The culture says abortion leaves your mind and body unaffected. Scientists disagree. Post abortive trauma is common.
Are you experiencing an unplanned pregnancy? You need to know two critical pieces of information right now:
- You can get help. You’re not alone. You have healthy options beyond abortion.
- Abortion affects you forever. But even if you’d had one, there’s help. Keep reading.
Let’s deal with #2 first.
Post abortive trauma
Scientists have conducted comprehensive research on what abortion does to you in the long run. The info that follows is based on a huge sample of 163,831 women who have abortions. Here is their experience:
• Women who have had an abortion have an 81% higher risk of subsequent mental health problems compared to women who have not had an abortion.
• Women who aborted have a 138% higher risk of mental health problems compared to women who have given birth.
• Women who aborted have a 55% higher risk of mental health problems compared to women with an “unplanned” pregnancy who gave birth.
• Women with a history of abortion have higher rates of anxiety (34% higher), depression (37%), alcohol use/misuse (110%), marijuana use (230%), and suicidal behavior (155%), compared to those who have not had an abortion.
Have you had an abortion?
Were you forced to have one? Sixty-four percent of women who have had abortions were forced into it.
Are you feeling its effects in any way? Laura Limmex can help you. She is Executive Director of Restored by Grace Ministries. She has been in your shoes.
Here is her experience in counseling post-abortive women:
Laura Limmex, Executive Director, Restored by Grace Ministries
“Many women look back years later, after choosing an abortion, and realize the excuses they relied on clouded their decision making process. The excuses make no sense:
They WOULD have had support.
They WOULD have financially made it.
They WOULD have been a great mom. They realize they bought into a lie about their situation and what it meant for their future.”
Laura is one of the people who bought into the lie:
“I share as a woman who has had an abortion and has counseled many others following their decision to have an abortion. What seems like a hopeless situation really has the potential to be one of great joy regardless if you parent or choose to bless through adoption. And I would encourage women to check into all the resources available through the various life affirming organizations in the state of Iowa.”
You can confidentially connect with Laura right now if you need someone to talk to about your abortion. Don’t wait. You’re putting yourself and future children at risk if you do.
Post-abortive trauma affects the way you raise your kids
According to researchers, women who have had abortions are 144% more likely to physically abuse their children than women who have not had abortions. If you’re concerned this applies to you, seek help. Healing awaits you.
Don’t believe it? Abby was in your shoes:
“Growing up in a Catholic family that attended Mass every Sunday, I never expected that I, of all people, would be in this situation. I convinced myself that I had committed an unforgivable act.
I felt utterly alone.
I desperately needed to connect with other women who were suffering as I was, and I longed to be the woman I used to be.
And then one fateful Sunday morning during Mass, my husband handed me a church bulletin, pointing out the words on the back: “Project Rachel — a program for post-abortion healing through the archdiocese.” I couldn’t believe my eyes…
…Thanks to Project Rachel, I am me again.
…Project Rachel literally lit the path for me. From the moment I arrived at the retreat house, the warmth of God’s love engulfed me. Furthermore, I was able to connect with other women who knew the despair that I knew, and we were able to experience the joy of receiving the gifts of hope and healing together. I actually feel lighter. The power of forgiveness is life altering. I am happy again, and the people whom I love sense that. I will always regret my decision, and I will continue to carry my quiet secret with me. It has become a part of who I am, but it no longer defines who I am.”
You can read her entire story here.
There IS help
As you can see, abortion does affect you forever, but there IS help for post abortive trauma.
There absolutely is help.
Here are resources that can and will make a difference in the lives of post-abortive women:
Project Rachel: Hope After Abortion
We’ve given you a lot to chew on today.
Check back tomorrow. We’ll talk about positive options other than abortion for women experiencing unplanned pregnancies.
Prince Ernest was hopelessly in love with the lovely widow, Harriet. Harriet felt the same and threw herself into the German prince’s bed for what she assumed would be an evening of passion.
There was a problem: the prince had syphilis.
To his credit, he was able to gather himself and deter the inflamed, young woman from making a mistake that could haunt her the rest of her life. You can watch the melodrama unfold in this scene from the PBS hit series, “Victoria.”
