"What do you get out of this?"

A young woman called yesterday and asked me, "Do you really provide free sonograms?"

"Yes."

A bit confused she asked a few more questions and we scheduled an appointment. She was excited that an organization exists that provides free services for pregnant women.

Before finishing our conversation she asked me if she could ask a 'strange' question. "Of course," I said.


"What do you get out of this?" After a few clarifying questions I came to know that she meant how and why does our organization exist if all we do is provide free services. I gladly explained to her that we exists to give real options to women facing a difficult pregnancy because we want to help them - not take their money, and that people will donate to our organization because they like the good work we do.

There will be a lot less of these types of phone calls if City Council Bill 371 passes. Warning signs on all of our advertisements will make it less likely that women will call.

She hung up delighted and relieved that their exists an organization that could actually help her. We have the right to truthfully advertise (like we do) without the government imposing an unconstitutional mandate on us - and if they succeed, not only are our rights violated, but women and their families will be hurt. Badly.