Miscellaneous
Relate Care Clinic's Stories
Relate Care Clinic
Grand Forks, ND
Relate Care Clinic is a faith-based, non-profit organization in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Located on the North Dakota/Minnesota border, we serve men, women, and families from both states. Our Registered Nurses provide pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, abortion pill reversal, community referrals, and STI/STD testing and treatment at no cost to our clients. Relate Care also provides prenatal and parent education classes through our Earn While You Learn mentorship program. We strive to provide a safe, confidential, pressure-free environment where our clients feel validated, supported, and empowered.
Watch the stories of the lives impacted by Relate Care Clinic below!
Align Pregnancy Services' Story
Align Pregnancy Services
Lancaster, Lebanon, Columbia, and Ephrata, PA
Align Pregnancy Services offers free ultrasounds and pregnancy tests, prenatal and parenting education, material assistance, options education, and post-abortion support. We serve approximately 300 clients each month in Lebanon & Lancaster counties (Pennsylvania). Align is passionate about sharing the gospel and the love of Christ with our clients. We are honored to serve our local communities and to support men & women facing unintended pregnancies – speaking the truth of God’s Word and providing support to walk with them in their current season of life.
Watch a story of one of the lives impacted by Align Pregnancy Services below!
The Resource Center's Stories
Greeley, CO
The Resource Center has been serving Northern Colorado for over four decades with locations in Greeley and Windsor. We are a community-funded medical center specializing in pregnancy and STD resources and support. Our nurses and trained advocates take a holistic approach meaning we care about your physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial needs. Our professional services are designed by experienced staff to help you find answers to make the best decision for your life and circumstances.
We believe you deserve comprehensive and accurate medical information regarding an unplanned pregnancy, abortion procedures, parenting, adoption, and STDs. During your appointment, you will meet one-on-one with an advocate where you can learn about your options, share what’s on your mind, and process all the information in a safe environment. All of our services and materials are free of charge, so we will never benefit financially from any decision you make.
Watch two stories of lives impacted by The Resource Center below!
Resource Center 2017 - Kathryn's Story from The Resource Center on Vimeo.
Pregnancy Help Stories by State
The stories below represent just a small glimpse into the impact of pregnancy help organizations throughout the nation. Many are stories of women who overcame challenges through the help of the pregnancy help movement by receiving support and care, and in some cases, even a roof over their heads. Pregnancy centers and maternity homes save lives every day through their services!
You can find a pregnancy center in your area simply by putting in your city and state or zip code in Option Line's center locater tool here!
To find out more about the pregnancy help network in your state, along with key contacts, just select your state on the map here!
Alabama
- Women's Resource Center in Mobile, AL - "Pregnancy resource centers minister to mothers who have miscarried"
Arizona
- Life Choices Women’s Clinic in Phoenix, AZ - Laura Lysek Spagur
- Living Hope Dream Centers in Show Low, AZ - Marcella's Story
- Reachout Women's Center in Tuscon, AZ - "Arizona pregnancy medical clinic celebrates 50 years of pregnancy help"
- First Way Pregnancy Center in Phoenix, AZ - "Pregnancy centers help clients celebrate life during Christmas"
- Living Hope Centers in Springerville, AZ - "Pregnancy centers step up to impact of crisis at U.S. southern border"
Arkansas
California
- Fallbrook Pregnancy Resource Center in Fallbrook, CA - Jessica Helling
- CAPS Pregnancy Clinics in San Diego, CA - Sarah Seely
- A Women’s Care Center in La Puente, CA - Michelle Murphy