Now syphilis is treatable
In an era before antibiotics, syphilis was devastating. Today, it can be treated with antibiotics, with this warning from the Center for Disease Control (CDC):
“However, treatment might not undo any damage that the infection has already done.”
Syphillis is widespread, with 88,000 reported cases in 2016. However, the CDC reveals the problem of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) goes far beyond syphillis, as the graphic below reveals. Our country is awash in a STD epidemic.
Multiple sex partners fuel the STD epidemic
You are at risk if you are sexually active, and if either you or your partner have had multiple partners.
The consequence of contracting an STD can last your entire life, because some STDs cannot be cured. With each new partner, your odds of contracting an STD increase exponentially. That is why you should get tested every time you become intimate with a new partner or any time you feel things just aren’t right downstairs. These days you can get fast and confidential appointments due to the nature of the consequences for some of these diseases if not caught in time.
The CDC tells us that STDs infect 20 million NEW people every year. Worse, many people don’t know for a long time, because they aren’t tested. As a result, STDs infect 110 million Americans today.
This number could be greatly reduced if people who are sexually active visit somewhere similar to Southwest Care to undergo an STI test which could then significantly lessen the chances of passing it on to someone else. They can get the necessary course of treatment depending on the disease that they have.
The CDC says that you are most likely to be infected with one of the following STDs (in this order):
HPV
Chlamydia
Trichomoniasis
Gonorrhea
Genital Herpes
Syphilis
HIV
HBV
Even though syphilis is only sixth on this list, this timeless destroyer of lives still infects 117,000 Americans.
Women and men ask these common questions about STDs:
If I use a condom, will that prevent me from contracting an STD?
No, not necessarily. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) says,
“The most effective way to avoid getting an STI is to not have sex. Another way is to limit sex to one partner who also limits his or her sex in the same way. Condoms are not 100% safe, but if used properly, will reduce the risk of getting a STI.”
Which STDs are incurable?
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) tells us:
“More than 30 different bacteria, viruses and parasites are known to be transmitted through sexual contact. Eight of these pathogens are linked to the greatest incidence of sexually transmitted disease. Of these 8 infections, 4 are currently curable: syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis. The other 4 are viral infections and are incurable: hepatitis B, herpes simplex virus (HSV or herpes), HIV, and human papillomavirus (HPV). Symptoms or disease due to the incurable viral infections can be reduced or modified through treatment.”
You could learn more about these infectious diseases on websites like idcare.com.
How often should I test for STDs?
If you think you have an STD, you should get it checked as soon as possible. However, it also depends on whether you are sexually active with multiple partners, in which case the CDC recommends at least once a year. In the case of gay and bisexual men, it should happen as often as every 3 months. You can fill your prescription for STD medication like Valtrex online at sites like Blink Health, discuss this with a healthcare professional first. Keep in mind that STD diagnosis and treatment could prove to be a costly endeavor, if you do not have funds saved for bearing medical expenses. In such situations, you could end up feeling helpless. That is why it could be wise of you to save money beforehand. Additionally, opt for Medicare Plan N, as it can help cover the costs. A plan like this ensure that you do not become broke when the emergency arises. It can also ensure that you have the financial support to save your life from fatal diseases. (Note that having the above-mentioned plan can help you from experiencing unnecessary headaches.)
What are complications from STDs?
According to the Mayo Clinic:
- Pelvic pain
- Pregnancy complications
- Eye inflammation
- Arthritis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Infertility
- Heart disease
- Certain cancers, such as HPV-associated cervical and rectal cancers
Can STDs kill me?
Yes, especially AIDs. Some are curable or treatable, but some impact your immune systems in ways that can shorten your lifespan.
Back to Prince Ernest. Ultimately, he was an honorable man who denied himself pleasure to protect the woman he loved.
The STD epidemic impacts our entire culture. Protect yourself. Protect your partner. Live a healthy life and avoid the anguish and remorse wrought by STDs.
[LEARN more. Get our Women’s Reproductive Health Resource Book online without obligation.]
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The Iowa Fetus is becoming endangered. The replacement birthrate in the Hawkeye State has been below replacement level since 2009.
The replacement birthrate in developed nations is 2.1 births per woman, but here in Iowa, the rate had dropped to 1.99 by 2016.
