Ex-abortion providers: conversion tales. (former abortionists join the opposition)(Cover Story)

NEW YORK -- The storytellers at this gathering of antiabortion activists did not appear terribly concerned with new "inclusive" antiabortion strategies.

Their stories are haunting and, at times, hard-edged, the testimonies of those once deeply involved in performing abortions and who, for varying reasons, were jarred by what they were doing. They felt compelled to not only leave their practices but also to work against abortion.

They see themselves as turning, in the language of Pope John Paul II, from the culture of death to promote a culture of life.…