- Foothills Pregnancy Resource Center in Duarte, CA - Brittany and Nathaniel's Story
- Bakersfield Pregnancy Center in Bakersfield, CA - "Pregnancy centers step up to impact of crisis at U.S. southern border"
Colorado
- The Resource Center in Greeley, CO
- Bella Health and Wellness in Englewood, CO - "Court protects Catholic healthcare clinic’s care for pregnant women in need"
- Life Choices in Longmont, CO - "Arson at Colorado pregnancy center still unsolved; FBI offers major reward for leads"
Connecticut
- Carolyn's Place in Waterbury, CT - "Pregnancy centers help clients celebrate life during Christmas"
Florida
- Heartbeat of Miami Pregnancy Help Medical Clinic in Miami, FL - Mapi and Marella
- Essential Pregnancy Center in Palm Bay, FL. - "Pregnancy centers help clients celebrate life during Christmas"
- Community Pregnancy Clinics Inc. in Naples, FL. - "After ‘I messed up so bad,’ pregnancy resource center made all the difference"
- JMJ Pregnancy Center in Orlando, FL. - "Pro-life pregnancy center attacked with ‘ritualistic’ vandalism: mutilated animal bodies"
Indiana
- Heartline Pregnancy Center in Warsaw, IN - Emily Behny
- Braverly Women's Heath (Matrix LifeCenter) in Lafayette, IN - Khalilah's Story
- The Hope Clinic in Decatur, IN - "Post-abortive mom chooses life, tells moms facing unplanned pregnancy: “You can do it”"
- First Choice Pregnancy Center in Indianapolis, IN - "Pregnancy centers step up to impact of crisis at U.S. southern border"
- RETA (Reason Enough to Act) Pregnancy Clinic and Family Resources in Elkhart, IN - "Indiana pregnancy medical clinic celebrates 1st anniversary in new location after 32 years, expands space and services"
Iowa
- Cradle of Hope in Mount Pleasant, Iowa - "Iowa pregnancy help center opens mother’s home"
Kansas
Kentucky
- Clarity Solutions in Elizabethtown, KY - "Celebration and vision: Kentucky center expands services with maternity home"
Louisiana
- Woman’s New Life Clinic in New Orleans, LA - "Marking 20 years, Louisiana pregnancy medical clinic continues meeting women’s needs with life-affirming care"
Maryland
- Women's Clinic (Bowie Pregnancy Clinic) in Bowie, MD - Victoria's Story
- Women’s Clinic in Severna Park, MD - "Maryland pregnancy clinic’s unique prayer room highlights the power of persistent prayer"
- Cecil County Pregnancy Center in Elkton, MD - "Pro-Lifers Transform "Little Shop of Horrors" Abortion Mill into Life-Saving Center"
Michigan
- Spero Pregnancy Center (Blue Water Pregnancy Care Center) in Port Huron, MI - Elisa and Lissy's Story
- Pregnancy Aid Detroit in Detroit, MI - "Pregnancy centers help clients celebrate life during Christmas"
- Pregnancy Aid Detroit in Detroit, MI - "Threatening messages spray-painted on home of pro-life pregnancy center board member"
- Lennon Pregnancy Center in Dearborn, MI - "“Steadfast and committed” – Pregnancy help clinic undaunted by pro-abortion vandalism"
- Helping Hands Pregnancy Resource Center in Hillsdale, MI - "Baby formula shortage: Pro-life pregnancy centers offer aid to moms"
- Crossroads Care Center in Auburn Hills, MI - "After Her Baby Survived a Chemical Abortion, A Pregnancy Center Was There to Help Her Choose Life"
- West Shore Pregnancy and Family Support in Ludington, MI - "Survey Says: Michigan Pregnancy Center Listening, Acting"
- Care Pregnancy Center in Lenawee, MI - "Michigan Center Rolls Out $1 Million Capital Campaign"
- New Life Pregnancy Resource Center in Gaylord, MI - "30 Years Later, Pregnancy Center Still Celebrating 'New Life'"
- Pregnancy Help Clinic in Brighton, MI - "At the Intersection of Life-Saving Help, Child Well-Being"
New Jersey
- Lighthouse Pregnancy Center in Hackensack, NJ - "Dem Congressman targets New Jersey pregnancy centers with falsehoods"
- Bridge Women’s Center in NJ - "New center director taking pregnancy help on the road in New Jersey"
- Several Sources Shelters in Ramsey, NJ - "New Jersey pregnancy help organization celebrates 40-year history and ‘season of renewal’"
New York
- Willow Network (Care Net Pregnancy Centers of CNY) of New Hartford, NY- Kailee Perrin
