Everyone wants a birthday

It's always surprising to see the scars that come out when counseling these women. We are all sometimes guilty of holding close yesterday's hurts and allowing them to color our actions today.

Recently I met a woman in our South Bronx center who is the eldest of several girls, all of whom currently have children out of wedlock. As the eldest, she has always had more responsibility, and has always felt that her mother didn't appreciate how hard she works, how little she asks for, and how difficult a time she has caring for her own daughter.

I know this explanation is a bit convoluted, but basically this woman was considering abortion because her relationship with her own mother was so poor -- she didn't have the support she needed, she couldn't bring another child into this situation . . . she was allowing the pain from her past to be stronger the promise of tomorrow.

The most recent example this woman gave of her mother hurting her was that just a few days previously, her mother had forgotten her birthday. Her own mother actually did not acknowledge her daughter's birthday in every way -- and they live in the same house.

That's a pretty sad story, right? A mother forgetting her own child's birthday. No cake, no card, no mention of anything special at all.

But it's not so sad. After all, there are sadder things. At that moment Liz said, "At least your mother gave you birthdays. Wouldn't it be worse to have never had one at all? Everyone wants a birthday."

Perspective. Gentle but firm.

This woman decided to keep her baby. A week later, I was in the room when she had her first sonogram. At sixteen weeks now, her baby will join us in late January, just around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. One more child, one more chance at life, one more birthday.

Because our job is the start of a better future

The 22sd of Septemeber, 1980 the New York Times quoted:

"I´ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has alredy been born" Ronald Reagan

Its been almost twentynine years since president Reagan was quoted in the New York Times. And twentynine years later our battle for life is as important as it´s ever been. After working for EMC Pregnancy Center I´ve realize all we can do to help thoose who can´t help themselfs, the unborn. I´ve had the opportunity to understand how important the protection of life is in todays´ society. But above all, I´ve had the opportunity to help dozens of women understand why a child is always a blessing and never a 'problem'. In a few days I´ll go back to my hometown in Spain, but I´ll never forget what I´ve learnt here, in New York City. With me I take all thoose wonderful feeIings that flooded my heart every time a women decided to raise her daughter/ son instead of killing her/him. And I take with me all the wonderful friends I met during my internship.

Thank you,

..."WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO?"...

Her name is Renee, she is 20 years old and her life-experience hasn't been the nicest but as we know and we used to say...she is a survivor. As most of the girls that we talk to, she was thinking about abortion, as an easy way out, because her thoughts about her baby were that he/she was a problem.
It is important to say that she had the added problem of the "not sure who is the father" one, and apart from that none of them wanted the baby.
Cata and I, we talked to her, we made her see the procedure video and that was enough for her to start thinking about the real and good CHOICE...KEEP THE BABY.
The thing that really impressed me was that she seriously asked us what SHE HAS TO DO. The answer was clear, keeping the baby, but no because we say so, because everything is against that so un-natural procedure, abortion.
Her mother was there too, and she was supporting her, even tho she wanted her daughter to keep the baby, because when she was young and she got pregnant, her boyfriend also wanted her to abort that baby that has become into the beautiful girl that was next to her.
Thanks God, everything had a happy ending and this is one of the special cases that I will always keep in my mind and remember.
THANK YOU RENEE AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR REAL CHOICE.

An emotional turnaround

Today i went to Linda's and I counseled a girl by the name of Janessa. She came in today with the mindset of having and an abortion. When I asked her why she said,"Me and mother don't get along.. we haven't since i was little and she said that if i was to have a baby she would kick me out... my dad doesn't support having a baby out of wedlock." I told her that my mom put me through a lot of things.. things that I'm not able to write about on this blog and i also told her that having abortion wont make things right between you and your mom. We started to cry together. in her heart she knew it was wrong. I told her about the help that we would be able to offer her and she was so excited. She finally said that she was going to keep the baby and that she promised. I took her word. My heart was filled with joy. I certainly did not do this on my own.

One life wanted and many others not

This past Saturday, a good friend of mine had to attend the funeral of his sister-in-law. He had to watch his brother say goodbye to his college bride, had to watch her parents bury their precious child, had to acknowledge that this member of his family was gone.

And this week while counseling I have thought many times about my friend and his family, the juxtaposition of his sister-in-law's life and death and the sort I see here.

