Pro-Life advocate Sol Pitchon shares his passion for the unborn and the amazing story of how his mother survived a Nazi surgical sterilization attempt during the Holocaust.
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MY MOTHER SURVIVED THE
HOLOCAUST OF WORLD WAR II,
GOD HAS ME SERVING HIM IN
THE HOLOCAUST OF ABORTION
HERE IN AMERICA TODAY.
Reporter: SOUL PITCHON
HAS A HERITAGE OF SURVIVAL.
THAT HERITAGE BEGAN IN
GERMANY, AS HITLER'S
DIRECTIVE OF THE FINAL
SOLUTION WAS BEING CARRIED
OUT TO ELIMINATE THE
SO-CALLED JEWISH PROBLEM,
EXTERMINAVi
SURVIVOR.
Reporter: IN 1942, WHEN
SHE WAS A TEENAGER, SOUL'S
MOTHER, JERMAINE, AND HER
JEWISH FAMILY WERE FORCIBLY
ROUNDED UP AND PUT ON A
TRAIN, HEADED FOR
AUSCHWITZ.
AFTER TRAVELLING WITHOUT
FOOD AND WATER FOR EIGHT
DAYS, THE CROWDED BOXCAR
ARRIVED AT THE INFAMOUS
CONCENTRATION CAMP.
SHE GOT OFF THE TRAIN,
AND THE NAZIS TOOK HER
MOTHER AND FIVE SISTERS IN
THAT DIRECTION, AND TO THE
GAS CHAMBERS THAT DAY, AND
SHE GOT SENT TO BLOCK 10,
WHICH WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL
BLOCK.
THERE WAS ABOUT 300 YOUNG
GIRLS, YOUNG LADIES, AND
WHAT THEY DID IS THEY
STERILIZED THEM, GAVE THEM
SHOCK TREATMENTS.
SO THERE WAS MY MOTHER,
RIGHT AROUND 16 YEARS OLD,
FINDING HERSELF ON THE
OPERATING TABLE.
AND HERE THE NAZI DOCTOR,
DR. MENGELE, HE PERSONALLY
OPERATED ON HER, REMOVED ONE
OF HER OVARIES, AND WAS
READY TO REMOVE THE OTHER
ONE.
Reporter: HE SAYS WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT WAS A
MIRACLE.
THE ALLIED FORCES STARTED
BOMBING.
SO THE NAZI DOCTOR, ALONG
WITH THE SOLDIERS, RAN OUT.
AND THAT DOCTOR IN
INSTRUCTED THE IMPRISONED
JEWISH DOCTOR TO FINISH HER
UP, HE SAID, REMOVE THE
OTHER OVER RE.
OVARY.
HE SAID, YOUNG LADY, I'VE
GOT TO MAKE AN INCISION, BUT
I'M NOT GOING TO REMOVE THAT
ORGAN.
I WANT YOU TO DO TWO THINGS:
ONE, I WANT YOU TO HIDE YOUR
CYCLE EACH MONTH.
AND SECONDLY, REMEMBER ME
WHEN YOU GIVE BIRTH.
AND SO I GAVE BIRTH TO MY
SON, AND I SAID I PROMISE.
Reporter: JERMAINEZU
HER PROMISE AND DID.
YEARS LATER, SOUL WAS BORN.
AND SHE THINKS HE WAS BORN
SO HE COULD ONE DAY SPARE
THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
THEY WERE AN UNWANTED
PEOPLE.
THOSE UNWANTED PEOPLE TODAY
ARE THE UNBORN.
BECAUSE OF WHAT MY MOTHER
WENT THROUGH, SHE FOUGHT TO
LIVE, AND THAT BABY IS
FIGHTING TO LIVE.
IF WE DON'T TAKE A STAND AND
INTERVENE AS CHRISTIANS, WHO
WILL?
Reporter: HE IS NOW A
GUARDIAN FOR THE UNBORN.
AS PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. OF
"NEW LIFE" HE PROVIDES
SUPPORT FOR WOMEN TO CARRY
THEIR UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES
TO BIRTH.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE
THE VOICE FOR THOSE WHO
DON'T HAVE A VOICE.
HERE IN THE BAY AREA, ONE
OUT OF EVERY THREE BABIES IS
BEING ABORTED.
THE ULTIMATE UPJUSTICE IS T
INJUSTICE IS TO BE DEPRIVED
OF BIRTH.
Reporter: STAFFED BY
CERTIFIED MID-WIVES, THEY
ALSO STREET MINISTRY IN THE
MOMENT OF CRISIS.
THEY COME IN FEARFUL.
AND THEY NEED A MINISTRY, AN
ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS, THEY
CAN COME TO AND SEE THEY
HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM RIGHT
HERE TO HELP THEM CHOOSE
WHAT IS HEALTHY AND WHAT IS
RIGHT.
Reporter: JENNIFER
PATRINA NEEDED REASSURANCE
ABOUT HER PREGNANCY.
THEY MET WITH THE STAFF TO
MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION
ABOUT THE LIFE OF THEIR
SON.
WE REALLY CAME IN BECAUSE
WE WERE PANICKING THAT I WAS
PREGNANT.
BUT IT ENDED UP BEING SO
THAT WE COULD SAVE HIS
LIFE.
JUST REALIZING THAT THIS0WM4j4(P&Cú
A LIFE AND A CHILD AND NOT
JUST A MISTAKE.
THEY'RE ABLE TO ANSWER
ALL OF THE MEDICAL QUESTIONS
AND PROVIDE THAT SONOGRAM
FOR THAT YOUNG LADY.
WHEN THEY SEE THEIR BABY,
90% OF THE TIME THEY BOND
WITH THEIR BABY, AND THERE
THEY START THE PROCESS OF
CHOOSING LIFE.
Reporter: BOTH WOMEN
AND MEN BENEFIT FROM
POST-ABORTION GRIEVING.
WE'RE TELLING THEM THEY
CAN BE FORGIVEN AND SET
FREE.
THEY CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR
LIVES.
WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CENTERS
IN THE COUNTRY REACHING OUT
TO THE MEN, HELPING THEM
DEAL WITH THEIR PAST
ABORTION BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT
RECEIVED THAT FORGIVENESS
THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM.
Reporter: THE CENTER
DOCUMENTS MORE THAN 2,000
BABIES BIRTHED THROUGH THEIR
SERVICES.
ESTIMATES SUGGEST MANY MORE
AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT
BECAME MORE CONVENIENT FORCLIENTS, WHO OFTEN COME BACK
TO SAY --
YOU WERE THERE FOR ME.
YOU WERE THERE FOR MY BABY.
YOU'RE THE ONES WHO TOOK A
STAND ON MY SIDE WHEN MY
BOYFRIEND WANTED TO ABORT.
YOU'RE THE ONE, AND I CANNOT
THANK YOU ENOUGH.
Reporter: SOUL PITCHON,
BORN FROM A HOLOCAUST
SURVIVOR, BORN TO DEFEND
LIFE.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR GOD TO
SEND PEOPLE FOR THOSE WHO
ARE HURTING, THOSE WHO ARE
NEEDING HELP, NEEDING THEIR
LIVES CHANGED AND
TRANSFORMED.
LET'S CHANGE THIS CULTURE OF
DEATH BACK TO A CULTURE OF
LIFE, WHERE GOD MEANT IT TO
BE.