Our population growth is stagnant. Small towns are drying up, and what little growth we’ve experienced in recent decades has been through immigration.
The Heartbeat Bill will help
A bill before the Iowa legislature (SSB 3143) would ban human abortion once a heartbeat is detectable in an Iowan Fetus. As you can guess, support falls pretty much along party lines, with Republicans largely supporting the bill and Democrats vigorously opposing any legal protections for the Iowa Fetus.
The Iowa Code DOES protect some life
By contrast, sections 481A and B in the Iowa Administrative Code do sanction you for killing life in Iowa to the tune of $1000 per life. Here is a partial list of some life forms protected by law here in Iowa:
√ Indiana Bat
√ Plains Pocket Mouse
√ Spotted Skunk
√ Common Barn Owl
√ Piping Plover
√ Iowa Pleistocene Land Snail
Iowa law even protects an expansive list of plant life, such as the sumpweed.
Here’s the question …
Here’s the obvious question: isn’t a human being worth more than a skunk? Or a snail? Or a rodent?
The list of protected species above enjoys bi-partisan support. Why not the Iowa Fetus, which has become endangered in recent years?
The Iowa Fetus is in the early stages of the arc of its life, but it will become the people who build our roads, cure our sick, and take care of the elderly tomorrow.
These are the people who will not only feed Iowans, but the entire world.
We need them.
Opponents of the bill insist that the Heartbeat Bill infringes on a woman’s “right to privacy” as defined by Roe V Wade. And yet the Iowa Administrative Code will fine you even if you kill a spotted skunk in your own backyard, privacy be damned.
Opponents of the Heartbeat Bill correctly observe that a woman’s body isn’t the same as your private property. And yet if someone kills the Iowa Fetus against the mother’s will, the state will treat the fetus as a person and the crime as a homicide.
How can the same fetus be considered a person in one breath and a disposable clump of cells inferior to a spotted skunk in the next?
The Heartbeat Bill recognizes the intrinsic dignity of human life. The bill was passed in a Senate sub-committee by an 8 to 5 vote this week. It will most likely be debated on the Senate floor next week.
If you think the Iowa Fetus deserves the same legal protection as a Spotted Skunk, contact your State Legislators immediately.
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Hi, I’m Laura Limmex. I am the Executive Director of Restored by Grace and I’m a founding member of The Coalition.
I too had an abortion at the age of 16, and for many years I denied the fact of what happened that day and the memories of what happened that day. Today I work with women across the state of Iowa and this Midwest region who are struggling following the decision to have an abortion.
Abortion takes the life of a baby
Human abortion doesn’t resolve problems
It left them to navigate grief, guilt, remorse, anger, depression, anxiety. Things that they thought were being resolved with the abortion were only escalated. They were affected mentally, emotionally, many times physically and spiritually.
I’m going to be brief and just end with a couple questions.
State Capitol Building, Iowa
As a community, Nation, State what do we value? Should not our legislators as representatives protect and stand up for people who are young both before birth and after?
Thank you.
[The above is a transcript of Laura Limmex’s testimony before the Iowa Senate’s subcommittee on the Heartbeat Bill, SSB 3143, on February 8th. The full committee debates the bill today in room 116. Please attend beginning at 4PM to show your support.]
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[Here is a transcript of Kim Laube’s testimony before the Iowa Senate’s subcommittee on the Heartbeat Bill, SSB 3143, on February 8th.]
I am Kimberly Laube, Director of Life Ministries for Lutheran Family Service. I direct the adoption agency and pregnancy counseling program that began in 1901 in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
I would like to address the question:
Does Iowa have the infrastructure to handle the number of children born to women who would have otherwise sought an abortion if were not for a law prohibiting them from an abortion after a heart beat is detected?
Currently Iowa reports abortion statistics in terms of those prior to 13 weeks gestation and those after 13-week gestation. In 2014, according to The State of Iowa’s Vital Statistic Report, 283 children were aborted either surgically or medically that were over the age of 13 weeks. All other abortions, which totaled 3732, were performed at gestational age 0-13 weeks.
We do not know the exact number, because but we can use national statistics to help us reach a good estimated number.
According to Guttmacher Institute, two thirds of women have an abortion prior to 8 weeks gestation. Using that statistic 1232 of the 3732 women who were reported to have abortions before 13 weeks would have had their abortion after a heart beat could be detected and would have been prevented from doing so.