She fought cancer for six years, gave everything she had to stay here, to steal more time, to absorb as much of this life and this earth as possible. They called her funeral a celebration, not a mourning that she died so young but a joyful time of remembrance that she touched so many while she was here.

Would a single person who knows her have preferred to have not met her at all than to have met her and had to watch as her light slowly faded out?

And every day I meet women who would so quickly throw life away. The stories vary, the situations are often less the ideal, but still -- to have to bargain, to have to cajole, to have to plead with a mother that she would save the life of her child -- I wish they could see what joy this child might bring them, if only they would open up to the possibility.

Every single day I watch women as they try to make this incredibly heavy decision, as they waver between the life and death of their child. I will never stop being surprised by their situations, I will never cease to be touched by their suffering and their tears. And I will never meet a woman for whom abortion would ease her burden or save her from pain.

To cast off the life of your child, it is a tragedy. No celebration of life nor mourning of death for these little ones -- and we will never know, how bright each life might have shined.

Oh the People We Meet

While working for EMC as an intern, setting up a table on the street I have been fortunate enough to meet a few other good hearted people and a few people that were willing to listen.

During these times, I have been able to meet Celeste Mohammed who wants to volunteer with EMC, because he too wants to save baby lives.

Then there was Rolando Bini, who runs a parenting class with Parents in Action. He's using the pamphlets that we give away every day on the street in his parenting classes.

Then there was the lady with dyed red hair that works at Lincoln Hospital, whom had decided to get an abortion, went to an abortion clinic on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens and was all ready for her abortion, when she felt her baby move. So she consequently got up and left. Most ladies would have known what they were doing was wrong, but would not have been able to get up and leave. Praise God she was able to. That was about 7 weeks ago. She was 19 weeks along at the time and is due in October.

Then there were two guys. Kids really. One just laughed and the other was somewhat interested. The interested one turned out to be a dad of a baby currently in the womb. After telling him that all of our organs our completely developed by 11 weeks, he told me that they didn't know what they were going to do and weren't ready to parent yet. He said he would come in with his girlfriend.

And then there were two girls that came by. One is pro-choice and didn't want to take a pamphlet and consider the information, while the other girl wants to do an internship with us, because she's pro-life. Her name is Tana Bray and she goes to college just down the street from us on 149th street in the Bronx.

As you can see, while we give out hundreds of pamphlets a day to help educate people on the street about the facts of abortion and how well formed we are in just a short amount of time, we are truly making a difference. So people just want to wave their finger at you righteously without knowing all of the facts and others just see "Free Abortion" where it actually says, "Free Abortion Alternatives". Unfortunately, a lot of people just don't seem to understand what alternatives mean. This is the society that we live in today.

Dr. Emily's Success Story

While working at Dr. Emily's, Grace and I came across two girls who were walking into the abortion clinic. We had spent most of the day praying for the conversion of mothers' hearts to have their baby and for the protection of the unborn. It was very slow this day and the women who were showing up were ignoring us.
The two girls we came across were nice and stopped to listen to what we had to say. Grace and I began to tell them who we were and what we were there for. Through hand gestures and words of persuasion I got the two girls to come into the sonogram van for a free sonogram.

After she saw the ultrasound we all sat inside the van and discussed options. By the end of our conversation she was smiling with tears in her eyes. During the conversation we came to realize that the girl's cousin that was with her wanted her to have the baby. This was a major positive factor in her reasoning.

She went home after the experience in the sonogram van and I texted her on her phone shortly after her departure. She texted back to me that I should thank her cousin who talked her into having her baby. I was very happy for her and I could tell that she was happy that she didn't have to make such a tragic decisions.

In all my experiences with prolife work, I've never seen terror and extreme sorrow in the face of a mother that chooses to have her baby. However, most of the women that choose to have the abortion look empty inside after that decision. They know their choice is wrong. It's just a matter of how faithful the mother will be.

Now She Knows

This is the story of a girl that came yesterday to Liz´s office. There was a difference between this girl and the others that come to the office. She was married! Most of the girls I have met were single, so this was a new situation for me. She also has six children. The older one is already 16. She told us that she had two abortions before. When we finished all the cuestions we show her the DVD of the procedures. I noticed something strange in her face. She was actually scared with what she was seeing. When the DVD finished she just said: I´m not doing that again. She was going to have the seventh child, a new life coming to our world.
With this girl I realised that there are many other girls out there that don´t what abortion really is. I´m sure that If we would be able to show this DVD´s to all the girls that are going to have an abortion, a big number of them wouldn´t do it. And this is actually that the people working for EMC and the interns are trying to do.