- Women First Pregnancy Options in Hempstead, NY - "Pregnancy centers help clients celebrate life during Christmas"
- Women First Pregnancy Options Long Island, NY - "Pregnancy centers step up to impact of crisis at U.S. southern border"
North Carolina
- Compassion Care Center in Yadkinville, NC - Chelsea
- Life Line Pregnancy Help Center in Elkin, NC - April
- Hand of Hope Pregnancy Resource Center in Fuquay Varina, NC - Paula's Story
- Hand of Hope Pregnancy Resource Center in Fuquay Varina, NC - Brittany and Noah's Story
- Your Choice Pregnancy Resource Center in Rocky Mount, NC - Halie Hale
- Cry Freedom Missions / Wayne Pregnancy Center Goldsboro, NC - "Cry Freedom Missions expands to fight multi-billion-dollar scourge of human trafficking"
- Life Line Pregnancy Help Center in Elkin, NC - "“I Chose Life and God Changed Mine”: One Woman’s Story of Finding Unexpected Joy in a Crisis Pregnancy"
North Dakota
- Relate Care Clinic in Grand Forks, ND
Ohio
- Elizabeth's New Life Center in Dayton, OH - Evalynn and Hezekiah
- Women's Center of Lebanon, OH - Nadya's Story
- Elizabeth's New Life Center in Dayton, OH - Magalia Frazier
- Pregnancy Decision Health Centers in Columbus, OH - Whitney Wall
- Pregnancy Decision Health Centers in Columbus, OH - Kynnedi Brown
- Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne Co., Inc. in Wooster, OH - Ruth and Victor's Story
- Pregnancy Decision Health Centers in Columbus, OH - "Pregnancy centers support new moms in choosing life"
- Akron Pregnancy Services in Canton and Akron, OH - "Growing pregnancy services in Ohio cities offer restoration and hope"
- Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne Co., Inc. in Wooster, OH - "Jail ministry gives moms a new start"
South Carolina
- The Place of Healing in Darlington, SC - "South Carolina maternity home prepares to serve its first five teen moms"
- Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanburg, SC - "Meet the Center That's Become a Destination for GOP Hopefuls"
- Lowcountry Pregnancy Center in Charleston, SC - "Charleston Center Coming Alongside Grieving Mother"
Tennessee
- Crossroads Pregnancy Clinic in Fayetteville, TN - "“Beautiful example of what it looks like to overcome” – another mom receives Unplanned Movie Scholarship"
- Hope Center Greenville, TN - "Single mom credits pregnancy help center for life-changing support"
Texas
- Real Options in Allen and Melissa, TX - Kylie and Zoe
- Houston Fifth Ward Pregnancy Help Center Houston, TX - Janai
- Next Step Women's Center (Burleson Pregnancy Aid Center)Burleson, TX - Jessica Gore
- Open Door of Eastland Co. And Breckenridge in Cisco, TX - Michelle Bisbee
- Paris Pregnancy Care CenterHouston, TX - April Horton
- Her Heart Pregnancy Help Center in Manvel, TX - "“We received so much help from Heartbeat” – Texas start-up pregnancy center begins saving lives"
- Agape Pregnancy Center in Austin, TX - "Pregnancy centers step up to impact of crisis at U.S. southern border"
Virginia
- Blue Ridge Women’s Center in Roanoke, VA - "“I Chose Life and God Changed Mine”: One Woman’s Story of Finding Unexpected Joy in a Crisis Pregnancy"
- Paul Stefan Home in Locust Grove, VA - Danielle and Lei’Lani
- CareNet Pregnancy Resource Centers in Manassas, VA - Lourdes Blanco and Sophia
- Mary’s Shelter in Fredricksburg, VA and Paul Stefan Home in Locust Grove, VA- "'Shifted my whole life': Two Virginia mothers reflect on how maternity homes saved them and their children"
- Blue Ridge Women’s Center in Roanoke, VA - "Inside a pregnancy center that pro-abortion vandals attacked"
- Virginia Pregnancy Center Association 2022 Community Impact Report2022 Community Impact Report
Washington
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Abortion Pill Reversal 101
California's Attorney General has sued Heartbeat to prevent us from advertising Abortion Pill Reversal. If you feel so called, you can stand with us as we continue to push back against pro-abortion lies against the good work of pregnancy help. We know this will be a long battle, and we also have faith in the victory!
It is believed that upwards of 80% of all abortions in the U.S. occur through chemical abortion, the abortion pill.
