Katie Zacharia shares miracle of her adoption

Newly appointed White House press secretary Katie Zacharia described her birth as a miracle after her biological mother chose adoption over abortion. Zacharia, an attorney and mother of four, shared that her mother, Ruth, changed her mind about a scheduled abortion procedure just 20 to 30 minutes before it was to take place.

In an interview with the program We The People with Gates Garcia, Zacharia explained that her mother was about to leave for the clinic when a Christian counselor called her. The counselor urged Ruth to consider an open adoption to give the child a chance to live and warned of the psychological and physical trauma that follows an abortion.

Zacharia noted that her mother had a difficult history involving sexual abuse and that the decision to choose adoption caused anger and dismay within her family. Zacharia later met her biological mother at age 18, when the story was shared with her. Zacharia, whose appointment was announced by President Donald Trump on October 9, cited these circumstances as the foundation of her pro-life convictions.