All I've Learned From my Fellow Pro-lifers in Las Vegas

In my personal opinion and in my own experience, each week, even each day working for the pro live cause i´ve had a lot of amazing experiences. This week a few of the interns, I was one of them by the way, had the chance to go to a rally with prolifers from all over the country it was placed in Las Vegas. They were really surprise when they saw us apeared, i mean it was kind of surprise for them because it was a national rally, anyway they were really thankfull for all the work this organization is doing.

In this rally i´ve met a lot of interesting prolifers each one had a lot of things to teach and i was willing to learn, they were many important prolifers and we had the chance lo talk with almost all of them, we talk about many many things they had a lot of experience in this cause, and it was refresing hear all of their personal experience with the womans they had work with and their issues with the police related to the work they do for the cause, they had had many troubles with the law but they said that they wont stop doing what they are doing because they know that is the right thing to do.

One of the ¨work¨we did for the rally was being in front of one abortion clinic with all the hot 120 degres it was like being in the oven!, there we tried to stop the women who tried to get in side by talking. At the same time in freemont street we put a huge pictures about abortion, this street during the day it´s really busy, so we could reach more people to see it. We saw many diferent reactions in the peoples faces, and we talked with many of them. And we get many diferent opinions and stories.

If i have to say o even write a resume of Las Vegas rally it will be: ¨ An amazing experience of knowledge from the main important prolife activists in with i´ve learned many many things which i will never forget, not just for their bravery fighting against the abortion sometimes ending dealing with the court, i admire then for their strength that shows ever day by acepting all they failures and keep working every day giving their best¨.

Interns wanted for Internship

If you have a passion for the unborn and would like to help women understand how an abortion actually occurs and what it does to them, than you should prayfully consider becoming an intern with Expectant Mother Care (EMC) Frontline Pregnancy Centers.

Interns currently receive $100 a week and free room and board at the Lifehouse.

If you think you might be interested in this exciting Pro Life opportunity you should call, 347-621-2278 where you can talk to a current intern. If no one answers the phone, please call 660-287-5717 and your call will be acknowledged or returned to you.

If you live in the NYC area you should also know you can also serve as a part time intern while you work or go to school. Interns are especially needed in the fall, winter, and summer months.

Las Vegas

Just a few days ago I had the opportunity to attend a pro life convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. After working for a pro life organization in NYC it’s very rewarding to see how men and women, hundreds of people from around the world, are willing to save lives as we are in NYC. Thanks to the posters that we made, we were able to talk about abortion in Las Vegas streets. Now, its time for us, the pro life, to be proud of our ideas and our believes. Now, more than ever, we are happy to fight for this cause, the cause of human life. In Las Vegas I’ve had the privilege to see all the great goals that can be achieved thanks to pro life organizations. Because of that every day, every hour and every minute it’s important.

Cata and Inigo

Jerome Office

I was at Jerome today and I saw some stories that made me think about them.

The one that shocked me most was the woman who came into the office saying that she was pregnant of 22 weeks and she wanted and abortion. The thing is that until one week ago she wanted to keep the baby, which is a little girl. However, lately she moved back into her mom´s house and she suddenly decided that she did not want to keep the baby anymore. In fact, the main reason was financial aid.

We tried to counsel here in many ways and told her that there is an office in Manhattan where they can help her with financial problems or clothing.... She suddenly left the office without saying nothing and later on her cousin came asking for our phone number just in case she could change her mind.

We hope she will change the idea of the abortion and she keeps her baby!!!

"I'M KEEPING MY BABY...GOD GAVE ME A SIGN"

Her name is Darlene, she is from the US and lives in The Bronx. I gotta say that her situation is not the best possible and we knew that before start talking to her. But as we know and use to say...God only bless the ones that chose life...
She was abortion mindee when we got her, she already had one like a year ago and the baby was pretty big, 20 weeks when he decided to finish with her pregnancy. She really regrets that now, now that she knows what abortion is and what abortion did to her BABY and her BODY.
We talked to her, for a really long time, we showed her videos and all that information that might crush her heart. At the beginning she was speechless, but not in a good way, but suddenly her heart got open and she started to cry like never before in her life.
It was a really intense and complete moment, when you know that you have reached someone else heart.
She was ready for a sonogram, because really in her heart she really wants to keep thaty little baby, that baby that now we know is a LITTLE GIRL
I asked her to text me when she was out from the sonogram and of course she did. Hers is the first REAL turn around that I have had in collaboration with Sofia.
Darlene's case will always be in my mind and in my heart.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
MARIA

First Week at EMC [Part 1]

By. Christina Tangney


Tuesday, July 22.

