Models of fetuses that are supposed to show different stages of pregnancy are seen during a lecture of Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians come to their small church, in order to attend a lecture by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
A volunteer sits in front of a banner from the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, before a lecture by the group's founder, Pastor Soman Rai, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, gives a presentation about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, holds up a model of what is supposedly a fetus at 12 weeks during a presentation about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, holds up a model of a fetus during a presentation about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians pass around models of fetuses provided by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, during his presentation about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus at a church in the city of Dolakha, Nepal, July 15, 2017. The Dolakha district was severely impacted by the earthquake that hit Nepal in 2015. Christians in Nepal are a small minority of the population, but have been growing rapidly, especially in the areas affected by the earthquake. There are no official numbers on the population since the last government census three years ago, but the churches we visited all mentioned at least a 50% increase in Christian conversions post-earthquake. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians pass around models of fetuses provided by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, during his presentation about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians pass around models of fetuses provided by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, during his presentation about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians listen to a lecture by Soman Rai, not pictured, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians listen to a lecture by Soman Rai, not pictured, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians react in horror at graphic pictures of aborted fetuses during a lecture by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, as he explains why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, and his volunteers pass out Life Bags after his lecture about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
A Hindu stupa that was damaged during the 2015 earthquake stands near a church that was moved and reconstructed afterwards, in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. The Sindhulpakcholk region was devastated by the earthquake two years ago in Nepal. Since that time, the Christian population has grown in size in those areas, which some attribute to Christian NGOs helping in the aftermath of the earthquake, and also to the fact the many people were looking for spiritual answers to make sense of their losses. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Pastor Soman Rai, right, who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, walks over a wire bridge after his lecture about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at a small church in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians walk nearby a small Christian church and Hindu stupa after a lecture by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, who talked about why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, in the village of Shilaprabat, Sindhupalcholk district, Nepal, July 14, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians pray during a weekly church service in a small village of Tikhatal, in the Dolakha region of Nepal, July 15, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians dance, sing and pray during a weekly church service in a small village of Tikhatal, in the Dolakha region of Nepal, July 15, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians dance, sing and pray during a weekly church service in a small village of Tikhatal, in the Dolakha region of Nepal, July 15, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
A Nepalese Christian woman prays during a weekly church service in a small village of Tikhatal, in the Dolakha region of Nepal, July 15, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians dance, sing and pray during a weekly church service in a small village of Tikhatal, in the Dolakha region of Nepal, July 15, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Elder Simon Pathak, a pastor from Nepal, gives a sermon on abortion, following the Voice of Fetus Nepal's outline, during a weekly church service in a small village of Tikhatal, in the Dolakha region of Nepal, July 15, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Nepalese Christians stand outside their church after their weekly service in a small village of Tikhatal, in the Dolakha region of Nepal, July 15, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Reshu Thami, left, age 38, holds her youngest of eight children, Esther, age 6 months, while her children Sofiya, age 3, center, and Rahul, age 11, right, talk her husband Ranjan, age 40 inside their small shack in Dolakha, Nepal, July 16, 2017. After Reshu's third child, she became pregnant again and she and her husband decided to abort the child. She says at that time her husband used to beat her every day and he was addicted to alcohol. She was so depressed she even thought about hanging herself but stopped herself because she didn't want to leave her children without a mother. After that she says her heart told her to go to church, and a relative who was Christian took her. She took strength from the community and decided to become a Christian. After that she became pregnant again, but she didn't want to have an abortion because the pastor had told her it was wrong. Her husband wanted her to, but she refused, and he became very angry. But after her fourth child, her husband calmed down and eventually he decided to attend church with her. They are now both Christian and say they are much happier, although they don't have much money because they have eight children. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Reshu Thami, age 38, washes the backside of her youngest of her eight children, Esther, age 6 months outside their small shack in Dolakha, Nepal, July 16, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Reshu Thami, left, age 38, nurses her youngest of eight children, Esther, age 6 months, while her son Sippro, age 6, right, gives a piggy back ride to her daughter Sofiya, age 3, as her husband Ranjan, age 40 ,sits inside their small shack in Dolakha, Nepal, July 16, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Sippro Thami, age 6, stands at the entrance to his family's small shack, where he, his parents Reshu and Ranjan, and his seven other siblings live in Dolakha, Nepal, July 16, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Sofiya Thami, age 3, eats some porridge inside her family's small shack, where she, her parents Reshu and Ranjan, and her seven other siblings live in Dolakha, Nepal, July 16, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Niru Tamil, age 23, right, feeds chickens with her son Samuel, age 7, at their house in a village near Kathmandu, Nepal, July 13, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Niru Tamil, age 23, left, kisses her son Samuel, age 7, as her husband is seen in the background, at their house in a village near Kathmandu, Nepal, July 13, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, gives a presentation about abstinence, falling in love and why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at the Shree Kalinchwok secondary school in Dolakha, Nepal, July 17, 2017. Rai goes around the country giving pro-life presentations in churches, schools and other meeting venues, trying to convince people that abortion in killing a baby. The Dolakha region was devastated by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Since that time, the Christian population has grown in size in those areas, which some attribute to Christian NGOs helping in the aftermath of the earthquake, and also to the fact the many people were looking for spiritual answers to make sense of their losses. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Soman Rai, not seen, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, gives a presentation about abstinence, falling in love and why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at the Shree Kalinchwok secondary school in Dolakha, Nepal, July 17, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Students pass around a model of a fetus during a lecture by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, after a presentation about abstinence, falling in love and why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at the Shree Kalinchwok secondary school in Dolakha, Nepal, July 17, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Students pass around a model of a fetus during a lecture by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, after a presentation about abstinence, falling in love and why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at the Shree Kalinchwok secondary school in Dolakha, Nepal, July 17, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
Students pass around a model of a fetus during a lecture by Soman Rai, a pastor who founded the non-profit Voice of Fetus Nepal, after a presentation about abstinence, falling in love and why women shouldn't have abortions because it is killing a fetus, at the Shree Kalinchwok secondary school in Dolakha, Nepal, July 17, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
The sunset is seen over Kathmandu, Nepal, July 17, 2017. (Photo Credit/Tara Todras-Whitehill/European Journalism Centre/Vignette Interactive)
