SURVIVOR

Raised in a loving adoptive home, at age twenty-one Claire Culwell decided to meet her birth mother. That's when she got the shock of her life. Claire's mother, Tonya, confessed that when she was pregnant with Claire, she'd gone to a clinic for an abortion, but afterward her belly had continued to grow. What both Tonya and her doctor had missed was that she'd actually been pregnant with twins. The abortion that terminated the life of Claire's twin had miraculously spared Claire.

Upon learning this shocking news, Claire quickly offered forgiveness and love to her birth mother and embraced the unique opportunity to share her story with the world. But when she faced her own unplanned pregnancy out of wedlock, she was met with censure and rejection from pro-life and Christian organizations. Altered by the experience, Claire reshaped her message, vowing to extend grace and offer empathy to women in pregnancy crisis, while challenging churches to radically support women and truly live out their value for life by promoting adoption.

A unique voice in the pro-life movement, Claire demonstrates how God can turn bad into good, and invites readers to generously offer love and compassion toward women and men struggling with unplanned pregnancies.

Authors:
Claire Culwell is a wife and mother who speaks around the world about her unique life story. She was happily adopted, only to later learn that she was a survivor of an abortion that took the life of her twin. Lois Mowday Rabey is a popular speaker and author featured on television, radio, and a Billy Graham evangelistic rally. She is the author of half a dozen books, including the bestseller, The Snare: Understanding Emotional and Sexual Entanglements, and has co-authored a dozen books. Steve Rabey has authored or co-authored 50 books, and written more than 2,000 articles for newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times and Christianity Today. He is a former instructor at the United States Air Force Academy and Fuller and Denver seminaries.