Today, I went with Brenda to our Jerome office. I sat in with her counseling since this was just my second day with EMC. We had five girls come in today.

Our first client was 18 years old and 6 weeks pregnant. She's leaning towards an abortion. Her mom had an abortion about a month or two ago and Kim sees a difference in her. Not a good one. Brenda encouraged her to talk to her mom because she has a really great perspective on things since she JUST went through it, and still is, and will continue to be. It's helpful that for the girl that she and her mom already have a good relationship. She agreed to talk to her mom within the next two weeks and seemed more positive about everything after talking with Brenda. I think she's more on the fence now. She said she has a lot to think about. We showed her two videos on fetal development and abortion procedures.

Our next client was also 18 years old and 6 weeks pregnant. She has a two-year old already. Her sister had a botched abortion and had a hysterectomy. She said she received a lot of information and she needs to think about it. We showed her videos on abortion procedures and post-abortive woman's stories.

Our third client was 21 years old and 7 weeks pregnant. Although she's recently turned 21 and said her pregnancy is an inconvenience due to her wanting to party, and her boyfriend not acknowledging her pregnancy, she WANTS TO PARENT:]

Next we met a girl who is 17 years old and 10 weeks pregnant. She is undecided. Her boyfriend is happy about pregnancy so that's positive. She seemed really excited about getting the sonogram, since that was basically the first thing she asked about.

Our last client was perhaps the most difficult. She is 29 years old and 5 weeks pregnant. She said that it's not a baby until 6 weeks, although I'm not exactly positive about her reasoning behind her point of view. When Brenda confronted her about her point of view, she changed the subject. She definitely was aware that her reasoning was bogus, but chose to ignore it. She has another child who is 2 ½ years old and she's been with the father of both children for 6 years. They just broke up because the relationship isn't going anywhere and he doesn't know about the pregnancy. She doesn't feel like she has the support she needs and she doesn't want to deal with morning sickness or the pregnancy in general. She is extremely set on getting an abortion. She's Christian and thinks her pregnancies are punishment for staying with her boyfriend.

Being with Brenda was extremely beneficial. I really learned how to effectively communicate with the women. I learned how to be compassionate and loving, yet firm in my convictions. I learned an extremely helpful formula in how to approach the women and how to effectively spread the Word and Light of Christ.

The Devil at Work

This past Saturday, a few interns and I went to Dr. Emily's abortion clinic to sidewalk counsel and pray. When we arrived, we noticed that there were pro-choice women standing outside the clinic doors wearing shirts that read "CLINIC ESCORT" across them. Having previous experience with sidewalk counseling, I knew we were in for trouble. Sure enough, these women were not happy to see us there. Not to mention all the dirty looks they gave us, they also did everything in their power to try to intimidate us. For instance, when we first arrived, I tried to act with Christian charity by introducing myself to them. When I asked where they were from, one replied, "I don't like chitchat." The conversation had ended.

Another time, I was standing near one woman and she said, "People are going to think you are pro-choice because you are standing near to me so why don't you get out of my bubble." I wasn't standing as near as she made me out to be, but with Christian charity I obliged, but not before she had told me that I was no different than the man who had killed Dr. George Tiller. She also told me I was no different than the fanaticals who had thrown acid on her shoes at a clinic once. She would not even let me talk so I simply shrugged her off and walked away. I would not let myself get angry over her.

At one point, a neighbor was walking by with her dog. Personally, I love dogs so I went up to it and began to pet it. Suddenly, I hear a voice from behind me say, "Can I say hello to your creature?" A clinic escort had come up to us from behind. The way she called the dog "creature" sent chills up my spine. I quietly moved away and let the worker pet the dog.

All in all, I realized that the escorts were there for a reason: we had to have been getting on the clinic workers' last nerves. I know we are doing God's work, and I won't let these escorts get me down! Today, at Emily's, we were able to save three babies despite the new Clinic Access Bill that came into effect this past Monday! PICTURES COMING SOON!

