Zoe felt that her life was crumbling around her. Still grieving the loss of her best friend Anaya to a drug overdose and finding herself in a toxic relationship with her boyfriend, every day seemed like an eternity. That’s when her home pregnancy test came back positive. Zoe was desperate—she couldn’t keep living this way,
Brittany is a mother of three and recently discovered she is pregnant again. Immediately, tensions began flooding her mind: “How will we get by financially? How will I keep working with an infant?” She felt that abortion was the only way to escape these pressures. On her way to get an abortion, on the busy
She found out she was pregnant. It wasn’t planned. She was engaged. He was building his trade. What would her family say? Would they be shunned by their community? He wanted to break up with her…put her away because of the shame. But he was encouraged to support her. They had no health care, were
What will be history’s verdict of abortion? Will history look back on America with pride, marveling at the multi-billion-dollar abortion industry applauding the resourcefulness, generosity, and support for women facing unplanned pregnancy? When a woman considers abortion, it is because she feels coerced to do something she never imagined. A woman feels trapped prior to
CompassCare understands that the last two years changed the world for everyone. The impact bleeds out beyond health concerns, including increased financial pressures, changes in education, job uncertainty, and new social concerns. For women facing unplanned pregnancy the added weight of these pressures deepens her fear and isolation. Not a sane woman alive wants to
Jesus was born into a world so inhospitable that an innkeeper relegated His laboring mother to give birth amongst animals. Children were so disposable the earthly king ordered the mass killing of infant boys around Bethlehem in an attempt to secure his political power against the threat of a foretold newborn King. For women facing
She found out she was pregnant. It wasn’t planned. She was engaged. He was building his trade. What would her family say? Would they be shunned by their community? He wanted to break up with her…put her away because of the shame. But he was encouraged to stay, to support her. They had no health
A miracle happened in Rochester and it is happening again in Buffalo. The scope of CompassCare’s services include not only reaching and serving women seriously considering abortion in Rochester, but also two other major ministry elements: 1) helping Pregnancy Decision Centers get better at reaching and serving women and 2) educating the community about the inestimable worth of each human life. Over the course of the last year another field of missional harvest was added to CompassCare’s approach – Buffalo. So, what is the miracle?
Pro-life people understand that for women facing unplanned pregnancy this is not a political choice. She feels like she has no choice at all.
Allie, a young woman in her early twenties, slumped down in the chair offered by her CompassCare nurse. She immediately stated, “I’m pregnant and my life is a mess. There’s just no way I can do this. I need to get an abortion.” She went on to share in great detail with her nurse her