The adoption option
Using those assumptions, In the state of Iowa there may be 1,515 children being born to mothers who otherwise would have had an abortion.
The National Council for Adoption has complied quite a bit of data surrounding adoption and abortion. There is a national adoption rate of 7 babies to every 1000 babies aborted or born to unwed mothers in the United States. This is called the Adoption Option Index.
The National Council for Adoption broke out their numbers further and reported on the Adoption Option Index state by state.
Iowa is an adoption friendly state
There were some very important findings… important enough that I would like to quote The National Council for Adoption about their findings. Here is what they had to say.
In 2014, four states had Adoption Option Indexes three or more times higher than the national average-Utah (36.3), Arkansas (26.8), Montana (23.1), and Iowa (21.4). There were two to four adoptions for every 100 abortions plus births to unmarried women in these states. This suggests that in these states women may have more extensive counselling, services, and facilities to orient pregnant women towards adoption-among other factors.
That’s good news!
Iowa’s Adoption Option Index appears to show that we currently have an infrastructure that helps us succeed at least three or four times the national average!
According to various sites, including the Federalists, American Adoptions and other websites, it is common to use the statistic of 2 Million American Couples are waiting to adopt.
That is approximately 36 couples waiting for every one infant adoption.
If you are one of those couples, then you might find the information at https://www.gofundme.com/c/blog/adoption-financial-assistance very useful, especially if you are concerned about funds like so many others. However, despite all of this, it is not realistic to believe that all 1,515 extra births in Iowa annually would be placed for adoption. Our Adoption Index would indicate it is somewhere around an additional 30 children who would be placed for adoption. There are multiple adoption agencies throughout Iowa besides Lutheran Family Service who could easily absorb an additional 30 placements. These children would still be able to know about their pasts with the advanced technology and genealogy these days, as there are sites like https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/census/1910-records which are available for each year, and so adoptees won’t go without knowing about their heritage and who they are.
Some of course will be parented and may rely on welfare or other state aid. But, Vital Statistics indicate that about 60% of the women seeking abortions in Iowa have some college education which will make them less likely to need welfare assistance throughout their life time.
It will remain to be seen the impact this bill will have on our infrastructures, welfare, Medicaid and adoption, but there are some indicators here that lead me to believe we have a good foundation for support.
I rise in favor of SSB 3143 and rejoice in the 1515 lives it will save annually.
[The Heartbeat Bill needs YOUR help this Monday. Can you attend a crucial hearing Senate subcommittee hearing Monday, February 12th, 5PM, in room 116? Planned Parenthood will be out in force. Pro life proponents need to show their support. Be sure to read/watch Maggie Dewitte’s testimony.]
[Here is a transcript of Scott Valencia’s remarks before an Iowa Senate subcommittee in support of the proposed Heartbeat Bill legislation. Mr. Valencia is Executive Director of the NATURAL JOURNEY ALLIANCE and Chairperson of THE COALITION OF PRO LIFE LEADERS:]
Good morning Senator Sinclair, Schultz, and Petersen. I am Scott Valencia, Chair Person for the Coalition of Pro-Life Leaders. I appreciate your taking the time today to hold this sub-committee.
If a heartbeat exists, it is a life
It’s not a secret that our coalition believes that life at fertilization is the gold standard that Iowa should strive for, because all lives from the moment of fertilization have value.
We also understand that specific points within life at fertilization currently has challenges for both legislators and Senate leadership, in both legality and enforceability.
This is not the case with this bill.
This bill creates protections at a fundamental level, that any person no matter political affiliation or education level can understand. If a heartbeat exists, it is a life. And so the coalition is supporting SSB 3143 [the Heartbeat Bill].
I would like to address quickly a few key points:
Healthcare shouldn’t be about finding ‘safer’ ways to take a life
• Senator [Janet] Petersen stated:
“If this law was passed we would lose our only obgyn residency program and create an environment that OBGYN’s would not want to risk working in.”
I am confused.
Most postgraduate training programs are preparing the practicing obstetrician/gynecologist to be adept at the care of female reproductive organs’ health, and at the management of pregnancy.