The abortion pill comes in two parts and is approved by the FDA for use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. The first chemical, mifepristone (or RU-486), is the first pill used in a chemical abortion and blocks the effects of progesterone, a hormone necessary for a pregnancy to thrive. The second part, misoprostol, expels the baby.
Many women regret their abortions—and some choose to reverse the effects of chemical abortion drugs before taking the second drug, often saving their baby’s life. If a woman has regrets after taking the first pill, the pregnancy may be saved by the Abortion Pill Rescue Network.
- There is a window between the first and second chemical abortion drug where the effects can be reversed, and the baby can be saved.
- Chemical abortion is typically done up to 10 weeks gestation, when an unborn baby has a heartbeat, fingers and toes, and his unique fingerprints begin to form.
- Abortion Pill Reversal uses the natural hormone progesterone to counteract the life-ending effects of chemical abortion drugs.
- Data suggests that Abortion Pill Reversal has saved over 4,500 unborn lives and has a 64-68% success rate.
- Women should have the choice to reconsider going through with an abortion.
- Women deserve real healthcare.
How does Abortion Pill Reversal work?
Progesterone is a natural hormone needed to sustain pregnancy and has been used for decades to safely and effectively prevent miscarriage and forestall preterm labor. Abortion pill reversal displaces mifepristone (the first drug in a chemical abortion) from progesterone receptors using the natural progesterone hormone, counteracting the effects of mifepristone and allowing the baby to continue growing. For women who have begun abortion pill reversal, progesterone treatment is continued through the end of the first trimester at a minimum, and beyond that if needed.
What are the side effects of Abortion Pill Reversal?
Progesterone is a natural hormone necessary for sustaining a pregnancy. For some women, progesterone may cause minor side effects including sleepiness, dizziness, and headaches.
Chemical abortion side effects include bleeding, life-threatening infections, and the inability to have future successful pregnancies and may require emergency medical treatment, surgeries, blood transfusions, and hysterectomies. The FDA’s currently approved label for mifepristone also states that between 2.9-4.6% of women will end up in an emergency room. Additionally, women who take the drugs at home face the mental anguish of performing their own abortion. Many women report being surprised by the sheer volume of bleeding and are haunted by the image of the dead child. In fact, some abortionists advise women not to look at all at the aborted baby. Additionally, the FDA and abortion activists are pushing for chemical abortion by mail, only increasing the danger to women, as there is no in-person doctor’s visit and no ultrasound confirming how developed the baby is or if the pregnancy is ectopic.
Why should doctors be able to use abortion pill reversal when it’s not approved by the FDA?
Progesterone is a natural hormone needed to sustain pregnancy and has been used for decades to safely and effectively prevent miscarriage and forestall preterm labor. Doctors may prescribe abortion pill reversal as part of an off-label use of the treatment. Pregnant women shouldn’t be denied treatment to save their unborn child just because they took the first abortion drug but changed their mind.
Healthy Outcomes
The protocol used in the Abortion Pill Reversal process is nothing new. In fact, progesterone has been used routinely and safely with pregnancy since the 1950s.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
A 2018 peer-reviewed study showed positive results
- 64%-68% of the pregnancies were saved through Abortion Pill Reversal
- There was no increase in birth defects
- Lower preterm delivery rate than the general population
1. [Vaux NW and Rakoff AE: Estrogen-progesterone therapy: A new approach in the treatment of habitual abortion. Am J Obst Gynec 50:353, 1945.
2. Jones, GES: Some newer aspects of the management of infertility. JAMA 141:1123, 1949.]↩
3. [Progesterone support in pregnancy has been in use for nearly 60 years, having received its start with publications dating back to the 1940s.] (https://www.naprotechnology.com/progesterone.htm)
4. [Progestin Therapy to Prevent Preterm Birth: History and Effectiveness of Current Strategies and Development of Novel Approaches] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6766339/
5. [The Use of Progesterone for Prevention of Preterm Birth] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5653589_The_Use_of_Progesterone_for_Prevention_of_Preterm_Birth
6. [The history of natural progesterone, the never-ending story] https://tahomaclinic.com/Private/Articles1/BHRT/Piette%202018%20-%20The%20history%20of%20natural%20progesterone,%20the%20never-ending%20story.pdf
