"They're closed, and the better for you"

"They're closed, and the better for you. Come upstairs, I can help you." She said through the open door on the 6th floor, never stepping off of the elevator. She's Linda, the director of our Pregnancy Center and Prenatal Clinic in Brooklyn, NY. But who was she talking to and what was closed? Well you see, we are in the same building as two abortion clinics. Yes, you read that correctly. Today was Presidents day and both Planned Parenthood and Dr. Emily's were closed and there were young ladies unaware that PP wouldn't be taking walk-ins.. Up on the 12th floor it was a different story, we were open for life saving.

Linda, Denise, and I stepped into a back room , closed the door, and began to pray. The lobby was full of young women filling out intake forms and watching a video about the various risks and complications of abortion. One of those women was Carry.

Carry came into our center in a flurry. (Of course Carry isn't he real name.) She wanted to get this over with as soon as possible, because she had places to go and goals to accomplish. She told us that she wanted an abortion. A sonogram confirmed that she was 7 weeks pregnant. This was going to be a hard case!

She was a beautiful girl in her early twenties, but all around her could be sensed an unsettling lack of peace. It seemed as though she was not at peace wit her decision. After some prompting it all came to the surface, and than a phone call to her boyfriend changed everything. Unbeknownst to Carry, her boyfriend had quite the interesting dream the night before, some would say miraculous. He dreamed that she was in an office talking to a woman about his child, he hadn't even known that she had an appointment with us. He said it was all too spiritual for him, he would like to come in and speak with us in person. Carry left looking much happier and at peace, and her child would live another day....


I got a chance to sit down with the two girls that Linda had spoken with on the 6th floor. They were best friends, the younger was there for emotional support. The older was 8 weeks pregnant. The father was ok with the idea of having a baby, but his attitude wasn't the problem at all. The problem was the idea of telling her sister who she lived with and her mother. She so desperately didn't want to disappoint her family. They had told her so many times not to get pregnant! She was sure that they would not be happy.
I told her that she was right, they would probably be disappointed, because they love her. But when they looked into the babies eyes, everything would change. Did they love the other babies in the family? Than they would love this one too! The disappointment would be replaced by love.

She said that in her heart of hearts she didn't really want to get an abortion, she hated abortion. She just didn't know how to tell her sister. In the end we came up with a plan. Her best friend and the future God Mother would be there with her to help support her as she told her big sister. They left with a return appointment, an exchange of numbers, and a promise to call me if they needed anything. This baby was going to live! How thankful I am that the Lord prompted Linda to push the 6 botton on her way down.

"They're closed, and the better for you. Come upstairs, I can help you."