thefederalist.com
2026-06-19
Ryan Bomberger was conceived in rape, yet his mother chose life. While serving in the military, Bomberger's mother, Sharon, was raped and refused an abortion. Instead, she put her son up for adoption, "a decision," Bomberger said, "that has caused beautiful generational reverberations."
The abortion industry often uses the horrible circumstances surrounding Bomberger's conception to justify abortion. Abortions from rape make up 1% of cases, yet rape is often used by the left to show why the sprawling abortion industry must exist. As a child of rape, "Ryan knows firsthand what it means to be the inconvenient life," Matt Kittle said in an interview with Bomberger on The Vicki McKenna Show on iHeartRadio. Yet Bomberger's mother chose life, allowing her son to grow into who he is today. "He is the counterargument to the death culture in America," Kittle said.
In the interview, Bomberger said he was "conceived in rape but adopted in love." His adoptive parents, Henry and Andrea, raised him, their two biological children, and ten other adopted children in their large Christian household of 15. Today, Bomberger is a father, husband, co-founder of the pro-life Radiance Foundation, an Emmy Award-winning creator, public speaker, writer, and author. He published his autobiography, Should Have Been Aborted, along with a documentary in May.
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