Wouldn’t we be better suited in creating a program for providing better care for the women and babies of Iowa … and not welcome a program that’s training apparently hinges on finding safer ways to take a life?
And if we are losing doctors because we are NOT taking lives, don’t we have a much bigger issue?
Taking another’s life is not a ‘health choice’
• We heard today that a woman’s health should take the main spotlight, and I agree that a person’s health should be the primary concern. But I always struggle with how the taking of another’s life is a health choice. When it is a health choice involving the risk of life to the mother, this bill addresses it giving the ability to the doctor to terminate if taking the life will save the mother.
No one argues that “a heartbeat does not prove life”
State Capitol Building, Iowa
• Last, it seems that many people speaking here today have tried very hard to avoid the statement that “a heartbeat does not prove life.” I think that is very telling
Thank you for your time.
[The Heartbeat Bill needs YOUR help this Monday. Can you attend a crucial hearing Senate subcommittee hearing Monday, February 12th, 5PM, in room 116? Planned Parenthood will be out in force. Pro life proponents need to show their support. Be sure to read/watch Maggie Dewitte’s testimony.]
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[Here is a transcript of Maggie Dewitte’s remarks before an Iowa Senate subcommittee in support of the proposed “Heartbeat Bill” legislation:]
When death is determined
In Iowa, death is determined when an individual has sustained irreversible cessation of circulatory or respiratory functions. In other words, the heart stops beating. It is not hard then, to draw the logical conclusion that when there is a heartbeat, the person is alive.
When heartbeats begin
According to Embryology textbooks, the human heart is the earliest functioning organ beginning at 4 weeks in utero.
In Planned Parenthood’s explanation of D & E abortions (Dilation & Evacuation), “In later second-trimester procedures, you may also need a shot through your abdomen to make sure the fetus’s heart stops before the procedure begins.”
Planned Parenthood fears live births
Though Planned Parenthood does not give an explanation as to the reason to stop the heart, the Orlando’s Women’s Center website, provides the reason: it assures nearly 100% that there will be no evidence of a live birth when the delivery takes place.
When organizations who perform abortion stipulate the need to stop the heart, are they not in fact acknowledging the child in the womb is in fact alive? And if alive, does that child not deserve the protections all human beings deserve?
Protect human life
On behalf of the coalition of pro-life leaders, I urge passage of this bill to protect the most vulnerable of our society.
[The Heartbeat Bill needs YOUR help this Monday. Can you attend a crucial hearing Senate subcommittee hearing Monday, February 12th, 5PM, in room 116? Planned Parenthood will be out in force. Pro life proponents need to show their support.]
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When does human life begin? Scientists state the obvious that it begins at conception. Even pro abortion advocates agree, as you can see in the video below.
An adult, a teenager, a child, an infant, a fetus, an embryo, a blastocyst, and a zygote are all human beings at different stages of development. The culture divides over who is deserving of 14th Amendment protections. Some politicians suggest that the zygote, blastocyst, embryo, and fetus should have no human rights whatsoever, despite the acknowledgement of their humanity.
Some of these same politicians even honestly refer to the baby in the womb as an “infant.” Nonetheless, they support “human” abortion. (The word human is an important descriptor for an act that ends a human life.)
Fetal pain bill passed last year
Last year, the Iowa Legislature passed a law which provided legal protections at the stage when a fetus can feel pain, which is at the 2oth week. The rationale is that it is inhumane to kill another person in a cruel and intentionally painful manner. Human abortion subjects them to excruciating pain. We don’t even subject murderers on death row to this kind of treatment. The fetal pain bill remedied this injustice.
The Heartbeat Bill
This year, the Iowa legislature proposes to extend human rights protections to the preborn at the stage when a heartbeat is first detected. This occurs around the 5th week after her conception.
The proposed legislation is simply called the Heartbeat Bill, or SSB 3143 as it is designated by the legislature.
Here’s an excerpt:
“The bill prohibits a physician from performing an abortion upon a pregnant woman when it has been determined that the unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat, unless, in the physician’s reasonable medical judgment, a medical emergency exists. A physician who knowingly and intentionally performs an abortion on a pregnant woman, when it has been determined that the unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat and a medical emergency does not exist, is guilty of a class “D” felony. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500.”
