortion business— convincing young women that abortion was a quick and simple method of dealing with an inconvenient pregnancy. A minister sensitive to the Holy Spirit led Mrs. Everett to Christ— an experience that caused her to leave the abortion busi ness. Her background has given her a unique perspective on the abortion industry, which, she says, is primarily motivated by the desire to make money. The following is taken from an address she delivered to a pro-life rally in Alabama last year. Herald of Holiness n my own postabortion period, I found that He told me his story. He said that he and his deacons every time I sold another woman an abortion and elders had been praying for some time. He said they I was OK. So 1 was a natural for the abortion had decided to become involved in this abortion clinic sit industry. I went to work and doubled the busi uation for 30 days, because they felt there was someone ness, but that wasn’t enough. I wanted to do inside the clinic whom God wanted out. Imore. The man I worked for in the first two clinicsThen he told me about his God. He didn't know the wouldn’t give me an equity interest, so I took his best doc same God I knew. He said his God didn’t punish us by tor and opened my own clinics. I worked on a straight taking our children’s lives. He said his God was a God of commission in the abortion business. Twenty-five dollars love. He said his was a just God. and He was going to per abortion for me, and about $75.00 per abortion for the punish us for our sins, but because He loved us so much doctor, who can do 10 to 12 first-trimester abortions an and none of us were able to be good enough to save our hour. selves, He had made a way of escape for us through His The last month I was in the abortion business, we did Son, Jesus Christ. He added that by a simple act of faith in 545 abortions—and July is a terrible month in the abor Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, my life could change. tion business. You see, if we did 545 abortions times Then he asked if I wanted to pray the sinner’s prayer. $25.00, that means my pay that month was $13,625. I said, “Yes,” because I thought it would shut him up. We had two clinics opened with plans for three more. And it did. We prayed the prayer and 1 said, “Yes, I'm a We were going to be the “McDonald’s” of the abortion sinner, and I can't save myself. Thank You for sending industry. When we opened our fifth clinic, we had an an Your Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the Cross for me. Would nual advertising budget of $250,000 for a five-state area. You please reign on the throne of my heart as Lord and We planned to do 40,000 abortions, and in 1984 I planned Savior, and make me a worker in your vineyard.” to make $1 million. I had no idea what it meant, so 1 prayed it, and I went But. Satan is the god of the abortion clinic. He's getting back to the abortion clinic. You see. next year I was going God's most precious gift, which is life, and when he gets to do 40,000 abortions and make $ 1 million. But some the baby’s life he gets the mother’s life, the father’s life, and thing was different. the sibling’s life. He’s gnawing away at the family unit. In You should understand that ladies weren’t running that abortion clinic he’s gnawing away at those abor through our front door screaming, “I'm finally pregnant. tionists and those abortion clinic employees. Everybody in our clinics fought—the doctors fought, the nurses fought, the counselors fought, the owners fought. Our working arrangement included the doctor, his girl friend, and me. 1 couldn’t get along with the girlfriend, but I knew that I had to stop fighting with her if we were going We were going to be the to expand. So 1 started looking for a counselor to solve the “McDonald’s” of the problems between us. A man came in who introduced himself to us as a busi abortion industry. ness counselor, and I said, “How much are you going to charge us?” He said he needed to meet with us for four weeks, an hour each week. I wanted to know how much he was charging, but he would never talk about money. There was something very different about this man. He had this peace that surrounded him, and quite honestly, Do my abortion.” Those girls were coming through that he was the first man I had ever met who was happily mar door crying. Oh, I knew full well what to do with a woman ried. I started asking him questions, because I couldn’t fig who was crying—you found out why she was crying and ure him out. I don’t know why, but I asked him, “Are you you told her how abortion was going to make her feel bet a preacher?” ter. You sold her an abortion, she shut up and left, and He said, “Yes.” you sold the next one. “What in the world are you doing here?” But things had changed. I started sneaking girls in my He replied, “God sent me.” office and locking the door. 1 didn't want my employees And I said, “You’re crazy, man. I’ll have you know that I to see me.

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