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Patti Giebink

Dr. Patti Giebink is an OB-GYN who serves on the board of the Alpha Center, a well-known pregnancy center located in Sioux Falls, S.D. She also travels intermittently to work in mission hospitals in Pakistan and other countries. After completing her medical training, Dr. Giebink worked for Planned Parenthood from 1995-1997, during which she was the only abortion-provider in the state of South Dakota. She eventually experienced a radical change of heart on the issue of abortion after receiving God’s grace, forgiveness, and love, and she is now a passionate advocate for the pro-life movement. Dr. Giebink has authored a book about her experience titled Unexpected Choice: An Abortion Doctor’s Journey to Pro-Life.

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How a Former Abortion Doctor Became Pro-Life

As an abortion doctor with Planned Parenthood, Dr. Patti Giebink believed she was helping women. But after observing the unsavory nature of the abortion industry, she became disillusioned. Dr. Giebink began reading Scripture and God gradually transformed her heart about the abortion issue.

From Planned Parenthood to Pro-Life abortiion worker in blue scrubs kneels and prays.

From Planned Parenthood to Pro-Life

I DIDN’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE PAST — my time as a doctor with Planned Parenthood and my two failed marriages.