The rationale: all human beings should be treated equally. The Heartbeat Bill suggests we shouldn’t discriminate against a human being just because she has a tiny heart. The sweep of history demands an ongoing expansion of human rights. That is what the Heartbeat Bill does.
This rationale very much comports with the compassionate thinking of social justice warriors from the 19th century. They fought a racist status quo that considered people with black skin as being subhuman. The culture then considered the slave unworthy of basic liberties of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The culture today imposes the same injustice on persons with tiny, beating hearts.
The Heartbeat Bill is an important piece of legislation that advances the cause of human dignity. We encourage advocates of social justice to vigorously support this bill by contacting their legislators. For every voice they hear, they know you represent another hundred people.
You can make a difference today.
[You are encouraged to attend a committee hearing at the statehouse tomorrow at 8AM, room 22. The more supporters of human dignity in attendance, the better.]
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By Maggie Dewitte
For me, the highlight of the president’s State of the Union address Tuesday was Ryan Holets.
Did you hear what happened? President Trump shared the story of Mr. Holets who is a cop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He responded to what seemed to be a routine call about a possible convenience store robbery.
When he arrived at the scene, he came upon a couple sitting behind the store about to shoot up heroin.
The woman, Crystal Champ, was 8 months pregnant.
Let that sink in.
The cop cried out,
“Why are you doing this stuff? It’s going to ruin your baby. You’re going to kill your baby.”
At this moment, the history of the world turned on a dime. Ms. Champs lashed back, engulfed by sobs:
“How dare you judge me? You have no idea how hard this is. I know what a horrible person I am. I know what a horrible situation I’m in.”
She acknowledged she needed someone to adopt her baby. And guess what, the cop had an idea of someone who would be willing to adopt her child: him.
He said he felt God talk to him. He went home, discussed it with his wife, Rebecca, and they decided to adopt the unborn child of a heroin addict.
The baby girl was born a few weeks later. They named her Hope.
How beautifully fitting.
This innocent little girl came into the world heroin-addicted through no fault of her own. She had to fight through withdrawal for ten days before they let her new parents take her home from the hospital.
She’s home, and her life is filled with hope.
She knows love.
Can this happy ending get any better? Yes. The cop set up a GoFundMe page for the birth mom to help pay for drug rehab. According to CNN, she received treatment and has been sober for 40 days. This shows that a little initiative and love goes a long way, especially in cases such as this wherein it was important for the to-be mother be medically detoxed (visit https://www.aristarecovery.com/treatment-programs/medical-detox/ to know more about it).
Will it stick? Don’t know.
Will baby Hope grow up unaffected by heroin poisoning? Don’t know.
All we know is that one little life has hope today because of brave decisions made by three people:
- Ryan Holets, the cop who intervened, and said YES to God’s call to adopt.
- Rebecca Holets, the wife who quickly said YES to God’s call to adopt.
- And the biggest hero of all is Crystal Champ who said YES to life, and demonstrated the most profound form of love the world has even known: agape love.
What is agape love? It is sacrificial, self-giving. It says you’re more important than I, that I’ll die for you.
Crystal Champ surely died a little the day she gave her baby to the Holets, but she KNEW in her heart that it was absolutely the right thing to do.
Moreover, adoption can be a ray of hope for people who can’t conceive a baby due to medical conditions or something else. They might explore adoption rules and consider interviewing adoption agencies to learn about legal procedures. So, individuals who chose to give up their baby for adoption deliver happiness to another family that could take care of the child and provides unconditional love to them.
Adoption is the answer.
Agape love. That’s the kind of love Jesus lived out for us … on the cross.
What’s next? Did you know that there are 36 couples standing in line to adopt every available baby placed for adoption?
These are couples that may not have wealth or status, but they have an abundance of love to offer.
We need more heroes like Crystal Champs who make the loving choice and chooses adoption, not death for their babies.
Life is beautiful. Adoption is beautiful.
If you need help trying to figure this all out, here’s a great resource: Lutheran Family Services. They’ll give you the information and support you need right now.
In its most recent annual report, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America makes two
fundamental claims, both of which are directly relevant to the question involving continued
government funding for its services, approximately $555 million in the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2016.1 These claims are:
• First, that Planned Parenthood health centers are… Continue Reading