Pregnancy Care Centers: Serving Mothers and Communities

Chuck Donovan / January 22, 2010

As tens of thousands of Americans march in Washington today on the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortion, among their ranks will be many women and men who have been helped by or volunteered in one of the nation’s 2,300 pregnancy resource centers. Some of the marchers will be both: women or children whom the centers have aided, and who now lead or volunteer for the centers as they assist others.

Through a project called Babies Go to Congress founded by Heartbeat International, one of the three major pregnancy center network umbrella groups (the other two are Care Net and the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates), former clients bring their toddlers and infants with them to Washington to underscore what the centers have done for them in terms of practical assistance, counseling services, parenting education and community networking. (more…)