Spreading the truth

Here are Lucía & Jose, again. Most of the days since we arrived to the internship, we have worked in passing informatives brochures out. Those brochures, in spanish and english, talk about the abortion procedures, consequences, alternatives, and stories of girls that were happy to keep their babies. Usually we just give them to the women that are walking on the street. Most of the times we have a table near us, with a DVD player with abortion videos, or fetus models of different ages. The table help us a lot, specially by attracting people who ask us about what are we doing. The best part comes when those people talk with us in a very friendly way, and give us support. It's very encouraging to meet this people and talk with them during a while. It's always great to feel supported by even more people.

It's a Woman's Choice, He Said

I just happen to be walking around the Brooklyn Street Mall when a man stopped me. He invited me to join him for lunch, and so I did. He spoke of his life, how great it was,and how he loved it so much! During the course of our conversation the question of my job came up, and I told him of my work. He remembered the time when he went to our office with a girl who was pregnant by him. The baby unfortunately was not saved. I asked him why he let her have the abortion. He told me, "Its the woman's choice." I said, "Do you know, that if your mother had the same mind set that you have now. She could have aborted you and you wouldn't have the joy of telling me how great your life is." He suddenly kept quiet.

"Pro-Choice"?

Here are Lucía & Jose from the EMC lifehouse. We arrived the last week, on Friday. In these days, we have helped in different labors: passing out brochures, showing videos about abortion to people in the street, counseling girls who came to the offices... But perhaps the most shocking experience we have had so far, was this Saturday at Dr. Emily's abortion mill.

It was a really hard morning. When we arrived, we found some people that were standing in front of the abortion mill too, in both entrances. Unfortunately, when we saw the posters they were carrying, we realized that we were going to have a really difficult time. They called themselves "Pro-Choice". However, after our experience there, we would rather call them "Pro-One and Unique Choice - Abortion" people. If they were really "Pro-Choice", then they would allow all women to have both choices and wouldn't mind if we stand in front of the abortion mill. They would allow women to talk with us if they want. They would allow us to give information to the girls, to help them to make the best Choice. That's what they didn't do, but making noise when we were starting to talk with the girls, and keeping in silence when we wanted to talk with them. Keeping ourselves in silence. They don't want to listen, and they don't want the girls to listen. Why? If they're really convinced, why they don't want to talk with and convince us? Because they have fear for the truth, because they have no reasons. That Saturday, the main murderer was the ignorance.

In several times, they even were against the law, on their mission to silence the truth. When the wind took away some of our brochures, one of the girls stopped the paper with her foot, and when we were going to pick it up, with a really unkind smile, she picked it instead, and throwed the paper to the garbage. During all the morning they all had a very hostile attitude towards us. It was really frustrating. We were invaded by the sadness, while we were seeing the girls leaving the abortion mill, without a baby who would have been able to live, if some ignorants hadn't hidden the information to the girls; if they hadn't silenced us.

That's not Pro-Choice, definitely.

Jerome Avenue girl

Here is another update of a girl that came in to Jerome Avenue.
The truth is that until now the most impact stories that I have heard have been at Jerome´s office.
In this case it was a girl who was 19 years old and was pregnant.
The thing was that she already had had 7 abortions and one baby. We explained her all the consequences that abortion has and that maybe there is going to be a day in which we would like to have another baby but due to the consequences of so many abortions, she may not be able to have them.
The reasons she was giving to us where that she was really young to have another baby, but the truth is that she did not want to take the responsibility of rising a child.
Also, at the end she told us that she knew she was selfish but the only thing in which she was thinking now was in spending good time in life.
Even if we told her that one day she would regret it and that spending good time in life is not in such way, there was no way to convince her.

A Kind of Love Called Hope

One of my favorite parts about this summer has been the beautiful sense of community the interns have in the house. Gathered from so many different places, sharing the most important values of faith and family, I think I speak for everyone when I say that we truly enjoy spending time with each other.

Every night we'll discuss our days with each other, sharing both the moments of joy and those of sorrow. Encouragement, advice, support, and prayer are all offered. And though the girls I have personally seen are usually the ones who stay with me, occasionally another intern's experience will hit home.

Laura and I go over our days together almost every night; she's not only my housemate but my roommate, and one of my closest friends here. Wise beyond her years, calm and thoughtful, I know she has touched many girls this summer and her presence has been a blessing to everyone in the house as well.

