Pregnancy centers provide essential lifesaving services to women in need. The importance of their work cannot be overstated. Yet despite their incredible value, pregnancy centers have recently come under fierce attack. Pro-abortion radicals spread lies and have tried to shut these centers down. Julie Russell and Amanda Little join this episode of Straight Talk on Life Issues to share the truth from their firsthand experience working in pregnancy centers.
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What Creating a Pro-Life Culture Looks Like
Creating a culture of life looks like defending the unborn and continuing to support them after they are born. The pro-life movement has spent the past 50 years creating the structures necessary to support life.
In a recent opinion piece published in The Nation the claim was made that, “the so-called pro-life movement couldn’t care less about the living.” Despite the accusations of pro-abortion advocates, the pro-life community has pioneered new approaches to helping babies and their mothers before and after birth.
Pregnancy Resource Centers – A Tale of Two States
Following the death of Roe v. Wade, the battle for life is raging in every state in the country.
While states like Texas and Missouri have passed strong legislation to protect the sanctity of life, others like California and New York have fought to allow full-term abortion. This cavernous divide on life issues is on clear display regarding life-saving pregnancy resource centers (PRCs).
The Power of Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
On numerous occasions I’ve used this weekly blog to highlight the good done by the power of pro-life pregnancy centers. Today I’ll share unassailable proof that what these centers are doing within their communities is nothing short of remarkable.
Charlotte Lozier Institute teamed up with Heartbeat International, Care Net, and National Institute of Family and Life Advocates – the latter three umbrella groups that assist pregnancy centers – to publish a survey documenting the level of services the centers provide to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies.
Choosing Life in Sin City
First Choice Pregnancy Services is an invaluable resource for pregnant women in Las Vegas, offering free pregnancy testing, options counseling, port-abortion help, ultrasound and more. In 2009, First Choice helped save 2,800 babies from abortion, among the most at any one clinic in the country.
New Study Shows the Tremendous Impact of Pregnancy Centers
Data was collected in a detailed study of over 2,750 pregnancy centers in connection with Care Net, Heartbeat International, and the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates. This data shows over 16,000,000 meetings with clients, nearly 975,000 new clients, and vital services provided totaling over $350,000,000.
Life Issues Institute President, Brad Mattes said, “Americans need to understand the width and breadth of what pro-life pregnancy centers do for babies, mothers, fathers, and the community at large. Share this information so these centers get the help they need when attacked by politicians.”
Guests
Julie Russel is the coordinator of advocacy programs at Life Choices, The Cooking for Life coordinator, and a staff client advocate. She is a certified mental health coach and has been at the Pregnancy Center on staff for almost 12 years.
Amanda Little is a Nurse, Perinatal Educator, Lactation Consultant, and the Director of Nursing at First Care in Rochester, MN where she has worked for the past 5 years. She also has previous work experience as a Nurse, Perinatal Educator, and Lactation Support in the Family Birth Center and NICU at Mayo Clinic. Amanda has a passion to support women and families through the pregnancy, birthing, parenting, lactating, adoption, grieving, healing, and growing stages of life and beyond.
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