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>> THANKS, BRIAN.
THIS PAST WEEKEND ISSUES AUBURN UNIVERSITY CROWNED ITS 100th HOMECOMING QUEEN.
>> MISS HOMECOMING IS MOLLY ANN DUDMAN.
>> BUT IT'S HER PERSONAL STORY THAT IS INSPIRING THE NATION THIS MORNING OF THE HER BIOLOGICAL MOTHER BECAME PREGNANT AFTER BEING SEXUAL ASSAULTED AND SHE WAS PRESSURED BY HER HUSBAND AT THE TIME TO ABORT THE UNBORN CHILD OR FACE DIVORCE.
BUT ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT OF A CHRISTIAN ADOPTIVE AGENCY, MOLLY ANN WAS BORN AND IMMEDIATELY ADOPTD INTO A LOVING FAMILY 22 YEARS LATER SHE'S USING HER OWN VOICE TO HELP OTHER WOMEN CHOOSE LIFE.
JOINING US NOW, AUBURN UNIVERSITY NEWLY CROWNED HOMECOMING QUEEN, MOLLY ANN.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> YOUR MOM STORY IS CERTAINLY ONE OF STRUGGLE AND ALSO JUST PERSEVERANCE AND MAKING A CHOICE FOR LIFE AND THE FACT THAT YOU DECIDED TO TAKE UP THAT CAUSE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IS REMARKABLE.
TELL EVERYONE HOW THAT DECISION CAME ABOUT TO DO THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I KNEW IF I WANTED TO SHARE ONE STORY ON AUBURN'S CAMPUS, I DID WANT IT TO BE IMPACTFUL AND REACH ALL DIFFERENT AREAS OF AUBURN'S CAMPUS.
THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF OF TWO MY FRIENDS, AND WE WERE AT LUNCH.
WE KIND OF TOSSED A COUPLE OF IDEAS OUT THERE AND I WALKED AWAY FROM THE TABLE AND THEY STARTED CHATTING AND I CAME BACK TO THE TABLE AND THEIR EYES WERE VIBRANT AND I ASKED THEM, WHAT ARE Y'ALL TALK BEING? THEY SAID, YOU NEED TO SHARE YOUR STORY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN GRACED WITH A VERY IMPACTFUL STORY AND FROM THERE, AWE THREE OF US STARTED CHEERING, WHICH ISN'T VERY RARE FOR THREE WOMEN TO GET TOGETHER AND START CRYING.
HOWEVER, IT WAS CONFIRMATION THAT THAT'S THE WORDS THAT AUBURN WAS GOING TO HEAR.
>> THEY CERTAINLY KNEW YOUR STORY.
WILL YOU SHARE WITH AMERICA NOW THE STORY THAT GOT YOU TO THIS POINT OF YOUR MOM? >> ABSOLUTELY.
I'M ACTUALLY THE YOUNGEST OF SIX KIDS.
THE LATTER FOUR OF US ARE ALL ADOPTED.
SO WE FILTER IN FROM ALL DIFFERENT FAMILIES.
MY BIOLOGICAL MOM WAS A YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN WHO LIVED IN CALIFORNIA AND THROUGH SOME SERIES OF EVENTS, SHE FOUND HERSELF THE VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PREGNANT THROUGH THAT ACT.
SHE WENT TO TALK TO HER HUSBAND AND TALK THROUGH THIS.
HE JUST GAVE HER AN ULTIMATUM TO EITHER ABORT THE CHILD OR SUFFER A DIVORCE.
BUT THAT IS WHEN HER JOURNEY DID TAKE HER DOWN SOUTH TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, AND THERE IN BIRMINGHAM, SHE FOUND LIFE LINE ADOPTION AGENCY.
LIFE LINE IS NOT JUST AN ADOPTION AGENCY, BUT IT SERVES AS A BANNER FOR EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND SUPPORT FOR WOMEN AND MEN GOING THROUGH THIS REALLY CRITICAL TIME IN THEIR LIVES.
SO MY MOTHER WALKED IN TO THE OFFICE AND NEEDED COUNSELING AND BECAUSE THAT RESOURCE WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO HER, SHE DECIDED TO GIVE BIRTH TO ME AND HERE I AM SITTING HERE BEFORE Y'ALL 22 YEARS LATER, DECLARING HOW RADIANT MY LIFE HAS BEEN.
AND LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, MY PARENTS WERE ACTUALLY SERVING ON THE BOARD OF LIFELINE WHEN MY BIRTH MOTHER WALKED IN THE DOORS AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE LINES CONNECTED AND SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN IN A VERY LOVING HOME.
>> LIGHTING UP THE WORLD.
YOU CERTAINLY ARE.
TALK ABOUT LIGHT UP LIFE.
THIS IS YOUR TRUE CAUSE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU AND EVERYONE? >> YES.
WE REALLY WERE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW WE WERE GOING TO DISPLAY THIS, WHAT'S BEEN HILARIOUS IS THAT FROM FRIDAY TO MONDAY OF THIS PAST WEEK, WE TRIED TO PREPARE OURSELVES, HOW 25,000 AUBURN STUDENTS WERE GOING TO RECEIVE THE STORY.
WE HAD NO IDEA HOW THE PUBLIC WAS GOING TO RECEIVE THE STORY.
THAT WAS JUST NOT IN OUR MINDSET.
AND WE KNEW THERE WERE A LOT OF STIGMA -- THERE ARE WORDS LIKE SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABORTION OR EVEN LIFE CARRIES A STIGMA IN ITSELF, A NEGATIVE STIGMA.
HOWEVER, WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT FUN AND TO KNOW THAT LIFE IS SO LIGHT AND RADIANT.
THAT'S HOW LIGHT OF LIFE BEGAN.
WE TOSSED AROUND LIKE THIS IS A STORY OF RESTORATION AND HOPE AND THOSE WERE IN THE MIX OF ALL OF THIS, BUT LIGHT UP LIFE WAS SO PERFECT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAD GLOW STICKS AND T-SHIRTS.
WE PASSED OUT DAISIES ON THE CONCOURSE JUST TO CELEBRATE WHAT LIFE REALLY IS.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU ARE A DIFFERENCE MAKER.
YOU'RE A LIVING PROOF OF THAT.
I LOVE THAT THE CHOICE OF LIFE IS SOMETHING YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE FOREGROUND.
WE WISH YOU WELL.
YOU'RE GRADUATING THIS YEAR AND YOU CONTINUE TO JUST LIGHT UP LIFE AROUND YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>>> COMING UP, A STERN WARNING ABOUT OUR CREDIT RATING.
ARE WE ABOUT TO GET DOWNGRADED AGAIN? WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MARKETS? A LIVE REPORT UP NEXT GIVING YOU
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