Last night she told me a story of a young girl who came into her office -- maybe 17 or 18 -- a young girl who had every socially acceptable reason to abort her child: difficult childhood, history of abuse, lack of familial and spousal support. But after discussing her situation for a bit with Laura, she decided to keep her baby. She decided to defy conventional wisdom, and the odds against her, and she decided to choose life -- a better life for herself, and life at all for her child.

Laura, she who might be the most mature 19-year old I have ever met, was marveling at the wisdom of this girl who had come into her office. And one phrase she repeated to me, which I know I won't forget. "There's a kind of love called hope," the young girl said -- her explanation of her choice.

There's nothing I can add to the exquisite and simple truth this girl gave to Laura, which Laura gave to me. There's a kind of love called hope . . . what that we could give that love to every girl we meet.

An Introduction

I just wanted to introduce myself to all of our readers! I'm one of the newest EMC interns, my name is Heather, I'm 26 and come to you from Northern California. I am incredibly excited to be here in New York City, to do this wonderful work along side such couragous people! I have been involved in Pro-life activism since I was 11 years old. Most recently I participated in several 40 Days For Life Campaigns in my local community as well as a lot of grassroots work for the proposed CA Prop 4 Parental Notification legislation.
One of my passions in life aside from the Pro-life movement, is teaching teenagers about Chastity. Teens are just amazing, they have such a youthful energy, that when put to good use can effect change in their communities and in this world!
In my spare time I love to sing-- The Blues, Soul, Gospel, and Country Music are some of my favorites. I also really enjoy cooking and especially love learning to prepare the cuisine of different cultures. Another one of my hobbies is gardening! I find it to be very relaxing and it also makes for good cooking when you have garden fresh vegetables and herbs. It is my hope that any talents that I posess will be put to good use in building up the Kingdom of God and help to save children who's lives hang in the balance.


Heather

Sandwhich Boards

Here in NYC, if you walk around with sandwhich boards saying, "Free Abortion Alternatives". People unfortunately don't know what your trying to say. On the one hand, abortion is such an emotional issue that when people see a sign saying, "Free Abortion Alternatives", they can't quite seem to grasp all three words as the first two are so powerful and say such an opposite message than what were for.

People think were offering free abortions, instead of alternatives to abortion that are free. At the same time this also gives us another opportunity to help ladies that are dead set on abortion to know the truth about abortion.

Genuine community care

It's not uncommon for girls who come into our centers to have heard about us via referral. Usually that referral comes from a sister or friend, but, inexplicably, we get the occasional referral from a Planned Parenthood or other local abortion clinic.

Today Grace and I met a girl who needed a pregnancy test. The last time she had needed a pregnancy test she'd gone to Planned Parenthood, but after hearing about us from a friend she decided to see us first. Grace and I chatted with her as we filled out the intake form and she took her test, and after her test result was negative, talked to her a little bit about abstinence and the consequences of sex. She was smiling and laughing with us, listening to us and trusting us. At one point she told us, "I'm so glad I came here . . . You guys are so much nicer than Planned Parenthood!"

An important part of our work is building this level of friendship with the girls, showing them we are not just doing a job or dealing with them when they're right in front of us, but proving that we care about them tomorrow and next week too, that we care about their other children, their families and their friends, these communities. It's been good to see that these deeper relationships are not uncommon at EMC.

Food For Thought

"When a woman has an abortion, she is still a mother, but of a dead baby"
"You never know what womb holds the chief"
"A woman who has on abortion changes her destiny"
"having an abortion wont change the bad situation your in now"
"A baby in the womb cannot run from a knife"

Washington Heights

Today was a special journey for some of the interns. We started to minister to women in a new area of New York, Washington Heights in northern Manhattan. At nine in the morning we went to the neighborhood with our equipment: camera, television, pamphlets, and pregnancy tests in our van. All the women where touched by terrible images that we show on the TV. Many of them didn't know anything about the abortion procedures that take the lives of about 1.5 million unborn children every year in the United States alone.

"You're doing a great labor showing this! The girls need more education about abortion," a woman told me while she was watching the video.

Many girls volunteered to help us distribute information about our pregnancy resource centers. We are very happy to start advertising in this new place. We believe that as we expand our ministry into new areas more women will be educated about the cruelty of the abortion, translating in more babies' lives saved. Even one life would make it worth the effort!