Archive for September 2015

One of the unusual things we do at the center is to work with community service people – women, especially pregnant women, who have been court mandated to volunteer so many hours to work off their offense.   Mandy came to us to work off her fighting offense.  When she first came to the center, her…

One late afternoon, I was trying to wrap things up in my office, when I heard the back door chime.  I was talking with another staff person, and both of us went to the door.  It wasn’t time for classes or shopping but in walked a former client with many bags full of gently used…

Growing up, I did not have a father figure to look to, so I know the importance of having a father and the damage that can be caused by an absentee dad.  I was talking to a young man after doing an ultrasound for the mother of his baby.  He had been in prison.  They…

Mark and Mary came to the center for an ultrasound. Mark seemed disengaged – almost ambivalent about what was taking place.  His arms were covered in sleeves of tattoos.  There were piercings everywhere.  The baby and the heartbeat were seen on the ultrasound monitor – but Mark’s countenance showed no change of emotion, and he…

Beth came in for a pregnancy test. She wanted an abortion because she is in college and didn’t want that to get in the way of achieving her goals. This translates like this; “It is inconvenient for me to have a baby right now”.  This is a very common excuse given and many feel it…

Ashley, an eighteen-year-old high school student, came to the center for a pregnancy test.  She was very nervous and when asked about her intentions IF she was pregnant, she said without hesitation she would have an abortion before it looks like a baby.  A friend at her school had told her about the abortion pill,…