A Site For Sore Eyes

On any given Tuesday morning, the lobby at the EMC Pregnancy Clinic in Brooklyn, NY is filled with smiling, glowing, pregnant women. These young ladies are here for Prenatal Day! This is an amazing sight to see, especially when you consider the fact that the majority of these clients have been here before, but in their first visits they were abortion minded.

Many of them were considering abortion because they felt trapped or pressured. For many, it was circumstantial. Some may have had housing needs, been unemployed or their boyfriend may have been in need of a job, perhaps she just didn't know how she was going to provide diapers and formula for her new baby, or maybe she was feeling a loss of Hope "How could this possibly get better? Is there even a light at the end of this tunnel? I'm scared!" What about family you may say. Well so often young women in crisis pregnancy are afraid to tell their parents. Afraid that their parents will be upset, or disappointed with them. There is also the quite frequent fear they they will be kicked out of the house!

In other instances her family already knows that she's pregnant, but they aren't happy about it and she's being pressured to abort. Can you imagine what it would be like to have the people who you love most in this world,trying to convince you to have your child killed? Not a pretty picture at all! What about when it's the husband or boyfriend applying the pressure? Sadly this happens all too often! (How anyone could call that a woman's choice is beyond me.) In this circumstance she begins to feel very alone. The person who she loves and has trusted and given herself to, is now threatening to leave if she doesn't get rid of this baby. "Wow!" you may say, "What a bleak picture you paint Heather." But these are some of the main reasons that our clients, give for considering abortion. It's not easy, but it's the truth.

That bleak picture stands in real contrast with the hope and help that is available to her through EMC! For all of the afore mentioned circumstances here is help. All of them! Help with housing, help with jobs, help with material resources, help in the form of emotional support! This is what we do at Expectant Mother Care, everyday we have the joy of helping someone in a dire situation step out of that darkness.

On any given Tuesday morning, the lobby at the EMC Pregnancy Clinic in Brooklyn, NY is filled with smiling, glowing, pregnant women. It is truly a site for sore eyes!