It takes more to help a woman choose life versus an abortion procedure
(The Washington Times) It takes more to do more.
Abortion proponents are suddenly very concerned about the fact pregnancy help centers outnumber abortion clinics. In fact, pregnancy help centers have outnumbered abortion clinics in the United States since the mid-1990s. That was when the surge of new pregnancy centers in the mid-’80s and the steady opening of new locations overtook the number of abortion clinics.
Now, two decades later, pregnancy help centers and their local, grassroots support fueled continuous growth into the new millennium. As we step into the post-Roe era, there are nearly four pregnancy centers for every one abortion clinic.
As state abortion bans take effect, even Planned Parenthood is announcing location closures, despite the fact that they, at least in their name, exist to support parenthood. Or do they? A look at Planned Parenthood’s own list of services reveals literally nothing to do with actual, you know, parenthood.
A few years ago, the creative marketing team at Planned Parenthood tried to convince everyone that “abortion is only 3%” of their business. So why are Planned Parenthood locations in life states closing following an abortion ban? Clearly, it’s not due to their parenthood products. But then there are the supposed 97% of their “women’s services” that are intended to help women, right? Apparently not. It seems as though they were willing to stay open to do abortions, but not to serve women.
Yet, somehow, abortion supporters like Sen. Elizabeth Warren are gravely concerned.
“In Massachusetts right now, those crisis pregnancy centers … outnumber true abortion clinics by three to one,” Ms. Warren told NBC 10 Boston. “We need to shut them down here in Massachusetts and we need to shut them down all around the country.”
Like Planned Parenthood, Ms. Warren is more concerned about abortion than about women who are pregnant and need help for any other choice.
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While an abortion provider needs only a matter of minutes to terminate a pregnancy, a pregnancy center spends hours, days, weeks and even months helping women choose to carry their baby to term. Selling and executing abortions is a big money-maker (see Planned Parenthood’s previous annual reports). A significant portion of big abortion money goes to support politicians like Ms. Warren. (The dirty little secret of the abortion industry is that they’ve switched their model from selling abortions in stand-alone clinics to easily mailed chemical abortions over the last several years.)
Meanwhile, local pregnancy help centers, especially those that are in abortion states, faithfully help women through their pregnancy and into parenting or the chance to choose adoptive parents. Thanks to kind-hearted community donations, pregnancy centers provide things like maternity clothes, prenatal vitamins, parenting classes and baby items.
Pregnancy help centers invest time and attention in understanding the environment swirling around an unexpected pregnancy. Uncovering unhealthy relationship dynamics can serve to help reset a positive path forward toward the vision of the future she wants.
It takes more pregnancy centers because there is more to do to help a woman choose life for her baby versus the relatively quick abortion procedure. To adequately serve America’s pregnant women, it will take even more, not fewer like Ms. Warren wants, because women should never be forced into only the choice of abortion. That is no choice at all, especially when the pressure to abort is coming from other people or temporary circumstances. Every woman should be loved and supported in her pregnancy. That takes more.
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The path to parenting is longer. Sometimes that makes it harder. And for the families thriving today thanks to the help of a pregnancy center, it is certainly worth the investment.
Editor's note: This article was published by The Washington Times and is reprinted with permission.
