Fathers play a key role in parenting a child, but many aren’t empowered to do so after an unplanned pregnancy.
Abortion
The day he held his child was the day he decided that he wasn’t going to let his fears dictate our future.
My dad is a man that is willing to leave the 99 for the 1. He is willing to fight for his family, even when it’s inconvenient.
In a single moment, my heart turned from being filled with hate to being beautifully broken and submitted.
I distinctly remember the first Mother’s Day after I experienced my abortions. I can still picture the scene as me, my parents and my siblings loaded into the family minivan to head to church. As I think back to that gorgeous, Texas spring day, I can still see the sun shining brightly in the sky …
Time is a funny thing. Sometimes it seems to run, and sometimes it seems to walk, but time is always a thread of moments. Sometimes moments feel meaningful, and sometimes moments feel mundane. I have recently taken time to reflect on my childhood in order to pinpoint the moments that have significantly shaped me. I …
Stephen Arterburn went to college to get a Christian education, but what happened is that he got a girl pregnant – and pressured her to have an abortion.
As we look forward to even more “Alive” pro-life events in 2020, I can’t help but recall the powerful moments that took place in 2019.
I came to recognize that the innocent victim in an abortion was the baby. Being unwanted was no longer enough justification for me to take the life of a child.
It is a lie that abortion is the easy and logical solution to an unwanted pregnancy. A woman cannot abort her child and remain unscathed.
Hundreds of thousands will gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24 for the 2020 March for Life. This year’s theme is “Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman.”
Alive From New York was just the beginning. ALIVE 2020 is a multistate event designed to show the world that a preborn baby is fully human and worthy of protection.
After a childhood filled with pain, including an abortion, I have spent the last decade praying for and supporting expectant parents. And in all those years, one story in particular stands out as an example of what happens when we say a courageous “yes” to life.
Melissa Ohden was 14 when she discovered she was the survivor of a botched abortion. Learning the truth was a horrific, live-changing experience, but today Melissa appreciates who God made her to be – survivor and all.
The miracle and mystery of life was on full display in Times Square as Focus on the Family organized the largest pro-life event in New York City’s history. Thanks to the wonder of modern ultrasound technology, the thousands who gathered on a Saturday afternoon in May were able to see preborn life clearly as they …
Whenever abortion issues make national news, some people rejoice and others are angry, depending on the outcome. But for those of us who have lost a child to abortion, just the mere mention of the word can trigger all sorts of emotions.
On May 4, 2019, our 4D ultrasound footage will enable people in Times Square to #SeeLifeClearly and to consider the undeniable scientific evidence that a baby in the womb is fully human, fully alive and fully worthy of protection.
Even now, nearly 40 years later, I still get sick when I remember what it felt like sitting in the waiting room while my friend had an abortion.
Women aren’t alone in dealing with the guilt and grief that follows an abortion.
Financial questions are often a leading concern for women facing an unplanned pregnancy, but a woman’s decision to carry her baby to term is rarely determined solely by her economic situation.
