Written by Julie Stuckenschneider What exactly does it mean to be pro-life? Merriam Webster dictionary describes it simply as “opposed to abortion”. But it is so much more than that. Being pro life means you value life and feel it should be protected from its beginning to natural death. This means life is valuable at […]
Hope. It is one of the feelings that women considering abortion feel without. Feelings of hopelessness are isolating and abortion promises a way out of the hopelessness. It seems like a viable solution at the time and a quick fix. Yet, the consequences of abortion are overlooked by abortion providers during the brief discussion before […]
Sometimes the truth is painful to hear. However, through the pain change happens. When I realized what abortion truly was and the impact it has on not only the innocent child, but the child’s mother, and society as a whole—I wanted to do something about it. So, I started sharing posts about abortion on my […]
Hannah* didn’t know how many weeks she was in her pregnancy. She knew she wasn’t very far along which is why she was strongly considering having an abortion. Her situation wasn’t ideal so an abortion seemed like the most plausible choice. But Hannah didn’t get an abortion. She was able to hear her baby’s heartbeat […]
What was the one thing in particular that impacted you during your visit at the pregnancy center? “When they let me hear my son’s heartbeat and see how big he was, it brought me to tears and I just had to keep him I couldn’t fathom leaving this beautiful life behind. They allowed me to […]
Being pro-life is more than just wanting to end abortion. The pro- life movement wants to ensure every child has a chance at life and that doesn’t stop once a child is born. We hope each mother that chooses life for their baby has a life-altering moment and continues to love and care for her […]
In an attempt to encourage my daughter to be more active I would ask her to go for a walk with me around the neighborhood or play a game outside. She was not enthused or even slightly motivated. So I tried a different approach. I started working out at home in front of her. It […]
Every night I do a read aloud with my kids and last month was Charlotte’s Web. The main and well known theme in Charlotte’s Web is friendship. However, as I was rereading the book to my own children the underlying theme of life and death was more apparent. E.B. White’s famous children’s novel focuses on […]
When Tiffany* arrived at her appointment to the pregnancy resource center she only had one solution in mind for her pregnancy: abortion. She was certain that she would have minimal support for this child and didn’t want to take away more time and love from her daughter. She wanted to get a referral for an […]
Getting mastitis is miserable. Getting mastitis a second time only a few weeks apart is even worse. But what made it almost unbearable was being very sick while hearing several newsbreak stories in favor of abortion over the pro-life movement. I am a sensitive person. It hurts when I hear the statistics on abortion, the legislation […]
